economic and social conditions

Mme. Ganna Walska to wed Harold F. McCormick, it is said

Mme. Walska seated, 3/4 lgth., facing left, and holding cat; with inset of Harold McCormick, head and shoulders, facing right. Photoprint copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood. No. S-S-2043-T. This record contai... More

Mrs. Elsie Patterson - Public domain portrait photograph

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Henry Ford, 9/6/23 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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W.W. Cutler, 4/29/24 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Newsies at work in Newark, N.J. Aug 1, 1924. Location: Newark, New J...

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[Group: includes Charles Evans Hughes, center front, and Curtis E. Wil...

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Barney Baruch - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Adrienne Mayer, Peggy Kahn, Mrs. Coolidge, 11/28/25

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Pres. Coolidge, Mrs. C., & Curtis

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Senator McCormick, Mrs. Nancy Cox McCormick & Coolidge, 1/5/25

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Coolidge, Mrs. C., & Curtis - Public domain portrait photograph

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Sen. & Mrs. Bruce & Sec. Mellon at Pan American, 5/29/26

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The children of the Minister and Countess Laszlo Szechenyi wearing Hun...

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Pres. Coolidge at Patterson house, 3/15/27

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Mrs. Coolidge at Patterson house, 3/1/27

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Congressman on Job for [...] Special Session of Congress, Members of t...

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Conference couriers. These ten crack sergeants of the United States Ma...

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[Group; Andrew W. Mellon, right]

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[Charles Curtis and group holding trophy cups]

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A black and white photo of a man standing in front of a store, Louisia...

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Bakersfield, Calif. (vicinity). Grandmother of 22 children, from a far...

Corresponding negative no. LC-USF34-9857-C. Forms part of: FSA/OWI Collection (Library of Congress). LOT 344.

Children of migratory workers, hauling water, American River camp, San...

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General of power dine, Washington, D.C., September 11. W. Borquist, Ch...

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Forging ahead Works Progress Administration / / [monogram].

Poster for Works Progress Administration encouraging laborers to work for America, showing blacksmith. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).

Children of migratory Mexican field workers. The older one helps tie c...

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Sen. Robert Taft, John Hamilton, Mrs. Robert Taft

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A black and white photo of a little girl sitting on a hill, New Jersey...

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Child labor in cranberry bog, Burlington County, New Jersey

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[L to R: Howard Huges, Jesse Jones, Rene St. Quentin]

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Auto magnate leaves White House after conference with President Roosev...

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Freight train going up Cajon Pass through the San Bernardino Mountains...

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[Car in front of Shulman's Market on N at Union St. S.W., Washington, ...

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Enola O'Connell, age 32, widow and mother of one child. Ex-housewife, ...

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General view of the hump yard at Proviso yard, C & NW RR., Chicago, Il...

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Gist inspector, Mrs. Mary Betchner inspecting one of the 25 cutters fo...

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World's Fair. Arctic Girl's tomb of ice I

The New York World's Fair was a large international exposition held in New York City, United States in 1939-1940. The 1939-1940 World's Fair was themed "The World of Tomorrow" and featured pavilions and exhibit... More

War production workers at the Heil Company making gasoline trailer tan...

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View in a departure yard at C & NW RR's Proviso (?) yard at twilight, ...

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General view of one of the departure yards at C & NW RR's Proviso yard...

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Construction at TVA's Douglas Dam, Tenn.

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Santa Fe R.R. train stopping for coal and water, Laguna, N[ew] Mex[ico...

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Women at work on bomber, Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif.

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Gus Worke, a farmer who came from Germany 40 years ago, Southington, C...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a farmer, 1930s, 20th-century dust bowl era, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Serving up the barbeque at the Pie Town, New Mexico, Fair

Photo shows in background from right to left: a 1938 Chevrolet, a 1938 Pontiac, and a 1940 Ford. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009)

Mary Louise Stepan, 21, used to be a waitress. She has a brother in th...

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Mrs. Doris Duke, who is 26 and a mother of one child, Corpus Christi, ...

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Mr. Leatherman, homesteader, with his work burros in front of his barn...

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Riveter at work at the Douglas Aircraft Corporation plant in Long Beac...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, workshop, workers, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Salvation Army, San Francisco, California. Return of the army seen thr...

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Salvation Army, San Francisco, California. General view of army and cr...

Picryl description: Public domain image of San Francisco during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

World's Fair, railroad exhibit locomotives. New York City 5453, detail...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a locomotive, train tracks, rail transportation, railroad, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions. The New York World's Fair was a large i... More

Assembling B-25 bombers at North American Aviation, Kansas City, Kan[s...

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Train pulling out of the freight house at C & NW RR's Proviso Yard, Ch...

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Production of B-24 bombers and C-87 transports, Consolidated Aircraft ...

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Yardmaster in railroad yards, Amarillo Texas

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A.S. Gerdee, of 3251 Maypole(?) Street, working as a switchman at Prov...

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John L. Walter, conductor at Proviso yard of the C&NWRR. Mr. Walter ha...

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Drilling a wing bulkhead for a transport plane at the Consolidated Air...

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Worker at carbon black plant, Sunray, Texas

Picryl description: Public domain image of a farmer, 1930s, 20th-century dust bowl era, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Santa Fe R.R. train, Melrose, N[ew] Mex[ico]

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Melrose Park (near Chicago), Ill; C & NW RR; L. Logan, of West Chicago...

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The yardmaster's office at the receiving yard, North Proviso(?), C & N...

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A train bringing copper ore out of the mine, Ducktown, Tenn. Fumes fro...

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Thomas Madrigal greasing a locomotive in the roundhouse, Rock Island R...

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Putting the nose section of a mighty transport plane in place in the f...

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C. & N.W. R.R., women wipers at the roundhouse cleaning one of the gia...

Photograph shows Marcella Hart at left, Mrs. Elibia Siematter at right.

Men in front of outdoor fire, Pie Town Fair, New Mexico

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Jack Whinery, homesteader, repairing fence which he built with slabs, ...

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Farm owned by James Pompey, who 20 years ago came from Italy on the ad...

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World's Fair, railroad exhibit, modern locomotives. Lackawanna 1939, d...

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Gov. William H. Vanderbilt, R.I. - Public domain portrait photograph

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A black and white photo of a group of children. Children of Great Depr...

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

Registering at Salvation Army. Newport News, Virginia

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New York, New York. Italian-Americans in the rain watching a flag rais...

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New York, New York. Midnight mass on Christmas Eve at Saint Dominick's...

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Chicago, Illinois. One of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad stream...

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Production. Locomotives. Heavy steel plates are bent on the Southwark ...

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

New York, New York. Italian-American cafe espresso shop on MacDougal S...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of worker, marketplace, vendor, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

New York, New York. Italian-American shoe repair man

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New York, New York. Italian-Americans leaving Saint Patrick's church o...

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Richmond, California. Permanente Metals Corporation, shipbuilding divi...

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New York, New York. Italian-Americans leaving the church of Our Lady o...

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New York, New York. Italian-American boys at the Sullivan Street depot...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of farmers, vendors, store, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

New York, New York. Italian-Americans leaving the church of Our Lady o...

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

Bernard M. Baruch, Hobcaw Plantation, Georgetown, South Carolina. Mr. ...

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Crimean conference Left to right: Secretary of State Edward Stettinius...

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[Mr. & Mrs. Laurance S. Rockefeller, half-length portraits, seated at ...

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Interior of the Clara Barton House, home of the founder of the America...

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

Girls on a float in the Columbus Day parade, San Francisco, California

In a Columbus Day parade in San Francisco in 1991, Italian American girls dressed as angels ride with an image of the Madonna surrounded by flowers on a festival float created by the Societa de la Madonna del L... More

Members of the Montescaglioso Club on float with statue of San Rocco.

Statue of San Rocco is carried from the church and placed on the float

Forms part of a group of images documenting the annual San Rocco procession, sponsored by the Montescaglioso Club of Paterson, as it passes through the People's Park neighborhood of Paterson, New Jersey.

Procession travels down 21st Avenue; brick factory building is in the ...

Forms part of a group of images documenting the annual San Rocco procession, sponsored by the Montescaglioso Club of Paterson, as it passes through the People's Park neighborhood of Paterson, New Jersey.

Florence DiStefano in her basement sewing shop where she makes and alt...

Forms part of a group of images depicting scenes at the home of retired ladies garment worker Florence DiStefano, Paterson, New Jersey, September 15, 1994. Here she is operating a "Merrow machine" (manufactured... More

Florence DiStefano in her basement sewing shop where she makes and alt...

Forms part of a group of images depicting scenes at the home of retired ladies garment worker Florence DiStefano, Paterson, New Jersey, September 15, 1994. Here she is operating a "Merrow machine" (manufactured... More

Statue of San Rocco is carried from the church and placed on the float

Forms part of a group of images documenting the annual San Rocco procession, sponsored by the Montescaglioso Club of Paterson, as it passes through the People's Park neighborhood of Paterson, New Jersey.

At the conclusion of the procession, dignitaries stand in front of the...

Forms part of a group of images documenting the annual San Rocco procession, sponsored by the Montescaglioso Club of Paterson, as it passes through the People's Park neighborhood of Paterson, New Jersey.

Flag bearers and dignitaries at the head of the procession walk down 2...

Forms part of a group of images documenting the annual San Rocco procession, sponsored by the Montescaglioso Club of Paterson, as it passes through the People's Park neighborhood of Paterson, New Jersey.

Crowd of people in Lewis Street, between float carrying statue of San ...

Forms part of a group of images documenting the annual San Rocco procession, sponsored by the Montescaglioso Club of Paterson, as it passes through the People's Park neighborhood of Paterson, New Jersey.

Florence DiStefano in her basement sewing shop where she makes and alt...

Forms part of a group of images depicting scenes at the home of retired ladies garment worker Florence DiStefano, Paterson, New Jersey, September 15, 1994. Here she is operating a "Merrow machine" (manufactured... More

Members of the Montescaglioso Club on float with statue of San Rocco.

Forms part of a group of images documenting the annual San Rocco procession, sponsored by the Montescaglioso Club of Paterson, as it passes through the People's Park neighborhood of Paterson, New Jersey.