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In spotlight at U.S.-Latin American retailers conference. Washington, D.C., Nov. 1. These Latin-American diplomats took an active part in the conference today with United States retailers in efforts to seek means of increasing western hemisphere trade. The U.S. Department of Commerce sponsored the meeting. Left to right: Dr. Cesar D. Andrade, Minister from Ecuador, Eduardo Salazar, Financial Counsel of Ecuador, and Captain Colon Eloy Alfaro, Ambassador of Ecuador. Ambassador Alfaro is holding this rank only for the durations of the boundary negotiations between the governments of Ecuador and Peru

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BURLESON, ALBERT SIDNEY. REP. FROM TEXAS, 1899-1913; POSTMASTER GENERAL, 1913-1921. AT DESK, POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT

BURLESON, ALBERT SIDNEY. REP. FROM TEXAS, 1899-1913; POSTMASTER GENERA...

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BRYAN, WILLIAM JENNINGS. REP. FROM NEBRASKA, 1891-1895; SECRETARY OF STATE, 1913-1915. WITH CONE JOHNSON, SOLICITOR, STATE DEPARTMENT

BRYAN, WILLIAM JENNINGS. REP. FROM NEBRASKA, 1891-1895; SECRETARY OF S...

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Department of Commerce. Pediments of Department of Commerce Building

Department of Commerce. Pediments of Department of Commerce Building

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The amaryllis show. Among the first to visit the 1925 Amaryllis Show [...] by the Department of Agriculture was the new Secretary [...] William M. Jardine, who is shown in the photograph

The amaryllis show. Among the first to visit the 1925 Amaryllis Show [...

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Post Office Department Building (Old Post Office Building or Pavilion). View up to Old Post Office tower

Post Office Department Building (Old Post Office Building or Pavilion)...

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Department of the Interior. New Department of the Interior Building, finished I

Department of the Interior. New Department of the Interior Building, f...

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Post Office Department Building. Circular pediment through arch of old Post Office Department II

Post Office Department Building. Circular pediment through arch of old...

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Department of the Interior. New Department of the Interior Building, finished II

Department of the Interior. New Department of the Interior Building, f...

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Department of Commerce. Patent Office entrance on 15th St.

Department of Commerce. Patent Office entrance on 15th St.

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View of dedication of New Post Office Department. A general view showing the crowds that gathered in the court yard of the new Post Office Department building at the dedication ceremonies. Diplomats and those high in governmental life were present. Postmaster General James Farley was the principal speaker. Speaker for the House Rainey also spoke as did Rep. James M. Mead of N.Y. and Rep. Kenneth McKellar of Tennessee, 6/11/34

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Radio used in information work. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Washington, D.C.

Radio used in information work. United States Department of Agricultur...

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Uncle Sam to standardize garmet sizes. Washington D.C., July 23. To enable fathers and mothers to order clothes with the confidence that a size 8 or 10, is all its supposed to be in length and breadth, the Bureau of Economics, U.S. Department of Agriculture, is undertaking the leadership of project in which colleges and universities will cooperate to discover the clothing dimensions needed by today's children.. Special attention is being paid to racial characteristics as the experts believe that race and neighborhood has something to do with a youngster's size. Dr. Eleanor Hunt, associate anthropometrist, Bureau of Home Economics, is shown training one of the first classes on taking scientific measurements of the human body, 7/23/37

Uncle Sam to standardize garmet sizes. Washington D.C., July 23. To en...

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Career diplomats promoted. Washington D.C., July 22. James C. Dunn (right) has just been named to the newly created State Department post of Advisor on Political Relations, which Jay Pierrepont Moffat, (left) has been designated [...] succeed Dunn as Chief of the European Division [...] New post Dunn will be charged with supervision os relations with foreign states. Both Dunn of Newark, N.J., and Moffatt, who comes from [...] are career diplomats, 7/22/37

Career diplomats promoted. Washington D.C., July 22. James C. Dunn (ri...

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Photography in information work. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Washington, D.C.

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Imperishable insects created by scientists. Washington, D.C. June 18. William R. Walton, Senior Entomologist of the Division of Cereal and Forage Insects, U.S. Department of Agriculture, whose unique hobby is the making of metal casts of all sorts of insects from the tiniest Scarab to the enormous six-inch Goliath Beetle, which feeds on the tropical vegetation of New Guinea. In his distinctly original work Mr. Walton uses the Galvano-Plasty method of metal coating, which he set about developing over 30 years ago. This is an electro-mechanical process similar to the electrotype process used in making newspaper cuts. 6/18/37

Imperishable insects created by scientists. Washington, D.C. June 18. ...

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Crowd at U.S. Navy Department - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Rural arts exhibition held under the auspices of the Farm Security Administration (FSA) in the patio of the U.S. Department of Agriculture building. Wooden religious figures made by Indian in New Mexico; oldest dated quilt made in West Virginia, then a part of Virginia in 1795

Rural arts exhibition held under the auspices of the Farm Security Adm...

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Golf course grass now dyed green for nervous putters. Washington, D.C., Aug. 5. Nervous golfers who have complained that some insecticides used on greens turned the grass brown, thus creating a mental hazard which spoiled their game, have no excuse now. Experts of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, working with the United States Gold Association, have combined an insecticide with a green, which, when sprayed does not harm healthy grass but improves both the color of uneven greens and the tempers of the golfers who blame their putting on the uneven color of the greens. The new dye is being used on football gridirons and baseball fields. A.E. Rabbit, grass specialist of the United States Golf Association, is pictured spraying the new dye on an experimental green at the Department of Agriculture, 8538

Golf course grass now dyed green for nervous putters. Washington, D.C....

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Select Star American Farmer. Washington, D.C., Oct. 7. A committee met in the Office of Education, Department Interior today to select the Star American Farmer of this year. Contestants for the honor are students of vocational agriculture in highschools throughout the United States. They are judged for thier demonstrated ability to farm by having conducted and outstanding program of supervised farming in connection with agricultural school work, their ability to work with others in agricultural enterprises, and scholastic achievement. First prize in $500 in cash awarded by the Kansas City Star. In the photograph, left to right: (Front Row) Dr. George F. Zook, President of the American Council on Education; Sherman E. Johnson, Chief, Division of Farm Management, Dept. of Agriculture; and S.G. McAllister, President of the International Harvester Corp. Back row, left to right: J.A. Linke, Chief of the Agricultural Education Service, Office of Education; Lester Poucher, President of the Future Farmers of America; and W.A. Ross, also of Agricultural Education Service. The winner of the award will not be announced until October 15 in Kansas City at the annual convention of the F.A.A., 10/7/38

Select Star American Farmer. Washington, D.C., Oct. 7. A committee met...

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A red "hotbed" in Brooklyn College. Washington, D.C., Aug. 23. Congressional investigators heard testimony today that Brooklyn College, N.Y. "might quite fairly be labeled a hotbed of propaganda" and communist activity. Prof. Edward I. Fenlon of the College's Department of Philosophy made the assertion in testimony before the House Committee investigating Un-American activities. He testified that professors and students were "deluged" with communist propaganda. Which at times lettered the sidewalks in places a half inch thick, 8/23/38

A red "hotbed" in Brooklyn College. Washington, D.C., Aug. 23. Congres...

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Murphy creates new office in Justice Department. Woll named Chief. Washington, D.C., Feb. 6. Albert Woll who until today was Special Assistant to the Attorney General, was named by Murphy to head his new Bureau of Commercial Frauds under the Criminal Division. Woll will handle violations of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, 2-6-39

Murphy creates new office in Justice Department. Woll named Chief. Was...

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New Italian Ambassador presents credentials. Washington, D.C., March 22. The newly appointed Italian Ambassador to the United States, Don Ascanio Dei Principi Colona, arriving at the White House to present his credentials to President Roosevelt today. He is pictured with Stanley Woodward, right, Asst. Chief of protocol State Department. 3-22-39

New Italian Ambassador presents credentials. Washington, D.C., March 2...

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Washington, D.C. Modeling skirt and blouse worked out for a high school girl on a low income by graduate students of the Department of Clothing and Textiles, School of Home Economics, University of Alabama. The skirt is made of mattress ticking

Washington, D.C. Modeling skirt and blouse worked out for a high schoo...

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In the ticket reservations department of one of the airliners. Washington, D.C. municipal airport

In the ticket reservations department of one of the airliners. Washing...

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Washington, D.C. Mr. Eugene Holmes of the Department of Philosophy at Howard University

Washington, D.C. Mr. Eugene Holmes of the Department of Philosophy at ...

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Washington, D.C. Loading sugar in grocery department of the District grocery store

Washington, D.C. Loading sugar in grocery department of the District g...

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Washington, D.C. District grocery store warehouse on 4th Street S.W. Produce department. Assistant department head checking over string beans

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Office equipment used by the War Production Board (WPB). These two graphotype machines cut metal address plates in the addressing department of the WPB

Office equipment used by the War Production Board (WPB). These two gra...

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Washington, D.C. Government workers lunch outside the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Washington Monument park

Washington, D.C. Government workers lunch outside the U.S. Department ...

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Washington, D.C. A day nursery for pre-school children of mothers engaged in war work, operated under the supervision of the District of Columbia Health Department by Mrs. Leroy Bonbrest, at her home at 1144 Branch Avenue, S.E. Having milk and cookies

Washington, D.C. A day nursery for pre-school children of mothers enga...

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Secretary of State Stettinius and French Ambassador Henri Bonnet on the occasion of the signing the United Nations declaration for France at the State Department

Secretary of State Stettinius and French Ambassador Henri Bonnet on th...

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Franklin Simon Co., business on Connecticut Ave., Washington, D.C. Shoe department

Franklin Simon Co., business on Connecticut Ave., Washington, D.C. Sho...

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Entrance, Herbert C. Hoover Building, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C.

Entrance, Herbert C. Hoover Building, U.S. Department of Commerce, Was...

Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title and date provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Print... More

Department of the Treasury. Washington DC sterescope card, 19th century.

Department of the Treasury. Washington DC sterescope card, 19th centur...

Copyright by Alexander Gardner. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year of 1863, by Alex Gardner, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Columbia. Title partially devised by Lib... More

Washington, D.C. An automobile parking lot on 14th Street, back of the Department of Labor

Washington, D.C. An automobile parking lot on 14th Street, back of the...

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U.S. Post Office Department, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

U.S. Post Office Department, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Washi...

Significance: One of Washington's few examples of the Richardsonian Romanesque style of architecture, and the only government building built in this style. it was the first federal structure to occupy the Fede... More

U.S. Department of the Interior, Eighteenth & C Streets Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

U.S. Department of the Interior, Eighteenth & C Streets Northwest, Was...

Significance: One of Washington's major governmental buildings, it was designed by one of the city's most noted architects, Waddy Wood. Interesting example of the blending of traditional Classical motifs with ... More

U.S. Department of the Interior, Eighteenth & C Streets Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

U.S. Department of the Interior, Eighteenth & C Streets Northwest, Was...

Significance: One of Washington's major governmental buildings, it was designed by one of the city's most noted architects, Waddy Wood. Interesting example of the blending of traditional Classical motifs with ... More

U.S. Department of the Interior, Eighteenth & C Streets Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

U.S. Department of the Interior, Eighteenth & C Streets Northwest, Was...

Significance: One of Washington's major governmental buildings, it was designed by one of the city's most noted architects, Waddy Wood. Interesting example of the blending of traditional Classical motifs with ... More

U.S. Department of the Interior, Eighteenth & C Streets Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

U.S. Department of the Interior, Eighteenth & C Streets Northwest, Was...

Significance: One of Washington's major governmental buildings, it was designed by one of the city's most noted architects, Waddy Wood. Interesting example of the blending of traditional Classical motifs with ... More

U.S. Department of the Interior, Eighteenth & C Streets Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

U.S. Department of the Interior, Eighteenth & C Streets Northwest, Was...

Significance: One of Washington's major governmental buildings, it was designed by one of the city's most noted architects, Waddy Wood. Interesting example of the blending of traditional Classical motifs with ... More

U.S. Department of the Interior, Eighteenth & C Streets Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

U.S. Department of the Interior, Eighteenth & C Streets Northwest, Was...

Significance: One of Washington's major governmental buildings, it was designed by one of the city's most noted architects, Waddy Wood. Interesting example of the blending of traditional Classical motifs with ... More

U.S. Department of the Interior, Eighteenth & C Streets Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

U.S. Department of the Interior, Eighteenth & C Streets Northwest, Was...

Significance: One of Washington's major governmental buildings, it was designed by one of the city's most noted architects, Waddy Wood. Interesting example of the blending of traditional Classical motifs with ... More

U.S. Department of the Interior, Eighteenth & C Streets Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

U.S. Department of the Interior, Eighteenth & C Streets Northwest, Was...

Significance: One of Washington's major governmental buildings, it was designed by one of the city's most noted architects, Waddy Wood. Interesting example of the blending of traditional Classical motifs with ... More

U.S. Department of the Interior, Eighteenth & C Streets Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

U.S. Department of the Interior, Eighteenth & C Streets Northwest, Was...

Significance: One of Washington's major governmental buildings, it was designed by one of the city's most noted architects, Waddy Wood. Interesting example of the blending of traditional Classical motifs with ... More

U.S. Department of the Interior, Eighteenth & C Streets Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

U.S. Department of the Interior, Eighteenth & C Streets Northwest, Was...

Significance: One of Washington's major governmental buildings, it was designed by one of the city's most noted architects, Waddy Wood. Interesting example of the blending of traditional Classical motifs with ... More

U.S. Department of the Interior, Eighteenth & C Streets Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

U.S. Department of the Interior, Eighteenth & C Streets Northwest, Was...

Significance: One of Washington's major governmental buildings, it was designed by one of the city's most noted architects, Waddy Wood. Interesting example of the blending of traditional Classical motifs with ... More

U.S. Department of the Interior, Eighteenth & C Streets Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

U.S. Department of the Interior, Eighteenth & C Streets Northwest, Was...

Significance: One of Washington's major governmental buildings, it was designed by one of the city's most noted architects, Waddy Wood. Interesting example of the blending of traditional Classical motifs with ... More

United States Department of Commerce, Bounded by Fourteenth, Fifteenth, and E streets and Constitution Avenue, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

United States Department of Commerce, Bounded by Fourteenth, Fifteenth...

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U.S. Department of the Treasury, 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

U.S. Department of the Treasury, 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, W...

Documentation of teller's cages & cash room are included. Significance: Financial headquarters for the U.S. Government. No other government department has continuously occupied its present headquarters as long... More

Blacksmith's shop, Quartermaster's department, Washington, D.C., April, 1865

Blacksmith's shop, Quartermaster's department, Washington, D.C., April...

No. 864. Alternate title, photographer, and date from Catalogue of photographic incidents of the war, from the gallery of Alexander Gardner...by Bob Zeller, published by the Center for Civil War Photography, c... More

Huge postcard sent Minnesota Senator. Washington, D.C., May 2. Said to be the largest postcard ever sent through the mail, this 4x6 message urging passage of a bill to provide sick and annual leave for substitute employees of the Post Office Department, was received today by Senator Ernest Lundeen of Minnesota, from the Minneapolis Substitute Committee of the National Federation of Post Office Clerks. It took $1.50 in stamps to carry the card. Officers of the National Federation of Post Office Clerks are shown with the Senator shortly after the card was delivered. Left to right: Senator Ernest Lundeen, W.T. Horner, Legislative representative of the Federation; Leo [...]orge, President; W.H. Duke, Secretary; and A.B. [...]ombie, Chairman of the local unit

Huge postcard sent Minnesota Senator. Washington, D.C., May 2. Said to...

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Acting Secretary of the navy principal speaker at Arlington Armistice Day ceremonies. Washington, D.C., Nov. 11. Speaking within the shadow of the Unknown Soldier's Tomb at Arlington National Cemetery today, acting Secretary of the Navy Charles Edison urged the nation to keep faith her world war dead by keeping out of Europe's war. The ceremonies were in commemoration of the 21st anniversary of the signing of the armistice. Behind Edison, left to right, are: William T. Slattery, Commander, Department of the District of Columbia American Legion, and Raymond J. Kelly, National Commander, American Legion

Acting Secretary of the navy principal speaker at Arlington Armistice ...

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[Bird's-eye view of Pennsylvania Avenue west from 18th Street, Washington, D.C., showing the Department of Commerce]

[Bird's-eye view of Pennsylvania Avenue west from 18th Street, Washing...

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New Chief of Bureau of Navigation sworn in. Washington, D.C., June 15. Rear Admiral Chester W. Nimitz today assumed duties as Chief of the Bureau of Navigation, relieving Rear Admiral J.O. Richardson who was ordered to duty with the rank of Admiral as Commander, Battle Force, U.S. Fleet, to assume that command about June 24 aboard the battleship California. Left to right: Admiral Richardson, Admiral Nimitz, Rear Admiral W.B. Woodson, Judge Advocate General of the Navy Department who administered the oath of office

New Chief of Bureau of Navigation sworn in. Washington, D.C., June 15....

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Washington, D.C., June 30. A new photograph of Walter G. Campbell, of the Food and Drug Administration of the U.S. Department of Agriculture

Washington, D.C., June 30. A new photograph of Walter G. Campbell, of ...

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A black and white photo of a group of men, Washington DC. Farm Security Administration photograph

A black and white photo of a group of men, Washington DC. Farm Securit...

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New Assistant Secretary of Interior. Washington, D.C., Dec. 20. Ebert K. Berlew, of Pennsylvania, who was today nominated by President Roosevelt to be first Assistant Secretary of the Interior. He succeeds Theodore Walters, who died a few weeks ago. Mr. Berlew has been in the government service for 27 years--most of the time in the Department of Interior, 12/20/37

New Assistant Secretary of Interior. Washington, D.C., Dec. 20. Ebert ...

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Rural arts exhibition held under the auspices of the Farm Security Administration (FSA) in the patio of the U.S. Department of Agriculture building. Weaving on wall by Churchill weavers, Berea, Kentucky; weavin on wall by Spinning Wheel, Asheville, North Carolina; copper plate from society of Connecticut draftsmen; pottery base with handles from Piedmont section of North Carolina; bean pot from New Hampshire; bowls from Jugtown pottery, Steeds, North Carolina; figure and chickens from Hilton pottery,

Rural arts exhibition held under the auspices of the Farm Security Adm...

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Discharged for union activites. Washington, D.C., March 18. Miss Zella Morgan, of Gadsen, Ala., told the Lafollette Civil Liberties Committee today how she was discharged from the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company's plant in Gadsen. Ala., because she was active in the local union, she was given an "honorable discharge" and two weeks extra pay, she said. Because four other girls in the plant not in her Department, declared they would not work in the organization with her

Discharged for union activites. Washington, D.C., March 18. Miss Zella...

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Madame Secretary meets the press. Washington, D.C., April 21. Secretary of Labor Perkins answers the questions of newspapermen following the meeting of labor and industrial leaders at the Labor Department, 4/21/1937

Madame Secretary meets the press. Washington, D.C., April 21. Secretar...

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Secretary Wallace greets "Future Farmers of America." Washington, D.C., May 4. Delegates from six seats are represented at the spring conference in the capital of the board of trustees, Future Farmers of America. Secretary of Agriculture Wallace greeted the delegates at the Agriculture Department. In the photograph, left to right: Elmo Johnson, Tenn.; Clar Nicholson, Maryland.; Joseph H. Black, of Wyoming, President and spokesman; William Shaffer, Virginia; Secretary Wallace; Julian Pierce, Kentucky; J. Phelon, Utah; Roy Martin, Texas; W.A. Ross, Executive Secretary; J.A. Linke, Advisor to the Organization, 5/4/1937

Secretary Wallace greets "Future Farmers of America." Washington, D.C....

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Veteran women pilots now with government. Washington, D.C., Aug. 14. These four well known women pilots seem content to be grounded for awhile. They are now with the Bureau of Air Commerce, U.S. Department of Commerce, and their jobs consists of cooperating with cities and towns throughout the United States in arranging for the marking of roof tape to guide airmen. Blanche Noyes, who took John D. Rockefeller, Jr., for his first and only trip in the air, is the latest to join the group, assuming her duties this morning. Left to right: Louise Thaden, Helen McCloskey, Blanche Noyes and Helen Richey

Veteran women pilots now with government. Washington, D.C., Aug. 14. T...

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Rural arts exhibition held under the auspices of the Farm Security Administration (FSA) in the patio of the U.S. Department of Agriculture building. Corn husk figures by Mrs. Rosalie Pless of Russellville, Tennessee; mountain home

Rural arts exhibition held under the auspices of the Farm Security Adm...

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New Solicitor U.S. Department of Labor. Washington D.C. Gerard D. Reilly, of Boston, has just been nominated by President Roosevelt to be Solicitor for the Department of Labor. He has been acting Solicitor since March 1 and now succeeds Charles A. Gregory, of Illinois, as Head of the Legal Division of the Department. Reilly, who is 30 years old, was born in Boston and graduated form Harvard University in 1927, 7/24/37

New Solicitor U.S. Department of Labor. Washington D.C. Gerard D. Reil...

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Congressional monopoly committee holds initial meeting. Washington, D.C., July 1. The Congressional Executive Committee to investigate monopolies held their first meeting today and charted a course designed to determine the efffect of concentrated wealth and power on business. Pictured, left to right: (sitting) Senator William E. Borah, Herman Oliphant, General Counsel for Treasury; Senator William H. King, Utah; Senator Hoseph C. O'Mahoney, of Wyoming and Chairman of the Committee; Rep. Hatton W. Sumners, of Texas and Vice Chairman; Thurman Arnold, Assistant Attorney General; and Rep. Edward C. Eicher of Iowa. Standing left to right: Richard C. Patterson, Jr., Assistant Secretary of Commerce; Garland S. Ferguson, Chairman of Federal Trade Commission; William O. Douglas, Chairman of S.E.C.; Isador Lubin Chief of Bureau of Labor Statistics, Department of Labor; and Rep. Edward H. Rees of Kansas, 7/1/38

Congressional monopoly committee holds initial meeting. Washington, D....

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FIRST LADY ADDRESSES EDUCATION CONFERENCE. WASHINGTON, D.C. MAY 24. MRS. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT TODAY ADDRESSED THE CONFERENCE ON THE EDUCATION OF BLIND, DEAF, AND SOCIALLY-MALADJUSTED BOYS AND GIRLS IN THE UNITED STATES WHICH OPENED THIS MORNING IN THE OFFICE OF EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR. THE FIRST LADY HAS SHOWN MUCH INTEREST IN THE EDUCATION OF HANDICAPPED AND SOCIALLY-MALADJUSTED CHILDREN. IN THE PHOTOGRAPH ON THE ...U.S. COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION JOHN W. STUDEBAKER, AND ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF INTERIOR OSCAR L. CHAPMAN

FIRST LADY ADDRESSES EDUCATION CONFERENCE. WASHINGTON, D.C. MAY 24. MR...

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New Asst. Secretary of Labor takes oath. Washington, D.C., Jan. 20. Charles V. McLaughlin, recently named by President Roosevelt to succeed Edward F. McGrady as Assistant Secretary of Labor, was today sworn in at the Labor Department. McLaughlin is Senior Vice President, Brotherhood of Firemen and Enginemen. In the photograph, left to right: Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins, Charles V. McLaughlin, and Jesse C. Watts, Acting Chief Clerk of the Labor Department, administering the oath, 1/20/38

New Asst. Secretary of Labor takes oath. Washington, D.C., Jan. 20. Ch...

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Golf course grass now dyed green for nervous putters. Washington, D.C., Aug. 5. Nervous golfers who have complained that some insecticides used on greens turned the grass brown, thus creating a mental hazard which spoiled their game, have no excuse now. Experts of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, working with the United States Gold Association, have combined an insecticide with a green, which, when sprayed does not harm healthy grass but improves both the color of uneven greens and the tempers of the golfers who blame their putting on the uneven color of the greens. The new dye is being used on football gridirons and baseball fields. A.E. Rabbit, grass specialist of the United States Golf Association, is pictured spraying the new dye on an experimental green at the Department of Agriculture, 8/5/38

Golf course grass now dyed green for nervous putters. Washington, D.C....

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New evidence. Washington, D.C., Feb. 2. Rep. J. Parnell Thomas, left, republican of New Jersey, shown here with Rep. Hatton W. Sumners, Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee today presented 'new evidence' to the Committee in support of his resolution to impeach the Secretary of Labor and two other Labor Department officials, 2-2-39

New evidence. Washington, D.C., Feb. 2. Rep. J. Parnell Thomas, left, ...

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Maryland photographs - Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Photograph.

Maryland photographs - Farm Security Administration / Office of War In...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Resettlement Administration (1935-1937). The photographs of the Farm Se... More

Agriculture chart. One of a series of ten charts released by the Bureau of Home Economics, Department of Agriculture. A limited number are on sale at twenty-five cents for a set of ten at the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office (GPO), Washington, D.C.

Agriculture chart. One of a series of ten charts released by the Burea...

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Maryland photographs - Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Photograph.

Maryland photographs - Farm Security Administration / Office of War In...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Resettlement Administration (1935-1937). The photographs of the Farm Se... More

The baggage receiving department. Municipal airport, Washington, D.C.

The baggage receiving department. Municipal airport, Washington, D.C.

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Washington, D.C. Playing tennis in the park in front of the U.S. Department of Commerce building on Sunday afternoon

Washington, D.C. Playing tennis in the park in front of the U.S. Depar...

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Washington, D.C. Mr. Hedman, a Swedish journalist, with Mike McDermott of the U.S. Department, after President Roosevelt's press conference

Washington, D.C. Mr. Hedman, a Swedish journalist, with Mike McDermott...

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Government urges vaccinations. As a preventative against the danger of smallpox, diptheria and typhoid, health officials in Washington last week began giving free inoculations to federal employees. Photo shows Miss Norma T. Roberts of the Office of War Information (OWI) being vaccinated by Dr. C.C Dauer of the District Health Department

Government urges vaccinations. As a preventative against the danger of...

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Justice Reed administering oath of office to Nelson A. Rockefeller, Assistant Secretary (American Republic Affairs), U.S. State Department

Justice Reed administering oath of office to Nelson A. Rockefeller, As...

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[Curtis W. Tarr, director of the Selective Service System, turns the drum containing capsules of draft numbers at the annual draft lottery, Commerce Department Auditorium, Washington, D.C.] / TOH.

[Curtis W. Tarr, director of the Selective Service System, turns the d...

Title devised by Library staff from contact sheet folder caption. Date from contact sheet folder caption. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&WR COLL - Job no. 25417, frame 15A. Contact sheet fo... More

Herbert C. Hoover Building, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C.

Herbert C. Hoover Building, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, D...

Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of ... More

Urn, Herbert C. Hoover Building, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C.

Urn, Herbert C. Hoover Building, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washingt...

Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title and date provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Print... More

[Northeast Pavilion, The Pavilion of the Seals. Mural of Post Office Department seal. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Northeast Pavilion, The Pavilion of the Seals. Mural of Post Office D...

Gift; Carol M. Highsmith 2011; (DLC/PP-2002:038) Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

U.S. Department of the Treasury, South Court, Fifteenth Street & Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

U.S. Department of the Treasury, South Court, Fifteenth Street & Penns...

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U.S. Department of the Treasury, South Court, Fifteenth Street & Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

U.S. Department of the Treasury, South Court, Fifteenth Street & Penns...

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U.S. Department of the Treasury, South Court, Fifteenth Street & Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

U.S. Department of the Treasury, South Court, Fifteenth Street & Penns...

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Carnegie Institute of Washington, Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Standardizing Magnetic Observatory, 5241 Broad Branch Drive Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Carnegie Institute of Washington, Department of Terrestrial Magnetism,...

Significance: The Carnegie Institution of Washington, with funds provided by industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, established the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism 9 DTM) in 1904 to survey and me... More

U.S. Post Office Department, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

U.S. Post Office Department, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Washi...

Significance: One of Washington's few examples of the Richardsonian Romanesque style of architecture, and the only government building built in this style. it was the first federal structure to occupy the Fede... More

U.S. Department of the Interior, Eighteenth & C Streets Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

U.S. Department of the Interior, Eighteenth & C Streets Northwest, Was...

Significance: One of Washington's major governmental buildings, it was designed by one of the city's most noted architects, Waddy Wood. Interesting example of the blending of traditional Classical motifs with ... More

U.S. Department of the Interior, Eighteenth & C Streets Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

U.S. Department of the Interior, Eighteenth & C Streets Northwest, Was...

Significance: One of Washington's major governmental buildings, it was designed by one of the city's most noted architects, Waddy Wood. Interesting example of the blending of traditional Classical motifs with ... More

U.S. Department of the Interior, Eighteenth & C Streets Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

U.S. Department of the Interior, Eighteenth & C Streets Northwest, Was...

Significance: One of Washington's major governmental buildings, it was designed by one of the city's most noted architects, Waddy Wood. Interesting example of the blending of traditional Classical motifs with ... More

U.S. Department of the Interior, Eighteenth & C Streets Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

U.S. Department of the Interior, Eighteenth & C Streets Northwest, Was...

Significance: One of Washington's major governmental buildings, it was designed by one of the city's most noted architects, Waddy Wood. Interesting example of the blending of traditional Classical motifs with ... More

U.S. Department of the Interior, Eighteenth & C Streets Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

U.S. Department of the Interior, Eighteenth & C Streets Northwest, Was...

Significance: One of Washington's major governmental buildings, it was designed by one of the city's most noted architects, Waddy Wood. Interesting example of the blending of traditional Classical motifs with ... More

U.S. Department of the Interior, Eighteenth & C Streets Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

U.S. Department of the Interior, Eighteenth & C Streets Northwest, Was...

Significance: One of Washington's major governmental buildings, it was designed by one of the city's most noted architects, Waddy Wood. Interesting example of the blending of traditional Classical motifs with ... More

U.S. Department of the Interior, Eighteenth & C Streets Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

U.S. Department of the Interior, Eighteenth & C Streets Northwest, Was...

Significance: One of Washington's major governmental buildings, it was designed by one of the city's most noted architects, Waddy Wood. Interesting example of the blending of traditional Classical motifs with ... More

U.S. Department of the Interior, Eighteenth & C Streets Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

U.S. Department of the Interior, Eighteenth & C Streets Northwest, Was...

Significance: One of Washington's major governmental buildings, it was designed by one of the city's most noted architects, Waddy Wood. Interesting example of the blending of traditional Classical motifs with ... More

U.S. Department of the Interior, Eighteenth & C Streets Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

U.S. Department of the Interior, Eighteenth & C Streets Northwest, Was...

Significance: One of Washington's major governmental buildings, it was designed by one of the city's most noted architects, Waddy Wood. Interesting example of the blending of traditional Classical motifs with ... More

U.S. Department of the Interior, Eighteenth & C Streets Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

U.S. Department of the Interior, Eighteenth & C Streets Northwest, Was...

Significance: One of Washington's major governmental buildings, it was designed by one of the city's most noted architects, Waddy Wood. Interesting example of the blending of traditional Classical motifs with ... More

U.S. Department of the Interior, Eighteenth & C Streets Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

U.S. Department of the Interior, Eighteenth & C Streets Northwest, Was...

Significance: One of Washington's major governmental buildings, it was designed by one of the city's most noted architects, Waddy Wood. Interesting example of the blending of traditional Classical motifs with ... More

United States Department of Commerce, Bounded by Fourteenth, Fifteenth, and E streets and Constitution Avenue, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

United States Department of Commerce, Bounded by Fourteenth, Fifteenth...

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