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A general map of the middle British colonies in America, viz. Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Pensilvania, New-Jersey, New York, Connecticut & Rhode-Island: Of Aquanishuonigy the country of the confederate Indians comprehending Aquanishuonigy proper, their places of residence, Ohio & Thuchsochruntie their deer hunting countries, Couchsachrage & Skaniadarade their beaver hunting countries, of the Lakes Erie, Ontario and Champlain. Wherein is also shewn the antient & present seats of the Indian nations.

A general map of the middle British colonies in America, viz. Virginia...

Public domain scan of a vintage map, city plan, atlas, cartoghraphy, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Erie & junction canal directory; containing a list of the principal places on said canals, with their distance from each other, and from the several collectors' office. By Samuel W. Shepard, Little-Falls. Griffing's Press-1828.

Erie & junction canal directory; containing a list of the principal pl...

On verso: Erie Junction Canal Directory, Filed April 7, 1828. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collectio... More

A maid sees that her knight isn't being framed. Annapolis, Md., April 15. Dorothy Wood, 5, saw to it that her small friend, 'Chuck' Andrews, 3, wasn't being framed by some of the boys who hang around [...] places. She laced on his gloves herself. The occasion was the Naval Academy's 20th Annual Junior Boxing Championships for sons of naval officers stationed at the Academy

A maid sees that her knight isn't being framed. Annapolis, Md., April ...

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Panama--Spraying oil on breeding places of mosquitoes - Frank G. Carpenter collection

Panama--Spraying oil on breeding places of mosquitoes - Frank G. Carpe...

A man with a cannister of oil on his back spraying liquid onto grass. Copyright by Publishers Photo Service.

Annie Fedele crocheting on underwear out in the filthy back yard. This is one of the places she works on crochet. See other photos and Home Work report. Location: Somerville, Massachusetts.

Annie Fedele crocheting on underwear out in the filthy back yard. This...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of child, child labor, farmer, early 20th-century farm, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Turks have great respect for the dead and for this reason their cemeteries are placed in the most beautiful spot to be found Although crowded and irregular the great number of trees and shrubbery makes them places of beauty. This ancient cemetery lying on the shores of the Bosphorus is one of the oldest in Constantinople. Hundreds of soldiers and prominent people of the Turkish Empire are buried within its walls.

Turks have great respect for the dead and for this reason their cemete...

Filed in: Turkey General. No. RC-2809. Forms part of: American National Red Cross photograph collection.

Legion head places wreath at unknown soldier's tomb. Washington, D.C., Nov. 11. Daniel J. Doherty, National Commander of the American Legion, placing a wreath on the tomb of America's Unknown Soldier at Arlington today to observe the 19th Anniversary of Armistice Day, 11/11/37

Legion head places wreath at unknown soldier's tomb. Washington, D.C.,...

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Mrs. Jones, wife of tenant farmer, dropping tobacco plants in places scooped out for them. Near Farrington, Orange County, North Carolina

Mrs. Jones, wife of tenant farmer, dropping tobacco plants in places s...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a farmer worker, 20th-century dust bowl, great depression era, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Conservation of durable goods. And if you must use your car, don't neglect the tires, keep them properly inflated and have them checked frequently. Treat them gently when parking and stopping and don't let them stand in oily or greasy places. It will be some time before you can buy new ones, so make them last as long as you possibly

Conservation of durable goods. And if you must use your car, don't neg...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a car, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. A woman employee in the hydraulic press department of North American Aviation, Incorporated, at Inglewood, California, places a sheet metal part on a Masonite die prior to moving it under the press. The 3,000 ton press takes only about ten seconds to do the actual forming. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 ("Billy Mitchell") bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, and the P-51 ("Mustang") fighter plane, which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. A woman employee in the hyd...

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Daisy Langford, 8 yrs. old works in Ross' canneries. She helps at the capping machine, but is not able to "keep up." She places caps on the cans at the rate of about 40 per minute working full time. This is her first season in the cannery. Location: Seaford, Delaware.

Daisy Langford, 8 yrs. old works in Ross' canneries. She helps at the ...

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View of the Gorenflo Canning Co., Biloxi, Miss., taken at 7 A.M. Many tiny workers here, some of whom began to arrive at the factory as early as 5 o'clock, an hour before they were allowed to begin work, and long before daylight on a damp-foggy day. The whistle had blown and they came and stood around merely to hold their places. When the "catch" has been good, they begin work early, but today it was not good so they were waiting for daylight. In this group I ascertained the ages of a few, as follows, 1 child of 6 years, 1 of 7, 2 of 8, 1 of 10 and there were many more. See report also. Location: Biloxi, Mississippi.

View of the Gorenflo Canning Co., Biloxi, Miss., taken at 7 A.M. Many ...

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Many districts in the 946 square miles of Sanilac County, Mich. have no meeting places; many people refused to attend anything resembling health meetings. To these places and people this "child welfare special" has gone, this ten-foot trailer, a small house on wheels, dressed up with a cot, a scale, a homemade refrigerator, a measuring table, a baby basket and literature and posters. Hooked on the end of a Ford coupe, it weighs 1,440 lbs. and can be easily moved with the help of a few small boys. Twenty-six baby conferences have been held around this trailer, 1,590 babies and children have been weighed and measured in it. It has appeared at picnics and fairs, in front of country stores and down the long, long country roads where literature and advice and service have been given by the Red Cross nurse

Many districts in the 946 square miles of Sanilac County, Mich. have n...

Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card. Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: Lake Division. Classification: Child Welfare. Gift; American National Red Cross 1... More

Map of adventures for boys and girls : stories, trails, voyages, discoveries, explorations & places to read about.

Map of adventures for boys and girls : stories, trails, voyages, disco...

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Thirteen year old daughter of Negro sharecropper planting sweet potatoes. She walks down the row and places the young plants in the holes her father has dug with a hoe. They will return down the row, water the plants with a bucket, then cover the roots with earth. Her father hopes to send her to school. Note pine woods and light colored soil. Near Olive Hill, North Carolina

Thirteen year old daughter of Negro sharecropper planting sweet potato...

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Between Tulare and Fresno on U.S. 99. See general caption. A large variety and great number of small eating places face the highway. This one is managed by ex-Texans, hence "Lone Star Inn"

Between Tulare and Fresno on U.S. 99. See general caption. A large var...

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De Land pool. Aircraft construction class. Women are being trained along with men in the Volusia County, Florida Vocational School to take their places on the war production front. Pearl Kinchen, who is leaning overhead welding under the watchful eye of instructor, is a housewife with a brother in the army. She will soon be welding aircraft in the De Land industrial pool

De Land pool. Aircraft construction class. Women are being trained alo...

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Fort Knox. Electric power line construction. The electrical industry of America relies largely on the "broadback" or lineman, to bring its power to the places where it is needed. This man is working on the construction of a transmission line to Fort Knox, Kentucky, where American soldiers are training for the battles of democracy

Fort Knox. Electric power line construction. The electrical industry o...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a farmer, 1930s, 20th-century dust bowl era, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mobile, Alabama's Official Period House Museum, Oakleigh, circa 1833, listed on the National Register of Historic Places

Mobile, Alabama's Official Period House Museum, Oakleigh, circa 1833, ...

Oakleigh is a T-shaped Greek revival mansion featuring unique architectural features including a distinct cantilevered front staircase, grand double parlors, and classic six-over-six windows and galleries acces... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Makalapa, Angle Three-Bedroom Duplex Type M, Kamakani & Samoa Places, & Makalapa Drive, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Makalapa, Angle Thre...

Significance: This housing type is significant as an example of Hawaiian residential architecture during the 1940s, in a grouping of related types. The design is notable for the use of new materials and minima... More

Sanford Cotton Mill. Accident case. Carl Thornburg a 12 year old boy who went to work at 11. A few weeks ago he caught his arm in the "lapper" machine, and broke it in 2 places. He said: "I sure didn't mean to. Was jus goin through the lapper room an fust thing I knew everything went black." The family is hard-up. Father is a paralytic. Here is a real chance for a mill to do a benevolent deed by making some recompense to this crippled boy and his paralytic father. They think it's charity to give a boy work under legal age, but when he is injured they forget that side of it. No suggestion of any kind of recompense has been heard. Jim Browning said he was 12 years old, but that is doubtful. Has worked 6 months here; gets 50 cents a day. Is in the 2nd grade at school. Location: Sanford, North Carolina.

Sanford Cotton Mill. Accident case. Carl Thornburg a 12 year old boy w...

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

Places wreath on Tomb of Unknown Soldier for President Roosevelt. Washington, D.C., Nov. 11. Capt. Daniel J. Callaghan, Chief White House Naval Aide, places President Roosevelt's wreath at the tomb of the Unknown Soldier today - Armistice Day - While the Chief Executive looks on in silent prayer, 11/11/38

Places wreath on Tomb of Unknown Soldier for President Roosevelt. Wash...

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Salvation Army, San Francisco, California. Soldier: "I go panhandling every night at bars and places. You wouldn't want a picture of that, it's just beggin."

Salvation Army, San Francisco, California. Soldier: "I go panhandling ...

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Fort Knox. Electric power line construction. The electrical industry of America relies largely on the "broadback" or lineman, to bring its power to the places where it is needed. This man is working on the construction of a transmission line to Fort Knox, Kentucky, where American soldiers are training for the battles of democracy

Fort Knox. Electric power line construction. The electrical industry o...

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Geiger Field, Washington. Officers and men are taught to be on the alert for a gas attack at any time. This jeep appears at unexpected places and sends out a charge of tear gas from the ingenious device attached to the muffler. Those in the vicinity, to protect themselves from the irritating gas, must be able to don their masks instantaneously

Geiger Field, Washington. Officers and men are taught to be on the ale...

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Conductor (right) and brakeman, in their places in the cupola of the caboose on the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad between Argentine and Emporia, Kansas. On the wall between them is the air gauge showing the amount of air brake pressure in the train

Conductor (right) and brakeman, in their places in the cupola of the c...

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A map of Wayne & Pike counties, Pennsylvania : shewing the situations & forms of the warrantee tracts, with the numbers by which the respective tracts are distinguished in the maps & books in the Office of the Commissioners of places for Wayne County, the townships, boundaries, roads, waters and principal places /

A map of Wayne & Pike counties, Pennsylvania : shewing the situations...

Shows warrantee tract lines and tract numbers. Hand colored to show county and township boundaries. Prime meridian: Philadelphia. "Entered according to Act of Congress the 7th day of April, 1814, by Jason Torre... More

Annie Fedele, 22 Horace Street, Somerville, Massachusetts. This is one of the places she works on crochet. See other photos and Home Work report. Location: Somerville, Massachusettsachusetts.

Annie Fedele, 22 Horace Street, Somerville, Massachusetts. This is one...

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

A map of New-England, being the first that ever was here cut, and done by the best pattern that could be had, which being in some places defective, it made the other less exact: Yet doth it sufficiently show the situation of the country & conveniently well the distances of places

A map of New-England, being the first that ever was here cut, and done...

Scale ca. 1:900,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. Oriented with north to the right. Relief shown pictorially. "This is a copy of the first map engraved in New England. Taken from one in Hubbard's Narrative of the t... More

A general map of the middle British colonies in America: Viz. Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Pensilvania, New-Jersey, New-York, Connecticut, and Rhode-Island: Of Aquanishuonîgy the country of the Confederate Indians comprehending Aquanishuonigy proper, their places of residence, Ohio and Tuchsochruntie their deer hunting countries, Couchsachrage and Skaniadarade, their beaver hunting countries, of the Lakes Erie, Ontario, and Champlain, ... exhibiting the antient and present seats of the Indian nations.

A general map of the middle British colonies in America: Viz. Virginia...

Scale ca. 1:2,250,000. Hand colored. Prime meridian: London and Philadelphia. Relief shown pictorially. Includes numerous notes, especially concerning inland water communications and natural resources, 3 distan... More

Compendious chart exhibiting, at one view, the names of about thirteen hundred of the principal ports and places in the world, with their bearings per compass, and their distances expressed in geographical miles, from the city of Washington /

Compendious chart exhibiting, at one view, the names of about thirteen...

"Entered according to Act of Congress the 3rd day of April 1827, by P. Hawkes of the State of Pennsylvania." Includes text, compass rose, and ill. of Capitol. Available also through the Library of Congress Web ... More

The Samaritan Passover on Mt. Gerizim. On the way to the sacred places on the mountain.

The Samaritan Passover on Mt. Gerizim. On the way to the sacred places...

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Annie Fedele, 22 Horace Street, Sommerville, Massachusetts. This is one of the places she works on crochet. See other photos and Home Work report. Location: Somerville, Massachusettsachusetts.

Annie Fedele, 22 Horace Street, Sommerville, Massachusetts. This is on...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of child, child labor, farmer, early 20th-century farm, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

PAN AMERICA SOCIETY HEAD GIVES MEDAL TO ROOSEVELT. JOHN L. MERRILL, PRESIDENT OF THE PAN AMERICAN SOCIETY, PLACES THE SOCIETY'S AWARD ABOUT THE NECK OF PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT. SPRUILLE BRANDEN, MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY'S COUNCIL, IS DIRECTLY BEHIND THE PRESIDENT. THE AWARD WAS FOR ROOSEVELT'S POLICY PROMOTING FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN THE NATIONS OF THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE

PAN AMERICA SOCIETY HEAD GIVES MEDAL TO ROOSEVELT. JOHN L. MERRILL, PR...

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

Thirteen year old daughter of Negro sharecropper planting sweet potatoes. She walks down the row and places the young plants in the holes her father dug with a hoe. They will return down the row, water the plants with a bucket then cover the roots with earth. Olive Hill, North Carolina

Thirteen year old daughter of Negro sharecropper planting sweet potato...

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

Spanish trapper with reeds he places near the trap in the muskrat's run. In the marshes near Delacroix Island, Louisiana

Spanish trapper with reeds he places near the trap in the muskrat's ru...

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Spanish muskrat trapper with reeds he places near the trap in the muskrat's run, in the marshes near Delacroix Island, Louisiana

Spanish muskrat trapper with reeds he places near the trap in the musk...

Picryl description: Public domain image of working farmers, agriculture, farm, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Scene at the first broadcast announcing the formation of high school Victory Corps throughout the U.S. Broadcast was made over station WMAL, Washington, D.C. on September 25, 1942 from 8:30 to 9:00 p.m. EWT. John W. Studebaker, U.S. Commissioner of Education, places emblem on Paul V. McNutt, Chairman of the War Manpower Commission (WMC)

Scene at the first broadcast announcing the formation of high school V...

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

His Excellency, Edwin Barclay, President of the Republic of Liberia, paid homage to the Unknown Soldier on a visit to Arlington National Cemetery Saturday, May 29th. Shown here is the ceremony as President Barclay places a wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

His Excellency, Edwin Barclay, President of the Republic of Liberia, p...

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New York City views. Old cemetery no. 2, Shearith Israel, Old Bowery or St. James Places

New York City views. Old cemetery no. 2, Shearith Israel, Old Bowery o...

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[Second experiment with board trusses, after it had been broken, and the boards removed from the sides to show the places of fracture]

[Second experiment with board trusses, after it had been broken, and t...

No. 30 (handwritten) and 2531 (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

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Makalapa, Angle Three-Bedroom Duplex Type M, Kamakani & Samoa Places, & Makalapa Drive, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Makalapa, Angle Thre...

Significance: This housing type is significant as an example of Hawaiian residential architecture during the 1940s, in a grouping of related types. The design is notable for the use of new materials and minima... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Makalapa, Angle Three-Bedroom Duplex Type M, Kamakani & Samoa Places, & Makalapa Drive, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Makalapa, Angle Thre...

Significance: This housing type is significant as an example of Hawaiian residential architecture during the 1940s, in a grouping of related types. The design is notable for the use of new materials and minima... More

A new map of Jamaica; in which the several towns, forts, and settlements, are accurately laid down as well as ye situations & depts. of ye most noted harbours & anchoring places ...

A new map of Jamaica; in which the several towns, forts, and settlemen...

Scale ca. 1:250,000. Relief shown pictorially. Soundings shown in fathoms. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1916 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. "I. Bayly, sculp."... More

Map of the city of Jerusalem : exhibiting the location of the most important places mentioned in the New Testament, as correctly as can be ascertained /

Map of the city of Jerusalem : exhibiting the location of the most imp...

Public domain scan of a vintage map, city plan, atlas, cartoghraphy, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Entrance to a West Virginia. coal mine: a "drift" mine. The live-wire was only shoulder -high in places inside, and unprotected. Location: West Virginia.

Entrance to a West Virginia. coal mine: a "drift" mine. The live-wire ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a coal mine, mining, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Miss Sarah Anderson, a Washington suffragist who advocates equal smoking rights for men and women in public places, snaped [sic] as she "puffed" a cigarette at the Chevy Chase Club, Washington's most exclusive country club

Miss Sarah Anderson, a Washington suffragist who advocates equal smoki...

Photograph shows Sarah Anderson sitting in a rocking chair, lighting a cigarette. Forms part of: National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress).

Historical buildings and places. George Washington's headquarters, M St., Georgetown II

Historical buildings and places. George Washington's headquarters, M S...

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The Fairbanks family has moved to three different places on the project in one year. Willow Creek area, Malheur County, Oregon. General caption number 66

The Fairbanks family has moved to three different places on the projec...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a farmer, 1930s, 20th-century dust bowl era, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

View of part of large trailer court Corpus Christi, Texas. This is on old court and was formerly used primarily by tourists. However, the tourist trade has dropped off materially by Corpus Christi and these places are filled with workers of the naval air base

View of part of large trailer court Corpus Christi, Texas. This is on ...

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

Tobacco farmer with hoe for "chopping" places where the plants are to be dropped. Near Farrington, Orange County, North Carolina

Tobacco farmer with hoe for "chopping" places where the plants are to ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a farmer worker, 20th-century dust bowl, great depression era, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Negro child working in tobacco field. She walks along dropping the plants into places already "chopped" for them. Near Farrington, Orange County, North Carolina

Negro child working in tobacco field. She walks along dropping the pla...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of child, child labor, farmer, early 20th-century farm, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Subcontracting aircraft parts. Many strange-looking tools are required to get into the difficult places where rivets must be placed in the modern military airplane. Workers are working on an airplane sub-assembly part in an Ohio plant. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Subcontracting aircraft parts. Many strange-looking tools are required...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, workshop, workers, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. P-51 "Mustang" fighter planes. A North American Aviation woman employee at Inglewood, California, sits astride a "Mustang" fighter for Royal Air Force (RAF), as she places a bag of chemicals in the plane to prevent the accumulation of moisture. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, and the P-51 fighter plane which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Production. P-51 "Mustang" fighter planes. A North American Aviation w...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Detroit, Michigan (vicinity). Chrysler corportation Dodge truck plant. These tires are for Dodge Army trucks. Overhead conveyors quickly move them from receiving docks to their proper places along the vast production line

Detroit, Michigan (vicinity). Chrysler corportation Dodge truck plant....

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Rags. Collection and processing. Scene in the storeroom of a large Eastern rag processing plant. An electric crane lifts the bales and places them in piles, where they await sorting. Shapiro Company, Maryland

Rags. Collection and processing. Scene in the storeroom of a large Eas...

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

De Land pool. Sewing plane wing fabric. The ladies sewing circle has a grim meaning in De Land, Florida these days. Here's one of its daily sessions, sewing fabric on airplane wings they hope will be flying over Germany some day soon. Nearest the camera is Joyce Newsom, instructor in De Land's vocational school, giving lessons in the new art of sewing to two grandmothers. Left is Mrs. Gussie Ryals, who has an invalid husband and five grandchildren. Right is Mrs. Ruth Klug, whose husband fought through the first World War, who has two grandchildren, and a boy in a bombing squadron in Australia. Both grandmothers soon will take their places on the assembly line of an aircraft factory

De Land pool. Sewing plane wing fabric. The ladies sewing circle has a...

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Three Japanese-Americans from the Colorado River Relocation Center are being shown their new places of work by Sam Rice, former major league baseball player, owner of a chicken farm near Olney, Maryland. Left to right are William Kobayashi, his wife Betty; Mr. Rice and Giichi Omari

Three Japanese-Americans from the Colorado River Relocation Center are...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

View of the Gorenflo Canning Co., Biloxi, Miss., taken at 7 A.M. Many tiny workers here, some of whom began to arrive at the factory as early as 5 o'clock, an hour before they were allowed to begin work, and long before daylight on a damp-foggy day. The whistle had blown and they came and stood around merely to hold their places. When the "catch" has been good, they begin work early, but today it was not good so they were waiting for daylight. In this group I ascertained the ages of a few, as follows, 1 child of 6 years, 1 of 7, 2 of 8, 1 of 10 and there were many more. See report also. Location: Biloxi, Mississippi.

View of the Gorenflo Canning Co., Biloxi, Miss., taken at 7 A.M. Many ...

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King Tut, the President's Belgian Police dog has taken up his duties at the White House and makes regular rounds to see that the guards are in their places

King Tut, the President's Belgian Police dog has taken up his duties a...

Caption continues: He is here shown at the shelter of Officer W.S. Newton. In album: Washington, D.C., June 1927 to May 1929, v. 2, Herbert E. French, National Photo Company, p. 36, no. 42469. Forms part of: Na... More

A red "hotbed" in Brooklyn College. Washington, D.C., Aug. 23. Congressional investigators heard testimony today that Brooklyn College, N.Y. "might quite fairly be labeled a hotbed of propaganda" and communist activity. Prof. Edward I. Fenlon of the College's Department of Philosophy made the assertion in testimony before the House Committee investigating Un-American activities. He testified that professors and students were "deluged" with communist propaganda. Which at times lettered the sidewalks in places a half inch thick, 8/23/38

A red "hotbed" in Brooklyn College. Washington, D.C., Aug. 23. Congres...

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The four freedoms. Everyone has his chance in that center of democracy known as Columbus Circle, in New York City, you have the right to speak your mind anywhere in America, but in places like Columbus Circle you are assured of an audience as well as the right

The four freedoms. Everyone has his chance in that center of democracy...

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Ola, Idaho. FSA (Farm Security Administration) Ola self-help cooperative. A member places a hook on a log

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

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

Civilian defense. Fire prevention. Our duty to innocent childhood demands that we keep matches and other dangerous articles in places where little hands cannot reach them. One of the saddest parts of the fire record of 1941 is that which tells of 23,000 blazes caused by children playing with matches. The fire loss of 2 1/2 million was far less important than the loss of young lives

Civilian defense. Fire prevention. Our duty to innocent childhood dema...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children in poverty during the Great Depression, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Detroit, Michigan (vicinity). Chrysler Corporation Dodge truck plant. Long columns of sheet metal parts: hoods, bumpers, fenders proceed on the conveyor to their appointed places on the Army truck production line

Detroit, Michigan (vicinity). Chrysler Corporation Dodge truck plant. ...

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Manhattan Beach Coast Guard training station. The gymnasium is one of the busiest places at Manhattan Beach Coast Guard training station. The physical education program is handled by many noted exponents of boxing, wrestling, track and judo. Paul (Tiny) Wyatt, one-time leading contender for heavyweight boxing honors, is shown sparring with Hart Kraeten, former Golden Gloves champ

Manhattan Beach Coast Guard training station. The gymnasium is one of ...

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Daisy Langford, 8 yrs. old works in Ross' canneries. She helps at the capping machine, but is not able to "keep up." She places caps on the cans at the rate of about 40 per minute working full time. This is her first season in the cannery. Location: Seaford, Delaware.

Daisy Langford, 8 yrs. old works in Ross' canneries. She helps at the ...

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U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Makalapa, Angle Three-Bedroom Duplex Type M, Kamakani & Samoa Places, & Makalapa Drive, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Makalapa, Angle Thre...

Significance: This housing type is significant as an example of Hawaiian residential architecture during the 1940s, in a grouping of related types. The design is notable for the use of new materials and minima... More

The discovery, settlement, and present state of Kentucke : and an essay towards the topography and natural history of that important country ; to which is added, an appendix, containing, I. The adventures of Col. Daniel Boon, one of the first settlers, comprehending every important occurrence in the political history of that province. II. The minutes of the Piankashaw council, held at Post St. Vincents, April 15, 1784. III. An account of the Indian nations inhabiting within the limits of the thirteen United States ... IV. The stages and distances between Philadelphia and the Falls of the Ohio; from Pittsburg to Pensacola and several other places. The whole illustrated by a new and accurate map of Kentucke and the country adjoining, drawn from actual surveys

The discovery, settlement, and present state of Kentucke : and an essa...

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U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Makalapa, Junior Officers' Quarters Type I, Halawa, Makalapa, & Midway Drives, & Betio & Makin Places, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Makalapa, Junior Off...

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Map of the State of Maryland laid down from an actual survey of all the principal waters, public roads, and divisions of the counties therein; describing the situation of the cities, towns, villages, houses of worship and other public buildings, furnaces, forges, mills, and other remarkable places; and of the Federal Territory; as also a sketch of the State of Delaware shewing the probable connexion of the Chesapeake and Delaware Bays.

Map of the State of Maryland laid down from an actual survey of all th...

Scale ca. 1:300,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Includes "Plan of the city of Washington and Territory of Columbia" and a dedication. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a ra... More

Snuff snuff. Washington, D.C. Jan. 2. One of the Capitol pages of the Senate is shown filling the snuff boxes that are in the Senate Chamber which have been there for years and from tradition are always filled at the opening of Congress. These snuff boxes are in the niches around the Senate chamber in places for easy access of all the Senators

Snuff snuff. Washington, D.C. Jan. 2. One of the Capitol pages of the ...

A man in a white shirt and tie putting something on a wall. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

At vet dependence hearing. Brig. General Frank T. Hines, Head of the Veterans Administration, gives testimony before a congressional committee which approved a bill which places a check upon those administering estates of former soldiers unable to handle their own affairs. 1/18/35

At vet dependence hearing. Brig. General Frank T. Hines, Head of the V...

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Don't keep jars (1) in hot places, (2) in damp places, (3) in bright light, (4) on weak or badly supported shelves

Don't keep jars (1) in hot places, (2) in damp places, (3) in bright l...

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We are all ignorant on some subjects - what is yours? Free : Enroll - Federal adult schools : Many courses - many places - informal teaching.

We are all ignorant on some subjects - what is yours? Free : Enroll - ...

Poster announcing free adult education classes and encouraging adults to return to school, showing the flame of knowledge and an open book in oval. Date stamped on verso: Jan 12 1938. Work Projects Administrati... More

This is an adult world, its problems are up to you! Free : Enroll - Federal adult schools : Many courses - many places - informal teaching.

This is an adult world, its problems are up to you! Free : Enroll - Fe...

Poster announcing free adult education classes and encouraging adults to return to school, showing a globe and compass. Date stamped on verso: Apr 9 1938. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library... More

Army truck manufacture (Dodge). Many rough spots on the metal surface of the truck cab are quickly and effectively smoothed out by means of electrically operated sanders or buffers such as that being operated by the metal finisher at the right. Note the cab doors being delivered to their proper places by the overhead conveyor in the upper background of the picture

Army truck manufacture (Dodge). Many rough spots on the metal surface ...

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Ola, Idaho. FSA (Farm Security Administration) Ola self-help cooperative. A member places a hook on a log

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

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Production. Jeep engines. Pistons for jeep engines must undergo rigid inspection in a Midwest plant before they earn places in the power plants of the Army's tough little cars-of-all-work. Continental Motors, Michigan

Production. Jeep engines. Pistons for jeep engines must undergo rigid ...

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Great reduction in freights! Valentine freight express company, and through ticket office, 240 Broadway. via New York & Erie R. road ... Time contracts will be given to the following places ... New York, Aug. 13, 1857.

Great reduction in freights! Valentine freight express company, and th...

Transportation. 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 122, Folder 13.

View of the Gorenflo Canning Co., Biloxi, Miss. Taken at 7 A.M. Many tiny workers here, some of whom began to arrive as early as 5 o'clock, and [sic] hour before they were allowed to begin work, and long before daylight on a damp, foggy day. The whistle had blown and they came and stood around merely to hold their places. When the "catch" has been good they begin work early, but today it was not good so they were waiting for daylight. In this group I ascertained the ages of a few, as follows, 1 child of 6 years, 1 of 7, 2 of 8, 1 of 10, and there were many others. See report also. Location: Biloxi, Mississippi.

View of the Gorenflo Canning Co., Biloxi, Miss. Taken at 7 A.M. Many t...

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A general map of the middle British colonies in America: Viz. Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Pensilvania, New-Jersey, New-York, Connecticut and Rhode-Island: Of Aquanishuonigy the country of the confederate Indians comprehending Aquanishuonigy proper, their places of residence, Ohio and Thuchsochruntie their deer hunting countries, Couchsachrage and Skaniadarade their beaver hunting countries, of the Lakes Erie, Ontario and Champlain, and of part of New France: Wherein is also shewn the antient and present seats of the Indian nations;

A general map of the middle British colonies in America: Viz. Virginia...

Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Shows "West longitude from London" and "from Philadelphia." Scale ca. 1:2,250,000. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 712 Available also through the Library of Congress... More

High places in government like steep rocks only accessible to eagles and reptiles

High places in government like steep rocks only accessible to eagles a...

Campaign satire predicting Whig presidential candidate William Henry Harrison's ascendancy over Democrat Martin Van Buren. In the center of the print is a mountain with a statue of George Washington, "Pater Pat... More

Historical buildings and places. Independence Hall, Philadelphia

Historical buildings and places. Independence Hall, Philadelphia

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Historical buildings and places. Inscription on Tomb of the Unknown Soldier I

Historical buildings and places. Inscription on Tomb of the Unknown So...

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The world wants new knowledge - new skills Enroll - Federal adult schools : Many courses - many places - informal teaching.

The world wants new knowledge - new skills Enroll - Federal adult scho...

Poster announcing free adult education classes and encouraging adults to return to school, showing earth. Date stamped on verso: Dec 4 1937. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).

No vote. D.C. ballot boxes draped in black. Washington, D.C., Nov. 8. Election day was just another day for voteless District of Columbia. To impress upon Washingtonians what they are missing ballot boxes draped in black were places on the busiest corners of downtown. Members of the District League of Women's Voters attended the boxes but instead of receiving votes they handed out information on what it means to the citizens of Washington not to be able to vote. Left to right we see--Mrs.. Karl Bradford, Mrs. R. Shull, and Mrs. Henry Chalmers, 11/8/38

No vote. D.C. ballot boxes draped in black. Washington, D.C., Nov. 8. ...

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Country filling station owned and operated by tobacco farmer. Such small independent stations have become meeting places (community center) and loading spots for neighborhood farmers in their off times. Granville County, North Carolina

Country filling station owned and operated by tobacco farmer. Such sma...

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Fort Knox. Electric power line construction. The electrical industry of America relies largely on the "broadback" or lineman, to bring its power to the places where it is needed. This man is working on the construction of a transmission line to Fort Knox, Kentucky, where American soldiers are training for the battles of democracy

Fort Knox. Electric power line construction. The electrical industry o...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a farmer, 1930s, 20th-century dust bowl era, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bombers. The metal structure for a rudder on a B-25 bomber is assembled by North American employees in the control surface department at Inglewood, California. The part will next move to the covering department for its fabric cover. Women are fast taking the places of men in this department. In addition to the battle-tested B-25 ("Billy Mutchell") bomber used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, this plant produces the P-51 "Mustang" fighter plane which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Production. B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bombers. The metal structure for a r...

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New York, New York. Recording room of the New York Times newspaper. Overseas shortwave telephone operators receive messages from Berne, Switzerland, and Honolulu. Other places have been cut off since the war

New York, New York. Recording room of the New York Times newspaper. Ov...

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Rags. Collection and processing. Scene in the storeroom of a large Eastern rag processing plant. An electric crane lifts the bales and places them in piles, where they await sorting. Shapiro Company, Maryland

Rags. Collection and processing. Scene in the storeroom of a large Eas...

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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (vicinity). Montour no. 4 mine of the Pittsburgh Coal Company. Fire boss signing the record which shows that he has inspected all working places in his section, before the entry of the men and once after work has started

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (vicinity). Montour no. 4 mine of the Pittsbu...

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The Cady-Lee Mansion is a fully restored 19th-century home on the National Register of Historic Places, located at 7064 Eastern Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C., at the corner of Eastern Avenue and Piney Branch Road

The Cady-Lee Mansion is a fully restored 19th-century home on the Nati...

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

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Makalapa, Angle Three-Bedroom Duplex Type M, Kamakani & Samoa Places, & Makalapa Drive, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Makalapa, Angle Thre...

Significance: This housing type is significant as an example of Hawaiian residential architecture during the 1940s, in a grouping of related types. The design is notable for the use of new materials and minima... More

Members composing the Senate of the State of New-York. With their respective districts, classes and places of residence ... Albany, January 1805.

Members composing the Senate of the State of New-York. With their resp...

Imprint 2.; On verso: List of the Senate; List of Member of Senior Senate; Jan 1805. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Pri... More

View of the Gorenflo Canning Co., Biloxi, Miss. Taken at 7 A.M. Many tiny workers here, some of whom began to arrive as early as 5 o'clock, and [sic] hour before they were allowed to begin work, and long before daylight on a damp, foggy day. The whistle had blown and they came and stood around merely to hold their places. When the "catch" has been good they begin work early, but today it was not good so they were waiting for daylight. In this group I ascertained the ages of a few, as follows, 1 child of 6 years, 1 of 7, 2 of 8, 1 of 10, and there were many others. See report also. Location: Biloxi, Mississippi.

View of the Gorenflo Canning Co., Biloxi, Miss. Taken at 7 A.M. Many t...

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The discovery, settlement, and present state of Kentucke : and an essay towards the topography and natural history of that important country ; to which is added, an appendix, containing, I. The adventures of Col. Daniel Boon, one of the first settlers, comprehending every important occurrence in the political history of that province. II. The minutes of the Piankashaw council, held at Post St. Vincents, April 15, 1784. III. An account of the Indian nations inhabiting within the limits of the thirteen United States ... IV. The stages and distances between Philadelphia and the Falls of the Ohio; from Pittsburg to Pensacola and several other places. The whole illustrated by a new and accurate map of Kentucke and the country adjoining, drawn from actual surveys

The discovery, settlement, and present state of Kentucke : and an essa...

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U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Makalapa, Junior Officers' Quarters Type I, Halawa, Makalapa, & Midway Drives, & Betio & Makin Places, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Makalapa, Junior Off...

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Within sight of the White House : section of Washington, D.C., known as "Hooker's Division," which contains 50 saloons and 109 bawdy-houses--list of 61 places where liquor is sold with government [sic] but without city licenses.

Within sight of the White House : section of Washington, D.C., known a...

Cadastral map. Newspaper clipping. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes text, directory of unlicensed premises, and index to points of interest. LC copy mounted on... More

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