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Third annual sports meeting of the gov't schools of the Jerusalem sub-district, on Gov't Arab College ground (near Government House). Reception tents, closer view showing in centre director of Arab college, Ahmed Sameh, Bey el-Khaldi & Mrs. Keith Roach, etc.

Third annual sports meeting of the gov't schools of the Jerusalem sub-...

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Mr. Corrington Gill, Deputy Director in Charge of Operations, Office of Civilian Defense

Mr. Corrington Gill, Deputy Director in Charge of Operations, Office o...

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Reception by the Director of Programmes, Palestine Broadcasting Service. Guest arriving (Public Information Officer, Mr. Tweedy)

Reception by the Director of Programmes, Palestine Broadcasting Servic...

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Dan A. West, deputy director of Consumer Division, OPA (Office of Price Administration)

Dan A. West, deputy director of Consumer Division, OPA (Office of Pric...

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Recommends CCC be made permanent. Washington, D.C., March 15. Robert Fechner, Director of the Civilian Conservation Corps, today recommended to the Senate Unemployment and Relief Committee that the CCC be made a permanent establishment. The present CCC authorization will expire July 1, 1940. Fechner said that, while he believed the present "distress" of unemployment would end soon, he was satisfied the country would face the problem of providing jobs for needy young men for several years, 3/15/38

Recommends CCC be made permanent. Washington, D.C., March 15. Robert F...

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George Leaver, president; Don Shinaut, treasurer; Russell Smith, director; Henry Wollen and Jay Rowell, board of directors of Two River Non-Stock Cooperative, a FSA (Farm Security Administration) co-op, looking at demonstration of Farmall "M" Tractor. Waterloo, Nebraska

George Leaver, president; Don Shinaut, treasurer; Russell Smith, direc...

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Mr. A.D. Stewart, Acting Regional Director, Little Rock, Arkansas

Mr. A.D. Stewart, Acting Regional Director, Little Rock, Arkansas

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Production Executive Committee. First meeting of Production Executive Committee of the War Production Board (WPB). Charles E. Wilson, President of General Electric Company and WPB Vice Chairman of the Committee. Committee members, left to right: Rear Admiral Howard L. Vickery, Vice Chairman, U.S. Maritime Commission; Lieutenant General Brehon B. Somervell, Commanding General, Services of Supply, U.S. Army; Mr. Wilson; Vice Admiral Samuel M. Robinson, Director of Material and Procurement, U.S. Navy; and Major General Oliver P. Echols, Commanding General, Material Command Headquarters, Army, Air Force

Production Executive Committee. First meeting of Production Executive ...

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Mrs. Roosevelt being sworn in as Mayor La Guardia's assistant in the Office of Civilian Defense. Mrs. Roosevelt's title is Assistant Director of the Office of Civilian Defense. The ceremony took place on the morning of September 29

Mrs. Roosevelt being sworn in as Mayor La Guardia's assistant in the O...

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Miscellaneous lot of photographs by Barbara Wright. National Youth Administration (NYA), Works Progress Administration (WPA) and Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). Marion .. Bethune, director of Negro Affairs, NYA

Miscellaneous lot of photographs by Barbara Wright. National Youth Adm...

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Left to right: Dr. John S. Sly, Regional Price Administrator, Office of Price Administration (OPA); Sylvan Joseph, Regional Price Director OPA; A. Antolini, Associate Regional Price Administrator

Left to right: Dr. John S. Sly, Regional Price Administrator, Office o...

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Director F.H. LaGuardia (center) and Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, assistant director of the Office of Civilian Defense with Dean James M. Landis (right) of the Harvard Law School on the occasion of his arrival in Washington to assume his new duties as executive in the Office of Civilian Defense

Director F.H. LaGuardia (center) and Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, assistant...

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Philip Martin, Jr., technical director, Spencer Tracy, narrator and Garson Kanin, director, at the Long Island Studios of the Army Signal Corps for the recording of Spencer Tracy's narration of the "Ring of Steel," an Office of Emergency Management (OEM), film on on February 19th, 1942

Philip Martin, Jr., technical director, Spencer Tracy, narrator and Ga...

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Meeting between officials of the OPM, Army, Navy and representatives of the automobile industry and the automobile unions, to discuss the problems of conversion in automobile plants. Left to right: R. J. Thomas, UAW-CIO (United Auto Workers-Congress of Industrial Organizations) president; Sidney Hillman, associate general, OPM (Office of Personnel Management); Leon Henderson, director, OPA (Office of Price Administration); Paul Hoffman, president of Studebaker Company; Edsel Ford; William S. Knudsen, direcotr general, OPM; C.E. Wilson, president, General Motors

Meeting between officials of the OPM, Army, Navy and representatives o...

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Bear Mountain, New York. Interracial activities at Camp Fern Rock, where children are aided by the Methodist Camp Service. Mrs. Rosalind L. Putnam, director

Bear Mountain, New York. Interracial activities at Camp Fern Rock, whe...

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Tire recapping. A service attendant points out a worn tire that may be recapped under a new plan which removes restrictions on reclaimed camelback rubber for passenger tires. The plan to recap passenger car tires with reclaimed rubber camelback, approved by rubber director William M. Jeffers, was put into effect in February 1943 to reduce the demand for replacement tires and still keep civilian cars in service

Tire recapping. A service attendant points out a worn tire that may be...

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Axis propaganda. Here are five of more than one hundred exhibits which Elmer Davis, director of the Office of War information, displayed to the press at a conference on March 6, 1943, to tell how the OWI was fighting the Axis on the propaganda front. In this collection appear NIPPON, a widely-circulated Japanese propaganda magazine; SIGNAL, the Nazi magazine which in many languages is widely distributed in neutral countries; YAMATO, a magazine lauding the Japanese published by the Italians; HITLER CODICA EL MUNDO, an expose of Hitler in Spanish by Hermann Rauschnigg and FREEDOM, the Japanese propaganda organ which ironically, displays a picture of American prisoners of war on the cover

Axis propaganda. Here are five of more than one hundred exhibits which...

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Washington, D. C. Director of the USO (United Service Organizations) addressing a Catholic Evidence Guild rally in Franklin Park

Washington, D. C. Director of the USO (United Service Organizations) a...

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Washington, D. C. Director of the USO (United Service Organizations) addressing a Catholic Evidence Guild rally in Franklin Park

Washington, D. C. Director of the USO (United Service Organizations) a...

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Tire recapping. Removing a recapped passenger car tire from a curing mold. Before the curing process the tread surface had been ground down evenly and had a strip of reclaimed camelback rubber attached to it. The plan to recap passenger tires with passenger tires with reclaimed rubber camelback, approved by rubber director William M. Jeffers, was put into effect in February 1943 to reduce the demand for replacement tires and still keep civilian cars in service

Tire recapping. Removing a recapped passenger car tire from a curing m...

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Tire recapping. "Cooking" a recapped passenger car tire in a curing mold. The recap is made by applying passenger type reclaimed camelback to a worn casing on which the tread surface had previously been ground down evenly. The plan to recap passenger tires with reclaimed rubber camelback, approved by rubber director William M. Jeffers, was put into effect in February 1943 to reduce the demand for replacement tires and still keep civilian cars in service

Tire recapping. "Cooking" a recapped passenger car tire in a curing mo...

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Tire recapping. A recap job on a passenger car tire. The tire with a tread strip of reclaimed camelback rubber is put into a curing mold. The old tread surface had previously been ground down evenly and coated with rubber adhesive. The plan to recap passenger tires with reclaimed rubber camelback, approved by rubber director William M. Jeffers, was put into effect in February 1943 to reduce the demand for replacement tires and still keep civilian cars in service

Tire recapping. A recap job on a passenger car tire. The tire with a t...

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Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Bach festival. Dr. Ifor Jones, born in Wales, who has been the director of the Bethlehem Bach choir for six years

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Bach festival. Dr. Ifor Jones, born in Wales,...

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Stassen arrives in London for discussions Harold Stassen (left), director of the Foreign Operations Administration, arrived at the London airport on March 27th and was greeted by Lincoln Gordon (right).

Stassen arrives in London for discussions Harold Stassen (left), direc...

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National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Mountain Branch, Director's House, Lamont & Veterans Way, Johnson City, Washington County, TN

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Mountain Branch, Direct...

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Jacob Tome Institute, Director's Residence, Tome Road, Port Deposit, Cecil County, MD

Jacob Tome Institute, Director's Residence, Tome Road, Port Deposit, C...

Significance: As the residence of the directors of the Tome School for Boys, the house was at the social and management core of school life. Architecturally, it is a fine, formal example of a Georgian Revival ... More

Jacob Tome Institute, Director's Residence, Tome Road, Port Deposit, Cecil County, MD

Jacob Tome Institute, Director's Residence, Tome Road, Port Deposit, C...

Significance: As the residence of the directors of the Tome School for Boys, the house was at the social and management core of school life. Architecturally, it is a fine, formal example of a Georgian Revival ... More

Federal Theatre - Marionette Theatre presents "RUR" Remo Bufano director.

Federal Theatre - Marionette Theatre presents "RUR" Remo Bufano direct...

Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of "RUR" at the Marionette Theatre, showing abstract image with text. Date stamped on verso: Jan 5 1939. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library o... More

Thirtieth Street Station, Power Director Center, Thirtieth & Market Streets in Amtrak Railroad Station, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Thirtieth Street Station, Power Director Center, Thirtieth & Market St...

Significance: It was designed to visually and aurally indicate the operating status of the railroad's power system. This particular power director center monitored and supervised operation of all switches in th... More

The director and prefect of the Sodality of St. Joseph's Church, Philada. To all who shall see the present letters greeting in the Lord / J. Queen del. ; Lith. of Duval, Williams & Duval Pha.

The director and prefect of the Sodality of St. Joseph's Church, Phila...

Print shows the Blessed Virgin Mary and scenes showing church services where young men and young women are "received into the Sodality" of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Includes pencil inscriptions that point out d... More

[Toledo Museum of Art, residence of the director, Toledo, Ohio]

[Toledo Museum of Art, residence of the director, Toledo, Ohio]

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[CHAMBERS, EDWARD. DIRECTOR, DIVISION OF TRAFFIC, U.S. RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION; CHIEF, TRANSPORTATION DIVISION, U.S. FOOD ADMINISTRATION]

[CHAMBERS, EDWARD. DIRECTOR, DIVISION OF TRAFFIC, U.S. RAILROAD ADMINI...

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FARQUAR, ARTHUR B. VICE PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.

FARQUAR, ARTHUR B. VICE PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF...

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D. W. Griffith's Supreme Triumph Hearts of the world, a love story of the great war, 18 months in the making

D. W. Griffith's Supreme Triumph Hearts of the world, a love story of ...

Poster depicting a man shooting another man in a uniform while a woman stands by in fear. Bottom portion of poster missing.

Agrl Dept., Bureau States Relations, Dr. A.C. True, Director

Agrl Dept., Bureau States Relations, Dr. A.C. True, Director

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Brig. General Frank T. Hines, Director of the Veterans Bureau, receiving a delegation of 15 disabled veterans

Brig. General Frank T. Hines, Director of the Veterans Bureau, receivi...

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Maj. Omar W. Clark, new Assistant Director of Veterans Bureau

Maj. Omar W. Clark, new Assistant Director of Veterans Bureau

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Santa Claus receives aeroplane pilot's license from Assistant Secretary of Commerce. Although there may not be sufficient snow for his reindeer sleigh, Santa Claus will still be able to deliver his load of presents on time this Christmas by using the air route. The old saint called at the Commerce Department in Washington today where he is shown receiving an aeroplane pilot's license from Assistant Secretary of Commerce. for Aeronautics William P. MacCracken, while Clarence M. Young (right) Director of Aeronautics, Department of Commerce, looks on. Airway maps and the assurance that the lights would be burning on the airways Christmas Eve were also given to Santa

Santa Claus receives aeroplane pilot's license from Assistant Secretar...

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Hats off! Attention men! The national straw hat wearer's association appears on the scene in Washington, D.C. The rules say: wear your straw hat when it is hot. Don't bother about the set dates. Remember, a straw hat on the head is cooler than a straw in the store." Here we have the national officers, reading left to right: Frank S. Hoght, first Vice President and Managing Director of the Willard Hotel; Edwin Callow, President and Leroy Goff, second Vice President. Kemper F. Cowing is National Secretary

Hats off! Attention men! The national straw hat wearer's association a...

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Al Smith call on Secretary of Navy. Former Governor Alfred E. Smith called on the Secretary of the Navy Charles Francis Adams today in Washington to ask for the help of Navy engineers in the construction of a mooring mast and landing platform for transatlantic dirigibles of the 1,100 foot tower of the Empire State Building, now under construction in New York. The former Governor is a Director in Empire State, Inc.

Al Smith call on Secretary of Navy. Former Governor Alfred E. Smith ca...

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Giv. S Transatlantic [...], Secretary of Commerce Clarence M. Young congratulated Poland by transatlantic telephone on the inauguration of Polish merchant marine service with the United States. In the photograph, right to left, are: Young; T. Nosowiez, director of the Polish department of marine; Clayton Lane, commercial attache of the American embassy in Warsaw [...] Commercial Counselor of the Polish embassy in Washington

Giv. S Transatlantic [...], Secretary of Commerce Clarence M. Young co...

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Dr. Joseph Quincy Adams, first director of the Folger Library. Dr. Adams at desk V

Dr. Joseph Quincy Adams, first director of the Folger Library. Dr. Ada...

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Ready for international bicycle ride. Wash. D.C. Henry G. Slaughter of Washington, supported by those interested in publicizing the Inter- American highway, prepares to leave Washington for a trip which will carry him, if he is successful, down into the tropics through Central American to the Argentine. From the left: Charles M. Upham, Engineer and Director of the American Road Builders Ass'n., H.F. Summerville, Managing Director of the Willard Hotel, and Slaughter, 11/23/35

Ready for international bicycle ride. Wash. D.C. Henry G. Slaughter of...

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Heads I.C.C. Truck Division. John Rogers, Executive Assistant to Joseph Eastman, Federal Coordinator of Railroads, since 1933, is the newly appointed Director of the Bureau of Motor Carriers in the I.C.C. He formerly was in the engineering department of Southern Railway. In 1917 he was in the I.C.C. in the Bureau of Locomotives and later in the Bureau of Locomotives and later in the Bureau of Service. His home is in Knoxville, Tenn., 8/17/35

Heads I.C.C. Truck Division. John Rogers, Executive Assistant to Josep...

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Bessie Donaldson, Deputy and Asst. Postmaster, William E. Slattery, Comp. of Post Off. Dept., A.H. Gilbert, Chief Asst. of Post Off., John E. Lammel, Director of [...] Post Office, [...] Postmaster James Farley, William W. Hoover, [...] Postmaster, [...]

Bessie Donaldson, Deputy and Asst. Postmaster, William E. Slattery, Co...

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Federal Music presents Gilbert & Sullivan's light opera "The gondoliers" Cast of 100 : Handel Wadsworth director.

Federal Music presents Gilbert & Sullivan's light opera "The gondolier...

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Plan Pan American Exposition. Washington, D.C., April 17. Dr. Roscoe R. Hill (left) former economic advisor to Latin-America for the State Dept. has just completed a 17,000 mile air trip to the capitals of the 16 Latin American nations to find out the plans and the participations of the countries at the Pan American Exposition which is to open in Dallas, Texas this June. Dr. Hill is shown going over some of the plans with Dr. L.S. Rowe (right) who is the Director General of the Pan American Union, 4/16/1937

Plan Pan American Exposition. Washington, D.C., April 17. Dr. Roscoe R...

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Boxes placed in Smithsonian in 1881 by telephone inventor opened for first time. Washington, D.C., Oct. Three boxes which Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone, and two associates placed in the secret archives of the Smithsonian Institution in 1881 and which have remained [un][?]opened since, were formally opened today in the presence of Bell's two daughters and a group of scientists. The boxes contained among other things the original working model of the first machine ever to record on wax and reproduce the Human voice. In the photograph, left to right: Mrs. David Fairchild, daughter of the inventor; Mrs. Gilbert Grosvenor, another daughter; Alexander Graham Bell, great-grandson of Bell; T.H. Beard, Director or Research of the Dictaphone Co.; Dr. Charles Abbot, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution; and H.W. Dorsey, also of the Smithsonian. 10/27/37

Boxes placed in Smithsonian in 1881 by telephone inventor opened for f...

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Discuss lighter than air transportation. Washington, D.C., May 25. Dr. Hugo Eckner, Germany's dirigible expert and former commander of the ill-fated Hindenburg, exchanging views on commercial aviation with Fred W. Fagg, Jr., youthful Director of the Bureau of Air Commerce, Department of Commerce. Dr. Eckner, who was a luncheon guest of Secretary Roper today, is in this country endeavoring to get the United States to make available a suppy of helium gas to Germany for commercial purposes, 5/25/37

Discuss lighter than air transportation. Washington, D.C., May 25. Dr....

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Discuss sale of private utilities in TVA area. Washington, D.C., March 16. Tennessee Valley Authority Director David E. Lillienthal, (left) and Wendell L. Wilkie, President of the Commonwealth and Southern Corporation, met today in the first of series of conferences to discuss the sale of private utilities to communities in the TVA area. At the Conclusion of the morning session, no definite decision had been reached in the negotiations, 3/16/38

Discuss sale of private utilities in TVA area. Washington, D.C., March...

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Traffic director. Omaha, Nebraska

Traffic director. Omaha, Nebraska

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New Executive Director of Social Security Board. Washington, D.C., Nov. 1. Oscar M. Powell, who was recently appointed to succeed Frank Bane as executive director of the Social Security Board, pictured at his desk today. He is a native of Louisiana but has lived in San Antonio, Texas, for the last 20 years. He has been on the Texas Board of Social Security for two years, 10/1/38

New Executive Director of Social Security Board. Washington, D.C., Nov...

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Look out for Uncle Sam's cash. Washington, D.C., March 4. These two women, Mrs. Blair [Marion Glass] Banister (left), Assistant U.S. Treasurer, and Mrs. Nellie Tayloe Ross, Director of the Mint, play important roles in the handling of Uncle Sam's huge money base. Mrs. Ross is a former Governor of Wyoming while Mrs. Banister is a sister of Senator Carter Glass of Virginia, 3/4/38

Look out for Uncle Sam's cash. Washington, D.C., March 4. These two wo...

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Named director of Railroad Unemployment Insurance. Washington, D.C., Oct. 3. The Railroad Retirement Board today announced the appointment of James Gordon Robinson as director of Railroad Unemployment Insurance. He was chosen for the post from the open competitive examination conducted by the United States Civil Service Commission, the first ever held for a ten thousand-dollar-a-year administrative position. Mr. Robinson was born in Pittsburgh, PA. in 1895 and has studied in the United States and abroad, including a period as King's Scholar, Skerry's College, Belfast, Ireland, 10/3/38

Named director of Railroad Unemployment Insurance. Washington, D.C., O...

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Colonel Frank McSherry, deputy director for Labor, Supply and Training, Labor Division

Colonel Frank McSherry, deputy director for Labor, Supply and Training...

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Mrs. M.E. Chappell with her daughter, Sybil Lee, being examined by Dr. F.A. Williams, director of East Carroll Parish health unit, in project school clinic. Transylvania Project, Louisiana

Mrs. M.E. Chappell with her daughter, Sybil Lee, being examined by Dr....

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Left to right: Walter C. Teagle, former President, Standard Oil Company of New Jersey; Charles v. McLaughlin, Undersecretary of Labor; Frank P. Graham, University of North Carolina President; Sidney Hillman, Associate Director General representing the Office of Production Management (OPM); Clarence A Dykstra, Chairman; Daniel Tracy, Second Assistant Secretary of Labor; William H. Davis, Vice-Chairman, new Mediation Board, formerly Chairman, New York State Mediation Board; Philip Murray, CIO (Congress of Induatrial Orgamizations) President; Thomas Kennedy, Secretary-Treasurer, United Mine Workers (UMW); George M. Harrison, grand president, Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks; George Meany, general secretary of the AFL (American Federation of Labor)

Left to right: Walter C. Teagle, former President, Standard Oil Compan...

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A.C.C. Hill Jr., deputy director of Priorities, Office of Production Management (OPM)

A.C.C. Hill Jr., deputy director of Priorities, Office of Production M...

Reception by the Director of Programmes, Palestine Broadcasting Service. Groups l. to r. Ruhi[?] Bey Abdul Hadi, Mr. Bailey, Mr. Tweedy, Capt. Law

Reception by the Director of Programmes, Palestine Broadcasting Servic...

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Elmer Davis, Director, Office of War Information (OWI)

Elmer Davis, Director, Office of War Information (OWI)

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Herbert Emmerich, Secretary of Office of Production Management (OPM). Formerly Associate Director, Public Administration Clearing House

Herbert Emmerich, Secretary of Office of Production Management (OPM). ...

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Mr. Walter C. Shorter. Assistant to the Director of Purchases, Office of Production Management (OPM)

Mr. Walter C. Shorter. Assistant to the Director of Purchases, Office ...

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Reception by the Director of Programmes, Palestine Broadcasting Service. Guests being entertained by ... reciting Arabic poetry

Reception by the Director of Programmes, Palestine Broadcasting Servic...

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Robert Ware Straus, Special Assistant to the Director, Information Division

Robert Ware Straus, Special Assistant to the Director, Information Div...

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National Association of Manufacturers presents survey to Mr. Knudsen. Left ro right: Walter D. Fuller, President, National Association of Manufacturers, and President of Curtis Publishing Company; William S. Knudsen, Dirctor General, OPM; Sidney Hamilton, Associate Director General, OPM

National Association of Manufacturers presents survey to Mr. Knudsen. ...

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Henry A. Wallace, Chairman, Supply Priorities and Allocations Board and Vice-President of the United States, and Donald M. Nelson, Executive Director, Supply Priorities and Allocations Board and Director of the Priorities Division, Office of Production Management (OPM). Photograph taken at a joint press conference held directly after the first meeting of the Supply Priorities and Allocations Board on September 2, 1941

Henry A. Wallace, Chairman, Supply Priorities and Allocations Board an...

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Duplex at 3919-21 Utah Street. Rent has been increased from thirty dollars per side to fifty dollars per side. Reality board says top price per side should not be more than forty-two dollars and fifty cents per month. Director of housing surveys says seventy dollars for frontage would be ample. San Diego, California

Duplex at 3919-21 Utah Street. Rent has been increased from thirty dol...

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Donald M. Nelson (left), Chairman, War Production Board (WPB), and Leon Henderson, Administrator, Office of Price Administration (OPA) and Director, Civilian Supply Division of the Office of Production Management (OPM), member of the Supply Priorities and Allocations Board; conferring in Washington, D.C. September 12, 1941. The chart on the table is a distribution and supply chart. While called together for the purpose of having a picture made, Messrs, Henderson and Nelson seized upon the opportunity to have what they termed "their first real conference in days"

Donald M. Nelson (left), Chairman, War Production Board (WPB), and Leo...

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The first meeting of the Supply Priorities and Allocations Board, Washington, D.C., September 2, 1941. Seated left to right: Harry L. Hopkins, Special Assistant to the President, supervising lend-lease Program; William S. Knudsen, Director-General of the Office of Production Management (OPM); Henry A. Wallace, Vice President of the United States, and Chairman of the Board; Donald M. Nelson, Executive Director of the Board and Director of the Priorities Division, OPM. Standing, left to right: James V. Forrestal, Undersecretary of the Navy (who was present in place of Secretary Frank Knox, out of town on this day and unable to be present); Robert P. Patterson, Undersecretary of War (sitting in for Secretary of War Stimson, who was unable to attend); Leon Henderson, Administrator, Office of Price Administration (OPA) and Director of the Civilian Supply Division, OPMt; Sidney Hillman, Associate-Director of Labor Division, OPM

The first meeting of the Supply Priorities and Allocations Board, Wash...

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Athens, Ohio. H.D. Palmer, executive director of the civilian defense council, addressing a meeting of the utilities division, including representatives of power, gas, electric, telephone companies

Athens, Ohio. H.D. Palmer, executive director of the civilian defense ...

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War Production Drive Committee. First meeting of the War Production Drive Policy Committee on October 19, 1942, in Washington, D.C. Left to right: John Green, president, Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America, CIO (Congress of Industrial Organizations); Otto A. Seyferth, President, West Michigan Steel Foundry Company, Muskegon, Michigan (nominated by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce); W.G. Marshall, chairman of Policy Committee and director of War Production Drive Headquarters, vice-president in charge of Industrial Relations, Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company, East Pittsburg, Pennsylvania; Joseph Mcdonagh, secretary, Metal Trades Department, AFL (American Federation of Labor), representing Frank Fenton, director of Organizations, AFL; and Harry C. Beaver, president, Worthington Pump and Machinery Corporation, New York City (nominated by National Association of Manufacturers)

War Production Drive Committee. First meeting of the War Production Dr...

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Batavia, New York. Elba FSA (Farm Security Administration) farm labor camp. Recreational director signing out books from the camp library to newly-arrived high school girls from Richwood, West Virginia.

Batavia, New York. Elba FSA (Farm Security Administration) farm labor ...

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Washington, D.C. Dr. John Lund (Norwegian), senior specialist in the education of school administrators, U.S. Office of Education, and acting executive director, Wartime Commission, U.S. Office of Education

Washington, D.C. Dr. John Lund (Norwegian), senior specialist in the e...

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Priorities Clinic, Los Angeles, California. Phillip McCullough, Acting Regional Director of Priorities, addresses gathering of priorities district managers and their assistants at Los Angeles, January 10, 1942

Priorities Clinic, Los Angeles, California. Phillip McCullough, Acting...

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Phillip McCullough, acting Regional Director of Priorities

Phillip McCullough, acting Regional Director of Priorities

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Andrew L. Kerr, District Manager of Priorities for the San Francisco area, talks over the local situation with James B. Harvey, recently appointed Regional Director of Priorities for Western area

Andrew L. Kerr, District Manager of Priorities for the San Francisco a...

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John H. Martin, assistant director of policy for the Priorities Division addresses manufacturers' representatives at Los Angeles meeting of traveling priorities clinic

John H. Martin, assistant director of policy for the Priorities Divisi...

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Tire recapping. A newly recapped passenger car tire to go back on the wheel. The plan to recap passenger tires with reclaimed rubber camelback, approved by Rubber Director William M. Jeffers, was put into effect in February 1943 to reduce the demand for replacement tires and still keep civilian cars in service

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Keysville, Virginia. Randolph Henry High School. Miss Mae Kelly, director of instruction, with elementary teachers

Keysville, Virginia. Randolph Henry High School. Miss Mae Kelly, direc...

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Axis propaganda. This pamphlet is shown in three languages--Dutch, Afrikaans and English--of the many into which it has been translated. Elmer Davis, director of the Office of War Information, displayed these and others to show what the OWI was doing in fighting Nazi propaganda abroad

Axis propaganda. This pamphlet is shown in three languages--Dutch, Afr...

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United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration training center, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland. Dr. Frank Munk, director of the school is a Czechoslovakian who escaped from Prague at the time of Nazi occupation. He is on leave from the University of California, where he is an instructor in economics. He is the author of numerous books on costs and problems of distrubution

United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration training cente...

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Frank Capra, the man above the title

Frank Capra, the man above the title

Thadeus A. Miksinski, artist. Forms part of the Artist poster filing series (Library of Congress) Promotion goal: U.S. K86. 1977

Norman, the maintenance director, breaking down boxes, emptying trash and moving traffic cones.

Norman, the maintenance director, breaking down boxes, emptying trash ...

Forms part of a group of images documenting employees and a mother from the Memorial Day Care Center which is located at 397 Grand Street.

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Mountain Branch, Director's House, Lamont & Veterans Way, Johnson City, Washington County, TN

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Mountain Branch, Direct...

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Thirtieth Street Station, Power Director Center, Thirtieth & Market Streets in Amtrak Railroad Station, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Thirtieth Street Station, Power Director Center, Thirtieth & Market St...

Significance: It was designed to visually and aurally indicate the operating status of the railroad's power system. This particular power director center monitored and supervised operation of all switches in th... More

Thirtieth Street Station, Power Director Center, Thirtieth & Market Streets in Amtrak Railroad Station, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Thirtieth Street Station, Power Director Center, Thirtieth & Market St...

Significance: It was designed to visually and aurally indicate the operating status of the railroad's power system. This particular power director center monitored and supervised operation of all switches in th... More

U.S. General Hospital, at Hilton Head, S.C. Description: Built facing the ocean on Broad River, (Port Royal Bay.) In form of a square; 200 yards to each face. The residence of the hospital med. director in the left fore ground / / Photographed by G.T. Lape, photographer, 130 Chatham St., N.Y.

U.S. General Hospital, at Hilton Head, S.C. Description: Built facing ...

On verso: For sale by E.D. Doolittle, Army, Navy Printing & Photographs, No. 83 Grand St., N.Y. Neg. no. B8184-10378.

Country housewife and lady's director.

Country housewife and lady's director.

The ornaments are those used by Henry Woodfall. ESTC T34242 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LAC tnb 2019-02-26 update (2 cards)

Country housewife and lady's director.

Country housewife and lady's director.

The ornaments are those used by Henry Woodfall. ESTC T34242 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LAC tnb 2019-02-26 update (2 cards)

Air Safety Conference. Washington, D.C. More than 200 representatives of the nation's airlines and technical experts from the U.S. Bureau of Air Commerce met at conference today to study recent air crashes with a view to preventing such accidents in the future. Gene Vidal, Director of the Bureau of Air, presided at the meeting which was held at the Department of Commerce. In the photograph, left to right: (seated) O.A. Patterson, President of United Airlines; E.E. Jett, Chief Engineer of Federal Communications; Sidney Shannon, Operations Manager Eastern Airlines; Eugene Vidal, Director of Bureau of Air Commerce; and Harland Hull, Chief Pilot of TWA

Air Safety Conference. Washington, D.C. More than 200 representatives ...

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Samuel L. Rogers, Director of Census

Samuel L. Rogers, Director of Census

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HEISER, VICTOR GEORGE. PHYSICIAN, HYGIENIST, U.S. PUBLIC HEALTH. MEDICAL DIRECTOR, RESERVE CORPS

HEISER, VICTOR GEORGE. PHYSICIAN, HYGIENIST, U.S. PUBLIC HEALTH. MEDIC...

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Guillermo M. Tomas, Maestro Director de la Banda Municipal, Habana

Guillermo M. Tomas, Maestro Director de la Banda Municipal, Habana

J197518 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; L. Shapiro; October 13, 1914. Copyright claimant's address: 110 Tremont St., Boston, Mass. Title translated: Guillermo M. Tomas, Master Director of the Municipal... More

WOOLLEY, ROBERT W. COMMISSIONER, I.C.C.; DIRECTOR OF MINT; DIRECTOR OF PUBLICITY, 1ST LIBERTY LOAN

WOOLLEY, ROBERT W. COMMISSIONER, I.C.C.; DIRECTOR OF MINT; DIRECTOR OF...

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Dr. Frederick G. Cottrell, Director, Bureau of Mines

Dr. Frederick G. Cottrell, Director, Bureau of Mines

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New Social Security board member takes oath. Washington, D.C., Aug 23. Miss Mary W. Dewson, Chairman of the Women's Division of the Democratic National Committee, taking the oath of office today as a member of the Social Security Board. She succeeds Vincent M. Miles, whose commission expired August 13. In the photograph, left to right: George L. Scott, Chief Clerk of the Social Security Board Administering the oath; Edwin Bigge, member of the Board; Miss Dewson, And Frank Bane, Executive Director of the Board

New Social Security board member takes oath. Washington, D.C., Aug 23....

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Dr. S.H. Rowe, Director of the Pan. Amer. Union, entertained at luncheon today in honor of the members of the Amer. Railway Comm. at the Pan Amer. bldg.: Lft. to rt., front row: Honorable Francisco P. De Hoyas, Mexico; Chas. M. Pepper; Honorable Santiago Marin Vicuna, Chile; back row: Dr. L.S. Rowe and Dr. Esteban Gil Borges, Asst. Director of the Pan Amer. Union

Dr. S.H. Rowe, Director of the Pan. Amer. Union, entertained at lunche...

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[Calvin Coolidge signing the income tax bill, also known as the Mellon tax bill. Secretary of the Treasury Andrew Mellon is the third figure from the right, and Director of the Budget, General Herbert Mayhew Lord, is to Mellon's left]

[Calvin Coolidge signing the income tax bill, also known as the Mellon...

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World War ace at air safety conference. Washington D.C. Appearing at the Air Safety Conference today at the Department of Commerce, Eddie Rickenbacker, famous World War Ace and now a prominent air line official, proposed that a special review board be established to study causes of air crashes in which a conflict of opinion arises between airline operators and the Bureau of Air Commerce Rickenbacker made the Proposal after viewing a Chart Displayed by Gene Vidal, Air Commece Director, Listing the Primary Cause of 16 of 27 Accidents as Due to "Pilot's Error" Director Vidal (right) Agreed with Rickenbacker, Adding, However, that he was not Speaking for the Department but for himself.

World War ace at air safety conference. Washington D.C. Appearing at t...

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Gavel presented to author of first federal grazing control legislation. Washington, D.C., June 29. Five years of conservation accomplishments under the Taylor Grazing Act of 1934 was signalized today by the Secretary of Interior Harold Ickes in the presentation of a historic gavel to Rep. Edward T. Taylor, of Colorado, author of the first federal grazing control legislation. The gavel is made from walnut wood cut from the public domain and bears a plate of New Mexico silver. Left to right: Richard H. Rutledge, Director of Grazing, Dept. of Interior Secretary Harold Ickes, and Rep. Taylor

Gavel presented to author of first federal grazing control legislation...

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