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Washington, D.C. Scrap salvage campaign, Victory Program. Children bringing their weekly contribution of scrap paper to school

Washington, D.C. Scrap salvage campaign, Victory Program. Children bri...

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Lititz, Pennsylvania. Scrap collection drive. Each household placed its contribution on the sidewalk. It was then picked up by local trucks whose owners had volunteered their services for civilian defense

Lititz, Pennsylvania. Scrap collection drive. Each household placed it...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a car, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Lititz, Pennsylvania. Scrap colletion drive. Each household placed its contribution on the sidewalk. It was then picked up by local trucks whose owners had volunteered their services for civilian defense

Lititz, Pennsylvania. Scrap colletion drive. Each household placed its...

Picryl description: Public domain image of people, meeting, eating, drinking, food, beverage, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Good citizenship and plain common sense. This man is performing a duty every car owner owes to himself and to our fighting men. In having his car adjusted to prevent excessive tire wear--and in observing the simple rules that make tires last longer--he is making a valuable contribution to our war effort. The man who wastes rubber is a poor citizen and blind even to his own personal interests

Good citizenship and plain common sense. This man is performing a duty...

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[Main Reading Room. Detail of Blashfield's mural in dome collar showing Egypt's contribution of Written Records. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Main Reading Room. Detail of Blashfield's mural in dome collar showin...

More information about the Highsmith Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.highsm Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

Washington, D.C. Scrap salvage campaign, Victory Program. This mother has found in her closet some metal hangers, which her son will stack in the cellar for contribution in the scrap collecting campaign

Washington, D.C. Scrap salvage campaign, Victory Program. This mother ...

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Production. Machine guns of various calibers. A drilling operation on the pawl pin of a machine gun in a large Eastern plant. This girl operator is one of many women making a direct contribution to the all-important job of keeping our men in the field well armed for the task ahead

Production. Machine guns of various calibers. A drilling operation on ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a woman working, women labor, 1940s, economic conditions, home front, world war two, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

President gives chest contribution. Executives of the Community Chest receive President Hoover's contribution for 1931. Left to right: Ellwood Street, Newbold Noyes, President Hoover, E.F. Colladay and John Poole [White House, Washington, D.C.]

President gives chest contribution. Executives of the Community Chest ...

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FIRST LADY MAKES FIRST CONTRIBUTION TO WOMEN'S OLYMPIC FUND. WASHINGTON, D.C. APRIL 10. MRS. ROOSEVELT TODAY MADE THE FIRST CONTRIBUTION TO A FUND NOW BEING COLLECTED TO SEND TRACK, SWIMMING, AND FIELD TEAMS TO FINLAND FOR THE OLYMPICS. L TO R: MRS. ROOSEVELT; DEE BOECKMANN, NATIONAL CHAIRMAN OF THE WOMEN'S TRACK AND FIELD COMMITTEE; HJALMAR PROCOPE, FINLAND MINISTER; AND LUCILLE BRACKETT, D.C. SWIMMER

FIRST LADY MAKES FIRST CONTRIBUTION TO WOMEN'S OLYMPIC FUND. WASHINGTO...

A black and white photo of a woman holding a bottle of wine. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Lititz, Pennsylvania. Scrap collection drive. Each household placed its contribution on the sidewalk. It was then picked up by local trucks whose owners had volunteered their services for civilian defense. Mr. Gorton, a locksmith, contributes part of a fence as well as old safes

Lititz, Pennsylvania. Scrap collection drive. Each household placed it...

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Press conference with General Chu Shih-Ming. On the fifth anniversary of the Chinese-Japanese War, Major General Chu Shih-Ming, Military Attache of the Chinese Embassy in Washington, D.C., held a press conference. He emphasized the Chinese commandos' contribution in the war, discussed the international situation

Press conference with General Chu Shih-Ming. On the fifth anniversary ...

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Paramount Picture star sends her typewriter to war. Susan Hayward, Paramount motion picture star, does her share in sending typewriters to war. Pictures shows Miss Hayward selling her machine to the government as her contribution to the typewriter campaign. Uncle Sam needs 600,000 typewriters for the armed services and is contracting all possible typewriter users to urge them to release "1 out of 4" typewriters for Army and Navy service

Paramount Picture star sends her typewriter to war. Susan Hayward, Par...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a car, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Washington, D.C. Scrap salvage campaign, Victory Program. Children bringing their weekly contribution of scrap paper to school

Washington, D.C. Scrap salvage campaign, Victory Program. Children bri...

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Lititz, Pennsylvania. Scrap collection drive. Each household placed its contribution on the sidewalk. It was picked up by local trucks whose owners had volunteered their services for civilian defense. Rug and old clothes for rag scrap

Lititz, Pennsylvania. Scrap collection drive. Each household placed it...

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Library of Congress contribution to the scrap metal conservation program

Library of Congress contribution to the scrap metal conservation progr...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a damaged, burned, or destroyed building, natural disaster, war destruction, ruins, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Manpower. Handicapped workers. Ineligible for the army because of physical handicaps, James C. Schneider (left) and John D. Arrowood are two of Uncle Sam's ablest soldiers of production. They are inspectors of airplane motor parts in a Baltimore factory. Twenty-year-old Schneider has not let infantile paralysis interfere with war work, nor has twenty-four-year-old Arrowood allowed his polio-disabled leg and curvature of the spine to prevent his making a valuable contribution to the war effort. White Engineering Company, Baltimore, Maryland

Manpower. Handicapped workers. Ineligible for the army because of phys...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of an office worker, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Abbildung der prächtigen - und zwar trawrigen Leichbestattung - gehalten uber den Tödlichen abgang und wolreiffen hintritt auszm Röm. Reich der allerschädlichen Bestiæ der contribution, ...

Abbildung der prächtigen - und zwar trawrigen Leichbestattung - gehalt...

A mock funeral procession for the heavy imperial taxes levied on the Protestants but lost after the Protestant victory at Breitenfeld. The procession begins in the lower right corner and advances across the bot... More

Treasury official gets anonymous payments from citizens with troubled minds. Washington, D.C., April 14. Robert W. Maxwell, Chief Accountant in the office of the Commissioner of Accounts & Deposits and acting Chief, Division of Bookkeeping & Warrants. In the capacity of the latter office, he has charge of the Treasury's "Conscience Fund." Contributors, almost always anonymous, have forwarded sums ranging from [$0.02] to $30,000 since the fund started in 1811. Only last week he received an anonymous contribution of $1,000. He is shown opening a crudely addressed envelope containing $2.00. Frequently the letters are addressed to President Roosevelt, 4-14-39

Treasury official gets anonymous payments from citizens with troubled ...

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One year of reciprocal aid. Food is probably the most important contribution of Australia to the supplies of the U.S. armed forces stationed in the Pacific. She sent shiploads to our beleaguered men at Bataan and has increased her contributions as the size of our forces has grown. The U.S. ships practically no food to our troops in Australia and New Zealand. The Americans are supplied on the spot, and the space thus freed in our ships is used for tanks, planes and amunitions

One year of reciprocal aid. Food is probably the most important contri...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Image source: Official Australian photo. Title and other information from caption card. Trans... More

A big contribution to the Hardwick Victory Store was a Saint Bernard dog donated by Mrs. Irene Smith. She is shown presenting the dog to J. Blaine Grow, chairman of the Hardwick Salvage Committee and the Victory Store. In background, Mrs. Alice B. White, seventy-two, buys some vegetables from Legionnaire Howard D. Lewis

A big contribution to the Hardwick Victory Store was a Saint Bernard d...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of the 1930s - 1940s, woman, female portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Alexander H. Rice to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, October 15, 1864 (Requests contribution to National Sailors Fair)

Alexander H. Rice to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, October 15, 1864 (Req...

Women in war. Machine gun production operators. A woman's place is on the production line in this Midwest plant which has been converted from the manufacture of spark plugs to machine guns. Elsie M. Terry, one of 2,000 women employed here, is a skilled milling-machine operator who is making an important contribution to the war effort. She's making guns for America's armed forces. A.C. Spark Plugs

Women in war. Machine gun production operators. A woman's place is on ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a woman working, women labor, 1940s, economic conditions, home front, world war two, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Washington, D.C. Scrap salvage campaign, Victory Program. This little girl folds the Sunday paper to take to school for contribution in the scrap collecting campaign

Washington, D.C. Scrap salvage campaign, Victory Program. This little ...

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Washington, D.C. Scrap salvage campaign, Victory Program. Children bringing their weekly contribution of scrap paper to school

Washington, D.C. Scrap salvage campaign, Victory Program. Children bri...

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The Collier trophy is awarded to Uncle Sam's Department of Commerce for 1928. The Collier trophy, which is awarded annually by the National Aeronautic Association to the person or organization for the "greatest achievement in aviation in America, the value of which has been demonstrated by actual use during the preceding year" was presented to the United States Department of Commerce today by President Coolidge. The Aeronautics Branch of the Department of Commerce received the trophy because of its valuable contribution to the furtherance of civil aeronautics. In the picture left to right, can be seen Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Aviation, William McCracken (right) receiving the trophy from President Coolidge [White House, Washington, D.C.]

The Collier trophy is awarded to Uncle Sam's Department of Commerce fo...

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One year of reciprocal aid. Food is probably the most important contribution of Australia to the supplies of the U.S. armed forces stationed in the Pacific. She sent shiploads to our beleaguered men at Bataan and has increased her contributions as the size of our forces has grown. The U.S. ships practically no food to our troops in Australia and New Zealand. The Americans are supplied on the spot, and the space thus freed in our ships is used for tanks, planes and amunitions

One year of reciprocal aid. Food is probably the most important contri...

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De Land pool. Carr's Machine Shop. These steel sleeves, machined to perfection, soon will be part of aircraft repair assemblies, a portion of the Carr shop's contribution to the De Land, Florida pool contract

De Land pool. Carr's Machine Shop. These steel sleeves, machined to pe...

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Lititz, Pennsylvania. Scrap collection drive. Each household placed its contribution on the sidewalk. It was picked up by local trucks whose owners had volunteered their services for civilian defense

Lititz, Pennsylvania. Scrap collection drive. Each household placed it...

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Lititz, Pennsylvania. Scrap collection drive. Each household placed its contribution on the sidewalk. It was then picked up by local trucks whose owners had volunteered their services for civilian defense. Old iron cooking utensils

Lititz, Pennsylvania. Scrap collection drive. Each household placed it...

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War production suggestions. For his valuable contribution to plant efficiency, an employee of the Newark Stove Company, Newark, Ohio, won the Certificate of Individual Merit presented by the war production drive headquarters of the War Production Board (WPB). Mr. Lewis suggested a method of reclaiming worn-out reamers that equal or surpass original reamers, the production of which required 2,000 man hours per month and the use of 1,000 pounds of highspeed bar stock. His suggestion prevented the shutdown of the Shell Shop at his company for two months

War production suggestions. For his valuable contribution to plant eff...

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Lititz, Pennsylvania. Scrap colletion drive. Each household placed its contribution on the sidewalk. It was then picked up by local trucks whose owners had volunteered their services for civilian defense

Lititz, Pennsylvania. Scrap colletion drive. Each household placed its...

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A couple of men standing next to each other. Office of War Information Photograph

A couple of men standing next to each other. Office of War Information...

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New York, New York. The War Emergency Board of the fur industry formed a fur vest project. Various fur factories donate the services of their employees one day a week to make fur-lined vests for the merchant marines. The fur is all from voluntary donations from the public. Unloading a new contribution of fur coats. Each donor is thanked individually by letter

New York, New York. The War Emergency Board of the fur industry formed...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, politician, meeting, civil rights movement, African Americans, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Library of Congress contribution to the scrap metal conservation program

Library of Congress contribution to the scrap metal conservation progr...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a damaged, burned, or destroyed building, natural disaster, war destruction, ruins, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Lititz, Pennsylvania. Scrap collection drive. Each household placed its contribution on the sidewalk. It was then picked up by local trucks whose owners had volunteered their services for civilian defense. The scrap outside a plumber's house consists of pipes

Lititz, Pennsylvania. Scrap collection drive. Each household placed it...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Press conference with General Chu Shih-Ming. On the fifth anniversary of the Chinese-Japanese War, Major General Chu Shih-Ming, Military Attache of the Chinese Embassy in Washington, D.C., held a press conference. He emphasized the Chinese commandos' contribution in the war, discussed the international situation

Press conference with General Chu Shih-Ming. On the fifth anniversary ...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Washington DC during the First World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Women in war. Machine gun production operators. This capable young woman is making an important contribution to America's war effort. Employed by a Midwest plant, converted from the production of spark plugs to machine guns, she's one of many skilled women milling-machine operators who are producing weapons for America's armed forces. Here, she's checking a slot she has just milled in a gun part. A.C. Spark Plugs

Women in war. Machine gun production operators. This capable young wom...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a woman working, women labor, 1940s, economic conditions, home front, world war two, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A prisoner gives blood for America's fighting men while another watches with interest. The Red Cross mobile unit makes periodic visits to San Quentin and other institutions where residents wish to make this contribution to victory

A prisoner gives blood for America's fighting men while another watche...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of an office worker, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Will Hays appears before Senate Oil Investigating Committee. Will H. Hays, former Chairman of the Republican National Committee and now czar of the movies, testifying before the Senate Teapot Dome Committee at the Capitol today. Hays appeared in answer to the committee's request for an explanation of the $75,000 Republican campaign contribution collected from Harry F. Sinclair

Will Hays appears before Senate Oil Investigating Committee. Will H. H...

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House and Senate members meet to get government retirement bill to vote before adjournment. Washington, D.C., July 20. A measure affecting the retirement of thousands of government employes here and a field was taken up in a conference of members of the House and Senate this morning in order that disagreements of opinion might be ironed out and the bill brought to vote before the impending adjournment of Congress. Difference in views center around age of optional retirement and the amount of contribution to the retirement fund. Left to right: Sen. Lynn Frazier, Sen. William Bulow, Edith N. Rogers, 7/20/39

House and Senate members meet to get government retirement bill to vot...

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War production suggestions. For making a contribution that will safeguard lives of combat pilots, James A. Merrill, research chemist at Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio, was presented with a Citation of Individual Production Merit by War Production headquarters of the War Production Board (WPB). His suggestion concerned development of a resistant barrier to aromatic fuels used in bullet seal tanks on airplanes. It will help keep planes in the air under extreme weather conditions, save the lives of pilots returning in planes with gas tanks pierced by bullets, and lessen unnecessary plane crashes

War production suggestions. For making a contribution that will safegu...

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A couple of kids standing next to a fire hydrant. Office of War Information Photograph

A couple of kids standing next to a fire hydrant. Office of War Inform...

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High school Victory Corps. Home economics students at Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring, Maryland, make their contribution to the school's Victory Corps program by preparing and serving food in the student-operated cafeteria

High school Victory Corps. Home economics students at Montgomery Blair...

Picryl description: Public domain image of food, dinner, grocery store, eating, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Victory Corps, tomorrow's defenders of liberty. Tearing apart and rebuilding an airplane in the Washington High School workshop is excellent training for Victory Corps members in the aeronautics class. Boys and girls in this Los Angeles school will be able to make a direct contribution to the war when they complete their course

Victory Corps, tomorrow's defenders of liberty. Tearing apart and rebu...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a military aircraft, assembly line, industrial facility, 1930s aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A prisoner gives blood for America's fighting men while another watches with interest. The Red Cross mobile unit makes periodic visits to San Quentin and other institutions where residents wish to make this contribution to victory

A prisoner gives blood for America's fighting men while another watche...

Public domain photograph - California, United States, World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

His contribution to the Christmas gayety / Keppler.

His contribution to the Christmas gayety / Keppler.

Print shows President McKinley with an enormous white elephant labeled "Philippines" wearing an eye patch labeled "Aguinaldoism" behind him, speaking to the 55th Congress; many of the congressmen react with fea... More

Youngster presents President Coolidge with check for flood victims and first "Buddy Poppy" for Veterans of Foreign Wars. Today was a happy one for little Elizabeth Anne Stitt, three-year-old daughter of Commander-in-Chief of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, for she had the honor of presenting President Coolidge, as head of the American Red Cross, a $500 check for the Mississippi Flood victims and the first "Buddy Poppy" of the season. The check was a contribution from the "buddy Poppy" Relief Fund of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. The poppies are [...]de by disabled veterans and distributed by the Veterans of Foreign Wars during the week proceding Memorial Day

Youngster presents President Coolidge with check for flood victims and...

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Endowed medal bestowed by Geophysical Union for distinguished work. Washington, D.C., April 28. The Bowie Medal, endowed by friends and coworkers of Dr. William Bowie, twice former President of the Union and retired Chief of the Division of Geodesy, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, was today voted by the Executive Committee of the American Geophysical Union to be given to Dr. Bowie. In accordance with the deed of the gift, the medal is awarded for distinguished and outstanding contribution to the advancement of cooperative research in fundamental geophysics. Left to right: Dr. Richard M. Field, President of the Union and Dr. Bowie

Endowed medal bestowed by Geophysical Union for distinguished work. Wa...

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Wants dependant children cared for thru Social Security. Washington, D.C. June 8. Senator James P. Pope, Democrat of Idaho, has introduced a bill in the Senate to increase the Federal Government's contribution, through the Social Security Board, to care of dependent children from third the maintenance cost to one half. At present the government contributes half the cost of old age pensions and aid to the blind. The Pope proposal would bring the law with reference to dependent children in conformity to the provisions relating to other beneficiaries of the act. 6/8/37

Wants dependant children cared for thru Social Security. Washington, D...

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An Aviation forum. Washington, D.C., Feb. 21. Harvey L. Williams, left, representing Governor Raymond E. Baldwin of Connecticut, and Casey Jones, veteran flyer, snapped at the National Aviation Forum being held at the Mayflower Hotel. Jones spoke on "the contribution of the trade schools to aviation"

An Aviation forum. Washington, D.C., Feb. 21. Harvey L. Williams, left...

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Washington, D.C. Scrap salvage campaign, Victory Program. Children bringing their weekly contribution of scrap paper to school

Washington, D.C. Scrap salvage campaign, Victory Program. Children bri...

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Plymouth Massachusetts Monument Society to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, April 15, 1861 (Receipt for Contribution to Fund)

Plymouth Massachusetts Monument Society to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, Ap...

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Washington, D.C. Scrap salvage campaign, Victory Program. Children bringing their weekly contribution of scrap paper to school

Washington, D.C. Scrap salvage campaign, Victory Program. Children bri...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a school, preschool, children, education, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Alexander H. Rice to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, October 15, 1864 (Requests contribution to National Sailors Fair)

Alexander H. Rice to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, October 15, 1864 (Req...

Alexander H. Rice to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, November 22, 1864 (Lincoln's contribution to Sailors Fair)

Alexander H. Rice to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, November 22, 1864 (Lin...

Baseballs autographed by six Presidents. 'Big Train's' gift to Baseball Hall of Fame. Washington, D.C., April 29. Walter Johnson's contribution to the National Baseball Museum at Cooperstown, New York, will be these six baseballs autographed by six presidents: Theodore Roosevelt, William H. Taft, Woodrow Wilson, Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge, and Herbert Hoover. With the exception of the ones autographed by Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and Herbert Hoover, the balls are those which were thrown out at opening games pitched by Johnson during his regime as star pitcher for the Washington Senators. The ball autographed by President Hoover was presented to Johnson while he was manager of the Washington team while the one with the signature of Theodore Roosevelt was a special gift to the Big Train

Baseballs autographed by six Presidents. 'Big Train's' gift to Basebal...

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Carlos Pierce to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, November 22, 1864 (Telegram concerning contribution to Sailors Fair)

Carlos Pierce to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, November 22, 1864 (Telegra...

Salvation Army, San Francisco, California. Army contributes first to the tambourine (two dollars), outside contribution about seventy-five cents, all from drunks and the like

Salvation Army, San Francisco, California. Army contributes first to t...

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Lititz, Pennsylvania. Scrap collection drive. Each household placed its contribution on the sidewalk. It was then picked up by local trucks whose owners had volunteered their services for civilian defense. Old lamp is contributed

Lititz, Pennsylvania. Scrap collection drive. Each household placed it...

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Susan S. Butler to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, January 16, 1864 (Requests contribution to New York Sanitary Fair)

Susan S. Butler to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, January 16, 1864 (Reque...

Alexander H. Rice to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, October 15, 1864 (Requests contribution to National Sailors Fair)

Alexander H. Rice to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, October 15, 1864 (Req...

Alexander H. Rice to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, November 22, 1864 (Lincoln's contribution to Sailors Fair)

Alexander H. Rice to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, November 22, 1864 (Lin...

Lucius E. Chittenden to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, January 22, 1864 (Requests contribution to Patent Office Fair)

Lucius E. Chittenden to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, January 22, 1864 (Re...

Alexander H. Rice to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, October 15, 1864 (Requests contribution to National Sailors Fair)

Alexander H. Rice to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, October 15, 1864 (Req...

Alexander H. Rice to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, October 15, 1864 (Requests contribution to National Sailors Fair)

Alexander H. Rice to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, October 15, 1864 (Req...

Lucius E. Chittenden to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, January 22, 1864 (Requests contribution to Patent Office Fair)

Lucius E. Chittenden to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, January 22, 1864 (Re...

Lititz, Pennsylvania. Scrap collection drive. Each household placed its contribution on the sidewalk. It was then picked up by local trucks whose owners had volunteered their services for civilian defense. Old bedding for rags

Lititz, Pennsylvania. Scrap collection drive. Each household placed it...

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Washington, D.C. Scrap salvage campaign, Victory Program. Children bringing their weekly contribution of scrap paper to school

Washington, D.C. Scrap salvage campaign, Victory Program. Children bri...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a school, preschool, children, education, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Susan S. Butler to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, January 16, 1864 (Requests contribution to New York Sanitary Fair)

Susan S. Butler to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, January 16, 1864 (Reque...

Alexander H. Rice to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, October 15, 1864 (Requests contribution to National Sailors Fair)

Alexander H. Rice to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, October 15, 1864 (Req...

Alexander H. Rice to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, October 15, 1864 (Requests contribution to National Sailors Fair)

Alexander H. Rice to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, October 15, 1864 (Req...

Women in war. Machine gun production. Intent on the important job at hand, Elsie M. Terry uses a precision snap gauge on the machine gun part she has milled. One of 2,000 women employed by a Midwest plant, converted from spark plugs to machine gun manufacture, Mrs. Terry typified the American woman war worker. Serious, skilled and reliable, she is making an invaluable contribution to the war effort. A.C. Spark Plugs

Women in war. Machine gun production. Intent on the important job at h...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a woman working, women labor, 1940s, economic conditions, home front, world war two, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Manpower. Handicapped workers. Although suffering from severe physical handicaps, Robert Hudson makes a valuable contribution to the nation's war progress. Operating a band saw in a Baltimore factory, he processes aluminum hearts which are part of airplane motor assemblies. In addition to being one of the "little men," one of his feet was amputated following an industrial accident. White Engineering Company, Baltimore, Maryland

Manpower. Handicapped workers. Although suffering from severe physical...

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New York, New York. Margo Cooke, and Louis Priscilla, Chairman of the Committee on War Cartoons of the American Society of Magazine Cartoons, discussing their contribution to an exhibition of cartoons concerning lost hours in war production, sponsored by the OWI (Office of War Information)

New York, New York. Margo Cooke, and Louis Priscilla, Chairman of the ...

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Minneapolis, Minnesota. Sister Kenny of the Elizabeth Kenny Institute addressing a meeting of an American Legion post on infantile paralysis and her contribution towards a new conception of the disease and its treatment, Sitting on the right is Sergeant J. Rutherford, of the Australian Air Force, a guest at the meeting

Minneapolis, Minnesota. Sister Kenny of the Elizabeth Kenny Institute ...

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Susan S. Butler to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, January 16, 1864 (Requests contribution to New York Sanitary Fair)

Susan S. Butler to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, January 16, 1864 (Reque...

News from Hunter - Sylvia Fine Kaye Honored for Contribution to Hunter College Playhouse

News from Hunter - Sylvia Fine Kaye Honored for Contribution to Hunter...

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Production. Ventura bombers. Tinfoil--and only part of one day's collection--made by employees of a large Western aircraft plant. These same workers are making another, and more important, contribution to America's war effort: they are producing a steady stream of Ventura bombers and other fighting and bombing planes. Vega Aircraft Corporation, Burbank, California

Production. Ventura bombers. Tinfoil--and only part of one day's colle...

Picryl description: Public domain image of food, dinner, grocery store, eating, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

New York, New York. The War Emergency Board of the fur industry formed a fur vest project. Various fur factories donate the services of their employees one day a week to make fur-lined vests for the merchant marines. The fur is all from voluntary donations from the public. Unloading a new contribution of fur coats. Each donor is thanked individually by letter

New York, New York. The War Emergency Board of the fur industry formed...

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News from Hunter - Sylvia Fine Kaye Honored for Contribution to Hunter College Playhouse

News from Hunter - Sylvia Fine Kaye Honored for Contribution to Hunter...

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In spotlight at Dies hearing. Washington, D.C., May 24. George Deatherage, Chief of the Knights of the White Camellia, today told the Dies Committee Investigating Un-American Activities that he once received a $200 contribution from Howland Spencer at Newport, R.I. Deatherage described Spencer as the 'man who sold Father Devine that property on the Hudson River near President Roosevelt's Hyde Park home.' He also testified that he had dinner on a yacht with Frazier Jelkeo Leomargerine King

In spotlight at Dies hearing. Washington, D.C., May 24. George Deather...

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Production. Pratt and Whitney airplane engines. Cylinder barrels for Pratt and Whitney airplane motors must undergo rigid inspection before being installed in the engines. The large plant producing motors is making an important contribution to our growing air power by keeping a steady stream of superior American engines flowing to the big aircraft plants. Pratt and Whitney Aircraft

Production. Pratt and Whitney airplane engines. Cylinder barrels for P...

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Carlos Pierce to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, November 22, 1864 (Telegram concerning contribution to Sailors Fair)

Carlos Pierce to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, November 22, 1864 (Telegra...

Gen. McClellan for peace. The Baltimore sun of Jan. 11 says that the following communication, addressed to a gentleman in Baltimore, makes a very interesting contribution to the political history of the civil war, to the effect that Gen. McClell

Gen. McClellan for peace. The Baltimore sun of Jan. 11 says that the f...

Title. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 32, Folder 1.

A poster comes to life. Two soldiers learn about each other's contribution to the war effort in the shadow of one of the nation's roaring steel furnaces. Sergeant French Vinyard tells this Allegheny-Ludlum electrician about life in the Army and learns in turn what it takes to turn out the weapons of victory on the industrial battlefront. Allegheny-Steel, Pittsburgh

A poster comes to life. Two soldiers learn about each other's contribu...

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News from Hunter - Sylvia Fine Kaye Honored for Contribution to Hunter College Playhouse

News from Hunter - Sylvia Fine Kaye Honored for Contribution to Hunter...

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Alexander H. Rice to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, November 22, 1864 (Lincoln's contribution to Sailors Fair)

Alexander H. Rice to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, November 22, 1864 (Lin...

Tank armor production. Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation. Farrell, Pennsylvania. A few minutes of well-earned rest for a strong, capable man. His work in an Eastern armor plate mill is an important contribution to America's war production drive

Tank armor production. Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation. Farrell, P...

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East Montpelier, Vermont. The woodlot on Charles Ormsbee's farm. He agreed to saw up 10,000 board feet of lumber from his woodlot this year as against none last year as his contribution toward the war effort

East Montpelier, Vermont. The woodlot on Charles Ormsbee's farm. He ag...

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Press conference with General Chu Shih-Ming. On the fifth anniversary of the Chinese-Japanese War, Major General Chu Shih-Ming, Military Attache of the Chinese Embassy in Washington, D.C., held a press conference. He emphasized the Chinese commandos' contribution in the war, discussed the international situation

Press conference with General Chu Shih-Ming. On the fifth anniversary ...

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Alexander H. Rice to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, October 15, 1864 (Requests contribution to National Sailors Fair)

Alexander H. Rice to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, October 15, 1864 (Req...

Lucius E. Chittenden to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, January 22, 1864 (Requests contribution to Patent Office Fair)

Lucius E. Chittenden to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, January 22, 1864 (Re...