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Every body and his big grandmother are going to buy their valentines at cupid's original head quarters, J. Shillington's Odeon building, corner of 4.5 Street, and Pennsylvania Avenue ... [Washington, D. C.] Printed at the Cheap Job Printing offi

Every body and his big grandmother are going to buy their valentines a...

Valentine. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 200, Folder 19.

General Birney's Head Quarters, 2d Division, 10th Corps

General Birney's Head Quarters, 2d Division, 10th Corps

Soldiers with horses. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). No. 2446.

Indian Head, Md. - Public domain drawing

Indian Head, Md. - Public domain drawing

Ships and sailboats on the Potomac. Title devised. Inscribed within image, from left to right: Tug boat Murrey; Jacob Riels of U.S.; Indian Head, Md.; Yankee; Rugrun [?]; Satelite; Imoluch [?]; Seminole; Freest... More

Secesh Gun, Fort Welles [i.e., Wells], Hilton Head, S.C.

Secesh Gun, Fort Welles [i.e., Wells], Hilton Head, S.C.

Photograph shows a cannon at Fort Wells, two Union soldiers appear to the left and right of the gun. Title is inscribed in ink on the bottom of the mount. Gladstone's inventory code and notes: M22. Purchase; Wi... More

Finding the last ditch--Running the "head" of Secession "into the ground," - everybody ...

Finding the last ditch--Running the "head" of Secession "into the grou...

Union soldier, followed by African American in broken chains, hurls Jefferson Davis (dressed as a woman) who drops a bag of "stolen gold" over the edge of a cliff; Satan waits below the cliff with a pitchfork. ... More

Auto strike problem brought to Washington for conference by Governor of Michigan. Washington D.C. In an effort to settle the strike of automobile workers in Detroit, Governor Frank Murphy came to Washington today to confer with Secretary of Labor Perkins and Labor Officials. This picture, made at the Labor Department after a six hour meeting, shows left to right: John L. Lewis, Head of the CIO; Secretary Perkins; Governor Frank Murphy; and James F. Dewey, Conciliator of the Labor Department

Auto strike problem brought to Washington for conference by Governor o...

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

Crawford House from Elephant's Head, White Mountains

Crawford House from Elephant's Head, White Mountains

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Do not abolish present system, GMC head tells monopoly committee. Washington, D.C., Dec. 6. William S. Knudsen, President of the General Motors Corp., today told the Monopoly Committee that to abolish the patent system would be 'bad for industry generally.' He added, 'it wouldn't mean much to General Motors but hurt the inventors'

Do not abolish present system, GMC head tells monopoly committee. Wash...

A man sitting at a table with a glass of wine. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Crawford House from Elephant's Head, Crawford Notch, White Mountains

The Crawford House from Elephant's Head, Crawford Notch, White Mountai...

Public domain photograph - historical image of New Hampshire, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

View from Little Boar's Head - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

View from Little Boar's Head - Public domain image. Dry plate negative...

Public domain photograph - historical image of New Hampshire, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sea Wall at Bald Head Cliff, York, Maine

Sea Wall at Bald Head Cliff, York, Maine

Copyright 1901 by Detroit Photographic Co. Title on inventory list: Sea Wall at Bald Head Cliff, York. Caption for similar image (LC-D4-13967) lists title as: Sea wall, Bald Head Cliff, York, Me. Detroit Publ... More

Boy braking on motor train 10 hrs. a day. Where mining, loading, etc. is done by machinery. Live wire above is sometimes not higher than a man's head. Location: Gary, West Virginia.

Boy braking on motor train 10 hrs. a day. Where mining, loading, etc. ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a miner, coal mine, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A young doffer who has been working for two years in Indian Head Cotton Mills. Location: Cordova, Alabama.

A young doffer who has been working for two years in Indian Head Cotto...

Picryl description: Public domain image of boy workers, child labor, working children, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fred Millette, 592 First St., is boy in center of picture with cap on side of head and arms folded. Works in finishing room. Birth certificate make him 14. Location: New Bedford, Massachusetts.

Fred Millette, 592 First St., is boy in center of picture with cap on ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of boy workers, child labor, working children, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Maritime Labor leader a communist charged before House Committee. Washington, D.C., Oct. 24. Harper Knowles, Oakland, Calif., Chairman of the radical research committee of the American Legion, today told the House Committee investigating Un-American activities, that Harry Bridges, West Coast labor leader, has been declared by communist publications to be a member of the waterfront section of the communist party. He charged that Bridges, as head of a group of militant leaders known as "Equality Hall" group "commenced the agitation that brought about the San Francisco general strike and chaos to maritime industry"

Maritime Labor leader a communist charged before House Committee. Wash...

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

New arrivals at Washington Zoo. Washington, D.C., March 25. Head keeper William Blackburn makes friends with two young chimpanzees; recently arrived at the Washington Zoo. The chimps are six months old and were presented by George Siebold of Rockville, Md., now manager of a firestone plantation in Liberia

New arrivals at Washington Zoo. Washington, D.C., March 25. Head keepe...

A man sitting on a chair holding two small monkeys. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Donald R. Braden. Portrait of Donald R. Braden with hat on head

Donald R. Braden. Portrait of Donald R. Braden with hat on head

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Birds. Shoebill (head looking to left)

Birds. Shoebill (head looking to left)

Public domain photograph of 1940s-1950s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Shrine greeted by head "G" man. J. Edgar Hoover, head of the Department of Justice's Bureau of Investigation ("G" Men to you) left, greets Imperial Potentate Dana S. Williams of Maine as the Shriners begin their national convention. 6/10/35

Shrine greeted by head "G" man. J. Edgar Hoover, head of the Departmen...

A black and white photo of two men shaking hands. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Singer and General. Maj. General Frank T. Hines, head of the Veterans [...]ministration, complements Jessica Dragonette, [...]ger, for her part in the Arministice Day exercises [...]e Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. 11/11/35

Singer and General. Maj. General Frank T. Hines, head of the Veterans ...

A man in a military uniform talking to a woman in a fur coat. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

FHA head out for a canter, Washington, D.C. Sept. 29. Stewart McDonald, Federal Housing Administrator, gets his daily exercise astride his favorite mount. He is shown ready for an early morning canter thru Rock Creek Park

FHA head out for a canter, Washington, D.C. Sept. 29. Stewart McDonald...

Public domain photograph of Washington DC, 1910s-1920s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Legion head places wreath at unknown soldier's tomb. Washington, D.C., Nov. 11. Daniel J. Doherty, National Commander of the American Legion, placing a wreath on the tomb of America's Unknown Soldier at Arlington today to observe the 19th Anniversary of Armistice Day, 11/11/37

Legion head places wreath at unknown soldier's tomb. Washington, D.C.,...

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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...

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

A.F. of L. paints home of John L. Lewis. Washington D.C., July 14. John L. Lewis Head of the C.I.O. is having his newly purchased home in Alexandria, Virginia reconditioned by the members of the American Federation of Labor his rival in the labor disputes. Photo shows two of the A.F. of L. painters at work on the house, 7/14/37

A.F. of L. paints home of John L. Lewis. Washington D.C., July 14. Joh...

Public domain historic photograph of Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Congratulations new U.S. Housing chief. Washington, D.C., Oct. 20. Secretary Of Interior Harold Ickes (left) congratulates Nathan Straus, New York Housing expert, on his appointment as Head of the new U.S. Housing Administration. Straus will be responsible for carrying out provisions of the $526,000,000 Wagner Act whereby the new deal hopes to clear city slums and make low cost housing available. Ickes and Straus are shown as they left the White house following a conference with President Roosevelt. 10/20/37

Congratulations new U.S. Housing chief. Washington, D.C., Oct. 20. Sec...

A black and white photo of two men shaking hands. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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. ...

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

CIO head denounces wage and price reductions. Washington, D.C., Jane. 25. Opening the 35th Biennial Convention of the United States Mine Workers here today, John L. Lewis, head of the UMW and Chairman of the CIO, declared that labor in America will fight with all its power against wage and price reductions in the face of the current business decline. Two thousand mine workers, delegates to the convention, indorsed their leaders pledge, 1/25/38

CIO head denounces wage and price reductions. Washington, D.C., Jane. ...

A black and white photo of a man standing in front of an american flag. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Wife of CIO Head attends Mine Workers Convention. Washington, D.C., Jan. 25. Mrs. John L. Lewis, wife of the CIO Head and President of the United Mine Workers, listens attentively as her husband delivers the opening speech at the 35th annual convention of the UMWA today. Lewis declared that labor will fight wage and price reductions during the current business decline. Philip Murray (left), Chairman of the organizing committee of the CIO, and John T. Jones, President of the Maryland-District of Columbia Industrial Council are shown in photograph with Mrs. Lewis, 1/25/38

Wife of CIO Head attends Mine Workers Convention. Washington, D.C., Ja...

A black and white photo of two men in suits. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Rail Labor Head discusses wage controversy with president. Washington, D.C., Oct. 31. George M. Harrison, President of the Brotherhood of Railroad and Steamship clerks, leaving the White House today after discussing with President Roosevelt the carriers wage controversy. Harrison told newsmen "the president wants railroad labor and management to take up the problem of developing a program of legislation for general rehabilitation of the railroad industry," 10-31-38

Rail Labor Head discusses wage controversy with president. Washington,...

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

Betsy Head Play Center, Hopkinson and Livonia Ave., Brooklyn, New York. General view of pool house, from diving pool

Betsy Head Play Center, Hopkinson and Livonia Ave., Brooklyn, New York...

Public domain photograph of midcentury American architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Carnegie Institute Head says U.S. should advance research as defense measure. Washington, D.C., Jan. 17. Richard C. Patterson, Jr., Assistant Secretary of Commerce, and Vannevar Bush, President of the Carnegie Institute here, photographed before the hearings of the Temporary National Economic Committee. Bush told the Committee that scientific research and industrial research should be encouraged in the event that the United States should 'get into a major difficulty'. He urged that the patent system be safeguarded as a means of encouragement, 1/17/39

Carnegie Institute Head says U.S. should advance research as defense m...

A black and white photo of two men in suits. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Son of Walter Gaylord pouring sap into container. The sap from sugar maple trees is boiled down into maple syrup. Mad River Valley, Waitsfield, Vermont. He averages about 150 gallons of syrup annually, this year tapped only 600 out of his 1000 trees because of unusually deep snow and late spring. He owns several farms; in this particular farm unit there are eighty acres. It has been in family for three generations. Has about thity-five or forty head of cattle, raises poultry and potatoes

Son of Walter Gaylord pouring sap into container. The sap from sugar m...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Vermont, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The beef kill. Cattle are knocked out by a blow on the head before they are shackled and decapitated. Packing plant, Austin, Minnesota

The beef kill. Cattle are knocked out by a blow on the head before the...

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

Family breakfast at 7:15 a.m. just before the head of the house dashes for the 7:40 commuter special from Westport, Connecticut

Family breakfast at 7:15 a.m. just before the head of the house dashes...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, group of people, meeting, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Washington, D.C. First aid class of the air raid warden unit in the Southwest area. Three members of the class applying splints, hand, head and arm bandages to a member of the class

Washington, D.C. First aid class of the air raid warden unit in the So...

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

Sonoma County, California. Coopers making head of cask to be used in winery

Sonoma County, California. Coopers making head of cask to be used in w...

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

Minneapolis, Minnesota. Dr. Emil Swenson is president of the Lutheran Minnesota Conference. He graduated at Bethany College, Lindsborg, Kansas in 1907 and at the Divinity School of Rock Island College, Illinois in 1913. Dr. Swenson is the pastor of his own church at 22nd and Freemont Streets, Minneapolis, and is the head of the seventy-two Lutheran churches in the Minneapolis and Saint Paul area. Throughout the state he is in charge of 334 congregations. Dr. Swenson himself was born in Kansas but his parents came from the province of Varmland, Sweden

Minneapolis, Minnesota. Dr. Emil Swenson is president of the Lutheran ...

Public domain photograph of the United States in the 1930s, portraits, people, events, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bell Telephone Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey. From head house I

Bell Telephone Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey. From head house ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic park, open terrace, world heritage landmark, classical or neoclassical architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Bell Telephone Laboratory, Murray Hill, New Jersey. Cafeteria section, to head house

Bell Telephone Laboratory, Murray Hill, New Jersey. Cafeteria section,...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of a factory, warehouse, commercial or industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. The yard at the head of the ways

Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. The yard at the he...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a construction site, industrial or commercial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Niagara Falls, New York. Nan Hannegan drying her hair. A chemical operator in a war plant, she must keep her head covered all day, and finds her hair needs washing frequently

Niagara Falls, New York. Nan Hannegan drying her hair. A chemical oper...

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

Tripoli, Libya. A classic Roman head, blasted from the torso, resting amid the sandbags

Tripoli, Libya. A classic Roman head, blasted from the torso, resting ...

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

Buffalo, New York. Symongton-Gould, makers of tank, ship and railroad parts. This woman is a skin dryer. After head has been put on mold, it is covered with a delta wash which makes a hard finish. Skin dryers dry off this surface with the flame of an oil torch

Buffalo, New York. Symongton-Gould, makers of tank, ship and railroad ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship in New York harbor, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Vaughn, New Mexico. Head brakeman Thomas H. Knight of Clovis, New Mexico about to leave Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad yard on the return trip

Vaughn, New Mexico. Head brakeman Thomas H. Knight of Clovis, New Mexi...

Public domain photograph - New Mexico, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Spring pulpwood drive on the Brown Company timber holdings in Maine. A "head" of water, released from a dam upstream to carry the logs down to the rivers, reaching the top of a falls on its steep journey down Dennison Bog Brook

Spring pulpwood drive on the Brown Company timber holdings in Maine. A...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a damaged, burned, or destroyed building, natural disaster, war destruction, ruins, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Buffalo, New York. Symongton-Gould, makers of tank, ship and railroad parts. This woman is a skin dryer. After head has been put on mold, it is covered with a delta wash which makes a hard finish. Skin dryers dry off this surface with the flame of an oil torch

Buffalo, New York. Symongton-Gould, makers of tank, ship and railroad ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship in New York harbor, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Indian Head Camp, Bushkill, Pennsylvania. Barber and boys

Indian Head Camp, Bushkill, Pennsylvania. Barber and boys

Public domain photograph of midcentury American agriculture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Eliza Monroe Hay, daughter of President James Monroe, head-and-shoulder portrait, head tilted left, facing front]

[Eliza Monroe Hay, daughter of President James Monroe, head-and-should...

Photo of portrait. Public domain photograph - portrait painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Owl's Head Light, at the entrance of Rockland Harbor on western Penobscot Bay, Owl's Head, Maine

Owl's Head Light, at the entrance of Rockland Harbor on western Penobs...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. The lighthouse was established in 1826. It is operated ... More

'Head shop' on Haight Street in the Haight-Ashbury section of San Francisco, California, where the hippie movement was headquartered in the 1960s

'Head shop' on Haight Street in the Haight-Ashbury section of San Fran...

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

Sankaty Head Light Station, Nantucket, Massachusetts

Sankaty Head Light Station, Nantucket, Massachusetts

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Established: 1850; present tower built: 1850; automated... More

Flag bearers at the head of the procession; they are carrying U.S. and Italian flags, and Montescaglioso banner.

Flag bearers at the head of the procession; they are carrying U.S. and...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a military parade, 20th-century armed forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Flag bears and dignitaries walk at head of procession.

Flag bears and dignitaries walk at head of procession.

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a military parade, 20th-century armed forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mural "Ceremonial Shields & Bull's Head," by Stephen Mopope at the Department of Interior Building, Washington, D.C.

Mural "Ceremonial Shields & Bull's Head," by Stephen Mopope at the Dep...

Date: 1939; dimensions: 42" x 576". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photograph... More

Hendricks Head Light Station, End of Beach Road, West Southport vicinity, Southport, Lincoln County, ME

Hendricks Head Light Station, End of Beach Road, West Southport vicini...

Survey number: HABS ME-186 Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Trossels house - battlefield Gettysburg - near to the barn on the left was where Sickles has his head quarters and lost his leg

Trossels house - battlefield Gettysburg - near to the barn on the left...

Photograph shows many dead horses on the ground in front of Abraham Trostle's house near the headquarters of General Daniel Edgar Sickles.

Chaplain Chapman of the 169th N.Y. performing divine service at General W.F. Smith's Head Quarters in front of Petersburg, July 3rd

Chaplain Chapman of the 169th N.Y. performing divine service at Genera...

Title inscribed upper left. Inscribed below image with arrow indicators: Gen Burnham; Gen Neil; Gen Smith; Gen Martindale. Inscribed on verso: The Service was arranged by Dr Luckley, Medical Director of the 18t... More

Bass Harbor Head Light Station, At southwest tip of Mount Desert Island off State Route 102, Bass Harbor, Hancock County, ME

Bass Harbor Head Light Station, At southwest tip of Mount Desert Islan...

Survey number: HABS ME-197

Activities of the Internal Revenue Dept. to enforce prohibition Dr. A. B. Adams, head of the division of technology of the Internal Revenue.

Activities of the Internal Revenue Dept. to enforce prohibition Dr. A....

Forms part of: National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

View of the Provost buildings, Hilton Head, S.C. Discription: Built on the bank of the Broad River, (Port Royal Bay.) The rear building for prisoners. The front building for the Provost Marshall General and assistants, as office rooms / / Photographed by G.T. Lape, photographer, 130 Chatham St., N.Y.

View of the Provost buildings, Hilton Head, S.C. Discription: Built on...

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

Genl. George B. McClellan passing through Frederick City Myd. at the head of the Army of the Potomac. Pursuit of Genl. Lee / EF.

Genl. George B. McClellan passing through Frederick City Myd. at the h...

General George B. McClellan seated on horseback, greeted by crowd of cheering supporters. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.38) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

[James Baker (Iron Head), head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, Sugar Land, Texas]

[James Baker (Iron Head), head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, S...

Title devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. Handwritten on back: "James Baker (Iron Head) Sugarland, Tex. June 1934." Forms part of: Lomax photographs depicting folk musicia... More

Dwelling house of father-in-law of John Morgan, the guerrilla. Murfreesboro, Tenn. Formerly head quarters of provost guard of Army of Cumberland / / Butler, Bonsall & Co., Army photographers, General Rousseau's division.

Dwelling house of father-in-law of John Morgan, the guerrilla. Murfree...

Photograph shows house of the parents of Martha Ready Morgan, John Hunt Morgan's wife, James E. and Lucretia Ready, in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

Head Quarters of General G.L. Hartsuff

Head Quarters of General G.L. Hartsuff

Group of people, some with musical instruments, in front of headquarters of Gen. George Lucas Hartsuff, Centre Hill, Petersburg, Va. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collectio... More

Residence of the medical director of the U.S. General Hospital at Hilton Head, S.C. Description: Built to the right of the hospital, facing the Broad River, (Port Royal Bay) / / Photographed by G.T. Lape, photographer, 130 Chatham St., N.Y.

Residence of the medical director of the U.S. General Hospital at Hilt...

Neg. no. B8184-10378. 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 and salt, which creat... More

[Horseman at the head of a column of infantry]

[Horseman at the head of a column of infantry]

Title devised. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.632) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

[Colonel Joseph Walker of Co. K, 5th South Carolina Infantry Regiment, and Field and Staff, Palmetto South Carolina Sharpshooters Regiment, in uniform, two-piece belt buckle with palmetto, and sash over shoulder for officer of the day, with eagle head sword]

[Colonel Joseph Walker of Co. K, 5th South Carolina Infantry Regiment,...

Photograph shows identified soldier. Case: Berg, no. 2-64. Identification based on information from Shannon W. Pritchard, Old South Military Antiques, who was verbally told the soldier's name. Gift; Tom Liljen... More

View on Pope's Head, near burnt bridge, Orange & Alexandria Railroad

View on Pope's Head, near burnt bridge, Orange & Alexandria Railroad

Photograph showing two locomotives pulling into the Union Mills Station on the Orange and Alexandria Railroad in Clifton, Virginia. Two soldiers stand guard on the bank at right. No. 229. Title from another ve... More

High finances. Washington, D.C., Dec. 19. Louis H. Seagrave, (right) former head of the United founders Corp., testifying at the Sec. Investment Trust Inquiry today told how he expanded a $3,182 investment to a heavy interest in companies with assets of more than $1,000,000,000. The Sec. is studying the Equity Corporation Group, which took over the United founders Corp. Seagraves is shown with David Schenker, Cousel for the Security and Exchange Commission

High finances. Washington, D.C., Dec. 19. Louis H. Seagrave, (right) f...

A couple of men standing next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Stairway of Trap Rock, Baldhead [i.e. Bald Head] Cliff, York, Me.

Stairway of Trap Rock, Baldhead [i.e. Bald Head] Cliff, York, Me.

Public domain photograph - historic landmark, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

BOY SCOUTS. RELAY RACE STARTING AT WHITE HOUSE. DISTRICT HEAD OF SCOUTS, COLINI LIVINGSTONE, SHAKING HANDS WITH PRESIDENT WILSON

BOY SCOUTS. RELAY RACE STARTING AT WHITE HOUSE. DISTRICT HEAD OF SCOUT...

A black and white photo of a group of people. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

BELGIAN MISSION TO U.S. BARON LUDOVIC MONCHEUR, HEAD OF MISSION

BELGIAN MISSION TO U.S. BARON LUDOVIC MONCHEUR, HEAD OF MISSION

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

DAUGHTERS OF AMERICAN REVOLUTION. OPENING OF D.A.R. CONGRESS. FROM 2ND FRONT LEFT, MRS. MARY S. LOCKWOOD, PEN FOUNDER OF D.A.R. 4TH FROM LEFT MRS. J.A. VAN ORSDEL, HEAD OF CHILDREN OF AMERICAN REVOLUTION. 8TH FROM LEFT, MRS. GUERNSEY, PRESIDENT GENERAL

DAUGHTERS OF AMERICAN REVOLUTION. OPENING OF D.A.R. CONGRESS. FROM 2ND...

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

Youngster presents President Coolidge with check for flood victims and first "Buddy Poppy" for Veterans of Foreign Wars. Today was a happy one for little Elizabeth Anne Stitt, three-year-old daughter of Commander-in-Chief of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, for she had the honor of presenting President Coolidge, as head of the American Red Cross, a $500 check for the Mississippi Flood victims and the first "Buddy Poppy" of the season. The check was a contribution from the "buddy Poppy" Relief Fund of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. The poppies are [...]de by disabled veterans and distributed by the Veterans of Foreign Wars during the week proceding Memorial Day

Youngster presents President Coolidge with check for flood victims and...

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

Potomac Electric Power Co. Setting poles to Indian Head IV

Potomac Electric Power Co. Setting poles to Indian Head IV

Picryl description: Public domain image of a construction site, industrial or commercial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Animals. Elephant (side of head with trunk bent back) II

Animals. Elephant (side of head with trunk bent back) II

Public domain photograph of 1940s-1950s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Group; George Norris at head of table]

Group; George Norris at head of table]

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

Potomac Electric Power Co. Line construction to Indian Head VII

Potomac Electric Power Co. Line construction to Indian Head VII

Public domain photograph related to Potomac Electric Power Company, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Birds. Peacock (head looking to right)

Birds. Peacock (head looking to right)

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PAN AMERICA SOCIETY HEAD GIVES MEDAL TO ROOSEVELT. JOHN L. MERRILL, PRESIDENT OF THE PAN AMERICAN SOCIETY, PLACES THE SOCIETY'S AWARD ABOUT THE NECK OF PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT. SPRUILLE BRANDEN, MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY'S COUNCIL, IS DIRECTLY BEHIND THE PRESIDENT. THE AWARD WAS FOR ROOSEVELT'S POLICY PROMOTING FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN THE NATIONS OF THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE

PAN AMERICA SOCIETY HEAD GIVES MEDAL TO ROOSEVELT. JOHN L. MERRILL, PR...

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Starts electric ball rolling. Morris L. Cooke, head of Rural Electrification Administration, puts his approval on seven rural projects which will place electricity in about 7,000 [...] farm [...] homes at a cost of $1,274,000. These homes, in the most part, have never been lighted by electricity. The projects are in Indiana, Tennessee, Ohio, Texas, Iowa, and Nebr. About 1,125 miles of lines will be constructed. 11/4/35

Starts electric ball rolling. Morris L. Cooke, head of Rural Electrifi...

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

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"Bar guild head backs plan of FDR." Washington, D.C., March 12. Judge John Patrick Devaney, former Chief Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court and now President of the National Lawyers Guild, who testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee and urged Congressional acceptance of the President's Judiciary re-organization plan as "the most conservative remedy" for protecting the confidence of the people in the Supreme Court...

"Bar guild head backs plan of FDR." Washington, D.C., March 12. Judge ...

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A.F. of L. Head endorses Wagner Housing Bill. Washington, D.C., April 14. President William Green of the A.F. of L. discusses various phases of the Wagner $1,040,000,000 Housing Bill with Senator Robert F. Wagner (left) author of the bill, and Senator David [...] Walsh, Chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Education and Labor. Green appeared before the Committee today to give his endorsement of the bill. Besides believing unemployment and eliminating slums, the measure will provide low-rent housing for the workers of the country in order that their purchasing power may not be curtailed as rents rise under an "acute" housing shortage, Green told the Committee, 4/14/1937

A.F. of L. Head endorses Wagner Housing Bill. Washington, D.C., April ...

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C.I.O. leader endorses recovery program. Washington, D.C., May 2. John L. Lewis, Head of the Committee for Industrial Organization, today told the House Appropriations sub-committee that he was "wholeheartedly in support" of President Roosevelts program. He urged that arrangements be made to provide jobs for 3,500,000 unemployed. In the photograph, left to right: Rep. Edward T. Taylor, Rep. Clifton Woodrum, and John L. Lewis, 5/2/38

C.I.O. leader endorses recovery program. Washington, D.C., May 2. John...

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Utility operators meet Roosevelt. Washington, D.C., Jan. 11. President Roosevelt and western private utility operators today discussed elimination of duplicating utility facilities and creation of investor confidence in the industry, the President conferred with, left to right: John Carpenter, President of the Texas Light and Power Co., Dallas, Tex.; Daniel C. Green, of the Central Service Corp. of Chicago; and A.B. West, Head of the Nevada-California Electric Corp. The discussion was one of the series he is holding with public utility officials in an effort to revive utility expenditures and pour billions of dollars into trade channels, 1/11/38

Utility operators meet Roosevelt. Washington, D.C., Jan. 11. President...

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DAR Head offers Dies committee program to promote Americanism. Washington, D.C., Dec. 9. Mrs. Henry M. Robert, Jr., President General of the Daughters of the American Revolution, today offered the House Committee Investigating Un-American Activities a six-point program to promote Americanism, 12/9/38

DAR Head offers Dies committee program to promote Americanism. Washing...

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Rail head questioned on president's lending program. Washington, D.C., July 19. John J. Pelley, President of the Association of American Railroads, today made a brief appearance before the Senate Banking and Currency Committee now hearing witnesses on the President's lending program, 7/19/39

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Betsy Head Play Center. Detail of boys' line

Betsy Head Play Center. Detail of boys' line

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Betsy Head Play Center, Hopkinson and Livonia Ave., Brooklyn, New York. Upper deck, from north, to diving pool II

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Tells president solution of railroad problems is key to national recovery. Washington, D.C., March 16. William C. Dickerman, Head of the American Locomotive works, told the president in a conference that solution of the railroad problem was a key to national recovery, 3-16-39

Tells president solution of railroad problems is key to national recov...

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Head Verger of Washington Cathedral, Jas. P. Berkley, 1/14/39

Head Verger of Washington Cathedral, Jas. P. Berkley, 1/14/39

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Head frame. Goldfield, Nevada - safety film negatives, Library of Congress

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Boiling down sap into maple syrup in evaporator in Walter Gaylord's house in Waitsfield, Mad River Valley, Vermont. He averages about 150 gallons of syrup annually but this year tapped only 600 out of his 1000 trees, because of unusually deep snow and late spring. He owns several farms in this particular farm unit there are eighty acres. It has been in the family for three generations. He has about forty head of cattle, raises poultry, and potatoes

Boiling down sap into maple syrup in evaporator in Walter Gaylord's ho...

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J. R. Stuart, Head, Warehouse Section, Iron and Steel Branch, War Production Board

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A black and white photo of a small cabin in the snow, Vermont. Farm Security Administration photogrpaph.

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Hayden H. Tracy, California engineer, has proved that life begins at two times forty when there's a war to be won. Retired for twenty years as head of his firm in San Francisco, Tracy has gone back to work at the Marine shipyard in Sausalito at the age of eighty. "I feel as good as new," he says. His associates call him "Little Father Time." Tracy's younger associates often consult him on engineering problems

Hayden H. Tracy, California engineer, has proved that life begins at t...

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A black and white photo of two people on skis, Vermont. Farm Security Administration photogrpaph.

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Put more blossoms around her head. Cherry Blossom Festival, Washington, D.C.

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Doctor getting charts from head nurse at Negro hospital. Chicago, Illinois

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