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Sudan. Khartoum. Khartoum Zoo. Major Barker, Director, plays with a young lioness

Sudan. Khartoum. Khartoum Zoo. Major Barker, Director, plays with a yo...

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WISCONSIN GIRL RECEIVES GORGAS AWARD FROM PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT, WASHINGTON, D.C. MAY 5. MISS HELEN MAE COLLENTINE, A SENIOR STUDENT AT MESSMER HIGH SCHOOL, MILWAUKEE, WI, RECEIVING FROM PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT TODAY THE FIRST HENRY L. DOHERTY PRIZE OF$500 IN THE SEVENTH ANNUAL GORGAS ESSAY CONTEST. THE SUBJECT ASSIGNED WAS 'GORGAS CONTROL OF TRANSMISSIBLE AND [...] PREVENTABLE DISEASES.' THOUSANDS OF JUNIOR AND SENIOR STUDENTS REPRESENTING HIGH SCHOOLS IN ALL PARTS OF THE UNITED STATES PARTICIPATED IN THE CONTEST WHICH IS CONDUCTED BY THE GORGAS MEMORIAL INSTITUTE AS PART OF ITS HEALTH EDUCATION PROGRAM. THE AWARD ALSO INCLUDED $200 FOR MISS COLLENTINE'S TRIP TO WASHINGTON. IN THE PHOTOGRAPH, L TO R: MISS COLLENTINE, MRS. HENRY DOUHERTY; ADMIRAL CARY GRAYSON, DIRECTOR OF THE AMERICAN RED CROSS; AND PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT

WISCONSIN GIRL RECEIVES GORGAS AWARD FROM PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT, WASHING...

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WPA in Ohio Federal Music Project presents Verdi's grand opera "Il trovatore" Cast of 75 : Rudolph Schueller director.

WPA in Ohio Federal Music Project presents Verdi's grand opera "Il tro...

Poster for Federal Music Project presentation of "Il Trovatore." Date stamped on verso: Mar 1 1937. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).

Tribute paid to George Washington on 150th Anniversary of signing of Constitution. Washington, D.C., Sept. 17. While the rest of the country were conducting appropriate ceremonies in commemoration of 150th anniversary of the Constitution a delegation led by Rep. Sol Bloom, Director of the U.S. Constitution Sesquicentennial Commission, journeyed to Mt. Vernon where they paid tribute to the father of our country. This picture, snapped as the wreath was placed on the tomb, shows left to right: Rt. Reverend James E. Freeman, Bishop of Washington, who delivered the invocation; Rep. Bloom; General S. Gardner Waller, Virginia Adjutant General who represented the Governor of the state: and Col. Joseph Button, representing the Virginia Society of the Sons of the Revolution. 9/17/37

Tribute paid to George Washington on 150th Anniversary of signing of C...

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Frank Bane, Exe. Director, 2/2/37, Social Security Board

Frank Bane, Exe. Director, 2/2/37, Social Security Board

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Responsible for unemployment census. Washington, D.C., Nov. 24. William L. Austin (left) Director of the U.S. Census Bureau and whose workers are tabulating the returns from the unemployment questionnaires, describes to Unemployment Census Director John D. Biggers the working of the special tabulating machine used to count the unemployed noses. Work of counting the unemployed returns was begun in the Capital today. 11/24/37

Responsible for unemployment census. Washington, D.C., Nov. 24. Willia...

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Rapid fire questions cause Federal Reserve Chairman to have headache. Washington, D.C., March 23. Marriner Eccles, Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board undertook to answer the Questions fired at him by Walter Trent, Director of the Rocky Mountain Metal Foundation. Trent's questions came so fast that Accles was hard put to answer them. Here he paused to rub his head during the questioning he was put through at the meeting of the Special Silver Committee.

Rapid fire questions cause Federal Reserve Chairman to have headache. ...

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Reception by the Director of Programmes, Palestine Broadcasting Service. Mr. Lababidi and Ibrahim Toukan

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

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C.E. Adams, consultant to the director, Priorities Division

C.E. Adams, consultant to the director, Priorities Division

Thomas C. Blaisdell, Assistant Director of the National Resources Planning Board (left); Robert R. Nathan, Assistant Director of Progress Reports, War Production Board (right); and Fred Searles, Consultant on Ordnance, Ammunition Division, U.S. Army(standing). The three-man planning committee which acts in an advisory capacity to Donald M. Nelson, Chairman of the War Production Board

Thomas C. Blaisdell, Assistant Director of the National Resources Plan...

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A.J. Browning, deputy director, Division of Purchases, Office of Production Management (OPM)

A.J. Browning, deputy director, Division of Purchases, Office of Produ...

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William V. Reed, Director, Standard Division, Division of Defense and Housing Coordination

William V. Reed, Director, Standard Division, Division of Defense and ...

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Subregional office, steelworkers organizing committee, Ambridge, Pennsylvania. Subregional director Joe Timko (left) listens to local union president Thomas Peasner (right) give the union committee's position on a grievance which is being appealed to the national union

Subregional office, steelworkers organizing committee, Ambridge, Penns...

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Mr. Edward R. Stettinius, Jr., former director, Priorities Division, OPM (Office of Production Management), and currently (Sept. 2, 1941) lend-lease administrator

Mr. Edward R. Stettinius, Jr., former director, Priorities Division, O...

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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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Joseph B. Eastman, director, Division of Transportation, Office of Production Management (OPM) and Joseph L. White, executive assistant to Mr. Eastman

Joseph B. Eastman, director, Division of Transportation, Office of Pro...

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Nurse training. "Occupational therapy" for the very young. Convalescence in children, as in adults, is hastened by the encouragement of interest in normal activities. Thus, a nurse's duties in a children's hospital takes on many of the aspects of the nursery school teacher or playground director, as youngsters improve in health

Nurse training. "Occupational therapy" for the very young. Convalescen...

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Joseph B. Eastman, director, Division of Transportation, Office of Production Management (OPM)

Joseph B. Eastman, director, Division of Transportation, Office of Pro...

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Washington, D.C. Two of the members who attended the first meeting of the War Production Board (WPB) held in the conference room of the new Social Security Building were Henry A. Wallace, chairman of the Board of Economic Welfare and William S. Knudsen, director general of the Office of Production Management (OPM)

Washington, D.C. Two of the members who attended the first meeting of ...

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Transportation. War workers' coach. Joseph B. Eastman, Director of the Office of Defense Transportation, inspects a new fifteen-passenger war workers' coach made from a standard five-passenger sedan with the use of only 300 additional pounds of steel. Left to right: Francis W. Feeney, president of the Fitz John Coach Company, which made the vehicle; Mr. Eastman; Frank H. Shepard, Special Assistant in the Office of Defense Transportation's Local Transportation Division; Guy A. Richardson, Director of the Local Transportation Division

Transportation. War workers' coach. Joseph B. Eastman, Director of the...

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A black and white photo of a man sitting at a table. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man sitting at a table. Office of War Inf...

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Citation winners. Citation winner, Clinton E. Hanna, (right) of the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company, East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and William G. Marshall, Director of the War Production Drive, who presented the workers to President Roosevelt

Citation winners. Citation winner, Clinton E. Hanna, (right) of the We...

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War Labor Board: "Little Steel" hearing. Philip Murray, Congress of Industrial Organization (CIO) leader, left, and Harold Ruttenberg, research director for United Steel Workers (USW), at the "Little Steel" hearing held by the War Labor Board, at the Hotel Washington in Washington, D.C., July 1. The hearing arose from a wage dispute between union demands and four "Little Steel" companies: Bethlehem Steel, Republic Steel, Youngstown Sheet and Tube, and Inland Steel. The hearing resulted in a fifteen per cent wage increase formula, and set a precedent for future wage adjustments to meet recent increases in the cost of living

War Labor Board: "Little Steel" hearing. Philip Murray, Congress of In...

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Conservation. Truck tires run 146,000 miles. No. 1. John L. Rogers, Director of the Division of Motor Transport, Office of Defense Transportation, displays a still-usable truck tire which has run 146,000 miles. The air pressure in its present condition

Conservation. Truck tires run 146,000 miles. No. 1. John L. Rogers, Di...

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Press conference on meat rationing. J.H. Westing (left), assistant director of Office of Price Administration's (OPA) Food Rationing Division, and Leon Bosch, head of Point Control Development show reporters, at press conference held March 20, papier-mache meat cuts to illustrate point values

Press conference on meat rationing. J.H. Westing (left), assistant dir...

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Arden, New York. Mrs. Janet P. Murray, Director of Ellen Marvin and Gaylord White Camps

Arden, New York. Mrs. Janet P. Murray, Director of Ellen Marvin and Ga...

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Preparation for point rationing. With an official as their guide, woman shopper and daughter get their first experience in using war ration book two in purchasing processed foods. Harold B. Rowe, director of Office of Price Administration's (OPA) Food Rationing Division, indicates the point values of various canned goods

Preparation for point rationing. With an official as their guide, woma...

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Charles E. Wilson, executive vice-chairman of the War Production Board (WPB), and staff. Standing, left to right: Arthur L. Hawley, assistant to Mr. Wilson; Carroll K. Shaw, executive officer; Ray C. Ellis, director of the Radio Division; T.P. Wright, director, Resources Controll Office, Aircraft Production Board; L.R. Boulware, Office of the Controller of Shipbuilding; M. Joseph Meehan, associate director, Office of Progress Reports; William B. Murphy, director of Facilities Division; William K. Frank, director, General Industrial Equipment Division; A.H. Bunker, director, Aluminum and Magnesium Division; John S. Chaffee, deputy director, Tools Division; R.L. Vaniman, director, Automotive Division; Curtis E. Calder, director general for operations; Ralph J. Cordiner, director general of War Production Scheduling; Captain J.O. Gawne, director, Shipbuilding Division; Francis M. Shields, director, Safety and Technical Equipment Supplies Division; Mordecai Ezekiel, assistant to Mr. Wilson; Fred Searls, Jr., director, Facilities Bureau; James N. Nicely, assistant to Mr. Searls

Charles E. Wilson, executive vice-chairman of the War Production Board...

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Schenectady, New York. Harry J. Linton, director of secondary education

Schenectady, New York. Harry J. Linton, director of secondary educatio...

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Washington, D.C. Enlisted personnel Bolling Field after their performance at the kitchen shower of the Walsh Club for war workers with members of the club and Mrs. Stuart Godfrey, chairman of music for the services. Left to right: Corporal Virgil Fox, noted organist and pianist; Corporal Don Benjamin, director of the show; Mrs. Marion McGregor, in charge of publicity for music for the services; Miss Betty Baum, concert singer; Sergeant Bob Shortmeyer; Miss Hedy Miller, member of the club; Mrs. Stuart

Washington, D.C. Enlisted personnel Bolling Field after their performa...

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Tire recapping. Recapping a worn passenger car tire. Reclaimed camelback rubber is applied after the old tread surface of the tire has 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. Recapping a worn passenger car tire. Reclaimed camelba...

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New York, New York. Mrs. Speer, director of the nursery, directing the children at play at the Lighthouse, an institution for the blind, at 111 East Fifty-ninth Street

New York, New York. Mrs. Speer, director of the nursery, directing the...

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Washington, D.C. Herbert H. Lehman, Director General of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, being interviewed by the press after his return from England and the battlefronts of Europe. Left to right: John Corson, Deputy Director in charge of Finance and Administration, and Herbert H. Lehman, Director General of United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration

Washington, D.C. Herbert H. Lehman, Director General of the United Nat...

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Washington, D.C. Herbert H. Lehman, Director General of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration

Washington, D.C. Herbert H. Lehman, Director General of the United Nat...

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Central Nassau Medical Group, Hempstead, Long Island. Medical director's office

Central Nassau Medical Group, Hempstead, Long Island. Medical director...

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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

Former FBI director J. Edgar Hoover's grave at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.

Former FBI director J. Edgar Hoover's grave at Congressional Cemetery,...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Group of slides: 1-2 Martie Morris and Family Eat Dinner Along the South Side of the Little Arena; 3 Campground; 4-5 Gary Tassone and Ed Matney (CBS Recordists); 7-8 Robinson Family Gets Ready for Evening Dance; 9-10 In the Campground; 11-12 Whipman David Blackbird; 13-15 Teenagers; 16-17 Arena Director; 18-20 Renee Brown, Adele Grant, and Rosa McCauley

Group of slides: 1-2 Martie Morris and Family Eat Dinner Along the Sou...

1983 Omaha pow-wow. Macy, Nebraska. Public domain photograph - historical image of Nebraska, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Arena Director, Omaha pow-wow. Macy, Nebraska, 1983

Arena Director, Omaha pow-wow. Macy, Nebraska, 1983

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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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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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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

[Carnival queen Miss Helene Richards (center) with John Barrett (left), Director General of the Pan American Union; California State Senator Lee Gates (right) and her attendants, San Diego, California]

[Carnival queen Miss Helene Richards (center) with John Barrett (left)...

Title devised by cataloger. A carnival and parade was held in San Diego, California to coincide with the groundbreaking for the upcoming 1915 Panama Pacific International Exposition. Probably forms part of the... More

[ James P. Grant, director, UNICEF, to Danny Kaye, February 9, 1983]

[ James P. Grant, director, UNICEF, to Danny Kaye, February 9, 1983]

Photograph related to American actor Danny Kaye. Danny Kaye was an American actor, singer, dancer, and comedian. The Library of Congress provides access to these materials for educational and research purposes ... More

In front of 170 W 130 St., March on Washington, l t[o] r Bayard Rustin, Deputy Director, Cleveland Robinson, Chairman of Administrative Committee / World Telegram & Sun photo by O. Fernandez.

In front of 170 W 130 St., March on Washington, l t[o] r Bayard Rustin...

NYWT&S staff photograph. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Exhibited: "A Day Like No Other: Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Mar... More

In front of 170 W 130 St., March on Washington, l t[o] r Bayard Rustin, Deputy Director, Cleveland Robinson, Chairman of Administrative Committee / World Telegram & Sun photo by O. Fernandez.

In front of 170 W 130 St., March on Washington, l t[o] r Bayard Rustin...

NYWT&S staff photograph. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Exhibited: "A Day Like No Other: Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Mar... More

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)

Washington, D.C., Dec. 6. Henry G. Alsberg, Director of the Federal Writers' Project, today told the House Committee Investigating Un- American Activities that he experienced some difficulty with communists on the New York Project, but added that the trouble had been eliminated and the program now was running smoothly

Washington, D.C., Dec. 6. Henry G. Alsberg, Director of the Federal Wr...

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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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RECLAMATION, BUREAU OF. BIG MEN IN U.S. RECLAMATION SERVICE: A. P. DAVIS, CHIEF ENGINEER; F. H. NEWELL, DIRECTOR; H. N. SAVAGE, SUPERVISING ENGINEER, NORTHERN DIVISION; L.C. HILL, SUPERVISING ENGINEER, BUILDER OF ROOSEVELT DAM

RECLAMATION, BUREAU OF. BIG MEN IN U.S. RECLAMATION SERVICE: A. P. DAV...

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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. MEDI...

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COLEMAN, GEORGE W. DIRECTOR INF. DIV. INF. AND ED. BRANCH, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR. AT DESK

COLEMAN, GEORGE W. DIRECTOR INF. DIV. INF. AND ED. BRANCH, DEPARTMENT ...

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COLEMAN, GEORGE W. DIRECTOR INF. DIV. INF. AND ED. BRANCH, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR. AT DESK

COLEMAN, GEORGE W. DIRECTOR INF. DIV. INF. AND ED. BRANCH, DEPARTMENT ...

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HARRIS, PETER CHARLES. MAJOR GENERAL, U.S.A. LEFT, WITH BROTHER, SEN. WILLIAM J. HARRIS, DIRECTOR OF CENSUS, 1913-1915; FEDERAL TRADE COMMR., 1915-1918; SENATOR FROM GEORGIA, 1919-1925

HARRIS, PETER CHARLES. MAJOR GENERAL, U.S.A. LEFT, WITH BROTHER, SEN. ...

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F.E. Scobey being sworn in as director of the Mint

F.E. Scobey being sworn in as director of the Mint

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N.Y. Mayor asks remove restrictions placed on relief bill [...] Washington, D.C., June 22. Mayor Fiorello La Guardia of New York today asked the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee to remove restrictions placed on the $1,735,000,000 relief bill by the House. LaGuardia also gave his support to an amendment restoring federal theater projects. Mayor LaGuardia, left, is shown Lowell Mellett, Executive Director of the National Emergency Council

N.Y. Mayor asks remove restrictions placed on relief bill [...] Washin...

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American oil men in the fields of Roumania. Mr. Carpenter makes an inspection of the Standard Oil fields and talks to Mr. Hughes, the Director

American oil men in the fields of Roumania. Mr. Carpenter makes an ins...

Frank Carpenter posed with four other men. Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection.

Georgetown University Seismological Observatory installs only Galitzin horizontal seismographs on this side of the Atlantic. The only one of their type on this side of the Atlantic Ocean, the Galitzin Horizontal seismographs have just been installed at the Georgetown University Seismological Observatory in Washington. These instruments are reputed to be the most sensitive in the field of seismic research. The picture shows Father F.A. Tondorf, Director of the Observatory, and his assistant Father [...] of Spain (left)

Georgetown University Seismological Observatory installs only Galitzin...

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

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

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The six plane factories of the Douglas Aircraft Company have been termed an industrial melting pot, since men and women of fifty-eight national origins work side by side in pushing Americas's plane output. S. O. Porter, Douglas director of personnel, recently declared that Negros are doing an outstanding job in all plants. Luedell Mitchell and Lavada Cherry are shown in the El Segundo Plant of the Douglas Aircraft Company

The six plane factories of the Douglas Aircraft Company have been term...

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The six plane factories of the Douglas Aircraft Company have been termed an industrial melting pot, since men and women of fifty-eight national origins work side by side in pushing Americas's plane output. S. O. Porter, Douglas director of personnel, recently declared that Negros are doing an outstanding job in all plants. R. B. Santona and L. C. Ross work together in the El Segundo plant of the Douglas Aircraft Company

The six plane factories of the Douglas Aircraft Company have been term...

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Truck expert and his Chief. John Rogers, left, newly appointed Director of the Bureau of Motor Carriers in the I.C.C., and Joseph Eastman, Federal Coordinator of announcement of the appointment of Rogers. Rogers has been executive assistant to Eastman since 1933. He formerly was with the Engineering Department of Southern Railway at Knoxville, Tenn. 8/17/35

Truck expert and his Chief. John Rogers, left, newly appointed Directo...

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The six plane factories of the Douglas Aircraft Company have been termed an industrial melting pot, since men and women of fifty-eight national origins work side by side in pushing Americas's plane output. S. O. Porter, Douglas director of personnel, recently declared that Negros are doing an outstanding job in all plants. Dolores Aldrich is employed in the Long Beach Plant of the Douglas Aircraft Company

The six plane factories of the Douglas Aircraft Company have been term...

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Chief Executive meets with administration experts on flood control projects, Washington, D.C., August 10. Seeking a decision as to what flood control projects will be started as soon as Congress makes available $330,000,000 authorized in the omnibus flood control ? as well as projects that can be begun with funds now on hand, President Roosevelt called in those administration experts today. Left to right: Frederick A. Doland and Abel Wolman, of National Resources Board; H.H. Bennett, Director of Soil Conservation, Dept. of Agriculture; General Edward M. Markham, Chief of U.S. Army Engineers; and Aubrey Williams, Assistant Administrator of WPA

Chief Executive meets with administration experts on flood control pro...

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Newly elected heads of Gorgas Memorial Institute. Washington, D.C., Dec. 10. Dr. George Crile, Head of the Cleveland Ohio Clinic, right, was elected President of the Gorgas memorial Institute of Tropical Diseases at Red Cross National Headquarters this morning. With him are Admiral Cary T. Grayson, left, re-elected Chairman of the Executive Committee and Dr. Herbert O. Clark, Director of the Gorgas Memorial Laboratory, Panama, R.P., 12/10/37

Newly elected heads of Gorgas Memorial Institute. Washington, D.C., De...

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U.S. Indian Service to use special first aid stretcher equipment on cars. Washington, D.C., Aug. 19. The first of seven small cars equipped with special first aid stretchers, recently purchased for use of the Bureau of Indian Affairs s in the field was demonstrated today to Dr. James G. Townsend, Director of Health of the Bureau, Dept. of Interior. The picture was made at the Interior Department and shows, left to right: Dr. Townsend; H. Holtm, Chief Pharmacist, Bureau of Indian Affairs; .E. Jones as the patient, and John Newman

U.S. Indian Service to use special first aid stretcher equipment on ca...

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Frank Capra, director, aboard the Rex

Frank Capra, director, aboard the Rex

Photograph shows Capra on board the SS Rex from Italy to New York. NYWT&S staff photograph. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

Housing experts confer with U.S. director. Washington, D.C., Nov. 22. Leaders of housing projects in the country's largest cities today met with Nathan Straus, Director of the U.S. Housing Authority, to exchange ideas and discuss housing plans now under way. This is the meeting Mayor Fiorello La Guardia, of New York declined to attend. In the front row, left to right: George Green, Vice Chairman, Boston Housing Authority; Administrator Nathan Straus; and Ernest J. Bohn, member of Cleveland Metropolitan Housing Authority. Back row, left to right: Mrs. George Green; Walter Wright Alley, Executive Director Los Angeles Municipal Housing Commission; Coleman Woodbury, Director, National Association of Housing Officials and member of the Chicago Housing Authority; George Evans, Chairman, Penna. State Housing Board and Pittsburgh Housing Authority; and Marc J. Grossman, Chairman, Cleveland Metropolitan Housing Authority. 11/22/37

Housing experts confer with U.S. director. Washington, D.C., Nov. 22. ...

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Veterans head urges change in pension plan. Washington, D.C., May 20. General Frank T. Hines, Director of the U.S. Veterans Administration, appearing before the Senate Finance Committee today to urge increase of veterans pensions under certain conditions, 5/20/38

Veterans head urges change in pension plan. Washington, D.C., May 20. ...

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G.O.P. Tun Thumper inspects brain child. Washington, D.C., June 29. Franklyn Waltman, new publicity director of the Republican National committee, inspects his initial release of "Looking Forward." The release is almost identical, as to make-up and type-face, as that put out by Charles Michaelson, Democratic National Committee publicity Chairman, entitled "Dispelling the Fog" 6/29/38

G.O.P. Tun Thumper inspects brain child. Washington, D.C., June 29. Fr...

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Biggers before unemployment committee. Washington, D.C., Jan. 21. John D. Biggers, Director of the recent unemployment census, recommended to the Senate unemployment committee today that there be created a National Re-employment Committee to direct itself to finding suitable jobs in industry and agriculture for all willing workers, 1/21/38

Biggers before unemployment committee. Washington, D.C., Jan. 21. John...

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Funeral director, Mexican district, San Antonio, Texas

Funeral director, Mexican district, San Antonio, Texas

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Before Monopoly Committee. Washington, D.C., Feb. 16. Charles D. Hilles, Director of the New York Life Insurance Company, and also Resident Agent for the Employer Liability Assurance Corp., today explained to the Monopoly Committee investigating insurance setups the relations between the two companies. When questioned Hilles admitted that business had increased materially for the Assurance Corp., since he became a member of the New York Life board. He told the committee that nearly 5000 pieces of New York Life property are covered by the assurance company, 2-16-39

Before Monopoly Committee. Washington, D.C., Feb. 16. Charles D. Hille...

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Proposes Air Defense Cabinet separate from Army and Navy. Washington, D.C., Jan. 31. Kern Dodge, President of the Air Defense League, appearing before the House Military Affairs Committee today proposed the establishment of an Air Defense Cabinet, separate from the Army and Navy and with an Assistant Secretary as Director. He also urged passage of immediate legislation to build up a synchronized force of pursuit, observation and bombing planes, 1-31-39

Proposes Air Defense Cabinet separate from Army and Navy. Washington, ...

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Reception by the Director of Programmes, Palestine Broadcasting Service. Groups of all the guests

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

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Left, Eleanor Roosevelt, Assistant Director, Office of Civilian Defense; Right, Mary K. Browne, Deputy Director in Charge of Physical Fitness, Office of Civilian Defense

Left, Eleanor Roosevelt, Assistant Director, Office of Civilian Defens...

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Major Cooke and Mr. O.E. Miller, personnel director for the construction company, inspecting beds inside barracks where construction workers live at Camp Blanding, Florida

Major Cooke and Mr. O.E. Miller, personnel director for the constructi...

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Frank Bane, director of the Division of State and Local Cooperation for the National OEM (Office of Emergency Management) Defense Commission. Mr. Bane is executive director of the Council of State Governments

Frank Bane, director of the Division of State and Local Cooperation fo...

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Floyd B. Odlum, Director of Contract Distribution, Office of Production Management (OPM)

Floyd B. Odlum, Director of Contract Distribution, Office of Productio...

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Lake Charles, Louisiana. A Red Cross field director arranging for train fare to a draftee suddenly called home for a family emergency

Lake Charles, Louisiana. A Red Cross field director arranging for trai...

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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 Hillman, Associate Director General

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

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War worker goes to Washington. Miss Clara Camille Carroll, recently arrived war worker from Cleveland, Ohio, was lucky. The 760,000 dollar Lucy D. Slowe Resident Hall had just been opened for Negro women war workers, and the War Housing desk at the United States Informational Service referred her as a possible tenant. There she met W. Spurgeon Burke, managing director

War worker goes to Washington. Miss Clara Camille Carroll, recently ar...

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Citation winners. President Roosevelt is shown here with the group, left to right: Herbert R. James, Christy Park Works, National Tube Company, McKeesport, Pennsylvania; George Smolarek, Packard Motor Car Company, Detroit, Michigan; Walter P. Hill, C&H Consolidated Copper Company, Detroit, Michigan; William G. Marshall, Director of War Production Drive; Edwin C. Tracy, RCA Manufacturing Company, Camden, New Jersey; Clinton R. Hanna, Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company; Stanley Crawford, RCA Manufacturing Company, Camden, New Jersey; Joseph H. Kautisky, Link-Belt Company, Indianapolis, Indiana; Daniel W. Mallett, Borg-Warner Corporation, Rockford, Illinois, Donald M. Nelson, Chairman of the War Production Board (WPB), M.E. Butler, Stromberg- Carlson Manufacture Company, Rochester, New York

Citation winners. President Roosevelt is shown here with the group, le...

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Doctor Parker, director of the USPHS (United States Public Health Service) Rocky Mountain Laboratory at Hamilton, Montana

Doctor Parker, director of the USPHS (United States Public Health Serv...

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Transportation. War workers' coach. Joseph B. Eastman, Director of the Office of Defense Transportation, inspects a new fifteen-passenger war workers' coach made from a standard five-passenger light sedan with the use of only 300 additional pounds of steel

Transportation. War workers' coach. Joseph B. Eastman, Director of the...

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Montgomery Blair High school Victory Corps. Gold braid and official titles decorated the training field at Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring, Maryland, when Army, Navy, and civilian officers reviewed the Victory Corps maneuvers. Left to right: Merwin M. Peake, Chief, Pre-Induction Training Section, Civilian Personnel Division, Services of Supply, U.S.; John Lund, Executive Director, U.S. Office of Education Wartime Commission; John W. Studebaker, U.S. Commissioner of Education; Lieutenant Colonel Junius R. Smith, Executive Officer of Manpower Branch, Civilian Personnel Division, War Department; Lieutenant Colonel Harley B. West, member High School Victory Corps National Policy Committee; Major Harold W. Kent, Bureau of Public Relations, War Department; Flight Lieutenant Roald Dahl, Assistant Air Attache, British Embassy; Squadron Leader Ben Travers, Royal Air Force; Commander Harry Blaine Miller, U.S. Navy; Major Francis Parkman, member High School Victory Corps National Policy Committee

Montgomery Blair High school Victory Corps. Gold braid and official ti...

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War Labor Board: "Little Steel" hearing. Lee Pressman, Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) counselor; Philip Murray, CIO president; and Harold Ruttenberg (speaking), research director, United Steel Workers (USW), at the "Little Steel" hearing held by the War Labor Board at the Hotel Washington in Washington, D.C., July 1. The hearing arose from a wage dispute between union demands and four "Little Steel" companies: Bethlehem Steel, Republic Steel, Youngstown Sheet and Tube, and Inland Steel. The hearing resulted in a fifteen per cent wage increase formula, setting a precedent for future wage adjustments to meet recent increases in the cost of living

War Labor Board: "Little Steel" hearing. Lee Pressman, Congress of Ind...

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Citation winners. Citation winner, Daniel Walter Mallett, of the Mechanics Universal Joint Division, Borg-Warner Corporation, Rockford, Illinois receives congratulations from William G. Marshall (left), Director of the War Production Drive, who presented the workers to President Roosevelt

Citation winners. Citation winner, Daniel Walter Mallett, of the Mecha...

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Axis propaganda. "Mistress of Three Oceans" is the boasting title of this picture layout in this Japanese propaganda magazine which Elmer Davis, director of the Office of War information, displayed on March 6, 1943. Mr. Davis explained how the OWI is fighting this propaganda in neutral countries

Axis propaganda. "Mistress of Three Oceans" is the boasting title of t...

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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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Milton Eisenhower, Associate Director, OWI (Office of War Information)

Milton Eisenhower, Associate Director, OWI (Office of War Information)

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Elmer Davis, director of the Office of War Information (OWI), awaits an "on the air signal" to begin his weekly broadcast on world news developments of the past week. Mr. Davis reports to the nation every Friday evening at 10:45 pm, EWT, over the major networks of the country

Elmer Davis, director of the Office of War Information (OWI), awaits a...

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Haverstraw, New York. Interracial activities at Camp Christmas Seals, where children are aided by the Methodist Camp Service. Mrs. Addie C. Cox, director, the "mother" of all the campers

Haverstraw, New York. Interracial activities at Camp Christmas Seals, ...

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Washington, D.C. Dr. Pio Jaramillo Alvarado, director of the Indian Institute of Ecuador, who was a guest of the Department of State of the United States

Washington, D.C. Dr. Pio Jaramillo Alvarado, director of the Indian In...

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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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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

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