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After the hold-up / Dalrymple. - Drawing. Public domain image.

After the hold-up / Dalrymple. - Drawing. Public domain image.

Print shows William L. Wilson standing in the street outside the White House, holding open a large carpet bag labeled "Wilson's Free List" which contains papers labeled "Free Wool", he has an umbrella labeled "... More

"I am a Democrat!" / C.J. Taylor.

"I am a Democrat!" / C.J. Taylor.

Print shows David B. "Hill" holding a knife labeled "Spite" and sneaking up behind a woman labeled "National Democratic Party" who is sitting at a table, reading a paper labeled "Wilson Bill". Illus. from Puck... More

The same old power behind the throne / Dalrymple.

The same old power behind the throne / Dalrymple.

Print shows Speaker of the House, Thomas B. Reed, holding a gavel and "Tariff Legislation", sitting at the Speaker's desk, mindful of the large man, wearing a business suit labeled "Protectionist", sitting behi... More

Uncle Sam's monetary brains. Washington, D.C., Jan. 7. The government's experts on money matters met with Senate and House leaders today to discuss legislation to be submitted to the 75th session of Congress. A discussion was made at the conference to extend the life of important federal monetary lending agencies, and also, to move in giving the President authority to discontinue the R.F.C. at anytime the conditions warrant. In the photograph, left to right: Jesse Jones, Chairman of the Treasury; Senator Pat Harrison, Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee; and Marriner Eccles, Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board

Uncle Sam's monetary brains. Washington, D.C., Jan. 7. The government'...

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Leading witness of Senate Lobby investigation. [...] Grundy, President of the Pennsylvania [...] Association, testified today before [...] Senate Lobby Committee, declared that he came [...] Washington to see that the Republican platform [...] pledge s were enacted into law in connection with tarriff legislation. "I pay my own expenses" said Mr. Grundy when on the stand

Leading witness of Senate Lobby investigation. [...] Grundy, President...

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

Hart Farm School Bill, 1900 - Public domain document scan

Hart Farm School Bill, 1900 - Public domain document scan

You are about to apply A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and st... More

Cleopatra brought before Caesar in a carpet

Cleopatra brought before Caesar in a carpet

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

[Study for central figure in Corrupt legislation]

[Study for central figure in Corrupt legislation]

Study drawing shows the allegorical central figure, nude, holding her scale in the Library of Congress mural Corrupt legislation. The mural was installed in the Jefferson Building in 1896. Gift; American Academ... More

Now for a round-up / W.A. Rogers.

Now for a round-up / W.A. Rogers.

Drawing shows Uncle Sam rounding-up men labeled "Spy," "Traitor," "IWW," "Germ[an] money," and "Sinn Fein" with the United States Capitol in the background displaying a flag that states "Sedition law passed" re... More

The real tragedy of war is its survivors

The real tragedy of war is its survivors

Public domain image of personnel, army, group of people in uniform, parade, historic place, military activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

[Wet block in Congress meets to plan for wet legislation. Rep. John Phillip Hill, chairman of the wet block (in the center) and some of the 61 wet members snapped after the meeting]

[Wet block in Congress meets to plan for wet legislation. Rep. John Ph...

Twenty-four men posed standing on steps of the U.S. Capitol. National Photo Company Collection.

Let us have a good bankruptcy law, as a protection against the "preferred creditor" swindle / J.K.

Let us have a good bankruptcy law, as a protection against the "prefer...

Print shows Puck carrying a "Petition - To the 48th Congress" at the head of a long procession of well-dressed businessmen who want Congress to enact a "Good Bankruptcy Law" that would identify fraudulent conve... More

Will it down at their bidding? - Drawing. Public domain image.

Will it down at their bidding? - Drawing. Public domain image.

No accession number. Published in: Washington post. This catalog record contains preliminary or unverified data from a project done in BRS software, ca. 1985. mm / 860221.

Puck magazine cover - The lynching problem / Dalrymple.

Puck magazine cover - The lynching problem / Dalrymple.

Print shows a southern vigilante holding a rope with a noose and a "Sheriff" holding a paper that states "2000 dollars must be paid by the county, for each lynching. Law of South Carolina". An African American ... More

Pick a winner - Political cartoon, public domain image

Pick a winner - Political cartoon, public domain image

Cartoon shows an unidentified man, possibly Attorney General Philander Knox, on the left holding sheet "Remove Dutch standard technicality [paragraph] 209 Tariff Law 1897" and Henry Thomas Oxnard on the right h... More

For he's a jolly good fellow - Drawing. Public domain image.

For he's a jolly good fellow - Drawing. Public domain image.

Man representing railroads at left with paper, "A few little amendments to the rate bill"; bull at right with cleaver, "Beef trusts" and bag labeled "U.S. to pay $3,000,000 for inspection"; man in center probab... More

Dorothy Detzer backs NYE-Clark-Bone Bill on neutrality aid rejects Pittman's Washington, D.C., May 4. Dorothy Detzer, representing the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom was a witness this afternoon before the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs. She endorsed a neutrality bill by Senators NYE, Clark of Missouri, and Bone which removes presidential discretion from neutrality legislation. She said her organization could not endorse the Pittman cash-and-carry neutrality plan. She defined neutrality as '...abstention from hostile acts...and abstention from changing the policies of the government for the benefit of one belligerent or the other after the war has begun'

Dorothy Detzer backs NYE-Clark-Bone Bill on neutrality aid rejects Pit...

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

Radio takes its place in press galleries. Washington, D.C., June 26. Radio, once regarded as a 'poor relative' of the press, now has its own section of the House and Senate galleries reserved for radio news gatherers. Through the efforts of its chairman, Fulton Lewis, Jr., the gallery was created through special legislation. Here are the radio men listening to deliberations in the House gallery, side by side with news and syndicate reporters

Radio takes its place in press galleries. Washington, D.C., June 26. R...

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Glass at press conference. Sen. Carter Glass, D. of Virginia, at end of table, meets with the press to clarify his stand on certain phases of the administration's proposed banking legislation. The Senator Thursday issued a statement saying his attitude has been misinterpreted. 2/8/35

Glass at press conference. Sen. Carter Glass, D. of Virginia, at end o...

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"Lemme see." Ira Campbell, New York attorney for American steamship owner ass'n, testifying before the Senate lobby investigating committee on the Shi-subsidy bill, said he talked with Raymond (Brin-Trust) Moley and Kermit Roosevelt concerning the legislation. Campbell said he didn't write the bill. 8/24/35

"Lemme see." Ira Campbell, New York attorney for American steamship ow...

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Rail management and Labor executives confer with President Roosevelt. Washington, D.C., Sept. 20. Following a conference today with representatives of Railway Management and Labor at the White House, President Roosevelt announced that he had named an informal six-man committee to devise a broad plan of rail aid legislation for the next congress. The committee comprises three rail management executives and three rail labor chiefs. Attending today's conference were, left to right: Ernest E. Norris, President of the Southern R.R.; D.B. Robertson, representing locomotive firemen and engineers; George M. Harrison, President, Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks; Carl B. Gray ; Vice Chairman of the Union Pacific R.R.; M.W. Clement, President of Penna. R.R.; and B.M. Jewell, President, Railway Employees, A.F. of L., 9/20/38

Rail management and Labor executives confer with President Roosevelt. ...

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United States Supreme Court - Public domain document scan

United States Supreme Court - Public domain document scan

You are about to apply A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and st... More

Caricature, A sop to Cerberus / Gillam., public domain cartoon image

Caricature, A sop to Cerberus / Gillam., public domain cartoon image

Print shows Chester A. Arthur offering a "Bill Excluding Chinese for 10 Years", in the shape of a Chinese man's face, to a three-headed Cerberus labeled "Western Vote" with the heads labeled "Demagogue, Hoodlum... More

Puck magazine cover - Bravo! Señor Clevelando!! / Gillam.

Puck magazine cover - Bravo! Señor Clevelando!! / Gillam.

Illustration shows Grover Cleveland, former mayor of Buffalo and current governor of New York, as a bullfighter standing with his right foot on the head a bison labeled "Buffalo Democracy" with one dart labeled... More

Caricature, What 's in it? / Gillam., public domain cartoon image

Caricature, What 's in it? / Gillam., public domain cartoon image

Illustration shows Uncle Sam sitting at a table in the "Congresssional Lunch Rooms", he is being served a large sausage labeled "Tariff Bill" by a waiter labeled "Republican", another waiter labeled "Democrat" ... More

He's back again! / J.S. Pughe. - Drawing. Public domain image.

He's back again! / J.S. Pughe. - Drawing. Public domain image.

Print shows a gigantic, well-dressed pig labeled "Protection Glutton" confidently striding into Congress carrying a paper that states "We Demand a Prohibitory Tariff on all Imports, in the Interest of the Suffe... More

Senate and House leaders. Washington, D.C., Jan. 7. Senator Joseph T. Robinson, Senate Majority Leader, and Speaker Bankhead met today to discuss legislation to be introduced at the new session of Congress

Senate and House leaders. Washington, D.C., Jan. 7. Senator Joseph T. ...

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This cat escapes the Senate with a few of its nine lives left; - will it lose them in the House? / J.S.P.

This cat escapes the Senate with a few of its nine lives left; - will ...

Illustration shows a view in the Senate chamber at the U.S. Capitol of a large cat with papers tied around its waist labeled "Ship Subsidy Bill"; it is making a mad dash for a door as senators throw ink pots an... More

General planning. In bringing down its overall planning program to actual cases, the Authority works in intimate contact with local political institutions, and county, city, and state planning agencies, most of which owe their existence to TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) instigation. Models, designs, surveys, drafts of ordinances and legislation are developed by TVA technicians to assist in the physical replanning of the valley

General planning. In bringing down its overall planning program to act...

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

"End jealousies." Washington, D.C., April 6. Jealousies between various governmental agencies would cease if congress would immediately enact legislation to regulate air commerce, Senator Pat McCaran, of Nevada, today told the Senate Interstate Commerce Subcommittee, 4/6/38

"End jealousies." Washington, D.C., April 6. Jealousies between variou...

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Lend-lease hearings. Admiral Emory S. Land, war shipping administrator, Representative Sol Bloom, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and Edward R. Stettinius, Jr., lend-lease administrator, discuss the lend-lease legislation as Admiral Land prepares to testify to its importance to the Merchant Marine

Lend-lease hearings. Admiral Emory S. Land, war shipping administrator...

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I am against further killing and maiming of American men ...

I am against further killing and maiming of American men ...

Public domain photograph of Vietnam War, the 1960s, 1970s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Who'd ever have thought we'd go fishing to-gether?

Who'd ever have thought we'd go fishing to-gether?

"The Railroad Rate Bill" on turtle; "senatorial pool" on wall. Title on verso. (DLC/PP-1932:0042). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: New York Herald, Feb. 25, ... More

The slush will have to stay / F. Graetz.

The slush will have to stay / F. Graetz.

Illustration shows a sleepy Uncle Sam wearing a robe and standing in the snow marked with "$" at the foot of snow-covered steps, with the "U.S. Treasury" in the background; he is handing a shovel labeled "Repea... More

She 's all right / Ehrhart. - coin, public domain photograph

She 's all right / Ehrhart. - coin, public domain photograph

Print shows an angel labeled "National Credit" with wings labeled "Sound Financial Policy" and "Repeal of Sherman Silver Law" rising above the flames of the wreck of the "U.S. Treasury", with among the wreckage... More

Nesmen question Senate majority leader as he leaves the White House. Washington, D.C., July 17. Emerging from a White House conference with President Roosevelt today, Senate majority leader Alben Barkley announced to reporters that 'no decision had been reached' on the next move in the congressional deadlock over neutrality legislation. He indicated that he might try to keep Congress in session until action on neutrality legislation has been obtained

Nesmen question Senate majority leader as he leaves the White House. W...

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Off-the-record huddle. Washington, D.C., Jan. 7. Marriner Eccles, Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, does a little counting on his fingers as he drives home a point to Senator Pat Harrison, Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee. They were snapped while attending a conference between the administration fiscal experts and Senate and House leaders to discuss legislation to be submitted to the 75th session of Congress

Off-the-record huddle. Washington, D.C., Jan. 7. Marriner Eccles, Chai...

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The kind of anti-trust legislation that is needed / J.S. Pughe.

The kind of anti-trust legislation that is needed / J.S. Pughe.

Illustration shows an angry Uncle Sam holding up a lantern labeled "Congressional Legislation" to illuminate a rotund man wearing a crown labeled "Trusts" and a robe decorated with dollar signs, there is a ring... More

Veterans of the late war / Keppler.

Veterans of the late war / Keppler.

Illustration shows Benjamin R. Tillman, Joseph W. Bailey, and William E. Chandler as war veterans playing musical instruments and marching; Tillman carries a banner labeled "The Original Rate Bill" and Bailey's... More

Egg speculation / Kep. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Egg speculation / Kep. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Illustration shows a two panel cartoon, in the left panel, a man labeled "Egg Plunger" is standing atop a large egg labeled "Egg Speculation" that rests on top of buildings labeled "Cold Storage", in the right ... More

Fan mail has become so heavy that the Federal Radio Commission has seeked Congress for special legislation to allow the destruction of accumulated letters

Fan mail has become so heavy that the Federal Radio Commission has see...

Two men with piles of mail.

Listens in on facts finding hearing. Washington, D.C., Oct. 6. Charles E. Donnelly, President of the Northern Pacific Railroad, listens intently as F.E. Williamson, N.Y. Central head describes to the President's fact finding board the financial troubles railroads are experiencing today. Donnelly is a member of the six-man committee of Labor and Management representatives which President Roosevelt appointed to devise a broad plan of rail and legislation for the next congress, 10/6/38

Listens in on facts finding hearing. Washington, D.C., Oct. 6. Charles...

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[Lobby to Main Reading Room. Good Legislation mural by Elihu Vedder. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Lobby to Main Reading Room. Good Legislation mural by Elihu Vedder. L...

Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

This must not be! Winsor McCay - Drawing. Public domain image.

This must not be! Winsor McCay - Drawing. Public domain image.

Cartoon shows a woman labeled "Liberty" being chased down the steps of the U.S. Capitol by a man labeled "Congress" with a whip labeled "Espionage Bill." Forms part of: Rehse-Archiv für Zeitgeschichte und Publ... More

A little practical railroading - Drawing. Public domain image.

A little practical railroading - Drawing. Public domain image.

Roosevelt with "rate bill" on top of Reprublican party elephant, which is facing man labeled "Allison" (possibly Senator William Boyd Allison), who is standing under arch, "full court review." Title on verso. (... More

The old lion and the ass / Gillam.

The old lion and the ass / Gillam.

Illustration shows an injured lion, with the face of Ulysses S. Grant, lying on the ground next to a paper that states "An Appeal to the People, U.S. Grant", just beyond the lion is a donkey wearing a military ... More

Elihu Vedder - [Study for figure in Corrupt legislation]

Elihu Vedder - [Study for figure in Corrupt legislation]

Study drawing shows the allegorical central figure in the Library of Congress mural Corrupt legislation holding her scale. She wears some drapery. The mural was installed in the Jefferson Building in 1896. Gift... More

Reading room vestibule. Corrupt legislation / Elihu Vedder, Rome.

Reading room vestibule. Corrupt legislation / Elihu Vedder, Rome.

Photo of semi-circular panel from mural in the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building entitled The Government, depicting man, woman, and child in classical garb holding an unjust scale.

Victorious purgees shelve administration's neutrality legislation for term. Washington, D.C., July 11. By a vote of 11-12, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee today shelved the consideration of neutrality legislation until next term of Congress. By defeating the Pittman Resolution, they dashed the administration's hopes for repealing the arms embargo. Gillette vigorously denied that he voted as he did simply to take revenge for the president's attempt to defeat him at the last election. Both Senator Walter George, left, and Guy Gillette, right, have been in the center of a question mark since it became known that the committee would vote on neutrality legislation today. Both were intended victims of the 1938 [...], and today held controlling votes in the meeting

Victorious purgees shelve administration's neutrality legislation for ...

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In spotlight as monopoly investigating committee opens public hearings. Washington, D.C., Dec. 1. The Temporary Economic Committee, Joint Legislative-Executive Body Created to Study Economic Ills and Recommend Remedial Legislation, opened public hearings at the Capitol today. These members of the Committee got together for an informal conference just before the hearing opened. Left to right - Rep. Hatton W. Sumners, Co-Chairman - Senator Joseph C. O'Mahoney, Co-chairman - Senator William E. Borah, and Senator William H. King

In spotlight as monopoly investigating committee opens public hearings...

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The kind of anti-trust legislation that is needed

The kind of anti-trust legislation that is needed

Uncle Sam shining bright lamp of "Congressional Legislation" on king wearing crown labeled "trusts" and sitting on throne of ledgers and account books. Color lithograph after J.S. Pughe. Illus. in: Puck, Feb. 5... More

Cold mornings in September / K. with apologies.

Cold mornings in September / K. with apologies.

Illustration shows a large man with a $ in his hair, wearing a bathing suit labeled "High Tariff Graft Interests", standing in a lake labeled "The New Tariff"; he is shivering from the sudden change in the clim... More

The canteen or the dive - in the name of decency and common sense, which is best for the American soldier? / Will Crawford.

The canteen or the dive - in the name of decency and common sense, whi...

Illustration shows an Army officer with a woman labeled "W.C.T.U." a clergyman, and a man labeled "Timid Legislator" standing in a doorway, viewing scenes in a canteen, where soldiers are playing chess and read... More

Gavel presented to author of first federal grazing control legislation. Washington, D.C., June 29. Five years of conservation accomplishments under the Taylor Grazing Act of 1934 was signalized today by the Secretary of Interior Harold Ickes in the presentation of a historic gavel to Rep. Edward T. Taylor, of Colorado, author of the first federal grazing control legislation. The gavel is made from walnut wood cut from the public domain and bears a plate of New Mexico silver. Left to right: Richard H. Rutledge, Director of Grazing, Dept. of Interior Secretary Harold Ickes, and Rep. Taylor

Gavel presented to author of first federal grazing control legislation...

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Requires legislation to keep his job. Eddie Augustine Savoy, 85-year-old negro who is rounding out 60 years service in the State Department, will not be retired because of old age of Secretary Stimson's recommendation is carried out. At Stimson's suggestion, Rep. Fish, whose grandfather, a former Secretary of State, gave Savoy work in 1871, will introduce a bill to permit Eddie to keep on working. His duties consist of announcing visitors who call upon the Secretary and he has acquired a remarkable memory for faces, names, and titles, 1/31

Requires legislation to keep his job. Eddie Augustine Savoy, 85-year-o...

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Treasury Heads urge stricter tax laws. Washington, D.C. June 17. Secretary of Treasury Henry Morgenthau, and Rosewell Magill, Undersecretary of Treasury, as they appeared before the Joint Congressional Tax Committee today to urge passage of new legislation which will close the loop-holes in the Federal Tax laws. At the same time Secretary Morgenthau announced that the Treasury is temporarily withholding the identities of the alleged tax dodgers. 6/17/37

Treasury Heads urge stricter tax laws. Washington, D.C. June 17. Secre...

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Pres. L.B. Johnson signs the 1968 Civil Rights Bill / [WKL].

Pres. L.B. Johnson signs the 1968 Civil Rights Bill / [WKL].

Photograph shows President Johnson signing the bill while seated at a table surrounded by members of Congress.

Now for a round-up / W.A. Rogers.

Now for a round-up / W.A. Rogers.

Drawing shows Uncle Sam rounding-up men labeled "Spy," "Traitor," "IWW," "Germ[an] money," and "Sinn Fein" with the United States Capitol in the background displaying a flag that states "Sedition law passed" re... More

United States Supreme Court - Public domain document scan

United States Supreme Court - Public domain document scan

You are about to apply A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and st... More

Christmas at Washington / J. Keppler '83.

Christmas at Washington / J. Keppler '83.

Print shows several members of Congress around a large Christmas tree labeled "Tax Surplus" decorated with money bags labeled "Surplus"; the legislators carry bags in which to place the bags of surplus they plu... More

The attack on our outer ramparts - first the house of refuge - then the public schools - then - the Constitution! / J. Keppler.

The attack on our outer ramparts - first the house of refuge - then th...

Illustration shows a hapless army of clergymen assulting a fortress labeled "Non-Sectarian Institution" around a building labeled "House of Refuge" with a battering ram labeled "Freedom of Worship Bill", one bi... More

America's partisan "patriots" / C.J. Taylor., Political Cartoon

America's partisan "patriots" / C.J. Taylor., Political Cartoon

Print shows Benjamin Harrison pointing to himself, John Sherman with a sign that states "The Sherman Bill Did It!", William McKinley holding a sign that states "The McKinley Bill Did It!", and Thomas B. Reed po... More

Not this time! / Dalrymple. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Not this time! / Dalrymple. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Print shows President Cleveland at the helm of the "Ship of State", it's sails labeled "Honest Pensions, Wilson Tariff Bill, Sound Financial Policy, Adherence to the Traditional Policy of Non-Interference", [an... More

Elihu Vedder - [Study for Corrupt legislation]

Elihu Vedder - [Study for Corrupt legislation]

Drawing shows the feet and figure of a girl in classical garb, facing right. This is a study for the figure on the left in the mural Corrupt legislation, installed in the Jefferson Building of the Library of Co... More

[Study for Corrupt legislation - figure at left]

[Study for Corrupt legislation - figure at left]

Drawing shows a girl in classical garb, facing right and holding a distaff and spindle, an allegory of idleness. This is a study for the mural Corrupt legislation, installed in the Jefferson Building of the Lib... More

We four and no more - Drawing. Public domain image.

We four and no more - Drawing. Public domain image.

Picryl description: Public domain image of armed forces, cavalry, infantry, 18th-19th century war, military conflict, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Crowning the abomination / Dalrymple., Political Cartoon

Crowning the abomination / Dalrymple., Political Cartoon

Print shows a huge figure labeled "Tariff for Trusts" wearing a quilted cape labeled with products and percentages, holding papers labeled "Concessions", and sitting between the Senate and House chambers, with ... More

If at first you don't succeed, try, try again! / Keppler.

If at first you don't succeed, try, try again! / Keppler.

Illustration shows a large man labeled "Monopoly", standing behind a panel, reaching around with his right arm, holding a diminutive figure labeled "Aldrich" who is pointing to an image labeled "What will happe... More

Interesting debate on the ship purchase bill which closed in the U.S. Senate last evening

Interesting debate on the ship purchase bill which closed in the U.S. ...

(DLC/PP-1933:0112). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Chicago Tribune, Feb. 11, 1915.

At C of C meeting. David R. Edwards, Boston, vice president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, left, and Lee J. Dougherty, Davenport, Iowa, photographed at the buffet luncheon which served as an intermission at the Chamber Council of War on New Deal legislation. 9/20/35

At C of C meeting. David R. Edwards, Boston, vice president of the U.S...

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National Archives to get 1892 petition for building of better roads. Washington, D.C., April 30. A petition containing over one million names submitted to the United States Senate in 1892 requesting legislation, "for the purpose of promoting knowledge in the art and construction and maintenance of roads" is to be removed from the Capitol and deposited in the National Archives building. Senator Kenneth McKeller, (right) Chairman of the Senate Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, is shown examining the petition with (left to right) Frank McCallister, Deputy Examiner, National Archives; and Col. Edwin A. Halsey, Secretary of the Senate, 4/30/1937

National Archives to get 1892 petition for building of better roads. W...

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No legislation will keep us out of war Rep. Fish tells House committee. Washington, D.C., April 11. The senior republican member of the House Foreign affairs Committee, Rep. J. Hamilton Fish, appearing at the hearing on neutrality legislation today declared "No legislation will keep us out of war, but we can write legislation that can have a tendency to keep us out of it" he said he felt that behind all the neutrality laws was the desire of the administration to determine the aggressor nation. Rep. Sol Bloom, chairman of the Committee, is seated.

No legislation will keep us out of war Rep. Fish tells House committee...

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Elihu Vedder - [Corrupt legislation]

Elihu Vedder - [Corrupt legislation]

Design drawing for lunette mural in the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building main reading room shows corrupt legislation symbolized by a scantily clothed woman holding half of a scale onto which a weal... More

We four and no more - Drawing. Public domain image.

We four and no more - Drawing. Public domain image.

No accession number. Published in: Washington post. This catalog record contains preliminary or unverified data from a project done in BRS software, ca. 1985. mm / 860224.

The kind of anti-trust legislation that is needed / J.S. Pughe ; J. Ottmann Lith. Co., Puck Bldg., N.Y.

The kind of anti-trust legislation that is needed / J.S. Pughe ; J. Ot...

Cartoon showing Uncle Sam shining light, "congressional legislation", on king, "trusts". Illus. in: Puck, 1902 Feb. 5. Copyright by Keppler & Swartzmann.

A visit to the big store - Drawing. Public domain image.

A visit to the big store - Drawing. Public domain image.

A large man in a checkered suit representing big business brings New York Mayor William J. Gaynor, dressed as a young boy, to a "Legislative Department Store." They stand before the "Legislative Bargain Count... More

The newspaper correspondents who covered the Tax Revision Bill in the House. Photographed with Chmn. William R. Green of Iowa of the Ways and Means Comm. It was through Chmn. Green and these men that the country was kept posted on the daily progress of this vital legislation. First row, left to right: George A. Authier, A.L. Hayward, Chmn. Green, Francis Stephenson, and Lewis Wood. 2nd row, John P. Coakley, Alfred H. Kirchofer, W.R. Harris, Paul McGahan, and Nelson M. Shepard

The newspaper correspondents who covered the Tax Revision Bill in the ...

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Uncle Sam names a committee of nine to consider legislation for Conservation of Country's Oil Resources. A Committee of None composed of three representatives of the Government, a like number from the petroleum industry and three representatives from the American Bar Association, were named by the Federal Oil Conservation Board today to consider a legislative program for the conservation of the country's natural petroleum resources. The Committee of Nine is shown standing in the photograph, left to right: W.S. Farish, Humble Oil Company, Texas; James A. Veasey, American Bar Association; Henry M. Bates, American Bar Association; Edward C. Finney, Assistant Secretary of Interior; Thes. A. O'Donnell, California Petroleum Company

Uncle Sam names a committee of nine to consider legislation for Conser...

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PRESIDENT AGAINST CLASS LEGISLATION. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT APPEARS BEFORE THE JOINT SESSION OF HOUSE AND SENATE AND VETOES THE PATMAN BONUS BILL. HE SAID HE OBJECTED TO CLASS LEGISLATION WHICH WOULD GIVE ABLE-BODIED VETERANS MONEY AT THIS TIME WHILE WITHOLDING MONEY FROM NON-VETERANS

PRESIDENT AGAINST CLASS LEGISLATION. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT APPEARS BEFOR...

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An open letter to the President of the United States Most Americans are for postal reform, but not at this price.

An open letter to the President of the United States Most Americans ar...

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U.S. Congress legislative status steps / Committee on House Administration, Wayne L. Hays, Chairman ; prepared by House Information Systems Staff, Frank B. Ryan, Director.

U.S. Congress legislative status steps / Committee on House Administra...

Print shows a diagram that delineates "the many paths that a bill may take from the time it is introduced until it becomes law." A total of 159 potential "legislative status steps" through which a bill may pass... More

Made harmless at last! / F. Graetz.

Made harmless at last! / F. Graetz.

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A relic of the dark ages / F. Opper.

A relic of the dark ages / F. Opper.

Print shows John Bull standing in the "House of Lords", looking over a curtain at an old man wearing a crown and robe, clutching a large book labeled "Mediæval Traditions of the British Peerage" and a large sc... More

He never could stand prosperity / Dalrymple.

He never could stand prosperity / Dalrymple.

Print shows a "Hayseed" legislator, possibly meant to represent Frank S. Black, governor of New York, in a stupor, wearing a hat labeled "N.Y. Republican Party", holding a large wine bottle labeled "Hayseed Leg... More

Caricature, Where would we be? / K., public domain cartoon image

Caricature, Where would we be? / K., public domain cartoon image

Print shows Henry Cabot Lodge labeled "A.D. 1620" cowering before a Native who is about to hit him with a club around which a paper is wrapped that states "An Act to Prevent the Country from being Overrun by Fo... More

Before House Agricultural Committee. Washington, D.C. Testifying before House Agricultural Committee on farm tenant legislation today; Gardner Jackson, representing the Committee on Rural Social Service, that the President proposed farm tenant legislation was totally inadequate

Before House Agricultural Committee. Washington, D.C. Testifying befor...

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Puck magazine cover - "Killed in committee" / J.S. Pughe.

Puck magazine cover - "Killed in committee" / J.S. Pughe.

Illustration shows Nelson W. Aldrich as a large spider on a cobweb labeled "Senate Committee Room" spread between the U.S. Capitol and a "Standard Oil" tower, on which several flies labeled "Anti-Trust Bill, Fr... More

George Woodward - A ticklish feat / K.

George Woodward - A ticklish feat / K.

Illustration shows President Taft balancing a cone of papers labeled "Administration" and showing the Republican elephant, on his nose; struggling to get in the cone is "Ballinger" while already inside are "Elk... More

The tariff triumph of pharaoh Wilson / Keppler.

The tariff triumph of pharaoh Wilson / Keppler.

Illustration shows President Wilson as a pharaoh riding in an Egyptian chariot drawn by the Democratic donkey; he is holding a small sword and ropes attached to a man labeled "Monopoly" with his arms bound behi... More

The goblin will get you if you don't watch out! / L.M. Glackens.

The goblin will get you if you don't watch out! / L.M. Glackens.

Illustration shows an employer and a group of laborers standing outside the entrance to a factory; he is directing their attention toward a notice posted on the wall that states "Notice to Workers. If the Tarif... More

Coolidge receives group of Comanche Indians at White House. [...]he Comanche tribe from the reservation [...]ma, were interesting callers on President [...] They are in Washington in the interest [...] legislation before Congress. Everett [...] Senator Pine of Oklahoma, (on extreme right) [...]skins to the president

Coolidge receives group of Comanche Indians at White House. [...]he Co...

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MAKING SOME HISTORY. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT, STANDING ON THE ROSTRUM OF THE HOUSE CHAMBER, MAKES A BIT OF HISTORY BY APPEARING BEFORE A JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS TO DELIVER A VETO OF THE PATMAN BONUS BILL. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME SUCH ACTION WAS TAKEN BY A PRESIDENT, AND MARKS A NEW HIGH FOR PRESIDENTIAL VETOES OF THE VETERAN BONUS LEGISLATION. VICE PRESIDENT GARNER, SEATED LEFT UNDER THE FLAG, AND SPEAKER JOE BYRNS, SEEM VERY IMPRESSED

MAKING SOME HISTORY. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT, STANDING ON THE ROSTRUM OF T...

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Letter, Eleanor Roosevelt to Walter White detailing the First Lady's lobbying efforts for federal action against lynchings, 19 March 1936

Letter, Eleanor Roosevelt to Walter White detailing the First Lady's l...

Reproduction number: A69 (color slide); LC-MSS-34140-41 (B&W negative) Lynching was undoubtedly the most terrible crime perpetrated by white supremacists against African Americans. From the late nineteenth cent... More

President and A.F. of L. leaders discuss wage-hour legislation. Washington, D.C., March 16. Following a conference between President Roosevelt and leaders of the American Federation of Labor on wage-hour legislation today, AF of L President William Green announced that there was not a great deal of difference between the chief executive and the federation over details of the proposed legislation. He said the federation was not rigidly committed [...] an absolute 40 cents an hour minimum wage. In the picture, left to right: B.M. Jewell, president, Railroad Employees Dept., John Frey, president, Metal Trades Dept., President William Green, and Joseph McInerny, president, Building Trades Dept.

President and A.F. of L. leaders discuss wage-hour legislation. Washin...

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Lend-lease hearings. Admiral Emory S. Land, war shipping administrator, Representative Sol Bloom, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and Edward R. Stettinius, Jr., lend-lease administrator discuss the lend-lease legislation as Admiral Land prepares to testify to its importance to the Merchant Marine

Lend-lease hearings. Admiral Emory S. Land, war shipping administrator...

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A little practical railroading - Drawing. Public domain image.

A little practical railroading - Drawing. Public domain image.

Roosevelt with "rate bill" on top of Reprublican party elephant, which is facing man labeled "Allison" (possibly Senator William Boyd Allison), who is standing under arch, "full court review." Title on verso. (... More

The real tragedy of war is its survivors

The real tragedy of war is its survivors

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This is what the "freedom of worship" bill means - can we hold the evil in check? / J. Keppler.

This is what the "freedom of worship" bill means - can we hold the evi...

Illustration shows a female figure with a shield labeled "Tolerance" and a sword labeled "Knowledge", using a cord labeled "Equality" to hold back a large snake labeled "Freedom Worship Bill" that has ensnared ... More

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