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U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Makalapa, Transportation Department Office, 47 Makalapa Drive, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Makalapa, Transporta...

Significance: This building is significant as an example of adaptation of an office building to residential use after World War II. This building was a Transportation Department office during World War II, but... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Makalapa, Transportation Department Office, 47 Makalapa Drive, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Makalapa, Transporta...

Significance: This building is significant as an example of adaptation of an office building to residential use after World War II. This building was a Transportation Department office during World War II, but... 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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Department of Energy, Mound Facility, Hydrolysis House Building (HH Building), One Mound Road, Miamisburg, Montgomery County, OH

Department of Energy, Mound Facility, Hydrolysis House Building (HH Bu...

Significance: HH Building's historic significance is based upon its operational role in the polonium processing mission. During the polonium processing era, HH Building housed the facilities for the treatment o... More

Department of Energy, Mound Facility, Hydrolysis House Building (HH Building), One Mound Road, Miamisburg, Montgomery County, OH

Department of Energy, Mound Facility, Hydrolysis House Building (HH Bu...

Significance: HH Building's historic significance is based upon its operational role in the polonium processing mission. During the polonium processing era, HH Building housed the facilities for the treatment o... More

Department of Energy, Mound Facility, Hydrolysis House Building (HH Building), One Mound Road, Miamisburg, Montgomery County, OH

Department of Energy, Mound Facility, Hydrolysis House Building (HH Bu...

Significance: HH Building's historic significance is based upon its operational role in the polonium processing mission. During the polonium processing era, HH Building housed the facilities for the treatment o... More

Department of Energy, Mound Facility, Hydrolysis House Building (HH Building), One Mound Road, Miamisburg, Montgomery County, OH

Department of Energy, Mound Facility, Hydrolysis House Building (HH Bu...

Significance: HH Building's historic significance is based upon its operational role in the polonium processing mission. During the polonium processing era, HH Building housed the facilities for the treatment o... More

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

Carte réduite de l'isle de Saint Domingue et de ses débouquements pour servir aux vaisseaux du roy. Dréssée au Dépost des cartes plans et journaux de la marine. Par ordre de M. Rouillé chr. comte de Jouy, &ca. secretaire d'État ayant le Départment de la marine. 1750.

Carte réduite de l'isle de Saint Domingue et de ses débouquements pour...

Scale ca. 1:1,300,000. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. "No. 72." Includes text. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1847 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster... More

Colonel Paine's barracks, brigade hospital, Dr. [Sim's?] headquarters, roof of State quartermasters office, United States Quartermasters Department, ice houses, Mississippi River

Colonel Paine's barracks, brigade hospital, Dr. [Sim's?] headquarters,...

Photograph shows a commercial street in Cairo, Illinois with Union military barracks in the distance. Title from inscriptions on mount reading top left to right. "No. 4" upper left corner. Photograph possibly t... More

The Metropolitan Sanitary Fair - the Indian Department [NYC. Indians dancing on stage]

The Metropolitan Sanitary Fair - the Indian Department [NYC. Indians d...

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Winter quarters of Quartermaster's Department, 6th Army Corps. near Hazel River, Virginia, 1864

Winter quarters of Quartermaster's Department, 6th Army Corps. near Ha...

No. B361. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. 7, page 313". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Old Territory and Military Department of New Mexico.

Old Territory and Military Department of New Mexico.

Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image. 4 copies

[The construction department on the dock]

[The construction department on the dock]

Carpentry shops at the double-berth dry dock of the Imperial Naval Arsenal. Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 20. No. 47. In album: Naval personnel, the Imperial ... More

Rail road map of Pennsylvania published by the Department of Internal Affairs of Pennsylvania, 1895.

Rail road map of Pennsylvania published by the Department of Internal ...

Detailed map showing drainage, cities and towns, and the railroad system distinguished by color. Scale 1:380,160. LC Railroad maps, 297 Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through th... More

Slated for Dictatorship of Bureau of Air Commerce. Washington, D.C., Jan. 7. According to reports Fred D. Flagg, Jr., of Chicago, will be named to succeed Eugene Vidal as Director of the Bureau of Air Commerce, Department of Commerce. The talk is that the Bureau will be completely reorganized by Secretary Roper. The Report says that Vidal will be designated as a special representative of Secretary Roper for an eight week European tour to study aviation abroad and arrange for reciprical landing privileges for transatlantic flights

Slated for Dictatorship of Bureau of Air Commerce. Washington, D.C., J...

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A portion of the steel passenger department, Berwick, PA.

A portion of the steel passenger department, Berwick, PA.

Photograph shows group portrait of railroad employees posed on and in front of N.Y.C. & H. R.R. New York Central Lines railroad car. Published by the Sterling Store.

Maritime Union pickets U.S. Dept. of Commerce. Washington, D.C., May 17. More than 500 members of the National Maritime Union picketed the U.S. Commerce Department Building today in protest against what they said was indiscriminate issuance of seaman's certificates. Patrick D. Whalen, Chairman of the Baltimore branch of the NMU, said the marine workers had no quarrel with Secretary Hopkins but were directing their picketing against the Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation, a division of the Department

Maritime Union pickets U.S. Dept. of Commerce. Washington, D.C., May 1...

A group of people standing in front of a building. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Assembling department, National Cash Register, Dayton, O[hio]

Assembling department, National Cash Register, Dayton, O[hio]

Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, structure, works, 19th-20th century industrial revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

[Department of Agriculture building, Washington, D.C.]

[Department of Agriculture building, Washington, D.C.]

No. 3218. National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress) Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Department of Labor naturalization class]

[Department of Labor naturalization class]

National Photo Company Collection. No. 2682. Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Portrait photo of [Department of Labor naturalization class]

Portrait photo of [Department of Labor naturalization class]

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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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SEAL OF THE UNITED STATES. AT STATE DEPARTMENT

SEAL OF THE UNITED STATES. AT STATE DEPARTMENT

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[Group in front of U.S. Department of Treasury building, Washington, D.C.]

[Group in front of U.S. Department of Treasury building, Washington, D...

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CHAMBER OF COMERCE OF U.S.A. COMMITTEE ON DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE: CHARLES C. JENK; C.A. McCORMICK; D.A. SKINNER, ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF CHAMBER; A.W. SHAW, CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEE; E.E. PRATT, CHIEF, BUREAU OF FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC COMMERCE, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE; CALVIN M. SMYTH; E. OLIVER FOWLKES

CHAMBER OF COMERCE OF U.S.A. COMMITTEE ON DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE: CHAR...

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[Department of Agriculture. Chrysanthemum Show]

[Department of Agriculture. Chrysanthemum Show]

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RED CROSS VEHICLE AT STATE DEPARTMENT

RED CROSS VEHICLE AT STATE DEPARTMENT

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE CHRYSANTHEMUM SHOW

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE CHRYSANTHEMUM SHOW

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BOY SCOUTS. AT DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

BOY SCOUTS. AT DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE CHRYSANTHEMUM SHOW

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE CHRYSANTHEMUM SHOW

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Stock room of a large rubber factory--Automobile Tire Department, Akron, Ohio

Stock room of a large rubber factory--Automobile Tire Department, Akro...

J224175 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 22062. Public domain photograph of industrial revolution, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

NAVY DEPARTMENT, U.S. STORES - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

NAVY DEPARTMENT, U.S. STORES - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domai...

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NAVY DEPARTMENT, U.S. INTELLIGENCE BUREAU, FINGER PRINT DEPARTMENT CLERK, MARIE S. DAHM

NAVY DEPARTMENT, U.S. INTELLIGENCE BUREAU, FINGER PRINT DEPARTMENT CLE...

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Officeres [sic] and Office Force Hdqrs., Southern Department, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, Feb. 18th 1919

Officeres [sic] and Office Force Hdqrs., Southern Department, Fort Sam...

J233169 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; C. W. Henningsen; February 28, 1919; DLC/PP-1919:45916. Copyright claimant's address: 522 Mason St., San Antonio, Texas.

Post Office Department Building. Old Post Office, whole building

Post Office Department Building. Old Post Office, whole building

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commercial building, downtown, shopping center, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Department of Agriculture. Miss Lucy Alexander, food tester, Department of Agriculture I

Department of Agriculture. Miss Lucy Alexander, food tester, Departmen...

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

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

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Washington Monument. View of Washington Monument from Department of Agriculture

Washington Monument. View of Washington Monument from Department of Ag...

The Washington Monument is an iconic obelisk located in Washington D.C., United States. It is located on the National Mall and is dedicated to George Washington, the first President of the United States. It was... More

Tests of the new Armoured trucks of the Post Office Department at Fort Meyer today. The windows and wind shields are of bullet proof glass. This photo snaped [sic] at the moment of impact, plainly shows the fine splinters of flying glass, 12/1/21

Tests of the new Armoured trucks of the Post Office Department at Fort...

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Former Interior Department investigators summoned before Senate Committee. Washington, D.C., Jan. 22. Two former investigators for the Interior Department, Col. W.L. Simpson (left) and Capt. J.G. Ghoslton, were summoned today to testify before the Senate Public Lands Committee considering the nomination of Ebert K. Burlew as Assistant Secretary of Interior, 1/22/38

Former Interior Department investigators summoned before Senate Commit...

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Tugwell's successor at White House with boss. Washington, D.C., Dec. 22. Secretary of Agriculture Henry a Wallace, (left) and Dr. W. Alexander, successor to Rex Tugwell as Resettlement Administrator leaving the White House following a conference with the President Roosevelt. Wallace told newpapermen the President will issue an executive order transfering the RA to the Agriculture Department as soon as Attorney General Cummings draws up the legal form

Tugwell's successor at White House with boss. Washington, D.C., Dec. 2...

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Attorney General Stone as he appeared before the Senate Judiciary committee, January 28, to answer questions as to why he is determined to go ahead with the new case of the Deptartment of Justice against Senator Wheeler of Montana. The evidence will be submitted by the Department before a Federal Grand jury in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 1. The picture shows, (left to right) Senator Albert B. Commins, Chairman of the committee, Harlan Fiske Stone, Attorney General and Senator Thomas F. Walsh [...] Montana

Attorney General Stone as he appeared before the Senate Judiciary comm...

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Responsible post. Washington, D.C., Sept. 28. A post, which probably carries with it more responsibility than any other in the field of aviation, is held by Richard C. Gazley, New Chief of the Safety and Planning Division of the Bureau of Air Commerce, U.S. Department of Commerce. All problems relating to aircraft, airports, air transport, education, international relations, power plants, and radio development come under his direct supervision. One of the most important phases of his job is the developing and testing of all new safety devices for aircraft. In this picture, Gazley is shown inspecting an audio meter for testing radio receiving apparatus.

Responsible post. Washington, D.C., Sept. 28. A post, which probably c...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, aviator, 1910s-1920s, early 20th-century aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Heroes of Nicaraguan service receive decorations from Secretary of Navy. Seven officers of the United States Navy and Marine Corps were presented with decorations for distinguished service in Nicaragua by Secretary of the Navy Charles Francis Adams today at the Navy Department. In this picture Secretary Adams is pinning the Distinguished Medal on Rear Admiral David Sellers, Judge Advocate General of the Navy, who was commander of the Special Service in Nicaragua from July 1927 to May 1929. Others in the picture are Lieut. Col. C.R. Wallace, U.S.M.C., who also received Distinguished Service Federal Lieut. Col. C. R. Sanderson; 2nd Lieut. E. H. Saltzman; 2nd Lieut. Earl S. Piper; 2nd Lieut. John S. Letcher, all of whom received the Navy Cross. Lieut. John B. O'Neill, U.S. Navy received a star in lieu of Navy Cross as was previously awarded the Cross

Heroes of Nicaraguan service receive decorations from Secretary of Nav...

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Department of Commerce. Construction of Department of Commerce II

Department of Commerce. Construction of Department of Commerce II

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White House exteriors. White House from top of State Department II

White House exteriors. White House from top of State Department II

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Fred D. Fagg, Jr., Chief of Air Commerce Bureau, Department of Commerce. Mr. Fagg looking at globe II

Fred D. Fagg, Jr., Chief of Air Commerce Bureau, Department of Commerc...

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Nation's Business. School office at Agriculture Department II

Nation's Business. School office at Agriculture Department II

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Mall. View of Mall from doorway of Department of Agriculture

Mall. View of Mall from doorway of Department of Agriculture

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Department of Agriculture. Construction of north side of Department of Agriculture Building (main entrance)

Department of Agriculture. Construction of north side of Department of...

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Post Office Department Building. Basement wall of Post Office Department Building

Post Office Department Building. Basement wall of Post Office Departme...

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Post Office Department. Setting in foundation for Post Office Department II

Post Office Department. Setting in foundation for Post Office Departme...

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Fred D. Fagg, Jr., Chief of Air Commerce Bureau, Department of Commerce. Mr. Fagg at desk III

Fred D. Fagg, Jr., Chief of Air Commerce Bureau, Department of Commerc...

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Dr. Eckener calls on Assistant Secretary of Navy Jahnke. Dr. Hugo Eckener, left, who is in Washington to receive a special medal from the National Geographic Society, photographed by Assistant Secretary of the Navy Erhesest Jahnke at the Navy Department today

Dr. Eckener calls on Assistant Secretary of Navy Jahnke. Dr. Hugo Ecke...

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Protestant, Catholic, and Jewish leaders meet in Washington to assist jobless. The problem of unemployment is not only economic, but ethical and moral as well, and responsibility for its solution rests upon the whole American people. President Hoover was advised today by a delegation representing three national church groups sponsoring the National Conference on Permanent Preventives of Unemployment, meeting in Washington this week. Heading the delegation to the White House were, left to right: Rabbi Edward L. Israel, chairman of the Social Justice Commission, Central Conference of American Rabbis; Reverend R.A. McGowan, of the social action department, National Catholic Welfare Conference; and James Myers, Industrial Secretary, Social Service Commission, Federal Council of Churches, 1/27/31

Protestant, Catholic, and Jewish leaders meet in Washington to assist ...

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Fort Snelling, Department of the Dakota, Building No. 63, Off Ramsey Street, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, MN

Fort Snelling, Department of the Dakota, Building No. 63, Off Ramsey S...

Survey number: HABS MN-88-O National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000401

New York State Soldiers & Sailors Home, Building No. 104, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 76 Veterans Avenue, Bath, Steuben County, NY

New York State Soldiers & Sailors Home, Building No. 104, Department o...

Survey number: HABS NY-6339-Y Public domain photograph - city, downtown, New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a man standing in a field. Farmers during Great Depression

A black and white photo of a man standing in a field. Farmers during G...

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New Public Contracts Board, Washington, D.C. Oct. 6. Members of the new public contracts board of the Department of Labor met today for the first time shortly after they were appointed by the Secretary Perkins. Hearings will be held immediately by the Board to make findings upon questions arrising under the Walsh-Healey law which went into effect last week and requires that manufacturers and dealers who make future contracts in excess of $10,000 with the Government shall comply with certain minimum wage, maximum hour and other labor conditions in the performance of the contract. In the photograph, left to right; Telfair Knight, Counsel for the Textile Labor Relations Division, Frank Healey of the office of the Solicitor of the Labor Department; and Hugh L.Kerwin, Director of Conciliation, Textile Labor Relations Division

New Public Contracts Board, Washington, D.C. Oct. 6. Members of the ne...

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Head of U.S. delegation to nine-power treaty conference. Washington, D.C., Oct. 18. Norman Davis, Chief American Delegate to the Conference of the Nine-Power Treaty Signatories in Brussels, snapped at the State Department today where he met with the other members of the American Delegation. 10/18/37

Head of U.S. delegation to nine-power treaty conference. Washington, D...

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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. Hearth brooms from Southern Highlands; wall hanging from Delaware; table from New Hampshire; pottery from Piedmont, North Carolina, section and New Hampshire; photograph of Southern Highlands tanner by Doris Ulmann; woven rug from New Hope, Pennsylvania

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

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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. "Round Up," whittled by Hugh E. Haskins, cowboy from Montana

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

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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. Carved ivory

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

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

Rural arts exhibition held under the auspices of the Farm Security Administration (FSA) in the patio of the U.S. Department of Agriculture building. Musical instruments: dulcimers, fiddles, Irish bull fiddle, Paul Bunyan harp, others made from cigar box, pitchfork, gourds, cornstalks, bamboo fihing pole; made in lumber camps of Wisconsin and in Southern Highlands. Tapestry made by Katherine McAlister, Blue River, Oregon, from handspun wool, colored with native dyes; group of carvings from Tennessee;

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

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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. Deer from New Hampshire

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

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Inspection station on the California-Arizona state line maintained by the California Department of Agriculture to prevent the spread of plant pests. Yuma, Arizona

Inspection station on the California-Arizona state line maintained by ...

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Latest news on the Chino-Jap war. Washington, D.C., Sept. 2. One of the busiest spots in the State Department today is the telegraph room where all the confidential messages from all the consular offices and embassies come through for distribution to the different bureaus

Latest news on the Chino-Jap war. Washington, D.C., Sept. 2. One of th...

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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. Baskets made from North Carolina, West Virginia, Virginia, New York, and Indians; weaving; yarn from Tennessee

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

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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. Handspun and woven rug from Colorado; beaded bridle and beaded papoose carrier made by Sioux Indians; small pottery and corn storage jar, drum and basket made by Indians of the Southwest

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

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Administrator of N.Y. Milk Marketing Agreement. Washington, D.C., Aug. 29. Erske M. Harmon, recently appointed administrator of the New York Milk Marketing agreement, has assumed his new duties as the U.S. Department of Agriculture here, 8/29/38

Administrator of N.Y. Milk Marketing Agreement. Washington, D.C., Aug....

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Brooklyn Professor testifies before the House Un-American Committee. Washington, D.C., Aug. 23. Earl A. Martin, Chairman of the Brooklyn [...]Biology Department, shows members of the Dies Un-American Committee, communist propaganda distributed thru the school under the guise of a school pamphlet he also testified that communist activity has lowered the morale of the faculty and has created a feeling of distrust of one colleague to another, 8/23/38

Brooklyn Professor testifies before the House Un-American Committee. W...

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Monopoly huddle. Washington, D.C., Dec. 12. At this informal conference just before the Monopoly Committee opened today's hearing can be seen, left to right: Assistant Attorney General Thurman Arnold, Chairman Joseph C. O'Mahoney, S.E.C. Commissioner Jerome Frank, and Hugh B. Cox, Special Assistant to the Attorney General. In opening today's hearing on the glass industry's patent policies, Cox said the Justice Department seeks to disclose the relation between patent laws and enforcement of anti-trust laws, 12/12/38

Monopoly huddle. Washington, D.C., Dec. 12. At this informal conferenc...

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People waiting for Department of Agriculture movie. Courtroom, San Augustine, Texas

People waiting for Department of Agriculture movie. Courtroom, San Aug...

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Rep. J. Parnell Thomas calls for house investigation to determine whether impeachment of Secretary Perkins is warranted. Washington, D.C., Jan. 24. Rep. J. Parnell Thomas, republicans of New Jersey, today introduced in the House a resolution calling for an investigation to determine whether impeachment of Secretary of Labor Perkins is warranted. The resolution also called for an investigation of the official conduct of Immigration Commissioner James L. Houghteling and Labor Department Solicitor Gerard D. Reilly, 1-24-39

Rep. J. Parnell Thomas calls for house investigation to determine whet...

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Gives the Nazi salute. Washington, D.C., Nov. 22. German Ambassador Hans Dieckhoff gives the familiar Nazi salute as he arrives at the State Department today to pay a farewell call on Secretary of State Cordell Hull. He expects to sail for Germany from New York next Friday night on the Europa

Gives the Nazi salute. Washington, D.C., Nov. 22. German Ambassador Ha...

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Operating a hand drill at the North American Aviation, Inc., [a] woman is in the control surface department assembling a section of the leading edge for the horizontal stabilizer of a plane

Operating a hand drill at the North American Aviation, Inc., [a] woman...

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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 Perkins 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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Secretary of Agriculture presents Meyer medal to veteran government plant explorer. Washington, D.C., July 24. Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace, right, presenting the Meyer Medal for distinguished services in plant introduction to David Fairchild, Veteran Plant Explorer of the United States Department of Agriculture. The Secretary made the award on behalf of the American Genetic Association, the Trustees of the Medal. Following the presentation, Secretary Wallace out-lined the distinguished services of Dr. Fairchild during his 50 year's association with the department of Agriculture. Dr. Fairchild has introduced many hundreds of new plants into America. Others in the picture are Mrs. Fairchild and P.H. Dorsett, retired plant explorer, 7/24-39

Secretary of Agriculture presents Meyer medal to veteran government pl...

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Department of Labor. Washington, D.C.

Department of Labor. Washington, D.C.

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Member of the service department of the United Producers and Consumers Cooperative winding an armature. He was sent by the cooperative to Chicago to learn his trade

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Washington, D.C. Modeling osnaburg pinafore 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. Total cost of materials was fifty-seven cents

Washington, D.C. Modeling osnaburg pinafore worked out for a high scho...

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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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Chase Bank, 11 Broad St., New York City. Trust department, bank of four machines

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Turning on a hand lathe the outside surface of a partially-dried blank for a medical department coffee cup. Shenango Pottery Works, Newcastle, Pennsylvania

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Lawning dry color to be used in decorating medical department chinaware. Shenango Pottery Works, Newcastle, Pennsylvania

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Kay Jewelers, business in Jacksonville, Florida. Clock department

Kay Jewelers, business in Jacksonville, Florida. Clock department

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Triboro Hospital for Tuberculosis, Parsons Blvd., Jamaica, New York. Outpatients department II

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