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Your opportunity - Army ordnance schools

Your opportunity - Army ordnance schools

Poster showing six scenes of Army ordnance education. Poster captions: A big railway gun ; A tractor-mounted howitzer ; Class in gasoline engines ; Machine gun instruction ; Operating a big tractor ; Sighting a... More

Spring pulpwood drive on the Brown Company timber holdings in Maine. At ten o'clock and two o'clock woodsmen eat near their work, serving themselves cafeteria style with plenty of opportunity for second helpings. They eat four meals daily throughout the drive

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

Public domain photograph of the United States military and military-industrial complex before World War Two, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Poster - Canada's butter opportunity - Public domain lithograph

Poster - Canada's butter opportunity - Public domain lithograph

Poster shows four plates of butter, representing the amount of butter Canada sold to Great Britain before the war, the shortage of butter in Britain due to the war, and how much butter Canada has sold twelve ye... More

Opportunity knocks - A political cartoon of a woman holding a sign

Opportunity knocks - A political cartoon of a woman holding a sign

A female figure labeled "Pan-America," knocking on Mexico's door, carrying a bundle of documents marked "Peace and Good Will," "Friendship," and "Constitutional Government." To the right of the doorstep, a Mex... More

Victory Corps, tomorrow's defenders of liberty. As part of training in the fundamentals of navigation, Senta Osoling and George Agzarian make a ballon observation. This instruction ties in with Polytechnic High School's Victory Corps activities offering students opportunity for important technical preparation for war service

Victory Corps, tomorrow's defenders of liberty. As part of training in...

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

DAVID FRANKLIN HOUSTIN [sic], CHAIRMAN OF THE N.C.L.C. Mr. Houston was secretary of Agriculture in President Wilson's Cabinet, 1913-1920 and Sec. of the treasury 1920, 1921. He has been active in educational affairs throughout his life and in the promotion of social welfare generally. He has been a teacher and school Supt., a college professor in political and social science; president of the Agri. and Mechanical College of Texas; dean and later president of the University of Texas; Chancellor of Washington University; chairman of the Federal Board for Vocational Education; chairman of the Farm Loan Board; member of numerous official commissions; and a writer of force and distinction on historical, economic and financial topics. He was born in Monroe, Union Co., N.C. in 1866, received the degree of Bachelor of Arts from South Carolina College, and Master of Arts from Harvard. The degree of Doctor of Laws has been conferred upon him by seven different colleges and Universities, including Harvard, Yale and the University of Wisconsin. Mr. Houston says he looks upon his work with the National Child Labor Committee as presenting a great opportunity. It is the same opportunity that is shared by every member of the organization. Shoulder to shoulder with Mr. Houston let us all prove equal to the opportunity which is ours today. AUGUST AMERICAN CHILD. 1921.

DAVID FRANKLIN HOUSTIN [sic], CHAIRMAN OF THE N.C.L.C. Mr. Houston was...

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

Donald M. Nelson (left), Chairman, War Production Board (WPB), and Leon Henderson, Administrator, Office of Price Administration (OPA) and Director, Civilian Supply Division of the Office of Production Management (OPM), member of the Supply Priorities and Allocations Board; conferring in Washington, D.C. September 12, 1941. The chart on the table is a distribution and supply chart. While called together for the purpose of having a picture made, Messrs, Henderson and Nelson seized upon the opportunity to have what they termed "their first real conference in days"

Donald M. Nelson (left), Chairman, War Production Board (WPB), and Leo...

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

Chinese Ambassador listens to Kung broadcast from China. Washington, D.C., Dec. 17. The Chinese Ambassador to the United States, Dr. Sao-Ke Alfred Sze, as he listens to broadcast of Dr. H.H. Kung, Finance Minister and Acting Head of National Government in his radio talk on the seizure of General Issimo Chaing Kai-Shek at Sain- Fu. Dr. Kung asserted the crisis "gives the world an opportunity to attest anew the solidarity of the body politic in modern China"

Chinese Ambassador listens to Kung broadcast from China. Washington, D...

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

Sailing from Genoa. Hundreds of Italians are waving bon voyage to relatives off to the Land of Opportunity, the U.S.A. On the S.S. Conte Verde a new luxurious Italian express steamer of the Lloyd Sabaudo Co. two extra propeller blades are carried. This one [text missing] ; Showing the height of the propeller blade on the S.S. Conte Verde. Mr. Carpenter in the picture.

Sailing from Genoa. Hundreds of Italians are waving bon voyage to rela...

On page: no. 1568 (top image), no. 1570 (bottom left image) and no. 1571 (bottom right image) Text under image no. 1568: "Same as 1565". Text under image no. 1570: "Same as 1569". In album: European pictures (... More

Abandoned tenant house seen across tractored fields. Hall County, Texas. Many tenants who have filled the land on the family-farm basis are made landless, forced by the machine into the towns, or reduced to day labor on the farms. Large numbers who have gone to the towns have fallen on relief, or even have sought refuge in distant parts. Not only is their security gone, but the opportunity even to rise to ownership is diminished, for profitable operation of mechanized farms requires more land and more capital equipment per farm

Abandoned tenant house seen across tractored fields. Hall County, Texa...

Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Nick Grillo, as a boy in Italy, dreamed of America and its opportunity, Southington, Connecticut. He saved enough money for boat passage to this country. Today, after 22 years, he is one of the world's outstanding flori-culturists, developer of the famous "Thornless Rose," an age-old dream of his craft

Nick Grillo, as a boy in Italy, dreamed of America and its opportunity...

Picryl description: Public domain image of boy, child of a migrant worker, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Dance platform. Placer County, California. All of the young people have left this community because there is no opportunity for them in farming, so the dance floor is no longer used

Dance platform. Placer County, California. All of the young people hav...

Public domain photograph of a history of California, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A wonderful opportunity for you--United States Navy / Ruttan.

A wonderful opportunity for you--United States Navy / Ruttan.

Poster showing a sailor striding briskly with his duffle and suitcase; ships and palm trees in the background. Image caption: Ashore, on leave. Monogram RKC 2 in a triangle.

Poster - Canada's egg opportunity - Public domain lithograph

Poster - Canada's egg opportunity - Public domain lithograph

Poster shows a large chicken, two figures representing Great Britain and Canada, and four eggs, representing egg production in Canada and sales to Britain. Text continues: Very little eggs for such a big bird. ... More

Sailing from Genoa. Hundreds of Italians are waving bon voyage to relatives off to the Land of Opportunity, the U.S.A. The port of Genoa with the city climbing the hillsides to low forts built by Napoleon ; On the S.S. Conte Verde a new luxurious Italian express steamer of the Lloyd Sabaudo Co. two extra propeller blades are carried. This is one.

Sailing from Genoa. Hundreds of Italians are waving bon voyage to rela...

Photographs the port of Genoa, Italy, and two boys standing next to propeller blades on the S.S. Conte Verde. On page: no. 1565 (top left image), no. 1566 (top right image), no. 1567 (bottom left image) and no... More

Patent monopoly not fully safeguarded: U.S. Patents Commissioner tells Senate Committee. Washington, D.C., Jan. 16. Conway F. Coe, U.S. Commissioner of Patents, today told the Senate Monopoly Committee that the patent monopoly is not now fully safeguarded. He said the patentee should be afforded the opportunity to hold his rights of property against the pressure of the strongest adversary, 1/16/39

Patent monopoly not fully safeguarded: U.S. Patents Commissioner tells...

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

Ola, Idaho. FSA (Farm Security Administration) Ola self-help cooperative. Five of the twenty- three members. Some of the members are in the armed services and others are working in war factories and others are helping neighbors who are haying. One member of the cooperative said, "Used to, we never had any work to keep us busy, now that we have the sawmill and are working on our houses and on the roads to the woods, we don't have time enough for all we want to do." He did not refer to outside work but meant that the cooperative association had given its members increased opportunity to improve their homes, small farms and gardens

Ola, Idaho. FSA (Farm Security Administration) Ola self-help cooperati...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph group portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Waiting for an opportunity to disturb the peace]

[Waiting for an opportunity to disturb the peace]

Title devised by cataloger. (DLC/PP-1932:0033). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Miss Moffett" by Marguerite Merington, Harper's magazine, 96:713 (April 1898).

Poster - Canada's beef opportunity - Public domain lithograph

Poster - Canada's beef opportunity - Public domain lithograph

Poster shows figures of steers with beef statistics indicating how much beef Britain buys and how much Canada sells to Britain. Text continues: Speed up. We must do better.

High school Victory Corps. Members of the Victory Corps of Roosevelt High School, Los Angeles, California, have an opportunity to learn first aid. These two young nurses are practicing their homework on a classmate, so that when an emergency occurs they will know just how to handle it

High school Victory Corps. Members of the Victory Corps of Roosevelt H...

Public domain photograph related to Franklin Delano Roosevelt, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bell Aircraft Corporation, Niagara Falls, New York. An upgrading class for employees. Most promising employees are chosen from the production line for special instruction in supervision and are given an opportunity for advancement

Bell Aircraft Corporation, Niagara Falls, New York. An upgrading class...

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

Cuba's opportunity / Keppler. - Drawing. Public domain image.

Cuba's opportunity / Keppler. - Drawing. Public domain image.

Illustration shows a wall labeled "Tariff Wall" on the U.S. coastline, it has two gates, one labeled "Annexation" and the other labeled "Reciprocity". A woman labeled "Cuba", holding a bundle of "Raw Sugar" can... More

John Mesnik's family and hay stacker in Opportunity, a fieldstone farm house near Opportunity, abandoned log house on St. Rd. 274. Log feeder

John Mesnik's family and hay stacker in Opportunity, a fieldstone farm...

Public domain photograph - Montana Folklife collection, ethnography, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

DAVID FRANKLIN HOUSTIN [sic], CHAIRMAN OF THE N.C.L.C. Mr. Houston was secretary of Agriculture in President Wilson's Cabinet, 1913-1920 and Sec. of the treasury 1920, 1921. He has been active in educational affairs throughout his life and in the promotion of social welfare generally. He has been a teacher and school Supt., a college professor in political and social science; president of the Agri. and Mechanical College of Texas; dean and later president of the University of Texas; Chancellor of Washington University; chairman of the Federal Board for Vocational Education; chairman of the Farm Loan Board; member of numerous official commissions; and a writer of force and distinction on historical, economic and financial topics. He was born in Monroe, Union Co., N.C. in 1866, received the degree of Bachelor of Arts from South Carolina College, and Master of Arts from Harvard. The degree of Doctor of Laws has been conferred upon him by seven different colleges and Universities, including Harvard, Yale and the University of Wisconsin. Mr. Houston says he looks upon his work with the National Child Labor Committee as presenting a great opportunity. It is the same opportunity that is shared by every member of the organization. Shoulder to shoulder with Mr. Houston let us all prove equal to the opportunity which is ours today. AUGUST AMERICAN CHILD. 1921.

DAVID FRANKLIN HOUSTIN [sic], CHAIRMAN OF THE N.C.L.C. Mr. Houston was...

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

Here is opportunity See the world, serve your country, save your money.

Here is opportunity See the world, serve your country, save your money...

U.S. Navy recruitment poster showing a sailor pointing to a billboard while encouraging a young man to "join the navy and see the world"; also includes list of occupations available in the navy, reasons for joi... More

The Motor Transport Corps offers you an opportunity to become an expert auto mechanic and repairman / George Carlson.

The Motor Transport Corps offers you an opportunity to become an exper...

Poster showing a mechanic in overalls. Text continues: Sign up now for a course of instruction in the Motor Transport Corps Training School. Earn while you learn. Poster includes blank space for address of loca... More

U.S. troops somewhere in India taking advantage of their first opportunity to get a camel ride

U.S. troops somewhere in India taking advantage of their first opportu...

A group of men standing around a camel. A group of men standing around a camel. Public domain postcard scan.

Pres. Nixon w/ Sammy Davis, Jr., new member of Nat'l. Advisory Council on Economic Opportunity / MST.

Pres. Nixon w/ Sammy Davis, Jr., new member of Nat'l. Advisory Council...

Photograph shows President Richard Nixon signing a document at his desk in the Oval Office as Sammy Davis, Jr., looks on. Title from contact sheet folder caption. U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Co... More

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions

A wonderful opportunity for you--United States Navy [...] / Ruttan.

A wonderful opportunity for you--United States Navy [...] / Ruttan.

Poster showing a sailor striding briskly with his duffle and suitcase; ships and palm trees in the background. Image caption: Ashore, on leave. Monogram RKC 2 in a triangle. Forms part of: Willard and Dorothy S... More

Farm-reared youth with no opportunity on the farm, now travelling single among the migrants. Kern County, Calififornia

Farm-reared youth with no opportunity on the farm, now travelling sing...

Public domain photograph - United States during 1930s Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A young man's opportunity for work, play, study & health / Bender ; made by Illinois WPA Art Project, Chicago.

A young man's opportunity for work, play, study & health / Bender ; ma...

Poster promoting the U.S. Civilian Conservation Corps showing a young man with pickaxe. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angele... More

4 P.M. Right - Frank Pristare, 456 Sixth St. 11 years old. Work "ain't good. Sells to a half-dozen customers, and a few extras. Spends all his money. Left - Chas. Ciensola, 115 Grand St. 14 years old and been selling 6 yrs. Mother takes in washing. Smokes hard, and attends tubercular clinic. Is in opportunity class, and grades no higher than 2 B. Compare with 10 year old boy. Location: Hoboken, New Jersey.

4 P.M. Right - Frank Pristare, 456 Sixth St. 11 years old. Work "ain't...

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

Lois Madsen playing the piano in the home of her father, Harry Madsen, owner-operator of three hundred and sixty acre farm near Dickens, Iowa. (Suggest this as contrast showing difference in opportunity offered children in owner-operated farms and that offered in poorer tenant or hired hand homes)

Lois Madsen playing the piano in the home of her father, Harry Madsen,...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bureau, office furniture, desk, chair, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Donald M. Nelson (left), Chairman, War Production Board (WPB), and Leon Henderson, Administrator, Office of Price Administration (OPA) and Director, Civilian Supply Division of the Office of Production Management (OPM), member of the Supply Priorities and Allocations Board; conferring in Washington, D.C. September 12, 1941. The chart on the table is a distribution and supply chart. While called together for the purpose of having a picture made, Messrs, Henderson and Nelson seized upon the opportunity to have what they termed "their first real conference in days"

Donald M. Nelson (left), Chairman, War Production Board (WPB), and Leo...

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

Spring pulpwood drive on the Brown Company timber holdings in Maine. At ten o'clock and two o'clock woodsmen eat near their work, serving themselves cafeteria style with plenty of opportunity for second helpings. They eat four meals daily throughout the drive

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

Public domain photograph of the United States military and military-industrial complex before World War Two, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

So then, to every man his chance; to every man, regardless of his birth, golden opportunity ... this seeker is the promise of America

So then, to every man his chance; to every man, regardless of his birt...

Public domain scan of American poster, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

DAVID FRANKLIN HOUSTIN sic, CHAIRMAN OF THE N.C.L.C. Mr. Houston was secretary of Agriculture in President Wilson's Cabinet, 1913-1920 and Sec. of the treasury 1920, 1921. He has been active in educational affairs throughout his life and in the promotion of social welfare generally. He has been a teacher and school Supt., a college professor in political and social science; president of the Agri. and Mechanical College of Texas; dean and later president of the University of Texas; Chancellor of Washington University; chairman of the Federal Board for Vocational Education; chairman of the Farm Loan Board; member of numerous official commissions; and a writer of force and distinction on historical, economic and financial topics. He was born in Monroe, Union Co., N.C. in 1866, received the degree of Bachelor of Arts from South Carolina College, and Master of Arts from Harvard. The degree of Doctor of Laws has been conferred upon him by seven different colleges and Universities, including Harvard, Yale and the University of Wisconsin. Mr. Houston says he looks upon his work with the National Child Labor Committee as presenting a great opportunity. It is the same opportunity that is shared by every member of the organization. Shoulder to shoulder with Mr. Houston let us all prove equal to the opportunity which is ours today. AUGUST AMERICAN CHILD. 1921

DAVID FRANKLIN HOUSTIN sic, CHAIRMAN OF THE N.C.L.C. Mr. Houston was s...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 4912. No location recorded on caption card. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Libra... More

Going to the land of opportunity, homeless Italian earthquake refugees on their way to America

Going to the land of opportunity, homeless Italian earthquake refugees...

Refugees posed on deck of ship. Stereo copyrighted by B.W. Kilburn, Littleton, N.H. No. 11021. This record contains unverified data from caption card.

Champion mustaches. Sir Ronald Lindsay, left, Ambassador from England, and Secretary Claude Swanson sport the most outstanding mustaches in official Washington. It is not often that an opportunity for comparison occurs. This occasion was the luncheon given by the Secretary for the visiting Vice Admiral Sir Matthew R. Best of the Royal Navy. 11/1/35

Champion mustaches. Sir Ronald Lindsay, left, Ambassador from England,...

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

Manpower. Americans all. Rejoicing in the opportunity to help free his native Greece and keep the Nazis from America's shore, William Demetrios machines parts for Uncle Sam's medium tanks in a large Midwest tank plant. He's one of many naturalized Americans who are working to rid the world of his fatherland's oppressors. Pressed Steel Can Company, Chicago, Illinois

Manpower. Americans all. Rejoicing in the opportunity to help free his...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Nick Grillo as a boy in Italy dreamed of America and its opportunity. He saved enough money for boat passage to this country. Today, after twenty-two years, he is one of the world's outstanding floriculturists, developer of the famous "thornless rose", an age-old dream of his craft. Southington, Connecticut

Nick Grillo as a boy in Italy dreamed of America and its opportunity. ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of farming, farmer, agriculture, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A young man's opportunity for work, play, study & health / Bender ; made by Illinois WPA Art Project, Chicago.

A young man's opportunity for work, play, study & health / Bender ; ma...

Poster promoting the U.S. Civilian Conservation Corps showing a young man with pickaxe. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angele... More

Puck magazine cover - A tempting opportunity / Keppler.

Puck magazine cover - A tempting opportunity / Keppler.

Print shows the British Lion attempting to put out the flames of a campfire labeled "South African War"; in the background are two figures labeled "Russia" and "France", holding large pincers, who are pondering... More

A listening post waiting in the open for an opportunity to advance

A listening post waiting in the open for an opportunity to advance

Four soldiers with rifles lying on ground, during World War I. J218048 U.S. Copyright Office.

Your opportunity to learn a trade Join the Air Service, United States Army.

Your opportunity to learn a trade Join the Air Service, United States ...

U.S. Army Air Service recruiting poster showing men on an airfield with airplanes flying overhead, and six halftone illustrations of classrooms for the "welding department, motor transport department, practical... More

John Mesnik's family and hay stacker in Opportunity, a fieldstone farm house near Opportunity, abandoned log house on St. Rd. 274. Log feeder

John Mesnik's family and hay stacker in Opportunity, a fieldstone farm...

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

Puck magazine cover - Democracy's opportunity / J. Keppler.

Puck magazine cover - Democracy's opportunity / J. Keppler.

Print shows a man labeled "Republican War Record" standing in a pond labeled "Republican Corruption Water", yelling to an Irishman wearing a hat labeled "Democracy", gathering up the Republican's clothing label... More

A wonderful opportunity for you, U.S. Navy, inquire at recruiting station / Ruttan.

A wonderful opportunity for you, U.S. Navy, inquire at recruiting stat...

Sailor carrying bags in foreground; ships in background. Public domain scan of World War One propaganda poster, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Every few months at North American, employees are given an opportunity to see the ships they build perform during their lunch period. Part of the thousands of employees are seen here going back to their work after seeing a thrilling performance by B-25 bombers and P-51 fighters

Every few months at North American, employees are given an opportunity...

Public domain photograph of a history of California, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

John Mesnik's family and hay stacker in Opportunity, a fieldstone farm house near Opportunity, abandoned log house on St. Rd. 274. Log feeder

John Mesnik's family and hay stacker in Opportunity, a fieldstone farm...

Public domain photograph - Montana Folklife collection, ethnography, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cuba's opportunity / J. Ottmann Lith. Co.

Cuba's opportunity / J. Ottmann Lith. Co.

Cartoon showing U.S. sugargrower barring Cuba's sugar trade with U.S.; alludes to Puerto Rico's trade benefits through annexation.

A young man's opportunity for work, play, study & health / Bender ; made by Illinois WPA Art Project, Chicago.

A young man's opportunity for work, play, study & health / Bender ; ma...

Poster promoting the U.S. Civilian Conservation Corps showing a young man with pickaxe. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angele... More

Your opportunity - Drawing. Public domain image.

Your opportunity - Drawing. Public domain image.

Angel collecting donations for "Life's Fresh Air Fund." Title on verso. Pencil sketch on verso of cherub in street wearing billboard with words "fresh air"; not on digital file. (DLC/PP-1932:0042). Forms part o... More

Donald M. Nelson (left), Chairman, War Production Board (WPB), and Leon Henderson, Administrator, Office of Price Administration (OPA) and Director, Civilian Supply Division of the Office of Production Management (OPM), member of the Supply Priorities and Allocations Board; conferring in Washington, D.C. September 12, 1941. The chart on the table is a distribution and supply chart. While called together for the purpose of having a picture made, Messrs, Henderson and Nelson seized upon the opportunity to have what they termed "their first real conference in days"

Donald M. Nelson (left), Chairman, War Production Board (WPB), and Leo...

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

Spring pulpwood drive on the Brown Company timber holdings in Maine. At ten o'clock and two o'clock woodsmen eat near their work, serving themselves cafeteria style with plenty of opportunity for second helpings. They eat four meals daily throughout the drive. Desserts include several kinds of cookies, gingerbread, doughnuts, and two kinds of pie

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

Public domain photograph of the United States military and military-industrial complex before World War Two, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

John Mesnik's family and hay stacker in Opportunity, a fieldstone farm house near Opportunity, abandoned log house on St. Rd. 274. Log feeder

John Mesnik's family and hay stacker in Opportunity, a fieldstone farm...

Public domain photograph of a barn, farm, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

23rd anti-slavery bazaar us now open at No. 15 Winter Street and affords an unequalled opportunity for the purchase of articles of use and beauty, of every description. Among them are the elegant donations of friends in France, Switzerland, and

23rd anti-slavery bazaar us now open at No. 15 Winter Street and affor...

Anti-slavery fair. 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 65, Folder 18.

The Travis House. I take this opportunity of informing all lady & gentlemen travellers and others that I have taken out a license for public-house keeping ... Tony Bracher. [Williamsburg, Va. n. d.].

The Travis House. I take this opportunity of informing all lady & gent...

On verso, copy 1: {stamp} Gift Henry C. Morris June 19, 1941. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. 2 duplicate copies Printe... More

John Mesnik's family and hay stacker in Opportunity, a fieldstone farm house near Opportunity, abandoned log house on St. Rd. 274. Log feeder

John Mesnik's family and hay stacker in Opportunity, a fieldstone farm...

Public domain photograph - Montana Folklife collection, ethnography, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Washington City, February 25th, 1805. Sir. My sole object in addressing to Congress my letter of the first of the present month was to gain an opportunity of refuting the charges and insinuations which had been made against me ... Gideon Granger

Washington City, February 25th, 1805. Sir. My sole object in addressin...

Imprint 2. Page Order: Leaflet 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 190, Folder 9.

Announcement. To give those interested in physical culture an opportunity to test the benefits and social advantages of the exercise derived from the use of the Plimpton Skate the inventor has hired and fitted the rooms at No. 652 Washington Str

Announcement. To give those interested in physical culture an opportun...

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 71, Folder 24.

New member of the SEC. Washington, D.C., Jan. 14. J.W. Hanes, former Wall Street banker, was sworn in today as a member of the Security Exchange Commission. "I believe there is an opportunity for real cooperation between business and Government, that's my only idea in coming down here," 1/13/38

New member of the SEC. Washington, D.C., Jan. 14. J.W. Hanes, former W...

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

Civilian protection. During a lull in the attack, members of the different groups of the citizens' defense corps have an opportunity to grab a hasty meal in one of the emergency feeding unit sections

Civilian protection. During a lull in the attack, members of the diffe...

Picryl description: Public domain image of food, dinner, grocery store, eating, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

John Mesnik's family and hay stacker in Opportunity, a fieldstone farm house near Opportunity, abandoned log house on St. Rd. 274. Log feeder

John Mesnik's family and hay stacker in Opportunity, a fieldstone farm...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of sheep, lamb, farm animals, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

John Mesnik's family and hay stacker in Opportunity, a fieldstone farm house near Opportunity, abandoned log house on St. Rd. 274. Log feeder

John Mesnik's family and hay stacker in Opportunity, a fieldstone farm...

Public domain image of cattle, livestock, farm animals, agriculture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Virginia Manufactory of Arms, February 1, 1808. Sir. Having had a lengthy and detailed report to make to the committee of the House of Delegates, appointed to examine the state of this institution, I embrace the earliest opportunity to furnish t

Virginia Manufactory of Arms, February 1, 1808. Sir. Having had a leng...

Imprint 2. 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 182, Folder 19.

Thompson, the abolitionist. That infamous foreign scoundrel Thompson, will hold forth this afternoon, at the Liberator Office, No. 48 Washington Street. The present is a fair opportunity for the friends of the Union to snake Thompson out! ... A

Thompson, the abolitionist. That infamous foreign scoundrel Thompson, ...

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 60, Folder 30.

The Garden of opportunity. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

The Garden of opportunity. 19th century, Library of Congress collectio...

Approached. Laurence R. Wilder, former Chairman of the Board of Gulf Industries, a Florida shipbuilding concern, was offered an opportunity, according to testimony at the Senate munitions hearing, to get large naval contracts by paying a fee of $250,000

Approached. Laurence R. Wilder, former Chairman of the Board of Gulf I...

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

Donald M. Nelson (left), Chairman, War Production Board (WPB), and Leon Henderson, Administrator, Office of Price Administration (OPA) and Director, Civilian Supply Division of the Office of Production Management (OPM), member of the Supply Priorities and Allocations Board; conferring in Washington, D.C. September 12, 1941. The chart on the table is a distribution and supply chart. While called together for the purpose of having a picture made, Messrs, Henderson and Nelson seized upon the opportunity to have what they termed "their first real conference in days"

Donald M. Nelson (left), Chairman, War Production Board (WPB), and Leo...

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

John Mesnik's family and hay stacker in Opportunity, a fieldstone farm house near Opportunity, abandoned log house on St. Rd. 274. Log feeder

John Mesnik's family and hay stacker in Opportunity, a fieldstone farm...

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A young man's opportunity for work, play, study & health / Bender ; made by Illinois WPA Art Project, Chicago.

A young man's opportunity for work, play, study & health / Bender ; ma...

Poster promoting the U.S. Civilian Conservation Corps showing a young man with pickaxe. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angele... More

Great national route from New York to the West. The only route affording the traveller an opportunity of visiting Washington City. Via the Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore, Baltimore & Ohio, and Central Ohio railroads ... [New York. n. d.].

Great national route from New York to the West. The only route affordi...

John Mesnik's family and hay stacker in Opportunity, a fieldstone farm house near Opportunity, abandoned log house on St. Rd. 274. Log feeder

John Mesnik's family and hay stacker in Opportunity, a fieldstone farm...

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A wonderful opportunity for you--United States Navy / Ruttan.

A wonderful opportunity for you--United States Navy / Ruttan.

Poster showing a sailor striding briskly with his duffle and suitcase; ships and palm trees in the background. Image caption: Ashore, on leave. Monogram RKC 2 in a triangle.

Washington City, February 25th, 1805. Sir. My sole object in addressing to Congress my letter of the first of the present month was to gain an opportunity of refuting the charges and insinuations which had been made against me ... Gideon Granger

Washington City, February 25th, 1805. Sir. My sole object in addressin...

Imprint 2. Page Order: Leaflet 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 190, Folder 9.

To the world!! J Quinn Thornton, having resorted to low, cowardly and dishonorable means for the purpose of injuring my character and standing, and having refused honorable satisfaction, which I have demanded; I avail myself of this opportunity

To the world!! J Quinn Thornton, having resorted to low, cowardly and ...

Imprint 2. 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 139, Folder 11.

Charles S. Olden to Abraham Lincoln, Thursday, August 14, 1862 (Declines opportunity to name a brigadier general)

Charles S. Olden to Abraham Lincoln, Thursday, August 14, 1862 (Decli...

Cuba's opportunity / J. Ottmann Lith. Co.

Cuba's opportunity / J. Ottmann Lith. Co.

Cartoon showing U.S. sugargrower barring Cuba's sugar trade with U.S.; alludes to Puerto Rico's trade benefits through annexation.

Remarks upon the resolves of the new committee. I consider it as a great misfortune, that before I entered upon this business, I had no opportunity of consulting the gentleman, who was the author of the truly elegant and learned criticisms on th

Remarks upon the resolves of the new committee. I consider it as a gre...

Imprint 2.; Title.; On verso: S; July 22, 1774. 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 1... More

Background photograph for Hightstown project. Play street for children. Sixth Street and Avenue C, New York City. The Solomon family who are to be resettled at Hightstown, live in this neighborhood. This Resettlement Administration project includes two hundred and fifty homes, four hundred and fourteen acres of farmland, a modern factory, utilities, including water system, recreation area and lake. Each family will have a modern home and an opportunity to work in a cooperative factory. Also a small plot of land for raising garden vegetables

Background photograph for Hightstown project. Play street for children...

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Posting ceiling prices in foreign languages. Ann Samet is one of hundreds of tenants of New York's East Side marketplaces who are cooperating with their government by displaying prominently their price ceiling listings. They represent every conceivable nationality and the war is giving them the opportunity to prove in a tangible way that the people of a democracy, regardless of race, creed or color, will fight together for freedom

Posting ceiling prices in foreign languages. Ann Samet is one of hundr...

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John Mesnik's family and hay stacker in Opportunity, a fieldstone farm house near Opportunity, abandoned log house on St. Rd. 274. Log feeder

John Mesnik's family and hay stacker in Opportunity, a fieldstone farm...

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John Mesnik's family and hay stacker in Opportunity, a fieldstone farm house near Opportunity, abandoned log house on St. Rd. 274. Log feeder

John Mesnik's family and hay stacker in Opportunity, a fieldstone farm...

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To the electors of New-York. January 6, 1776. Fellow-Citizens. There are several important reformations which ought to be made, for our future security, and which if we are wise, we will take this opportunity to provide for ... [Signed] Publicol

To the electors of New-York. January 6, 1776. Fellow-Citizens. There a...

An address to the Republicans of Georgia. The undersigned Republicans of the state, believing that a most favorable opportunity presents itself for strengthening the Republican party in this state, submit the following views for your considerati

An address to the Republicans of Georgia. The undersigned Republicans ...

Page Order: Leaflet 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 14, Folder 40e.

The nation's great opportunity. Shall it be improved? Dear Sir: Permit me to call your attention to the enclosed paper, and the supplement thereto ... If Congress and the country would not abstain from excessive political strife and party confli

The nation's great opportunity. Shall it be improved? Dear Sir: Permit...

Title; Political campaign. 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 84, Folder 11.

Canada's pork opportunity / E. Henderson.

Canada's pork opportunity / E. Henderson.

Poster shows two figures representing Great Britain and Canada exchanging money for a pig. A large hog indicates how many pounds of pork Britain buys and the smaller pig represents how much Canada sells. Text c... More

Virginia Manufactory of Arms, February 1, 1808. Sir. Having had a lengthy and detailed report to make to the committee of the House of Delegates, appointed to examine the state of this institution, I embrace the earliest opportunity to furnish t

Virginia Manufactory of Arms, February 1, 1808. Sir. Having had a leng...

Imprint 2. 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 182, Folder 19.

Rare opportunity! 100 of T. Gilbert & Co's grand, parlor grand and square piano fortes must be sold immediately at auction prices ... Boston, F. A. Searle, Steam job printer, Journal building, 118 Washington Street [1861].

Rare opportunity! 100 of T. Gilbert & Co's grand, parlor grand and squ...

Donald M. Nelson (left), Chairman, War Production Board (WPB), and Leon Henderson, Administrator, Office of Price Administration (OPA) and Director, Civilian Supply Division of the Office of Production Management (OPM), member of the Supply Priorities and Allocations Board; conferring in Washington, D.C. September 12, 1941. The chart on the table is a distribution and supply chart. While called together for the purpose of having a picture made, Messrs, Henderson and Nelson seized upon the opportunity to have what they termed "their first real conference in days"

Donald M. Nelson (left), Chairman, War Production Board (WPB), and Leo...

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

Bernstein's inscription, written in November 1943, reads "To the New York Philharmonic Society in deepest gratitude for giving me my great opportunity/Sincerely, Leonard Bernstein/NYC-2/4/44." Photographer: Herman Landshoff. Published in January 1944 issue of Harper's Bazaar. (Music Division)

Bernstein's inscription, written in November 1943, reads "To the New Y...

From: Photographs Series Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

John Mesnik's family and hay stacker in Opportunity, a fieldstone farm house near Opportunity, abandoned log house on St. Rd. 274. Log feeder

John Mesnik's family and hay stacker in Opportunity, a fieldstone farm...

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John Mesnik's family and hay stacker in Opportunity, a fieldstone farm house near Opportunity, abandoned log house on St. Rd. 274. Log feeder

John Mesnik's family and hay stacker in Opportunity, a fieldstone farm...

Public domain photograph - Montana Folklife collection, ethnography, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

John Mesnik's family and hay stacker in Opportunity, a fieldstone farm house near Opportunity, abandoned log house on St. Rd. 274. Log feeder

John Mesnik's family and hay stacker in Opportunity, a fieldstone farm...

Public domain photograph - Montana Folklife collection, ethnography, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

John Mesnik's family and hay stacker in Opportunity, a fieldstone farm house near Opportunity, abandoned log house on St. Rd. 274. Log feeder

John Mesnik's family and hay stacker in Opportunity, a fieldstone farm...

Public domain photograph - Montana Folklife collection, ethnography, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

John Mesnik's family and hay stacker in Opportunity, a fieldstone farm house near Opportunity, abandoned log house on St. Rd. 274. Log feeder

John Mesnik's family and hay stacker in Opportunity, a fieldstone farm...

Public domain photograph - Montana Folklife collection, ethnography, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

To the electors of New-York. January 6, 1776. Fellow-Citizens. There are several important reformations which ought to be made, for our future security, and which if we are wise, we will take this opportunity to provide for ... [Signed] Publicol

To the electors of New-York. January 6, 1776. Fellow-Citizens. There a...

A proclamation by the Governor. ... In order that our state may have an opportunity to emphasize her close connection with the Louisiana purchase, October 25, 1904 has been designated by the exposition authorities as "Nebraska Day" ... Edmund G.

A proclamation by the Governor. ... In order that our state may have a...

Proclamation. 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 86, Folder 30.

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