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Hilton Head, South Carolina. Graves of sailors killed during the bombardment of November 7, 1861

Hilton Head, South Carolina. Graves of sailors killed during the bomba...

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A bad head but a good foot ball "Keep the ball a-rolling.".

A bad head but a good foot ball "Keep the ball a-rolling.".

Civil war envelope showing soldiers playing field hockey using the head of Jefferson Davis as a ball. In album: Pictorial envelopes of the Civil War period, book 1, page 83, middle.

[Lake Gogebic, Mich., Alligator's Head from hotel landing]

[Lake Gogebic, Mich., Alligator's Head from hotel landing]

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Lighthouse Portland Head Light and Cushing's Island, Portland, Me.

Lighthouse Portland Head Light and Cushing's Island, Portland, Me.

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By merely plugging the head telephone in the wall above the bed, each bedridden soldier in Walter Reed Hospital is provided with radio entertainment. A Central radio system in the basement of this hospital feeds 900 head telephones scattered throughout the building

By merely plugging the head telephone in the wall above the bed, each ...

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Before Dies Committee. Washington, D.C., Nov. 27. Dr. George W. Hartmann, Associate Professor of Educational Psychology at Teachers College, Columbia University, today told the Dies Committee that trouble within the American Federation of Teachers came from 'underground political manipulations' of its communist minority. He said selection of George W. Counts as head of the union was defeat for the communist element

Before Dies Committee. Washington, D.C., Nov. 27. Dr. George W. Hartma...

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New Head of American Junior Red Cross arrives in Washington to direct activities of 5,000,000 school children. Dr. Harry Bruce Wilson, (left) new Director of the American Junior Red Cross, who was greeted on his arrival in Washington by Judge John Barton Payne, (right) chairman of the American Red Cross. Dr. Wilson will direct the activities of 5,000,000 school children who are members of the Junior Red Cross

New Head of American Junior Red Cross arrives in Washington to direct ...

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Jefferson Day dinner of Democratic party in Washington at Mayflower. The head table at the Jefferson Day dinner of the Democratic party given in Washington at the Mayflower Hotel in honor of Jouette Shouse, recently elected chairman of the Democratic executive committee. Left to right: John F. Costello; Senator Millard Tydings; Rep. John Garner; John J. Raskob; Jouett Shouse; Col. Robert M. Harper; Mrs. Woodrow Wilson; Senator Joseph T. Robinson; Rep. Joseph Byrnes; Mrs. J. Borden Harriman; and John B. Colpoys

Jefferson Day dinner of Democratic party in Washington at Mayflower. T...

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Potomac Electric Power Co. Setting poles to Indian Head III

Potomac Electric Power Co. Setting poles to Indian Head III

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Department of Justice. Statue representing Water at Department of Justice, close up of head and vase

Department of Justice. Statue representing Water at Department of Just...

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[James Baker (Iron Head), Sugar Land, Texas]

[James Baker (Iron Head), Sugar Land, Texas]

Title devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. Handwritten on back: "James Baker (Iron Head) Sugarland, Texas, June 1934, N9"; "Contact print no. N336." Forms part of: Lomax co... More

Peek of Peek vs Hull. George N. Peek, head of the Export and Import Bank, tells Senate Agriculture Committee that Secretary Cordell Hull's State Department blocked a 750,000 bale cotton deal with Germany. The Committee decided to ask Sec. Hull all about it. 2/1/35

Peek of Peek vs Hull. George N. Peek, head of the Export and Import Ba...

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Byrns congratulates new steering committee head. Speaker Joe Byrns, left, congratulates Rep. Adolph Sabath, D. of Ill., on his election today as chairman of the Democratic Steering Committee of the House. Rep. Sabath succeeds Rep. Robert Crosser, D. of Ohio, who is ineligible for re-election under the resolution setting up the committee last Congress. 1/28/35

Byrns congratulates new steering committee head. Speaker Joe Byrns, le...

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"What no spinach?????" Washington, D.C. September 8. It looks like hard work for Chef Joe Teophile (left) and J. Tervay (right). For theirs is the job of getting up the food for the banquet to be held in honor of the delegates to the Thrid World Power Conference which is being held here. The banquet is slated to be held next Thursday night at Union station here, and the number of guests is to be over three thousand. Mr. Tervay is the Cost Accountant and Mr. Teophile is the Head Chef

"What no spinach?????" Washington, D.C. September 8. It looks like har...

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U.S. experts test weather device. Washington, D.C., Sept. 13. Scientists of the National Bureau of Standards today conducted a test of the new radiometeorograph, a device attached to parachute and balloon and sent into the skies to radio back signals giving the pressure, temperature and humidity of the upper air. Preparing the balloon for the ascension are Dr. L.V. Astin, (left) of the Bureau's Electrical Division, and Dr. L.F. Curtiss, head of the Radium Division. The balloon carries the instrument as high as 50,000 or 60,000 feet. 9 to 11 miles high. Today's test was conducted for the U.S. Weather Bureau. 9/13/37

U.S. experts test weather device. Washington, D.C., Sept. 13. Scientis...

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Maritime head urges stabilization of employer-employee relationship . Washington, D.C., Dec. 8. Appearing before the Senate Education- Labor and Commerce Committees today, Chairman Joseph P. Kennedy of the U.S. Maritime Commission, urged stabilization of employer-employee relationship in the Merchant Marine through application of principles of the Railway Labor Act. Left to right: Senator Joseph F. Guffy of Pennsylvania; Joseph P. Kennedy; and Admiral Emory S. Land, also a member of the Maritime Commission. 12/8/37

Maritime head urges stabilization of employer-employee relationship . ...

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Acting maritime head busy official. Washington, D.C., Dec. 20. So busy these days is Admiral Emory S. Land, acting Head of the U.S. Maritime Commission, that he generally has lunch served at his desk every day. Land is pinch-hitting for Chairman Joseph P. Kennedy who vacationing in Florida. Reports say that Land will succeed to the Chairmanship in the event Kennedy is nominated as Ambassador to Great Britain, 12/20/37

Acting maritime head busy official. Washington, D.C., Dec. 20. So busy...

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A.F. of L. head sees President Roosevelt. Washington D.C., July 23. A.F. of L. President William Green arriving at the White House today to keep an appointment with President Roosevelt. Questioned by Newsmen later, Green said he told the President the Federation was "very much dissapointed" over Senate action on the Judiciary Reorganization Bill. Green said he also expressed to the President the hope that Congress would pass a minimum wage and maximum hour bill and a housing measure at this session, 7/23/37

A.F. of L. head sees President Roosevelt. Washington D.C., July 23. A....

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CONGRATULATIONS FROM THE CHIEF. WASHINGTON, D.C. FEBRUARY 18. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT CONGRATULATES JOSEPH P. KENNEDY, FORMER MARITIME HEAD AND CLOSE ADVISOR OF THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE, SHORTLY AFTER HE TOOK THE OATH AS U.S. ENVOY TO GREAT BRITAIN TODAY IN THE WHITE HOUSE. ASSOCIATE JUSTICE STANLEY REED (CENTER) ADMINISTERED THE OATH IN THE PRESENCE OF PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT

CONGRATULATIONS FROM THE CHIEF. WASHINGTON, D.C. FEBRUARY 18. PRESIDEN...

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Anteater statue unveiled. Washington, D.C., March 25. The lowly anteater was immortalized at the Washington Zoo today when its statue was unveiled with appropriate ceremonies. The statue of bronze, six feet long, three feet high, was done by Edwin Springweiler. In the photograph, left to right: Edwin Springweiler, Dr. Alexander Wetmore of the Smithsonian Institution, who unveiled the statue, Head Keeper William Blackburn, and Dr. William M. Mann, Director of the National Zoological Park, 3/25/38

Anteater statue unveiled. Washington, D.C., March 25. The lowly anteat...

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

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

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

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

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Betsy Head Play Center. Nurse in first aid room

Betsy Head Play Center. Nurse in first aid room

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Walter Gaylord and son on sled with vat full of sap from sugar maple trees which is boiled down into syrup. Mad River Valley, Waitesfield, 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

Walter Gaylord and son on sled with vat full of sap from sugar maple t...

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

A black and white photo of a man in the snow, Vermont. Farm Security A...

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A man kneeling down next to a horse in the snow, Vermont. Farm Security Administration photogrpaph.

A man kneeling down next to a horse in the snow, Vermont. Farm Securit...

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A black and white photo of a man on skis, Vermont. Farm Security Administration photogrpaph.

A black and white photo of a man on skis, Vermont. Farm Security Admin...

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Running water and garbage and refuse disposal cans are placed at head of each shelter unit diviison at Okeechobee migratory labor camp. Belle Glade, Florida

Running water and garbage and refuse disposal cans are placed at head ...

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Caroline F. Ware, head of Program Materials Unit of the Consumer Relation Section of the Consumer Division, Office of Price Administration (OPA)

Caroline F. Ware, head of Program Materials Unit of the Consumer Relat...

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Garfield County, Montana. Charles McKenzie, sheep rancher. He runs one hundred head

Garfield County, Montana. Charles McKenzie, sheep rancher. He runs one...

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Washington, D.C. International student assembly. Hung-Ti Chu, head of the Chinese delegation addressing the assembly on "Chinese students in the war"

Washington, D.C. International student assembly. Hung-Ti Chu, head of ...

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Sonoma County, California. Coopers fitting head of wine cask

Sonoma County, California. Coopers fitting head of wine cask

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Washington, D.C. Mr. Lund, who is head of the District Red Cross, watching the testing of blood plasma at the District blood donor center

Washington, D.C. Mr. Lund, who is head of the District Red Cross, watc...

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Sir Arthur Salter, head of the British Shipping Mission, and Admiral Emory S. Land, War Shipping Administrator, representatives of Great Britain and the United States respectively, on the Combined Shipping Adjustment Board, study the world routes of United Nations ships at the offices of the Board in Washington, D.C.

Sir Arthur Salter, head of the British Shipping Mission, and Admiral E...

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Donald Nelson, chairman of the War Production Board (WPB), at luncheon of dehydrated food, held at the Hotel Statler, Washington, D,C., on second anniversary of lend-lease. Also at this table are the minister of Iran, the Honorable Mohammed Schayesteh, and the head of the Brazilian aircraft engine factory mission, Dr. H. de S. Mattos

Donald Nelson, chairman of the War Production Board (WPB), at luncheon...

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Spring pulpwood drive on the Brown Company timber holdings in Maine. Turbulent waters of a small brook swelled by a "head," water released from a dam upstream to carry the logs down to larger streams and rivers

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

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Turkey Pond, near Concord, New Hampshire. Women workers employed by a U.S. Department of Agriculture timber salvage sawmill. Ruth De Roche, eighteen year old "pit woman," resting her head on her lunch pail during the lunch hour

Turkey Pond, near Concord, New Hampshire. Women workers employed by a ...

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Willauer box. Exterior, head on

Willauer box. Exterior, head on

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Indian Head Camp, Bushkill, Pennsylvania. Infirmary

Indian Head Camp, Bushkill, Pennsylvania. Infirmary

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Mrs. C. Oliver Iselin, residence on Chicken Valley Rd., Glen Head, Long Island, New York. Living room, side view

Mrs. C. Oliver Iselin, residence on Chicken Valley Rd., Glen Head, Lon...

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Wolf's Head Oil Building, Union Turnpike, Glendale, Long Island. View from street

Wolf's Head Oil Building, Union Turnpike, Glendale, Long Island. View ...

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"Cheesehead" fans of the Green Bay Packers football team come out in droves with their head gear and bratwursts to support the team in Green Bay, Wisconsin

"Cheesehead" fans of the Green Bay Packers football team come out in d...

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 Packers are the only community-owned franchise in t... More

Jockey's Ridge State Park, North Carolina, the East's tallest natural sand dune located in Nags Head, North Carolina

Jockey's Ridge State Park, North Carolina, the East's tallest natural ...

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Dignitaries walk at head of procession with flag bearers.

Dignitaries walk at head of procession with flag bearers.

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.

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.

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...

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Crawford House from Elephant's Head, White Mountains

Crawford House from Elephant's Head, White Mountains

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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...

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

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

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

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

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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. ...

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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...

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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 ...

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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...

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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...

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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)

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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...

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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 ...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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

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

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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. ...

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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...

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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,...

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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...

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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...

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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 ...

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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

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