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Washington, District of Columbia. House near Fort Stevens showing effect of shot fired during Early's attack on Washington, July 12, 1864

Washington, District of Columbia. House near Fort Stevens showing effe...

Public domain historical photo, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Top of southern gate, Peking, showing effect of bombardment, China

Top of southern gate, Peking, showing effect of bombardment, China

H15177 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 3826. Public domain photograph of building, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mrs. Eugene Lampron, Reservoir Street, Leeds, Massachusetts., putting the bristles into tooth brushes in the kitchen of her home. She has been doing it for 9 years, and showed the effect of it. See also Home Work report. Location: Leeds, Massachusettsachusetts.

Mrs. Eugene Lampron, Reservoir Street, Leeds, Massachusetts., putting ...

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Wage-Hour Unit prepares to put act into effect. Washington, D.C., Oct. 22. The Wage-Hour Administration rushed work today on last minute explanations of how industry should comply with the most far reaching attempt since the NRA days to put a floor under wages and a ceiling over hours. Wage-hour Administrator Elmer Andrews, extreme right seated, telling the press he hopes to announce by nightfall the kind of records employers should keep to show conformity with the new law which becomes effective 12:01 A.M. Monday

Wage-Hour Unit prepares to put act into effect. Washington, D.C., Oct....

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"We are pals" [...] policeman Dennis Mahoney of N.Y. called before the House military affairs inquiry Wednesday regarding dealings of Joseph Silverman with the army on commercial contracts [...] admitted of himself and "Joe" [...] to the effect that "we are pals"

"We are pals" [...] policeman Dennis Mahoney of N.Y. called before the...

A group of men sitting around a table. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Henry W. Bagley, Bellehaven, residence in Greenwich, Connecticut. Guest house living room, night effect, to sofa

Henry W. Bagley, Bellehaven, residence in Greenwich, Connecticut. Gues...

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Morman refrigerator used by caretaker at Tonto National Monument. Gila County, Arizona. Water placed in tin container on top drips over the burlap and rapid evaporation in the atmosphere produces the cooling effect

Morman refrigerator used by caretaker at Tonto National Monument. Gila...

Public domain photograph of indoor, interior activity, America in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tire recapping. Preparing a worn automobile tire for recapping. The operator applied a coating of rubber adhesive after the tread surface of the tire has 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. Preparing a worn automobile tire for recapping. The op...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s industrial development, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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 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...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a worker, labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, 1930s, mid-20th-century industrial photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Camille Dreyfus, residence in the Hotel Pierre, New York City. Chinese modern group, night effect

Camille Dreyfus, residence in the Hotel Pierre, New York City. Chinese...

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Honorable Paynter of Kentucky -- the effect of a cyclone upon Beauty

Honorable Paynter of Kentucky -- the effect of a cyclone upon Beauty

Title from typed caption on verso of mat. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1934:0123). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Cause and effect / Ehrhart. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Cause and effect / Ehrhart. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Print shows a well-dressed, imperious woman seated in a chair, with her feet on a cushion, holding a scepter and a paper that states "Fashion's Decrees for Summer Resorts", after listing the rules, it ends with... More

Secretary of purchasers' group says price behavior 'very satisfactory' since war. Washington, D.C., Dec. 5. George A. Renard of New York, Executive Secretary of the National Association of Purchasing Agents, today told the Monopoly Committee that he felt that price behavior of the last few months 'has been very satisfactory.' The Monopoly Committee, at the suggestion of the President, is holding hearings to determine the effect of the European war upon domestic prices. Renard's testimony directly contradicted yesterday's testimony by Isadore Lubin, who said that price trends indicate a disasterous boom

Secretary of purchasers' group says price behavior 'very satisfactory'...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Washington DC during the First World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Monopoly witness, Dr. Lubin. Washington, D.C., Dec. 4. Dr. Isadore Lubin, Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, appeared before the Monopoly Committee today. He said that a period of rising prices and 'painful economic readjustment' is in prospect as a result of the European war. 'The experience of the past 100 years, ' Lubin said, 'has demonstrated repeatedly that major wars bring tremendous changes in prices and have far reaching effect upon the structure of industry and upon the entire economy. Senator Borah presided in the absence of Senator O'Mahoney

Monopoly witness, Dr. Lubin. Washington, D.C., Dec. 4. Dr. Isadore Lub...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Washington DC during the First World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Motor boat trip around the Dead Sea. Erosions on Dead Sea shores giving effect of a built city

Motor boat trip around the Dead Sea. Erosions on Dead Sea shores givin...

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Air views of Palestine. Flight down the delta of the Nile to Alexandria. Salt deposits along the sea coast. Effect of a frozen sea

Air views of Palestine. Flight down the delta of the Nile to Alexandri...

Public domain photograph, 1930s-1940s Jerusalem, Palestine, History of Israel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Baalbek. Sunset effect Middle East photographs, American Colony Jerusalem

Baalbek. Sunset effect Middle East photographs, American Colony Jerusa...

Public domain photograph of classic architecture, sculpture, antiquity, ancient Greece, Rome, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pettengill bill will affect waterfront labor senate committee told. Washington, D.C., March 17. F.S. Davis, of the Boston Chamber of Commerce, today told the Senate Interstate Commerce Subcommittee that passage of the Pettengill Bill permitting railroads to charge lower rate for long hauls than for short ones would have a "devastating effect" upon waterfront labor, 3/17/38

Pettengill bill will affect waterfront labor senate committee told. Wa...

A black and white photo of a man sitting at a desk. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Effect of gasoline shortage in Washington, D.C.

Effect of gasoline shortage in Washington, D.C.

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a car, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Effect of gasoline shortage in Washington, D.C.

Effect of gasoline shortage in Washington, D.C.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fuel oil conservation. The wall of an outside room can chill a house. An ordinary blanket tacked on the wall will serve as insulation, but for some who would make the wall-covering ornamental as well as useful, heavy fabric such as monk's cloth can be hung on the wall and drapes extended to create a decorative effect

Fuel oil conservation. The wall of an outside room can chill a house. ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an ornamental print, pattern design, mannerism, baroque, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Methods of enforcement under world government and their effect on the individual : alliance, confederation, federation

Methods of enforcement under world government and their effect on the ...

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Cause and effect. A timely warning

Cause and effect. A timely warning

Caricature issued as part of the "Darktown comics" series. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0960.

Cause and effect. A natural result

Cause and effect. A natural result

Caricature issued as part of the "Darktown comics" series. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0959.

Smoke-stack of Confederate iron-clad Virginia on wharf at Richmond, Virginia, showing effect of shot in attack on Federal batteries on James River

Smoke-stack of Confederate iron-clad Virginia on wharf at Richmond, Vi...

No. B223. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites a... More

Fredericksburg, Virginia. Dr. Lawrence's house on Carolina Street, showing the effect of the shelling on the 13th of December 1862

Fredericksburg, Virginia. Dr. Lawrence's house on Carolina Street, sho...

Public domain photograph of American Civil War era building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Battle-field of Gettysburg Trees showing the effect of musketry, opposite the Federal breast-works on Culp's Hill.

Battle-field of Gettysburg Trees showing the effect of musketry, oppos...

Tipton & Myers' Stereoscopic Views. No. 523. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, landscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Canadian scenes. Cloud effect. 1930s public domain photogrpaph.

Canadian scenes. Cloud effect. 1930s public domain photogrpaph.

Public domain photograph of telephone wires, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Flight to Ma'an el-Hadj, Petra, Wadi Rum and Akaba. Gulf of Akaba. A distant view. Southern end of the Araba Valley. Silhouette effect of the Negeb esh Shurk mountains in foreground

Flight to Ma'an el-Hadj, Petra, Wadi Rum and Akaba. Gulf of Akaba. A d...

Picryl description: Public domain view of a mountain range, mountainous landscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Air views of Palestine. Flight from Gaza to Cairo via Ismalieh. Breaker effect of the sands. Seen from a high altitude

Air views of Palestine. Flight from Gaza to Cairo via Ismalieh. Breake...

Public domain image of Egyptian art, free to use, no copyright restrictions photo - Picryl description

Baalbek. Sunset effect Middle East photographs, American Colony Jerusalem

Baalbek. Sunset effect Middle East photographs, American Colony Jerusa...

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Civilian protection. Fully equipped to cope with any situation they may encounter these New York City volunteer auxiliary firemen put on a demonstration of the matter in which they would handle the damage caused by an incendiary bombing attack. An incendiary bomb has fallen through the roof of this building and is blazing in the second story. One worker has already entered through the window and is using an "Indian" fire pump on the small blaze which has started. His fellow workers are following up the ladder equipped (from top to bottom) with the following items: top man carries a portable acetylene torch used to cut through metal to effect entrance or to extricate occupants caught under fallen beams or pipes; the next man carries a roof rope, while the man at the bottom bears a two-way portable radio. All workers are supplied with gas masks

Civilian protection. Fully equipped to cope with any situation they ma...

Public domain photograph of early 20th-century New York metropolis cityscape, buildings, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Civilian protection. Fully equipped to cope with any situation they may encounter these New York City volunteer auxiliary firemen put on a demonstration of the matter in which they would handle the damage caused by an incendiary bombing attack. An incendiary bomb has fallen through the roof of this building and is blazing in the second story. One worker has already entered through the window and is using an "Indian" fire pump on the small blaze which has started. His fellow workers are following up the ladder equipped (from top to bottom) with the following items: top man carries a portable acetylene torch used to cut through metal to effect entrance or to extricate occupants caught under fallen beams or pipes; the next man carries a roof rope, while the man at the bottom bears a two-way portable radio. All workers are supplied with gas masks

Civilian protection. Fully equipped to cope with any situation they ma...

Public domain photograph of New York in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fort Story coast defense. Projectile being loaded into an interrupted-screw type breech at Fort Story, Virginia. With a quarter turn, this breech gives the same sealing effect as twelve turns on a regualr screw

Fort Story coast defense. Projectile being loaded into an interrupted-...

Public domain photograph of Virginia, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Effect of gasoline shortage in Washington, D.C.

Effect of gasoline shortage in Washington, D.C.

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a car, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Three Thirds of the Nation. Showing sound effect set-up on stage for the War Production Board (WPB) radio show "Steel," presented May 5 over the Blue Netwoerk. Left to right: Bill Nugent, Carrol Fraser, Jack Schnell and Carl Schoele

Three Thirds of the Nation. Showing sound effect set-up on stage for t...

Public domain photograph of California in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Seton Henry, residence at 36 E. 72nd St., New York City. Living room game table, night effect

Seton Henry, residence at 36 E. 72nd St., New York City. Living room g...

Public domain photograph of New York City interiors, 1940s, 1950s, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Curious effect of a hunting field constructed on Mr. Muybridge's natural principles. The picture represents a hunting episode...horses going at utmost speed. It is a careful natural representation...all positions are copied from Mr. Muybridge's photos]

[Curious effect of a hunting field constructed on Mr. Muybridge's natu...

Wood engraving by Gray-Parker. Illus. in: Andrews' American Queen, 1882 July 29, cover. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

Oregon National Forest. Effect of fire on an old b[...]

Oregon National Forest. Effect of fire on an old b[...]

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Regulation Army 44 Colt and its effect on bullet proof glass used in the new armoured postal trucks which it is proposed to put into use as a further protection of valuable mails, 12/1/21

Regulation Army 44 Colt and its effect on bullet proof glass used in t...

Dead Sea album prepared for the Palestine Potash Ltd. Carnallite pans[?] giving effect of melting snow. Note Jebel Usdum mirrored in the snow white flakes

Dead Sea album prepared for the Palestine Potash Ltd. Carnallite pans[...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge, water, historic structure, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Technician. Miss Edna Smith, Bacterial-Logical Technician in the Public Health service, photographed as she is working with the effect of irradiation of bacterial. 10/29/35

Technician. Miss Edna Smith, Bacterial-Logical Technician in the Publi...

A black and white photo of a woman looking through a microscope. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Baalbek. Sunset effect Middle East photographs, American Colony Jerusalem

Baalbek. Sunset effect Middle East photographs, American Colony Jerusa...

Public domain photograph of classic architecture, sculpture, antiquity, ancient Greece, Rome, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A law was passed in Oklahoma City requiring every filling station to display a chemical analysis of the gasoline sold. Law stayed in effect for only a few months. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

A law was passed in Oklahoma City requiring every filling station to d...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a gas station, convenience store, 20th-century small town, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Gas rationing booklet. This is the front cover of the new "A" gasoline coupon book, which motorists in the East Coast rationed area will need to obtain their basic rations of gasoline when the coupon plan goes into effect in July. The front cover will carry a description of the car for which the hooklet is issued as well as the name and address of the owner. The other coupon books used in the plan will rsemble the "A" book, except in the color of printing and number of coupons

Gas rationing booklet. This is the front cover of the new "A" gasoline...

Public domain photograph of indoor, interior activity, America in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ranger battalions train with commando troops. Troops of the ranger battalions, America's special service soldiers, are now in training somewhere in the United Kingdom. They have been attached to combined operations, commanded by Vice Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten. Training under commando instructors and an opposed landing operation with British Naval instructors. Live ammunitionand trench mortor bombs are used to create a realistic effect and prepare the men for combat conditions

Ranger battalions train with commando troops. Troops of the ranger bat...

Picryl description: Public domain image of the British Empire armed forces, 19th-20th century war and military conflict, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Gas rationing booklet. This is the inside of the front cover and the first page of the new "A" gasoline coupon book, which motorists in the East Coast rationed area will need to obtain their basic rations of gasonline when the coupon plan goes into effect in July. Instructions appearing inside the front cover warn holders against tearing out the coupons and presenting them loose at a service station. The six coupons on the first page are market "A," which means they may be used at any time during the month after the plan goes into effect. Coupons on the following pages are numbered, "A-2," "A-3" etc., and will be good during the respective month periods. The book rations gasoline for the period of one year

Gas rationing booklet. This is the inside of the front cover and the f...

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

Effect of gasoline shortage in Washington, D.C.

Effect of gasoline shortage in Washington, D.C.

Picryl description: Public domain image of bustling city downtown streets, commercial buildings, 20th-century, the 1930s, 1940s, 1950s architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fort Knox. Armored force personnel. A first sergeant of the armored forces pulls his motorcycle to a standstill to study the effect of a tactical move during war games at Fort Knox, Kentucky, where young soldiers are learning the latest tricks of mechanized warfare

Fort Knox. Armored force personnel. A first sergeant of the armored fo...

Public domain photograph related to Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Effect of gasoline shortage in Washington, D.C.

Effect of gasoline shortage in Washington, D.C.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a parking lot, cars, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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

Tire recapping. A newly recapped passenger car tire to go back on the ...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s US industrial development, Second World War, US war production, indusry, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Parke, Davis and Company, manufacturing chemists, Detroit, Michigan. Effect of vitamin B in the diet of rats

Parke, Davis and Company, manufacturing chemists, Detroit, Michigan. E...

Public domain photograph of 1930s industry, war production in the United States free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Gypsy Rose Lee, residence at 153 E. 63rd St., New York City. Dining room, evening effect

Gypsy Rose Lee, residence at 153 E. 63rd St., New York City. Dining ro...

Public domain photograph of the 1940s-1950s New York City interiors, sports, dance, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Effect of the pipe on Sandy - Public domain scenic drawing

Effect of the pipe on Sandy - Public domain scenic drawing

Public domain photograph of 19th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Effect of the marathon craze - Drawing. Public domain image.

Effect of the marathon craze - Drawing. Public domain image.

(DLC/PP-1935:0140). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Collier's weekly, 42:18-19 (Feb. 6, 1909).

[Oregon National Forest. Effect of fire on an old burn. Before fire there was a dense cover of green brush. Previous fire was about ten years before]

[Oregon National Forest. Effect of fire on an old burn. Before fire t...

Charred tree trunks. No. 3355. National Photo Company Collection. Public domain photograph - historical image of Ohio, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

El-Azrak & Wadi Sirhan in the Arabian Desert. Druse [i.e., Druze] political refugees from Jebel Druse (The Hauran). Evening on the desert. Car in desert, silhouetted against striking cloud effect

El-Azrak & Wadi Sirhan in the Arabian Desert. Druse [i.e., Druze] poli...

Public domain photograph of an automobile, 1920s car, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Iraq. River scenes on the Euphrates taken at Hilla. Silhouette effect in palm grove. Along the river

Iraq. River scenes on the Euphrates taken at Hilla. Silhouette effect ...

Public domain photograph, 1930s-1940s Jerusalem, Palestine, History of Israel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

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

A black and white photo of three men sitting at a table. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Baalbek. Temple of Jupiter. Sunset effect. Closer view

Baalbek. Temple of Jupiter. Sunset effect. Closer view

Public domain photograph of classic architecture, sculpture, antiquity, ancient Greece, Rome, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Monopoly huddle. Washington, D.C., July 1. Senator Joseph C. O'Mahoney (left) of Wyoming, named Chairman of the Congressional Monopoly Committee at their first meeting today, discusses with Thurman Arnold, Assistant Attorney, the legal aspects of the Monopoly Investigation which is designed to setermine the effect of concentrated wealth and power on business. Arnold is a member of the committee, 7/1/38

Monopoly huddle. Washington, D.C., July 1. Senator Joseph C. O'Mahoney...

Two men standing next to each other in a room. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Effect of strip mining on land. Carterville, Illinois

Effect of strip mining on land. Carterville, Illinois

Public domain photograph of United States countryside, nature, during 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Effect of gasoline shortage in Washington, D.C.

Effect of gasoline shortage in Washington, D.C.

Picryl description: Public domain image of an automobile, 1940s car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Washington, D.C. Even the oldest jalopies were out to have their tanks filled on the day before stricter gasoline rationing went into effect

Washington, D.C. Even the oldest jalopies were out to have their tanks...

Public domain photograph of cars, gas station, car garage, 20th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Henry Francis Du Pont Winterthur Museum, Winterthur, Delaware. Courtyard, daylight effect

Henry Francis Du Pont Winterthur Museum, Winterthur, Delaware. Courtya...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historical landmark building, courtyard, 17th, 18th, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A complete list of stamp duties, to take effect August 1, 1864. Carefully compiled and arranged from the Act of Congress, approved June 30, 1864, as published officially, at Washington ... Boston, Published by J. G. Beals at the office of the Bo

A complete list of stamp duties, to take effect August 1, 1864. Carefu...

I. Title.; On verso: Gift, Caleb Cushing Papers, Oct. 22, 1962. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collecti... More

Effect of the pipe on the freemen

Effect of the pipe on the freemen

Public domain illustrated book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Juarez, effect of shrapnel - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Juarez, effect of shrapnel - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Public domain photograph of Mexico city, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chickamauga Dam and powerhouse. Hall off reception room which gives access to a good view of the tailrace through a window, thus making it possible for visitors to observe all essential parts of the project (generator hall, switchyard, reservoir, tailrace) from either the reception room or the hall. It also gives access to the elevator, the main stair, toilets, and to a promenade roof deck over the lower electrical bay of the powerhouse (foor at end). The decreasing height of the ceiling was necessitated by structural considerations ad was exploited for effect. Floor is terrazzo; walls, glazed structural tile; ceiling, plaster

Chickamauga Dam and powerhouse. Hall off reception room which gives ac...

Public domain photograph of stairs, steps, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

John N. Conyngham, Hayfield Farm, residence in Lehman Township, Pennsylvania. Colonial bedroom, night effect

John N. Conyngham, Hayfield Farm, residence in Lehman Township, Pennsy...

Public domain photograph of bed, bedroom, furniture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Baalbek. Sunset effect Middle East photographs, American Colony Jerusalem

Baalbek. Sunset effect Middle East photographs, American Colony Jerusa...

Public domain photograph of classic architecture, sculpture, antiquity, ancient Greece, Rome, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Baalbek. Temple of Jupiter. Sunset effect. Closer view

Baalbek. Temple of Jupiter. Sunset effect. Closer view

Public domain photograph of classic architecture, sculpture, antiquity, ancient Greece, Rome, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Little business men meet the President. Washington, D.C., Feb. 4. President Roosevelt today met in what was described as constructive discuss on with small business leaders. He was reported to believe that some of their recommendations could be carried into effect, shown as they left the White House after the conference. Left to right, front: R.P. Hastey, Chicago; O.L. Roach, Danville, Virginia; Leslie E. Sanders, Orlando, Fla.; Secretary of Commerce Daniel Roper; Bernard F. McLain, Dallas, Tex.; Howard D. North, Cleveland; Wallace D. Kimball, New York City. In the rear, left to right: D.E. McAvoy, New York City; Joseph D. Kleckner, Chicago; Asst. Sec. of Commerce Ernest Draper; W.C. Tinsley, Tampa, Fla.; James Daly, Columbus, OH; W.K. Gunter, Gaffney, N.C., 2/4/38

Little business men meet the President. Washington, D.C., Feb. 4. Pres...

Public domain photograph of official photograph, building on the background, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tenant purchase client with hogs. Saline County, Illinois. General caption: this set of pictures shows the effect of a tenant purchase loan for Loomis Hardesty, of Saline County, Illinois. The FSA (Farm Security Administration) bought a 260-acre farm and made livestock and equipment available to him

Tenant purchase client with hogs. Saline County, Illinois. General cap...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a farm, farmer, agriculture, early 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

40 Central Park West, New York City. View from Central Park, night effect

40 Central Park West, New York City. View from Central Park, night eff...

Picryl description: Public domain image of park architecture, palace, chateau, open space, 18th, and 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Civilian protection. Fully equipped to cope with any situation they may encounter these New York City volunteer auxiliary firemen put on a demonstration of the matter in which they would handle the damage caused by an incendiary bombing attack. An incendiary bomb has fallen through the roof of this building and is blazing in the second story. One worker has already entered through the window and is using an "Indian" fire pump on the small blaze which has started. His fellow workers are following up the ladder equipped (from top to bottom) with the following items: top man carries a portable acetylene torch used to cut through metal to effect entrance or to extricate occupants caught under fallen beams or pipes; the next man carries a roof rope, while the man at the bottom bears a two-way portable radio. All workers are supplied with gas masks

Civilian protection. Fully equipped to cope with any situation they ma...

Public domain photograph of New York City, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, Wisconsin. Testing a block of wood to show the effect of compression parallel to the grain. As pressure is applied to the block, a lamb's roller extensometer is used to plot the effect on a graph

Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, Wisconsin. Testing a block of woo...

Public domain photograph of laboratory, scientist, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Washington, D.C. On morning of July 21st, the last day before stricter gas rationing went into effect, cars were parked in front of gas stations long before they opened, waiting to fill their tanks on the quota of their old ration cards. Cars were parked and left without their drivers who returned at eight o'clock when the station on upper Wisconsin Avenue near the District line opened

Washington, D.C. On morning of July 21st, the last day before stricter...

Public domain photograph of cars, gas station, car garage, 20th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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...

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

Washington, District of Columbia. House near Fort Stevens showing effect of shot during Early's attack on Washington

Washington, District of Columbia. House near Fort Stevens showing effe...

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Moscow. [People gathered in city square]. Effect of the Bolshevik Revolution

Moscow. [People gathered in city square]. Effect of the Bolshevik Revo...

Photograph captioned Effect of the Bolshevik Revolution shows bullet-pocked building. Titles from item and devised by library staff. From disbound album of James Maxwell Pringle's business trip to Russia and As... More

Motor boat trip around the Dead Sea. Erosions on Dead Sea shores. Effect of a castle tower and city

Motor boat trip around the Dead Sea. Erosions on Dead Sea shores. Effe...

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Air views of Palestine. Flight down the delta of the Nile to Alexandria. Striking ocean effect of desert sands. Breaking on a barrier of cultivation

Air views of Palestine. Flight down the delta of the Nile to Alexandri...

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The cafeteria for construction employees of the Norris project was an attempt to produce a dignified architectural effect out of simple and, in part, unfinished local materials. After construction of the project it has been converted to other uses and is now in its tenth year of service

The cafeteria for construction employees of the Norris project was an ...

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Construction of Jaffa pier. Cranes at work on the Jaffa docks. Unusual back lighting effect

Construction of Jaffa pier. Cranes at work on the Jaffa docks. Unusual...

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Dead Sea album prepared for the Palestine Potash Ltd. An effect in the carnallite of a petrified forest, suggestive of intricate ivory carving found in carnallite stalactites

Dead Sea album prepared for the Palestine Potash Ltd. An effect in the...

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[Dead Sea album prepared for the Palestine Potash Ltd. Carnallite pans giving effect of melting snow. Note Jebel Usdum mirrored in snow white flakes]

[Dead Sea album prepared for the Palestine Potash Ltd. Carnallite pans...

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Effect of gasoline shortage in Washington, D.C.

Effect of gasoline shortage in Washington, D.C.

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Effect of gasoline shortage in Washington, D.C.

Effect of gasoline shortage in Washington, D.C.

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Miss Jeanne Dougherty, graduate in Bacteriology, working in the laboratory in the Dairy Industry Department. She is conducting experiments on the effect of acids on the flavor of butter. Iowa State College. Ames, Iowa

Miss Jeanne Dougherty, graduate in Bacteriology, working in the labora...

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Rochester, New York. Madison E. Butler, assistant chief inspector for the Stromberg-Carlson Telephone Manufacturing Company, who developed a visual-lamp indicator to test field telephone switchboards and which the U.S. Army Signal Corps claims has saved the equivalent of almost thirty-seven years work, shown at his testing instrument. He received one of the first five "Citations of Individual Production Merit" for his idea which has an outstanding effect on the entire war effort

Rochester, New York. Madison E. Butler, assistant chief inspector for ...

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Hitler's helpmates. Adolf has only the most complimentary things to say about Mrs. Miranda Glucose. She has simply captivated him with her Axis-crable behavior. When the possibility of sugar rationing was first mentioned, this far-sighted lady bought up enough sugar to feed twenty-five American families for the next six years. And now that the rationing order has been put into effect, she is deliberately breaking the law by not telling the government about the secret stores. Happy diabetes, Miranda

Hitler's helpmates. Adolf has only the most complimentary things to sa...

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Miguel Manresa, Jr., a graduate student from Laguna, Philippine Islands. He is doing research on the effect of vitamins on the reproduction of intestinal protozoa in the rat. Iowa State College. Ames, Iowa

Miguel Manresa, Jr., a graduate student from Laguna, Philippine Island...

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Parke, Davis and Company, manufacturing chemists, Detroit, Michigan. Effect of pantothenic acid on rats

Parke, Davis and Company, manufacturing chemists, Detroit, Michigan. E...

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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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Melvin Rivard, residence at 122 E. 37th St., New York City. Bedroom, to living room, night effect

Melvin Rivard, residence at 122 E. 37th St., New York City. Bedroom, t...

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War effect of a shell on a Confederate soldier at battle of Gettysburg

War effect of a shell on a Confederate soldier at battle of Gettysburg

Stereograph showing remains of a dead soldier on the battlefield. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a ... More

Battle-field of Gettysburg The effect of musketry and shell on the trees of Culp's Hill, on ground occupied by Rebels, in front of Union breast-works.

Battle-field of Gettysburg The effect of musketry and shell on the tre...

Tipton & Myers' Stereoscopic Views. No. 522. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, landscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Effect of the earthquake on dwelling houses, San Francisco, Calif.

Effect of the earthquake on dwelling houses, San Francisco, Calif.

Photograph by the Detroit Publishing Co. No. 9348; no orig. negatives. Detroit Publishing Company Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Captio... More

Civilian protection. Fully equipped to cope with any situation they may encounter these New York City volunteer auxiliary firemen put on a demonstration of the matter in which they would handle the damage caused by an incendiary bombing attack. An incendiary bomb has fallen through the roof of this building and is blazing in the second story. One worker has already entered through the window and is using an "Indian" fire pump on the small blaze which has started. His fellow workers are following up the ladder equipped (from top to bottom) with the following items: top man carries a portable acetylene torch used to cut through metal to effect entrance or to extricate occupants caught under fallen beams or pipes; the next man carries a roof rope, while the man at the bottom bears a two-way portable radio. All workers are supplied with gas masks

Civilian protection. Fully equipped to cope with any situation they ma...

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