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A sachem of the Abenakee Nation rescuing an English officer from the Indians

A sachem of the Abenakee Nation rescuing an English officer from the I...

Print shows a Native chief holds back two Natives who were about to kill an Englishman. Illus. in: Bickerstaff's Boston almanack, .... Boston : 1768, p. E2. Published in: The American Revolution in drawings an... More

[Civil War envelope showing eagle and American flags atop an arch listing Union states with Pennsylvania in the keystone and bearing the message "One nation.--One government."]

[Civil War envelope showing eagle and American flags atop an arch list...

Addressed to Rev. C. L. Ehrenfeld, Altoona, Pa.; postmarked Johnstown, Pa.; bears 3 cent stamp. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photogr... More

The nation mourns. - Public domain portrait print

The nation mourns. - Public domain portrait print

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[Constitution and laws of the Cherokee nation]

[Constitution and laws of the Cherokee nation]

Title page (cover) of the Constitution and laws of the Cherokee Nation published in Cherokee; with seal of the Cherokee Nation. Illus. in: [Constitution and laws of the Cherokee nation. St. Louis : R. & T. A. E... More

The Nation's Heroes in review before the nation's Chief Grand Army Reunion, Buffalo, N.Y., U.S.A., Aug. 25, 1897

The Nation's Heroes in review before the nation's Chief Grand Army Reu...

Photograph shows N.Y. Buffalo - Grand Army of the Republic reunion: passing in review before Pres. McKinley. Stereo by Keystone. Caption card tracings: NY; Army, US Reviews; Pres. I. Pres. duties...; Shelf.

Air Safety Conference. Washington, D.C. More than 200 representatives of the nation's airlines and technical experts from the U.S. Bureau of Air Commerce met at conference today to study recent air crashes with a view to preventing such accidents in the future. Gene Vidal, Director of the Bureau of Air, presided at the meeting which was held at the Department of Commerce. In the photograph, left to right: (seated) O.A. Patterson, President of United Airlines; E.E. Jett, Chief Engineer of Federal Communications; Sidney Shannon, Operations Manager Eastern Airlines; Eugene Vidal, Director of Bureau of Air Commerce; and Harland Hull, Chief Pilot of TWA

Air Safety Conference. Washington, D.C. More than 200 representatives ...

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

Map of Choctaw Nation, Indian territory, coal and asphalt segregation /

Map of Choctaw Nation, Indian territory, coal and asphalt segregation ...

In upper right corner: Exhibit 9. In upper left corner: Tenth annual report of the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

The Seventieth Congress convenes. The Seventieth Congress met at noon today ready to take up tax reduction, farm relief, flood control and many other problems of the nation. Dr. Shera Montgomery, chaplain of the House is shown delivering the opening prayer

The Seventieth Congress convenes. The Seventieth Congress met at noon ...

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Chief Red Tomahawk all smiles after meeting President Hoover. Chief Red Tomahawk, leader of the Sioux Nation and credited with having killed Sitting Bull, was all smiles today as he left the White House where he was greeted by President Hoover. The Chief is 80 years old

Chief Red Tomahawk all smiles after meeting President Hoover. Chief Re...

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Nation's Business. Negro housing, toilets backyard II

Nation's Business. Negro housing, toilets backyard II

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Nation's Business. Cutting coupons II

Nation's Business. Cutting coupons II

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The Garners admire carving of Florida cedar gavel for his collection. Washington, D.C., Oct. 31. Vice President Garner, the nation's no. 1 gavel collector, today was presented with a hand-carved gavel of Florida cedar, carved by James Barry of Dalrico, Fla., and presented to the Vice President by Rep. J. Hardin Peterson, of Florida. Mrs. Garner and the Vice President are shown here admiring the gavel with which he opened the Senate today

The Garners admire carving of Florida cedar gavel for his collection. ...

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Fears airlines' bankruptcy. Washington, D.C., Dec. 20. Senator Edwin C. Johnson (right) of Colorado, today demanded prompt enactment of the McCarran Air Transport Bill in order to save America's commercial from bankruptcy and destruction. Studying the bill with the author Senator Pat McCarran, Senator declared that the Nation's airlines will lose $3,000,000 more this year than in 1936, 12/20/37

Fears airlines' bankruptcy. Washington, D.C., Dec. 20. Senator Edwin C...

Two men sitting at a table with papers. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cost $2,000,000 to write U.S. checks. Washington, D.C., March 17. Reflecting the widening range of federal activity, the Treasury, as the Nation's Paymaster, issed 35,735,746 checks in 1936, as compared with 28,509,924 in 1935. Guy F. Allen, Chief Disbursing Officer of the Treasury says to make these payments cost about $2,000,000 or close to 6 cents a check

Cost $2,000,000 to write U.S. checks. Washington, D.C., March 17. Refl...

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PRESIDENT ADDS TO SHIP COLLECTION. WASHINGTON, D.C. FEBRUARY 24. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT TODAY RECEIVED A MODEL OF THE HUDSON RIVER PACKET SCOOP 'EXPERIMENT' FROM THE NEW YORK ROD AND GUN EDITORS ASSOCIATION, THE ORGANIZATION'S AWARD TO HIM WAS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND PROTECTION OF THE NATION'S OUTDOOR RESOURCES. THE PRESIDENT WAS QUITE PLEASED AS HE ALREADY HAS TWO MODELS OF THE HUDSON RIVER BOATS AND THIS ONE COMPLETES THE SET. L TO R: [...] HURLEY OF THE NEW YORK DAILY MIRROR, FRED FLETCHER OF THE NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, AND PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT

PRESIDENT ADDS TO SHIP COLLECTION. WASHINGTON, D.C. FEBRUARY 24. PRESI...

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New Senator from Oregon and Mrs. Washington, D.C., Feb. 11. Newcomers to the nation's congressional circle are Sen. and Mrs. Alfred Evan Reames, of Medford, Ore. They are welcomed by Rep. Nan W. Honeyman, D. of Ore. right; the Senator replaces Frederick Steiwer, who resigned to practice law, 2/11/38

New Senator from Oregon and Mrs. Washington, D.C., Feb. 11. Newcomers ...

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FIRST LADY CUTS PRESIDENT'S BIRTHDAY CAKE. WASHINGTON, D.C. JANUARY 30. AS A CLIMAX TO HER ATTENDANCE AT MANY OF THE PRESIDENT'S BIRTHDAY BALLS IN THE CAPITAL TONIGHT, MRS. ROOSEVELT CUTS THE OFFICIAL PRESIDENT'S BIRTHDAY CAKE AT THE WARDMAN PARK HOTEL. THIS WAS THE LAST CELEBRATION THE FIRST LADY ATTENDED BEFORE RETURNING TO THE WHITE HOUSE TO LISTEN TO THE PRESIDENT THANK THE NATION OVER THE AIR FOR THEIR INTEREST IN THE FIGHT AGAINST INFANTILE PARALYSIS. L TO R: MRS. E M. COLVIN, NIECE OF D.C. COMMISSIONER MELVIN HAZEN; MRS. EDGAR MORRIS, WIFE OF THE CHAIRMAN FOR THE D.C

FIRST LADY CUTS PRESIDENT'S BIRTHDAY CAKE. WASHINGTON, D.C. JANUARY 30...

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Give It Your Best. Three-color (red, white and blue) poster designed and distributed July 1 by the Division of Information, Office for Emergency Management (OEM) , for display in war plants throughout the nation. Sizes available: 40 x 56 in., 28 x 40 in. 28 1/2 x 20 in., 14 x 20 in. and 10 x 18 in.

Give It Your Best. Three-color (red, white and blue) poster designed a...

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

Salvage for Victory (retail store seal). Store flyers, explaining the salvage for victory program as it applies to retail stores, and with a pledge card enclosed, are being mailed to every retail shop in the nation. When the pledge card is signed by the shop owner or operator and returned to the Bureau of Industrial Conservation in Washington, the seal is mailed to the retailer for display in his window. Pledge cards may be obtained from state salvage committee or by writing to the bureau directly

Salvage for Victory (retail store seal). Store flyers, explaining the ...

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Pledge to the nation. "I pledge allegiance to the United States of America and to the flag, constitution and democracy for which they uphold; our nation, inseparable, with freedom, justice and equality ... Forever." Copyright 1941 by Dr. Edward

Pledge to the nation. "I pledge allegiance to the United States of Ame...

War worker goes to Washington. Miss Clara Camille Carroll of Cleveland, Ohio, contributes her bit to the war effort in her daily work. She is one of the thousands of Negro girls now filling clerical positions in the nation's capital

War worker goes to Washington. Miss Clara Camille Carroll of Cleveland...

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Three Thirds of the Nation. Edward Arnold and Glen Ford, stars on War Production Board (WPB) radio program Steel, presented May 6 over Blue Network, look over script during lull in rehersal

Three Thirds of the Nation. Edward Arnold and Glen Ford, stars on War ...

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Conversion. Tire plant. This vulcanizing unit, largest in the world, was designed for the vulcanizing of giant tires used on earth-moving machinery, but is now helping out the war program by vulcanizing self-sealing gas tanks for the nation's war planes. The mold containing the tank has been lowered into the vulcanizing unit and the huge cover is being lowered into position before the heat is turned on

Conversion. Tire plant. This vulcanizing unit, largest in the world, w...

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Three Thirds of a Nation. Here's the Three Thirds of a Nation Orchestra in motion. Leith Stevens, veteran radio musician, handles orchestrations, directs the orchestra for this War Production Board (WPB) radio series presented Wednesdays on the Blue Network

Three Thirds of a Nation. Here's the Three Thirds of a Nation Orchestr...

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Three Thirds of a Nation. Phil Dorn, film and radio actor, takes the mike to do his role on the War Production Board (WPB) radio program Three Thirds of a Nation, presented Wednesdays on the Blue Network

Three Thirds of a Nation. Phil Dorn, film and radio actor, takes the m...

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Wartime food demonstration. Following a wartime recipe step-by-step, wives of war workers in Alexandria, Virginia, learn best ways of wartime cookery in one of the nation's many wartime food demonstration meetings

Wartime food demonstration. Following a wartime recipe step-by-step, w...

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Elmer Davis, director of the Office of War Information (OWI), awaits an "on the air signal" to begin his weekly broadcast on world news developments of the past week. Mr. Davis reports to the nation every Friday evening at 10:45 pm, EWT, over the major networks of the country

Elmer Davis, director of the Office of War Information (OWI), awaits a...

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The Nation needs coolness more than clarion calls; intelligence more than charisma; a sense of history more than a sense of histrionics

The Nation needs coolness more than clarion calls; intelligence more t...

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Our nation - Public domain World War One sheet music

Our nation - Public domain World War One sheet music

J. Lincoln Hall. (statement of responsibility) For mixed chorus (SATB) with piano accompaniment. Staff notation. (language)

The principall nauigations, voiages, and discoueries of the English nation : made by sea or ouer land to the most remote and farthest distant quarters of the earth at any time within the compasse of these 1500 yeeres : deuided into three seuerall parts ... the first conteining the personall trauels of the English vnto Iudea, Syria, Arabia ... the second comprehending the worthy discoueries of the English towards the north and northeast by sea as of Lapland ... the third and last including the English valiant attempts in searching almost all the corners of the vaste and new world of America ... : whereunto is added the last most renowmed English nauigation, round about the whole globe of the Earth /

The principall nauigations, voiages, and discoueries of the English na...

Some contents are translations accompanied by original texts. Mandeville's travels (p. 24-79) in Latin only. "The famous voyage of Sir Francis Drake into the South Sea ...": [12] p. inserted between p. 643 and... More

The principal navigations, voiages, traffiqves and discoueries of the English nation, made by sea or ouer-land, to the remote and farthest distant quarters of the earth, at any time within the compasse of these 1500 yeeres, deuided into three seuerall volumes, according to the positions of the regions, whereunto they were directed. This first volume containing the woorthy discoueries, &c. of the English toward the north and norteast by sea ... together with many notable monuments and testimonies of the ancient forren trades, and of the warrelike and other shipping of this realme of England in former ages. Whereunto is annexed also a briefe commentarie of the true state of Island, and of the orthern seas and lands situate that way. And lastly, the memorable defeate of the Spanish huge Armada, anno 1588, and the famous victorie atchieued at the citie of Cadiz, 1596, are described.

The principal navigations, voiages, traffiqves and discoueries of the ...

This title was cancelled and in a later issue a new t.p. with various alterations and with date 1599 was substituted for it. On the new t.p. no mention is made of the "victorie atchieued at the citie of Cadiz,... More

The principal navigations, voiages, traffiqves and discoueries of the English nation, made by sea or ouer-land, to the remote and farthest distant quarters of the earth, at any time within the compasse of these 1500 yeeres, deuided into three seuerall volumes, according to the positions of the regions, whereunto they were directed. This first volume containing the woorthy discoueries, &c. of the English toward the north and norteast by sea ... together with many notable monuments and testimonies of the ancient forren trades, and of the warrelike and other shipping of this realme of England in former ages. Whereunto is annexed also a briefe commentarie of the true state of Island, and of the orthern seas and lands situate that way. And lastly, the memorable defeate of the Spanish huge Armada, anno 1588, and the famous victorie atchieued at the citie of Cadiz, 1596, are described.

The principal navigations, voiages, traffiqves and discoueries of the ...

This title was cancelled and in a later issue a new t.p. with various alterations and with date 1599 was substituted for it. On the new t.p. no mention is made of the "victorie atchieued at the citie of Cadiz,... More

The principal navigations, voiages, traffiqves and discoueries of the English nation, made by sea or ouer-land, to the remote and farthest distant quarters of the earth, at any time within the compasse of these 1500 yeeres, deuided into three seuerall volumes, according to the positions of the regions, whereunto they were directed. This first volume containing the woorthy discoueries, &c. of the English toward the north and norteast by sea ... together with many notable monuments and testimonies of the ancient forren trades, and of the warrelike and other shipping of this realme of England in former ages. Whereunto is annexed also a briefe commentarie of the true state of Island, and of the orthern seas and lands situate that way. And lastly, the memorable defeate of the Spanish huge Armada, anno 1588, and the famous victorie atchieued at the citie of Cadiz, 1596, are described.

The principal navigations, voiages, traffiqves and discoueries of the ...

This title was cancelled and in a later issue a new t.p. with various alterations and with date 1599 was substituted for it. On the new t.p. no mention is made of the "victorie atchieued at the citie of Cadiz,... More

Il faut rendre à César ce qui est à César et a la nation ce qui est à la nation

Il faut rendre à César ce qui est à César et a la nation ce qui est à ...

Print shows a man sitting at a table rendering accounts, standing before the table is a cleric holding a bag of money which he apparently refuses to add to the bags on the table, standing behind the table with ... More

La Nation française assisteé de Mr. De la Fayette terrasse le despotisme et les abus du regne feodal qui terrassaient le peuple

La Nation française assisteé de Mr. De la Fayette terrasse le despotis...

Marquis de Lafayette assisting the French nation (Marie) trampling figure in sarcophagus with wings and hair of snakes while nude figure is attached by serpents. Possibly purchased by George IV from William Ho... More

"We have great problems before us as a nation" President Roosevelt dedicating James Millikin University, Decatur, Illinois, June 4th 1903.

"We have great problems before us as a nation" President Roosevelt ded...

H33552 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 2589. Copyright by C. L. Wasson.

Children of every nation represented at the fair, Pres. Francis and Sir Wilfrid Laurier of Canada in the background, Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, U.S.A.

Children of every nation represented at the fair, Pres. Francis and Si...

H 60552 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 8605. Public domain photograph of 19th-century group portrait, family, children, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[The Osage Council, with other Osage Indians, who came to Washington in connection with gas and mineral rights on the Osage Nation in Oklahoma. Commissioner of Indian Affairs Cato Sells, Assistant Commissioner E.B. Meritt and Superintendent of the Osage Nation J. George Wright are in foreground]

[The Osage Council, with other Osage Indians, who came to Washington i...

National Photo Company Collection. Public domain photograph of an official meeting, group portrait of people, managers, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Thousands have answered the nation's call, but you may be the one to turn the scale at a critical moment. Do you realize this? / printed by Seargeant Bros. Ltd., London & Abergavenny.

Thousands have answered the nation's call, but you may be the one to t...

Poster is text only. Poster no. 94. Public domain photograph - United States during World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Entering the Bosphorus our steamer was stopped for inspection and the last Allied officers passed us on. It was the end of their occupation The entrance to the Bosphorus from the Black Sea. Steaming through this narrow opening, one wonders how long can a nation of Turks keep their throttle hold on the great Russian Empire.

Entering the Bosphorus our steamer was stopped for inspection and the ...

Photographs show the entrance to the Bosphorus, Turkey. Negative series code written on page: C262. On page: no. 1346 (top image) and no. 1347 (bottom image). In album: European pictures (1923 trip), p. [45].... More

President and Mrs. Hoover lead nation in observing Memorial Day. The National Capital, led by President and Mrs. Hoover, today, Memorial Day, paid tribute to America's dead heroes of 4 wars at Arlington National Cemetary. President Hoover is shown placing a wreath on the tomb of America's Unknown Soldier. Following the Chief Executive Mrs.Hoover placed a bunch of white carnations on the tomb

President and Mrs. Hoover lead nation in observing Memorial Day. The N...

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Nation's Business. Negro housing II

Nation's Business. Negro housing II

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Nation's Business. Negro housing, toilets backyard I

Nation's Business. Negro housing, toilets backyard I

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Nation's Business. Bulletin board, Department of Agriculture I

Nation's Business. Bulletin board, Department of Agriculture I

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President Roosevelt approves D.C. low rent housing program. Capital slums to go. Washington, D.C., Nov. 30. President Roosevelt's approval of the $15,000,000 low rent housing program for the District of Columbia means that slum sections, such as this one showing the House Office Building in the background, will disappear from the nation's Capital

President Roosevelt approves D.C. low rent housing program. Capital sl...

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Nation's Business. School office at Agriculture Department I

Nation's Business. School office at Agriculture Department I

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PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT SPEAKS AT LIGHTING OF NATION'S CHRISTMAS TREE

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT SPEAKS AT LIGHTING OF NATION'S CHRISTMAS TREE

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Implicates industry for part of blame for sit-down strikes. Washington, D.C., March 20. Senator James E. Murray (left) of Montana, declared today that industry is part to blame for sit-down strikes. Murray veiled a reference to the Supreme Court when he said, "this is the only powerful nation in the world where the government is powerless to settle a controversy of the sort now going on in Detroit; powerless to investigate and resolve the difference between the contending forces." Senator Murray is shown with Senator Henry F. Ashurst, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, 3/20/1937

Implicates industry for part of blame for sit-down strikes. Washington...

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Unemployment compensation a protection against business recessions. Washington, D.C., Jan. 5. Chairman Arthur J. Altmeyer of the Social Security Board, appearing before the Special Senate Committee investigating unemployment, declared today that the unemployment compensation was the nation's "first line of defense" against business recessions. At the same time he warned the committee that out-of-work remuneration will never prove more than this slight barrier, 1/5/37

Unemployment compensation a protection against business recessions. Wa...

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

Black confirmed by Senate. Washington, D.C., Aug. 17. The new Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, Hugo L. Black looks calmly on as Col. Edward A. Halsey, Secretary of the Senate, affixes his signature as a finishing touch to the Senate's confirmation of the Alabama Senator to the nation's highest tribunal. The final vote was 63-16, 8/17/37

Black confirmed by Senate. Washington, D.C., Aug. 17. The new Associat...

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Appears before Senate Military Affairs Committee. Washiington, D.C., April 5. Prof. Bradley Stoughton, of Lehigh Univ. prepresenting the Independent Steel and Iron Producers Committee on Scrap, told the Senate Military Affairs Committee today that he favored the passage of the Schwellanbach Bill to permit scrap iron expports only on presidential license, he argued that scrap export not only drains the country of one raw material but depletes the nation of other raw materials, such as iron ore, and lessens employment here, 4/5/38

Appears before Senate Military Affairs Committee. Washiington, D.C., A...

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Direct nation's farm policies. Washington, D.C., Sept. 22. The farmers of the Nation look to these men to solve their many problems. Pictured, left to right, are: M.L. Wilson, Undersecretary of Agriculture; Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace, and H.R. Tolley, A.A.A. Administrator, 9/22/38

Direct nation's farm policies. Washington, D.C., Sept. 22. The farmers...

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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...

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

Feminine vanity still demands attention, even in the nation's busy aircraft factories. At Cessna Aircraft Company's plant in Wichita, Kansas, Miss Mina Weber takes a quick time out for facial repair, using a gleaming sheet of aluminum in the stock room as a mirror

Feminine vanity still demands attention, even in the nation's busy air...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of the 1930s - 1940s, woman, female portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

To meet the tremendous demand for graduate registered nurses for total national defense, a call has been issued for 50,000 well qualified young women to enroll in the nation's schools of nursing this year. Shown above is an attractive student nurse, typical of the thousands of young women who yearly receive the finest nurse training in the world through American schools of nursing

To meet the tremendous demand for graduate registered nurses for total...

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The four freedoms. The people gather on a million street corners to discuss a million problems. Only in a democracy are they free to discuss the affairs of their nation and the affairs of the world. Only in a democracy would we find this free mingling of a dozen different races. The scene is Columbus Circle, New York

The four freedoms. The people gather on a million street corners to di...

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

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). These are some of the 26,000 men whose hands are fashioning powerful new additions to Uncle Sam's rapidly expanding naval forces. A few miles away at the yards of the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, other thousands are also coming off their shifts. This scene is typical of dozens of shipyards throughout the nation. Shipyard workers have a lot to smile about, for invariably they have done their work so well and efficiently that production is ahead of schedule

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). These are some of the 26,000 men who...

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Parris Island. Marine Corps. "And we're proud to bear the title of U.S. Marines." Your true leatherneck, adept at every specialized branch of modern warfare, is just plain soldier at the core. These marines, finishing training at Parris Island, uphold the soldierly traditions of the nation's finest corps

Parris Island. Marine Corps. "And we're proud to bear the title of U.S...

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Manpower storage is so acute in Washington, D.C. that for the first time in history, Negro women are now employed as gardners in the rose garden of the Botanical Gardens--one of the beauty spots of the nation's capital

Manpower storage is so acute in Washington, D.C. that for the first ti...

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Metal salvage scrap. Heavy steel scrap, salvaged at the Wright farm, Dexter, Michigan is weighed and loaded as the rural scrap collection project sponsored by the War Production Board (WPB) gathers large tonnages of old metal and rubber from the nation's farmyards

Metal salvage scrap. Heavy steel scrap, salvaged at the Wright farm, D...

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Dante Electric Company, Bantam, Connecticut. One of the many small shops throughout the nation making articles of the War Production Program. Here in the women's department of the Dante Electric Company, three workers of the Dante family help in the production of electrical parts for submarines. Mr. Dante just made a slight adjustment on the mechanical screw driver operated by Mrs. Hazel Wheeler. In the center, Mr. Artie Shaw is working on a similar machine, while Mary Dante puts her down for observation duty on the local airplane watching post. Bertha Kreig, of nearby Harwinton, is working at the right rear, while in the right foreground, Mrs. Dante is making an adjustment on a light joiner

Dante Electric Company, Bantam, Connecticut. One of the many small sho...

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Old rails for new shells. Abandoned street car tracks are being pulled up in Washington, D.C., to add badly needed steel to the nation's scrap pile. Although some of the rails will be reused, hundreds of tons will go into steel furnaces to make new war materials. As the rails are anchored firmly, much steel is recovered when they are dug up

Old rails for new shells. Abandoned street car tracks are being pulled...

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

War worker goes to Washington. Before leaving Cleveland, Ohio, Miss Clara Camille Carroll had heard of the crowded living conditions in the nation's capital. A friend had written that she could room with her temporarily, so that problem was settled for the moment. Three may be a crowd, but four in a room was too much, so Miss Carrol began to seek new quarters

War worker goes to Washington. Before leaving Cleveland, Ohio, Miss Cl...

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Conversion. Merry-go-round plant. These hands used to turn out merry-go-rounds to gladden the hearts of the nation's children. The carrousel plant in which they work is now engaged in producing war parts on subcontracts from army and navy contractors. Above is a completed shell ejector getting its final testing. The brass bottom of a navy shell is applied on the testing stand, with the spring mechanism which actually ejects the shell getting the primary test. Spillman Engineering Company, North Tonawanda, New York

Conversion. Merry-go-round plant. These hands used to turn out merry-g...

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Interior of the African Meeting House, built about 1885, the oldest standing African-American church in the nation. Washington, D.C.

Interior of the African Meeting House, built about 1885, the oldest st...

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

Employee watches the production line at the nation's first Krispy Kreme donut shop in Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Employee watches the production line at the nation's first Krispy Krem...

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Monument Valley, a Navajo Nation tribal park whose red-sandstone formations on the Colorado Plateau lie mostly in Arizona but also into Utah

Monument Valley, a Navajo Nation tribal park whose red-sandstone forma...

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

This is a nation - Public domain American sheet music

This is a nation - Public domain American sheet music

For piano

The girl on the land serves the nation's need Apply Y.W.C.A. Land Service Committee / / Edward Penfield.

The girl on the land serves the nation's need Apply Y.W.C.A. Land Serv...

Poster showing four young women carrying tools and a basket of produce, and leading a team of horses.

It's up to you--Protect the nation's honor, enlist now / Schneck.

It's up to you--Protect the nation's honor, enlist now / Schneck.

Uncle Sam, pointing, behind personification of America. Promotional goal: U.S. J2. 191-. No. 4424. Poster no. 1. "Associated Motion Picture Advertisers".

The nation's choice - Print, Library of Congress collection

The nation's choice - Print, Library of Congress collection

P8371 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Kelley, H.W.

The Glory of a reunited nation

The Glory of a reunited nation

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

The Republican chart. The nation's choice in war and peace Ulysses S. Grant / M.T. Boyd.

The Republican chart. The nation's choice in war and peace Ulysses S. ...

Print shows Ulysses S. Grant, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right, above a smaller portrait of Henry Wilson, with brief biographies of each, also with text of the Republican Party platform, as we... More

The principal navigations, voiages, traffiqves and discoueries of the English nation, made by sea or ouer-land, to the remote and farthest distant quarters of the earth, at any time within the compasse of these 1500 yeeres, deuided into three seuerall volumes, according to the positions of the regions, whereunto they were directed. This first volume containing the woorthy discoueries, &c. of the English toward the north and norteast by sea ... together with many notable monuments and testimonies of the ancient forren trades, and of the warrelike and other shipping of this realme of England in former ages. Whereunto is annexed also a briefe commentarie of the true state of Island, and of the orthern seas and lands situate that way. And lastly, the memorable defeate of the Spanish huge Armada, anno 1588, and the famous victorie atchieued at the citie of Cadiz, 1596, are described.

The principal navigations, voiages, traffiqves and discoueries of the ...

This title was cancelled and in a later issue a new t.p. with various alterations and with date 1599 was substituted for it. On the new t.p. no mention is made of the "victorie atchieued at the citie of Cadiz,... More

The principal navigations, voiages, traffiqves and discoueries of the English nation, made by sea or ouer-land, to the remote and farthest distant quarters of the earth, at any time within the compasse of these 1500 yeeres, deuided into three seuerall volumes, according to the positions of the regions, whereunto they were directed. This first volume containing the woorthy discoueries, &c. of the English toward the north and norteast by sea ... together with many notable monuments and testimonies of the ancient forren trades, and of the warrelike and other shipping of this realme of England in former ages. Whereunto is annexed also a briefe commentarie of the true state of Island, and of the orthern seas and lands situate that way. And lastly, the memorable defeate of the Spanish huge Armada, anno 1588, and the famous victorie atchieued at the citie of Cadiz, 1596, are described.

The principal navigations, voiages, traffiqves and discoueries of the ...

This title was cancelled and in a later issue a new t.p. with various alterations and with date 1599 was substituted for it. On the new t.p. no mention is made of the "victorie atchieued at the citie of Cadiz,... More

The principal navigations, voiages, traffiqves and discoueries of the English nation, made by sea or ouer-land, to the remote and farthest distant quarters of the earth, at any time within the compasse of these 1500 yeeres, deuided into three seuerall volumes, according to the positions of the regions, whereunto they were directed. This first volume containing the woorthy discoueries, &c. of the English toward the north and norteast by sea ... together with many notable monuments and testimonies of the ancient forren trades, and of the warrelike and other shipping of this realme of England in former ages. Whereunto is annexed also a briefe commentarie of the true state of Island, and of the orthern seas and lands situate that way. And lastly, the memorable defeate of the Spanish huge Armada, anno 1588, and the famous victorie atchieued at the citie of Cadiz, 1596, are described.

The principal navigations, voiages, traffiqves and discoueries of the ...

This title was cancelled and in a later issue a new t.p. with various alterations and with date 1599 was substituted for it. On the new t.p. no mention is made of the "victorie atchieued at the citie of Cadiz,... More

Represantant d'une grande nation / J. Cooke, sculpt., 40 Howland St.

Represantant d'une grande nation / J. Cooke, sculpt., 40 Howland St.

"A grotesque monster, nude and hairy, representing the Constitution of the Year III, stands against the trunk of L'Arbre de Liberté (right) with upraised hands. The tree, Emblême de l'Arbre de Connoissance, has... More

Abraham Lincoln:The Nation's Martyr. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Abraham Lincoln:The Nation's Martyr. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0030

Appears before T.V.A. Committee. Washington, D.C., Nov. 19. Dean Thomas P. Cooper, of the Univ. of Kentucky, told the TVA Committee today that TVA fertilizer experiments have benefited the nation. Cooper, described what he called close cooperation between TVA and land grant colleges in seven states. Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia

Appears before T.V.A. Committee. Washington, D.C., Nov. 19. Dean Thoma...

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Nebraska Congressman reports to Indians of progress on compensation bill. Washington, D.C., July 5. Rep. Karl Stefans, of Nebraska today conferred with tribesmen of the Winnebago Reservation over his Indian bill to provide compensation for members of the Winnebago Tribe for lands which the Indians[?] were forced to leave in Wisconsin in 1863, despite the fact that the tribe had never fought against the U.S. Rep. Stefans points out that the Sioux Nation is now receiving compensation for its lands, and feels that Winnebagos should be compensated for their lands. Left to right: Frank Beaver, Chief of the Winnebago Tribal Council, Rep. Stefan, and William Davis, tribesman

Nebraska Congressman reports to Indians of progress on compensation bi...

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Acting Secretary of the navy principal speaker at Arlington Armistice Day ceremonies. Washington, D.C., Nov. 11. Speaking within the shadow of the Unknown Soldier's Tomb at Arlington National Cemetery today, acting Secretary of the Navy Charles Edison urged the nation to keep faith her world war dead by keeping out of Europe's war. The ceremonies were in commemoration of the 21st anniversary of the signing of the armistice. Behind Edison, left to right, are: William T. Slattery, Commander, Department of the District of Columbia American Legion, and Raymond J. Kelly, National Commander, American Legion

Acting Secretary of the navy principal speaker at Arlington Armistice ...

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Republican National Committee chairman before Dies Committee. Washington, D.C., May 22. John Hamilton, chairman of the Republican National Committee, today told the Dies Committee Investigating UnAmerican Activities that he had no knowledge of the activities of persons alleged to have disseminated anti-semetic propaganda. Hamilton was subpeoned after it was learned that he had exchanged letters with a Mr. Campbell, who described himself before the committee today as an 'American Nationalist' opposed to the internationalist sentiment that he said is trying to get the nation into foreign wars

Republican National Committee chairman before Dies Committee. Washingt...

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Vice President Curtis receives peace pipe from Chief Red Tomahawk, slayer of Sitting Bull. Chief Red Tomahawk, leader of the Sioux Nation and credited with having killed Sitting Bull, presented Vice President Curtis with a peace pipe at the United States Capitol today. Chief Red Tomahawk, who is 80 years old, is in the National Capital repaying the visit of Chief of Staff Charles P. Summerall, who last year was a guest of the Chief in his Western home

Vice President Curtis receives peace pipe from Chief Red Tomahawk, sla...

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Solon loses on "Kimono" in spelling bee with newspaperman. Congressman Robert [...] of Massachusetts gets a practical demonstration of how we spell and wear kimono from one of his fair constituents, Miss Phylis Jensen of Auburndale, Massachusetts. The Massachusetts member tripped up on this word in the recent spelling bee conducted by the National Press Club in Washington. With them is Ray Tucker, (center) who stayed on his feet the longest and won the spelling championship of the nation

Solon loses on "Kimono" in spelling bee with newspaperman. Congressman...

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ROOSEVELT PAYS LAFAYETTE GLOWING TRIBUTE. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT AS HE LED THE NATION YESTERDAY IN PAYING TRIBUTE TO MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE AT THE CEREMONY MARKING THE FRENCHMAN'S DEATH 100 YEARS AGO. THE PRESIDENT, ADDRESSING A JOINT SESSIION OF CONGRESS IS SHOWN WITH THE FRENCH AMBASSADOR DE LABOULAYE. IN THE REAR ARE VICE PRESIDENT GARNER AND SPEAKER RAINEY

ROOSEVELT PAYS LAFAYETTE GLOWING TRIBUTE. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT AS HE LE...

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Scene of Black broadcast. Washington, D.C., Oct. 1. From this house, the home of Claude E. Hamilton, Jr., at 3122 Tennyson Street, Justice Hugo L. Black will tonight by radio give the nation the answer to the charges that he is or was a Klu Klux Klansman. Hamilton, Counsel for the RFC, is a close friend of Justice Black. 10/1/37

Scene of Black broadcast. Washington, D.C., Oct. 1. From this house, t...

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Big business men talk with Roosevelt. Washington, D.C., Jan. 11. Five of the nation's outstanding business men conferred today with the president at the White House, they are shown just before entering the White House, they are, left to right: Colby Chester, Chairman of the Board of the National Manufacturers Assoc.; Ernest P. Weir, President of the National Steel Corp.; Lewis Brown, President of the Johns-Manville Co.; Alfred P. Sloan, Chairman of the Board of General Motors; and M.W. Clement, Pres. of the Pennsylvania R.R., 1/11/38

Big business men talk with Roosevelt. Washington, D.C., Jan. 11. Five ...

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THE PRESIDENT SHARES HIS THOUGHTS WITH HIS PEOPLE. WASHINGTON, D.C. MAY 26. TONIGHT AT NINE THIRTY THE PRESIDENT BROADCASTED A TALK ON THE WORLD SITUATION AND THIS COUNTRY'S TASK IN DEFENSE PLANS. HE SPOKE OF THE TROJAN HORSE, AND THE FIFTH COLUMN WHICH HE SAID BETRAYS A NATION UNPREPARED FOR TREACHERY. HIS SPEECH ENDED WITH 'I AM CERTAIN THAT OUT OF THE HEARTS OF EVERY MAN, WOMAN, AND CHILD IN THIS LAND, IN EVERY WAKING MINUTE, A SUPPLICATION GOES UP TO ALMIGHTY GOD THAT ALL OF US BEG THAT SUFFERING AND STARVING, THAT DEATH AND DESTRUCTION MAY END, AND THAT PEACE MAY RETURN TO THE WORLD. IN COMMON EFFECTION FOR ALL MANKIND, YOUR PRAYERS JOIN WITH MINE, THAT GOD WILL HEAL THE WOUNDS AND THE HEARTS OF HUMANITY'

THE PRESIDENT SHARES HIS THOUGHTS WITH HIS PEOPLE. WASHINGTON, D.C. MA...

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Poster issued by Bureau of Industrial Conservation of the War Production Board (WPB), and released by the Office for Emergency Management (OEM) urging householders to contribute waste materials for victory. This poster will be distributed on a national scale and will appear in the nation's store windows, schools, post offices, etc.

Poster issued by Bureau of Industrial Conservation of the War Producti...

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Salvage. Stacking chips in the game of war. Even better, if possible, than the individual citizen, American industry has learned to waste nothing. With every ounce of steel and steel scrap vital to the war, this employee of the Boston & Maine Railroad has been assigned the job of sorting steel washers. Here, as in all industry today, anything reusable is put back into service; the remainder becomes scrap to feed the nation's insatiable steel mills

Salvage. Stacking chips in the game of war. Even better, if possible, ...

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Manpower, junior size. It takes a good right arm to collect all the household scrap that's needed for the nation's armaments, and these Roanoke, Virginia youngsters have just what it takes. Note the badge on the boy's collar; it reads "Lieutenant: Junior Commando Salvage Drive"

Manpower, junior size. It takes a good right arm to collect all the ho...

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De Land pool. Bits and parts. With a "know-how" skill developed in thirty-two years experience as a machinist, Fred W. Casey, sub-contractor in the De Land, Florida pool, bends over a heavy lathe as it machines a part for the nation's war machine. Fifty-two-year-old Casey, like many machinists who retired to Florida, chuckles at the idea that machinists in the deep South cannot work to close tolerances

De Land pool. Bits and parts. With a "know-how" skill developed in thi...

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Training. Work Projects Administration (WPA) vocational school. The complicated mechanism of an airplane engine will be no mystery to these District of Columbia students when they finish their WPA vocational training course in airplane mechanics. Upon completion of training, they will be qualified for jobs in some phase of the construction or maintenance of the United Nation's air armada

Training. Work Projects Administration (WPA) vocational school. The co...

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Memoirs of the revolution in Bengal, anno Dom. 1757 : by which Meer Jaffeir was raised to the government of that province, together with those of Babar and Orixa, including the motives to this enterprize, the method in which it was accomplished, and the benefits that have accrued from thence to that country, our United Company trading to the East Indies, and to the British nation.

Memoirs of the revolution in Bengal, anno Dom. 1757 : by which Meer Ja...

Published anonymously. Written by William Watts, formerly attributed to John Campbell. LC copy imperfect? Prelim. leaf may be wanting. ESTC T102030 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web ... More

The girl on the land serves the nation's need Apply Y.W.C.A. Land Service Committee / / Edward Penfield.

The girl on the land serves the nation's need Apply Y.W.C.A. Land Serv...

Poster showing four young women carrying tools and a basket of produce, and leading a team of horses.

It's up to you--Protect the nation's honor, enlist now / Schneck.

It's up to you--Protect the nation's honor, enlist now / Schneck.

Uncle Sam, pointing, behind personification of America. Promotional goal: U.S. J2. 191-. No. 4424. Poster no. 1. "Associated Motion Picture Advertisers".

"Whether we will or not, we as a nation front a great destiny"--President Roosevelt, South Lawrence, Massachusetts.

"Whether we will or not, we as a nation front a great destiny"--Presid...

Stereograph showing Roosevelt with his right arm raised high while addressing a crowd. H23330 U.S. Copyright Office. On recto: Copyright 1902 by Underwood & Underwood.

"Whether we will or not, we as a nation front a great destiny"--President Roosevelt, South Lawrence, Massachusetts.

"Whether we will or not, we as a nation front a great destiny"--Presid...

Stereograph showing Roosevelt with his right arm raised high while addressing a crowd. H23330 U.S. Copyright Office. On recto: Copyright 1902 by Underwood & Underwood.

Hail to the knights of the nation

Hail to the knights of the nation

William Frederick Feld. (statement of responsibility) For voice and piano. Manuscript in ink. Staff notation. (language)

Our nation's struggle - Public domain American sheet music, 1885

Our nation's struggle - Public domain American sheet music, 1885

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

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