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Before Monopoly Committee. Washington, D.C., Feb. 16. Charles D. Hilles, Director of the New York Life Insurance Company, and also Resident Agent for the Employer Liability Assurance Corp., today explained to the Monopoly Committee investigating insurance setups the relations between the two companies. When questioned Hilles admitted that business had increased materially for the Assurance Corp., since he became a member of the New York Life board. He told the committee that nearly 5000 pieces of New York Life property are covered by the assurance company, 2-16-39

Before Monopoly Committee. Washington, D.C., Feb. 16. Charles D. Hille...

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

A black and white photo of a man kneeling in a puddle of water. Great Depression Era, New Mexico

A black and white photo of a man kneeling in a puddle of water. Great ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of industrial or agricultural worker, 1930s, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions. show less

New York, New York. The War Emergency Board of the fur industry formed a fur vest project. Various fur factories donate the services of their employees one day a week to make fur lined vests for the merchant marine. Fur cutter fitting pieces of fur onto a vest pattern

New York, New York. The War Emergency Board of the fur industry formed...

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

Conversion. Merry-go-round plant. In storage for the duration go these figures for merry-go-rounds, peacetime product of this New York state plant, now turning out bits and pieces for the war program. Spillman Engineering Company, North Tonawanda, New York

Conversion. Merry-go-round plant. In storage for the duration go these...

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

Workers at Garden State Cutting Co.; most are cutting garment pieces.

Workers at Garden State Cutting Co.; most are cutting garment pieces.

Forms part of a group of images depicting scenes at Garden State Cutting Company, a garment-cutting shop at 66 Gray Street, Paterson, New Jersey on September 12, 1994.

Workers cut garment pieces with electric cutters; they are wearing masks to prevent themselves from breathing in fabric particles.

Workers cut garment pieces with electric cutters; they are wearing mas...

Forms part of a group of images depicting scenes at Garden State Cutting Company, a garment-cutting shop at 66 Gray Street, Paterson, New Jersey on September 12, 1994.

This sculpture of shaking hands near the Capitol Mall is one of Sacramento, California's, most popular pieces of outdoor art

This sculpture of shaking hands near the Capitol Mall is one of Sacram...

Photo shows sculpture "Peace" created by the conceptual artist Stephen J. Kaltenbach, 2005. Located at the confluence of the Sacramento River and the American River in the northern portion of California's expan... More

A curious hieroglyphick Bible, or, Select passages in the Old and New Testaments, represented with emblematical figures, for the amusement of youth : designed chiefly to familiarize tender age, in a pleasing and diverting manner, with early ideas of the Holy Scriptures : to which are subjoined, a short account of the lives of the Evangelists, and other pieces / illustrated with nearly five hundred cuts.

A curious hieroglyphick Bible, or, Select passages in the Old and New ...

Originally published: London : T. Hodgson, 1783. Signatures: A-M⁶. Evans 20961 Welch, D.A. Amer. children's books, 510 Rosenbach, A.S.W. Children's books, 128 ESTC W38300 Orig. ed. in BLC, v. 28, p. 501. LAC ... More

Batteries of field pieces in arsenal, Washington, D.C. (Andrew J. Russel)

Batteries of field pieces in arsenal, Washington, D.C. (Andrew J. Russ...

Cannons lined along street in foreground. No. 175. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg ... More

Five easy pieces - Public domain American sheet music, 1883

Five easy pieces - Public domain American sheet music, 1883

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)

William Berryman - [Croptime - cutting pieces of cane - cattle feeding in stubble]

William Berryman - [Croptime - cutting pieces of cane - cattle feeding...

Title transcribed from finding aid.

Bloodhounds tearing an Indian to pieces / J.W. Orr.

Bloodhounds tearing an Indian to pieces / J.W. Orr.

Spanish soldiers, under command of Don Pedro De Avila, using bloodhounds to kill an Indian. Illus. in: The Life, travels and adventures of Ferdinand de Soto, Discoverer of the Mississippi / Lambert A. Wilmer. P... More

[Military railroad operations in northern Virginia: pieces of rail and wood chained around a tree]

[Military railroad operations in northern Virginia: pieces of rail and...

No. 55 (handwritten) and 2556 (stamped) on mount. Forms part of Civil War photos, military construction and transportation in Northern Virginia and elsewhere / United States Military Railway Department (Librar... More

[Young woman modeling: Half lgth., 2 long pieces of material draped from hat over body]

[Young woman modeling: Half lgth., 2 long pieces of material draped fr...

Photo by Fitz W. Guerin. #41. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Glamour; Hats.

Shipbuilding. "Liberty" ships. Ships for war has meant the rehabilitation of numerous odd pieces of equipment unused for long periods, both in shipyards and in various other plants engaged in production of parts for ships. A discarded steam locomotive in a large Eastern plant is being turned up for use once again. All parts are prefabricated in this huge Eastern plant which formerly turned out freight cars. The completed sections are then carried six miles to the ways on flat cars. Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards Inc., Baltimore, Maryland

Shipbuilding. "Liberty" ships. Ships for war has meant the rehabilitat...

Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, train car, railroad, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

An Ohio manufacturer is looking for two and thirteen-sixteenths inch and three and three-sixteenths inch automatic screw machine facilities for the machining of large quantities of steel fuse parts. Item: inner can. Material: cold rolled steel tubing two and thirteen-sixteenths inch diameter by three inches. Tolerances: plus or minus --1. Quantity: five-hundred daily. Machines needed: automatic screw machine two and thirteen-sixteenths inch capacity, drill jig, single spindle tapper. Item: outer can. Material: cold rolled steel tubing three and three-sixteenths inch diameter by eight inches. Tolerances: plus .002 minus .000. Quantity: 500 daily. Machines needed: automatic screw machine, three and three-sixteenths inch capacity, drill jig, tapper, milling machine. A government procurement agency is seeking a contractor with facilities for forging heat treating and machining bulkheads. These parts are twenty-one inches in diamerter by eight inches. Material: steel, alloy CM. Dimensions: twenty-one inches in diameter by eight inches. Tolerances: close. Quantity: 500 to 6000 pieces per month

An Ohio manufacturer is looking for two and thirteen-sixteenths inch a...

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

Bits and pieces display. O.C.D. small parts display at WPB (War Production Board) office, 122 E. 42nd Street, New York City

Bits and pieces display. O.C.D. small parts display at WPB (War Produc...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commercial building, downtown, shopping center, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Shipbuilding. "Liberty" ships. Ships for war has meant the rehabilitation of numerous odd pieces of equipment unused for long periods, both in shipyards and in various other plants engaged in production of parts for ships. Here an old junked flat car crane in a large Eastern plant is being turned up for use once again. All parts are prefabricated in this huge Eastern plant which formerly turned out freight cars. Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards Inc., Baltimore, Maryland

Shipbuilding. "Liberty" ships. Ships for war has meant the rehabilitat...

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

Halftrac scout cars ready for the Army except for the addition of certain pieces of Army equipment. The cars as they stand in the yard of a Midwest manufacturer are ready for combat duty. White Motor Company, Cleveland, Ohio

Halftrac scout cars ready for the Army except for the addition of cert...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military vehicle, automobile, tractor truck, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Workers at Garden State Cutting Co.; most are cutting garment pieces.

Workers at Garden State Cutting Co.; most are cutting garment pieces.

Forms part of a group of images depicting scenes at Garden State Cutting Company, a garment-cutting shop at 66 Gray Street, Paterson, New Jersey on September 12, 1994.

Workers at Garden State Cutting Co.; most are cutting garment pieces.

Workers at Garden State Cutting Co.; most are cutting garment pieces.

Forms part of a group of images depicting scenes at Garden State Cutting Company, a garment-cutting shop at 66 Gray Street, Paterson, New Jersey on September 12, 1994.

Two workers hold garment pieces. Paterson New Jersey

Two workers hold garment pieces. Paterson New Jersey

Forms part of a group of images taken on September 14, 1994, documenting scenes VBF Trim Company, a garment-making shop located at 404 Grand Street, Paterson, New Jersey.

Cardboard boxes containing garment pieces, stacked on shelves; lettering on boxes (identifying items and colors) is written in English and Spanish.

Cardboard boxes containing garment pieces, stacked on shelves; letteri...

Forms part of a group of images taken on September 14, 1994, documenting scenes VBF Trim Company, a garment-making shop located at 404 Grand Street, Paterson, New Jersey.

Workers at Garden State Cutting Co.; most are cutting garment pieces.

Workers at Garden State Cutting Co.; most are cutting garment pieces.

Forms part of a group of images depicting scenes at Garden State Cutting Company, a garment-cutting shop at 66 Gray Street, Paterson, New Jersey on September 12, 1994.

A curious hieroglyphick Bible, or, Select passages in the Old and New Testaments, represented with emblematical figures, for the amusement of youth : designed chiefly to familiarize tender age, in a pleasing and diverting manner, with early ideas of the Holy Scriptures : to which are subjoined, a short account of the lives of the Evangelists, and other pieces / illustrated with nearly five hundred cuts.

A curious hieroglyphick Bible, or, Select passages in the Old and New ...

Originally published: London : T. Hodgson, 1783. Signatures: A-M⁶. Evans 20961 Welch, D.A. Amer. children's books, 510 Rosenbach, A.S.W. Children's books, 128 ESTC W38300 Orig. ed. in BLC, v. 28, p. 501. LAC ... More

12 pieces of harmony - Public domain American sheet music

12 pieces of harmony - Public domain American sheet music

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1820-1860 (Microfilm M 3106) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form) In bound volumes: Copyright Deposits 1820-1860

Turk and Russian, Greek and Jew are represented in this group of half a dozen little street gamins Two of them are the proud possessors of tops and pieces of string to spin them with. Hundreds like them make up the army of unemployed children begging for work in the most crowded and expensive city in Europe to-day.

Turk and Russian, Greek and Jew are represented in this group of half ...

Filed in: Turkey Children. No. RC-6902. On mount: Turkey. Forms part of: American National Red Cross photograph collection.

Hdqtrs. of the U.S. Coast Guard are using unique method for distributing news of their service by means of radio. Capt. F.C. Billard, aide to the commandant is shown broadcasting. Lt. F.A Zensler is coaching him from the receiving set which is being used by Lt. E.M. Webster (with ear pieces)

Hdqtrs. of the U.S. Coast Guard are using unique method for distributi...

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

Bruce Buttfield, residence at 55 E. 52nd St., New York City. Detail of crystal pieces on mantel

Bruce Buttfield, residence at 55 E. 52nd St., New York City. Detail of...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential home interior, living room, fireplace, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Hog killing on Milton Puryeur place. He is a Negro owner of five acres of land. Route No. 1, Box 59, Dennison, Halifax County, Virginia. This is six miles south (on Highway No. 501) of South Boston. He used to grow tobacco and cotton but now just a subsistence living. These hogs belong to a neighbor landowner. He burns old shoes and pieces of leather near the heads of the slaughtered hogs while they are hanging, to keep the flies away

Hog killing on Milton Puryeur place. He is a Negro owner of five acres...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s Virginia, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Children of migrant packinghouse workers, living in a "lean-to" made of pieces of rusty galvanized tin and burlap. They are left alone all day and often until three a.m. Both parents work when possible. Belle Glade, Florida

Children of migrant packinghouse workers, living in a "lean-to" made o...

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

Hog killing on Milton Puryeur place. He is a Negro owner of five acres of land. Rural Route No. 1, Box 59, Dennison, Halifax County, Virginia. This is six miles south (on Highway No. 501) of South Boston. He used to grow tobacco and cotton but now just a subsistence living. These hogs belong to a neighbor landowner. He burns old shoes and pieces of leather near the heads of the slaughtered hogs while they are hanging, to keep the flies away

Hog killing on Milton Puryeur place. He is a Negro owner of five acres...

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

MRS. ROOSEVELT PRESENTS CUP TO WINNERS OF STATE PARADE AT DEMOCRATIC WOMEN'S ANNUAL STRING FETE. WASHINGTON, D.C. MAY 4. THE WOMAN'S NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CLUB OF WASHINGTON TODAY HELD ITS ANNUAL SPRING FETE AND FASHION SHOW. HIGH SPOT OF THE AFFAIR WAS THE PRESENTATION OF PRIZES BY MRS. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, GUEST OF HONOR AT THE FUNCTION HELD IN THE SHOREHAM HOTEL HERE. PRIZES WERE GIVEN FOR THE MOST REPRESENTATIVE COSTUME IN THE PARADE OF STATES, AND A CUP WAS GIVEN TO COLORADO'S DELEGATION WHO REPRESENTED A GROUP OF 49'ERS WITH A COVERED WAGON AND OX TEAM. THE GROUP WAS NOT PLACED ON THE PLATFORM FOR THE RUNOFF, SO THE CHILDREN TOSSED PIECES OF CANDY TO THE JUDGES AND WON THEM OVER. L TO R: HARRIETTE KURTZ, 9; LAUREL JEAN BROWN, 8; JOHN ALLEN MOORE, 10; RICHARD BROWN, 6; MRS. ROOSEVELT IN BACK

MRS. ROOSEVELT PRESENTS CUP TO WINNERS OF STATE PARADE AT DEMOCRATIC W...

A group of people standing on a stage with goats. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Rubber reclamation. Rubber from old tires. Salvaged rubber, in the form of small pieces, passes over dewatering screens after it leaves the wash tanks. The pieces are secured by dissolving the fabric from gold casings cut into small sections after renewal of bead portions. The process, known as the xylos process, is employed in a large Midwest rubber plant. Firestone

Rubber reclamation. Rubber from old tires. Salvaged rubber, in the for...

Public domain photograph of 1930s working-class Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Rubber reclamation. Scrap tires, with beads removed, are fed to the "cracker," or grinding machine, of a big Midwest tire plant. The machine breaks the scrap tire into small pieces to facilitate removal of rubber from fabric. Firestone

Rubber reclamation. Scrap tires, with beads removed, are fed to the "c...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, workshop, workers, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Girl who sells pieces of ore and iron range souvenirs to tourists. Hibbing, Minnesota

Girl who sells pieces of ore and iron range souvenirs to tourists. Hib...

Public domain photograph of United States agriculture in the 1930s, country, farmer, farm, great depression, migration, dust bowl refugees, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Women in industry. Gas mask production. Formerly a beauty shop operator, blonde Marjorie Karwaske finds that the dear dead days of bobby pins and curler clamps have left her with skillful, speedy fingers and a natural tendency to eliminate wasteful hand movement. These are invaluable aids to her job at a Midwest vacuum cleaner plant which has been converted to the production of gas masks. Those skillful fingers fasten eye pieces to the bodies of gas masks. Eureka Vacuum, Detroit, Michigan

Women in industry. Gas mask production. Formerly a beauty shop operato...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory worker, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions. show less

Conversion. Merry-go-round plant. In storage for the duration is this stock of figures for merry-go-rounds. The New York state plant which formerly turned them out is now engaged in the production of bits and pieces for the war program. Spillman Engineering Company, North Tonawanda, New York

Conversion. Merry-go-round plant. In storage for the duration is this ...

Public domain photograph of American working class people in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Production. War housing trailers. Small corner sections are installed on a war housing trailer nearing completion in the Los Angeles plant of Western Trailer Company. Clamps hold big pieces of Masonite in place while the glue dries

Production. War housing trailers. Small corner sections are installed ...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s train station, train car, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Workers at Garden State Cutting Co.; most are cutting garment pieces.

Workers at Garden State Cutting Co.; most are cutting garment pieces.

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

Workers at Garden State Cutting Co.; most are cutting garment pieces.

Workers at Garden State Cutting Co.; most are cutting garment pieces.

Forms part of a group of images depicting scenes at Garden State Cutting Company, a garment-cutting shop at 66 Gray Street, Paterson, New Jersey on September 12, 1994.

Stacks of cut-out garment pieces on long table.

Stacks of cut-out garment pieces on long table.

Forms part of a group of images depicting scenes at Garden State Cutting Company, a garment-cutting shop at 66 Gray Street, Paterson, New Jersey on September 12, 1994.

The psalm-singer's amusement containing a number of fuging pieces and anthems

The psalm-singer's amusement containing a number of fuging pieces and...

composed by William Billings ... (statement of responsibility) Includes index. RISM, A/I/1, B 2653 (citation/reference)

Mary's little pieces for the piano forte

Mary's little pieces for the piano forte

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1820-1860 (Microfilm M 3106) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form) In bound volumes: Copyright Deposits 1820-1860

Spring blossoms a collection of easy pieces for the pianoforte

Spring blossoms a collection of easy pieces for the pianoforte

Is there a Judus [sic] among us! Latest move of the conspiritors against Doctor Bennett! Betrayed for 1100 pieces of silver!!! ... [3 cuts] ... The penny paid for this goes to the benefit of news boys. New Haven, Conn., May, 17th, 1860.

Is there a Judus [sic] among us! Latest move of the conspiritors again...

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 9, Folder 6a.

[Shooting Pieces, a Sioux Indian from Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show]

[Shooting Pieces, a Sioux Indian from Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show]

Shooting Pieces, three-quarter length portrait, seated, turned left, wearing a breastplate and feathers on the back of his head, while holding a tomahawk with feathers on the end of the stick. LOT 10136 (locati... More

On the streets of Basse-Terre - houses falling to pieces from neglect, St. Christopher, W.I.

On the streets of Basse-Terre - houses falling to pieces from neglect,...

Stereo copyrighted by H.C. White Co. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Housing St. Christopher Basseterre 1902; Photog. I.; St. Christopher Basseterre 1902; Geo... More

Barn plant. Panels are framed in wooden jigs simply but effectively of precut and marked pieces. Southeast Missouri Farms Project

Barn plant. Panels are framed in wooden jigs simply but effectively of...

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

Barrage balloon manufacture. Neck and neck in the stretch. Appearing like race horses galloping down each side of a long strip of barrage balloon fabric, the worker with the scissors apparently finishing ahead of the fellow with the electric fabric cutter. Actually the scissors are not used for cutting, but for "touch up clipping" only, since the power cutter is so much faster. After these men have cut the patterns, the pieces are sent to "seamers" who assemble the individual pattern pieces into strips of "gores," which in turn are assembled into completed barrage balloons. General Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio

Barrage balloon manufacture. Neck and neck in the stretch. Appearing l...

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

Barrage balloon manufacture. Seamers at work. Putting rubber cement on both surfaces which are to be fastened together, these workers assemble individual pattern pieces into strips or "gores" for barrage balloons being made for army balloon corps. By an ingenious arrangement of folds, strips nearly a hundred feet long can be handled by each worker on the table in front of him. General Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio

Barrage balloon manufacture. Seamers at work. Putting rubber cement on...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory worker, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions. show less

Bits and pieces. Cutting plywood for office desk

Bits and pieces. Cutting plywood for office desk

Public domain photograph of 1930s working-class Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Detroit, Michigan (vicinity). Old style candle light reflectors made out of pieces of mirror arranged to form a parabola

Detroit, Michigan (vicinity). Old style candle light reflectors made o...

Public domain photograph of indoor, interior activity, America in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Honey Brook, Pennsylvania (vicinity). Rocks removed from field by Morris Zook, Jr., FSA (Farm Security Administration) tenant purchase client. These rocks now lifted from their beds will be blown to pieces with dynamite

Honey Brook, Pennsylvania (vicinity). Rocks removed from field by Morr...

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

Cardboard boxes containing garment pieces, stacked on shelves; lettering on boxes (identifying items and colors) is written in English and Spanish.

Cardboard boxes containing garment pieces, stacked on shelves; letteri...

Forms part of a group of images taken on September 14, 1994, documenting scenes VBF Trim Company, a garment-making shop located at 404 Grand Street, Paterson, New Jersey.

Worker holds garment pieces. Paterson New Jersey

Worker holds garment pieces. Paterson New Jersey

Forms part of a group of images taken on September 14, 1994, documenting scenes VBF Trim Company, a garment-making shop located at 404 Grand Street, Paterson, New Jersey.

Twelve Pieces of Harmony for Military Brass Bands of Seventeen Instruments

Twelve Pieces of Harmony for Military Brass Bands of Seventeen Instrum...

[Three English Church Pieces, for Solo Voices and Chorus, op. 69], Jubilate Deo, Magnificat, Nunc dimittis, [London, 1847]

[Three English Church Pieces, for Solo Voices and Chorus, op. 69], Jub...

With many corrections and a passage omitted from the published version. English language texts as suggested by Vincent Novello (1781-1861)

Lt. Col. A.F. Awl, Head of the Mail Sub-division of U.S. Veterans Bureau, who handles daily nearly 100,000 pieces of mail written in 41 different languages

Lt. Col. A.F. Awl, Head of the Mail Sub-division of U.S. Veterans Bure...

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

Questers antique shop. Group of glass pieces II

Questers antique shop. Group of glass pieces II

Public domain photograph of 3d object, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl Description.

Questers antique shop. Group of glass pieces I

Questers antique shop. Group of glass pieces I

Public domain photograph of 3d object, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl Description.

Int. [i.e., international] broadcasting station, Ramallah. Tower. Handing up last pieces

Int. [i.e., international] broadcasting station, Ramallah. Tower. Hand...

Public domain photograph, 1930s-1940s Jerusalem, Palestine, History of Israel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cutting pieces of crepe paper to be used in decorating float. National Rice Festival, Crowley, Louisiana

Cutting pieces of crepe paper to be used in decorating float. National...

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

Scene at new headquaters of National Bituminous Coal Commission. Washington, D.C., July. The National Bituminous Coal Commission is now housed in the palatial Mrs. Edward B. McLean mansion in downtown Washington where many national and international figures have been royally entertained in years gone by. Dorothea Keller, (left) and Lucille Reidy, employes of the commission, are pictured as they chatted during a luncheon period beneath one of the famous pieces of sculpture in the home, 7/7/38

Scene at new headquaters of National Bituminous Coal Commission. Washi...

A couple of women sitting next to a statue. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Itinerant vendor selling pieces of material and so forth from trucks in vacant lot on Saturday. Belzoni, Mississippi Delta

Itinerant vendor selling pieces of material and so forth from trucks i...

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

Workers at Garden State Cutting Co.; most are cutting garment pieces.

Workers at Garden State Cutting Co.; most are cutting garment pieces.

Forms part of a group of images depicting scenes at Garden State Cutting Company, a garment-cutting shop at 66 Gray Street, Paterson, New Jersey on September 12, 1994.

Workers at Garden State Cutting Co.; most are cutting garment pieces.

Workers at Garden State Cutting Co.; most are cutting garment pieces.

Forms part of a group of images depicting scenes at Garden State Cutting Company, a garment-cutting shop at 66 Gray Street, Paterson, New Jersey on September 12, 1994.

Broken miniature golf pieces in the ruins of Biloxi, Mississippi coast after hurricane Katrina

Broken miniature golf pieces in the ruins of Biloxi, Mississippi coast...

Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift and purchase; Carol M. Highsmith; 2009; (DLC/PP-2010... More

The psalm-singer's amusement containing a number of fuging pieces and anthems

The psalm-singer's amusement containing a number of fuging pieces and...

composed by William Billings ... (statement of responsibility) Includes index. RISM, A/I/1, B 2653 (citation/reference)

"The Confederates had only field pieces with which to defend their works...battered guns...were mounted in the camp of Duryea's and Bainbridge's battery..."

"The Confederates had only field pieces with which to defend their wor...

Photograph shows a disabled Confederate 24 pound gun, part of Duryea's and Bainbridge's Batteries, 15th Arkansas Confederate Infantry in Port Hudson after the siege in July 1863.

A collection of 97 pieces including posters, cards, announcements, etc., pertaining to New York Mayoralty campaigns 1903-1910.

A collection of 97 pieces including posters, cards, announcements, etc...

New York, 1903.; Page Order: Pieces: 5, 8, 10, 11, 17, 18, 23, 24, 27, 28, 51, 52, 66-76, 77, 82-96 are Leaflets; Piece 26 is a Multipage; Piece 19 is a Tri-fold; Piece 29 is an Acordion.; Genre: Pieces 1-4,... More

24 Pieces for the zither - Public domain American sheet music, 1876

24 Pieces for the zither - Public domain American sheet music, 1876

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 Whistler album (1893) Nocturnes, marines, chevalet pieces by J. McNeill Whistler.

The Whistler album (1893) Nocturnes, marines, chevalet pieces by J. Mc...

Paper cover to portfolio of photographs from an 1892 exhibition at Goupil Galleries. LC Whistler exhibition catalog, no. 544-547.

Small collection of nocturnes, marines & chevalet pieces by Mr. Whistler The Goupil Galleries for three weeks only, March 21 to April 9. Messrs. Boussod Valadon & Co., 116 & 117 New Bond Street.

Small collection of nocturnes, marines & chevalet pieces by Mr. Whistl...

Poster for exhibition of art by James Abbott McNeill Whistler at Goupil Galleries, London. Forms part of: Pennell collection of Whistleriana (Library of Congress) Accession box no. DLC/PP-1917:R01

Placing pieces of leather into crimping machine to shape the lowers of the boots. Boot shop, Alpine, Texas

Placing pieces of leather into crimping machine to shape the lowers of...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a worker, labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, 1930s, mid-20th-century industrial photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Prospector panning gold. The light objects are probably not gold as it is very unusual to find pieces this large in this section. They are probably mica (fools gold) or mercury which is used to attract the gold. Pinos Altos, New Mexico

Prospector panning gold. The light objects are probably not gold as it...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a quarry, mine, excavation, or mining site, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Bits and pieces. Template with cornerholes punched; staple machined and formed; completed hasp

Bits and pieces. Template with cornerholes punched; staple machined an...

Public domain photograph of indoor, interior activity, America in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Wilmington, Delaware. Tower Hill School, noted country day school for pupils from three to eighteen years of age. Two pieces of art by pupils of the school

Wilmington, Delaware. Tower Hill School, noted country day school for ...

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

Great Falls, Montana. Anaconda Wire and Cable Company. Making an electro-weld to join two pieces of copper wire

Great Falls, Montana. Anaconda Wire and Cable Company. Making an elect...

Public domain photograph of indoor, interior activity, America in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Production. Marine boilers. Cutting large billets on a circular cold saw. The pieces are for use in the forging plant of a large Midwest plant producing heavy hydraulic fittings for the Army

Production. Marine boilers. Cutting large billets on a circular cold s...

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Workers cut garment pieces with electric cutters; they are wearing masks to prevent themselves from breathing in fabric particles.

Workers cut garment pieces with electric cutters; they are wearing mas...

Forms part of a group of images depicting scenes at Garden State Cutting Company, a garment-cutting shop at 66 Gray Street, Paterson, New Jersey on September 12, 1994.

A curious hieroglyphick Bible, or, Select passages in the Old and New Testaments, represented with emblematical figures, for the amusement of youth : designed chiefly to familiarize tender age, in a pleasing and diverting manner, with early ideas of the Holy Scriptures : to which are subjoined, a short account of the lives of the Evangelists, and other pieces / illustrated with nearly five hundred cuts.

A curious hieroglyphick Bible, or, Select passages in the Old and New ...

Originally published: London : T. Hodgson, 1783. Signatures: A-M⁶. Evans 20961 Welch, D.A. Amer. children's books, 510 Rosenbach, A.S.W. Children's books, 128 ESTC W38300 Orig. ed. in BLC, v. 28, p. 501. LAC ... More

A curious hieroglyphick Bible, or, Select passages in the Old and New Testaments, represented with emblematical figures, for the amusement of youth : designed chiefly to familiarize tender age, in a pleasing and diverting manner, with early ideas of the Holy Scriptures : to which are subjoined, a short account of the lives of the Evangelists, and other pieces / illustrated with nearly five hundred cuts.

A curious hieroglyphick Bible, or, Select passages in the Old and New ...

Originally published: London : T. Hodgson, 1783. Signatures: A-M⁶. Evans 20961 Welch, D.A. Amer. children's books, 510 Rosenbach, A.S.W. Children's books, 128 ESTC W38300 Orig. ed. in BLC, v. 28, p. 501. LAC ... More

Musée arabe - Salle des vases et ornements en pieces / Bonfils.

Musée arabe - Salle des vases et ornements en pieces / Bonfils.

Museum room with urns on floor and fragments of tablets on shelves, large lamp? hanging from ceiling. No. 1366.

Moteur hydrostatique & a base de tous liquides à mouvement perpetuel relatif, c'est-à-dire, soumis à la casse, à l'usure des pièces, à l'entretien de sa base & à la volanté de l'homme / Invention de J.B. Métivier, 1867, Paris.

Moteur hydrostatique & a base de tous liquides à mouvement perpetuel r...

Design drawings for a hydrostatic motor capable of up to 100,000 horse power, for use in air, sea and land transportation, invented by J.B. Metivier in 1867. (Source: A.G. Renstrom, LC staff, 1981-82). Tissand... More

Int. [i.e., international] broadcasting station, Ramallah. Tower. Handing up last pieces

Int. [i.e., international] broadcasting station, Ramallah. Tower. Hand...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a road works, construction, excavation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

One of Edgar Allen's children playing with doll. The couch and sewing machine are the two most substantial pieces of furniture in the house. The farm is one hundred sixty acres and rented from private party. Near Milford, Iowa

One of Edgar Allen's children playing with doll. The couch and sewing ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children in poverty, child labor, Great Depression, 1930s, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mexican girl removing shells from small pieces of pecan meats. This is done with the finger tips. Lighting conditions are very poor. San Antonio, Texas

Mexican girl removing shells from small pieces of pecan meats. This is...

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Mexican girl removing shells from small pieces of pecan meats. This is done with the finger tips. Lighting conditions are very poor. San Antonio, Texas

Mexican girl removing shells from small pieces of pecan meats. This is...

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Stacks of lumber from the sawmill that will be converted into dimension pieces in the mill. Dailey, West Virginia

Stacks of lumber from the sawmill that will be converted into dimensio...

Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, structure, works, 19th-20th century industrial revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Shipbuilding. "Liberty" ships. Ships for war has meant the rehabilitation of numerous odd pieces of equipment unused for long periods, both in shipyards and in various other plants engaged in production of parts for ships. A discarded steam locomotive in a large Eastern yard is being tuned up for use once again. All parts are prefabricated in this huge Eastern plant which formerly turned out freight cars. The completed sections are then carried six miles to the ways on flatcars. Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards Inc., Baltimore, Maryland

Shipbuilding. "Liberty" ships. Ships for war has meant the rehabilitat...

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

Children of old Hibbing, Minnesota, the part of town which is gradually being torn down as mining operations expand, sell pieces of ore and iron range souvenirs to tourists

Children of old Hibbing, Minnesota, the part of town which is graduall...

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Assault boat Production. Building assault boats for U.S. Marine Corps. Pre-shaped pieces of fabric are assembled and cemented, mostly by women workers, on long worktables. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Assault boat Production. Building assault boats for U.S. Marine Corps....

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Shipbuilding. "Liberty" ships. The propellers and shafting pieces are awaiting installation in the ships of the Liberty Fleet being built at a large Eastern shipyard

Shipbuilding. "Liberty" ships. The propellers and shafting pieces are ...

Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, structure, works, 19th-20th century industrial revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Honey Brook, Pennsylvania (vicinity). Rocks in the process of being removed from hand by Morris Zook Jr., FSA (Farm Security Administration) tenant purchase client who hired bulldozer at twenty-five dollars a day to raise the rocks. Now they will be dynamited and removed in pieces

Honey Brook, Pennsylvania (vicinity). Rocks in the process of being re...

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

Production. Willow Run bomber plant. Inspection of more than a thousand separate tubing pieces composing the fuel, hydraulic, de-icing and other systems in a bomber is a highly important job. This young employee at the giant Willow Run plant uses her tiny flashlight to discover any internal defects in the tubing. Ford plant, Willow Run

Production. Willow Run bomber plant. Inspection of more than a thousan...

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Self-fitting is easy for Cynthia because she applies new simplified methods. Her dress is already permanently stiched at the waistline; corrections are being made at the shoulder seam. Modern technique avoids confusing pieces; dress quickly emerges in final form. Good sewing schools advocate minimum of basting. Prefer tailors' chalk to pins so fitting isn't "lost" in removing garment

Self-fitting is easy for Cynthia because she applies new simplified me...

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House & garden close-ups, Eleanor Merril. Wood pieces

House & garden close-ups, Eleanor Merril. Wood pieces

Public domain photograph of New York, midcentury American architecture, 1940s-1950s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Workers at Garden State Cutting Co.; most are cutting garment pieces.

Workers at Garden State Cutting Co.; most are cutting garment pieces.

Forms part of a group of images depicting scenes at Garden State Cutting Company, a garment-cutting shop at 66 Gray Street, Paterson, New Jersey on September 12, 1994.

Worker holds garment pieces. Paterson New Jersey

Worker holds garment pieces. Paterson New Jersey

Forms part of a group of images taken on September 14, 1994, documenting scenes VBF Trim Company, a garment-making shop located at 404 Grand Street, Paterson, New Jersey.

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