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Cynthia stiches basic seams before fitting, a principle of simplified sewing. While no new sewing machines are being made and the factories are turning out war goods (WPB (War Production Board) assures an adequate supply of machine repair parts for home dressmakers. To fully utilize existing machines, many women form communiuty pools, make machines available to those who would like to buy them and can't

Cynthia stiches basic seams before fitting, a principle of simplified ...

Public domain photograph - United States during World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. Principle floor plan, vestibule, library & senate chamber, House of Representatives]

[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. Principle floor plan, vestibu...

Inscriptions on recto: "Plan of the PRINCIPAL FLOOR of the CAPITOL U.S. 1817." "Those parts which are colored light red denote the walls remaining, and carried up since the conflagration of 1814. Those of a... More

Minaret of the principle mosque, Siout, Upper Egypt / David Roberts, R.A.

Minaret of the principle mosque, Siout, Upper Egypt / David Roberts, R...

Illus. in: Egypt & Nubia / from drawings made on the spot by David Roberts ... ; lithographed by Louis Haghe. London : F.G. Moon, 1846-1849, v. 3, p. 19.

Reduce taxes on business, GMC executive tells senate committee. Washington, D.C., Dec. 9. Alfred P. Sloan, Jr., Chairman of the General Motors Corp., today told a Senate Finance Subcommittee that the best application of the tax incentive principle appears to be a reduction of general taxes on business. Discussing profit sharing plans, Sloan said General Motors has found that the best plan is the biggest pay envelop that is possible, 12/9/38

Reduce taxes on business, GMC executive tells senate committee. Washin...

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

Production. Lead. A shaking table which separates the lead mineral from the ore by the same principle used in "panning" by hand. It is in use at a mill near Creede, Colorado where old lead mines have been reopened. Creede, for many years a "ghost town," has resumed the activities that made it an important lead-producing center years ago and is now producing much metal vitally needed for the war effort

Production. Lead. A shaking table which separates the lead mineral fro...

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The Ostend doctrine. Practical Democrats carrying out the principle

The Ostend doctrine. Practical Democrats carrying out the principle

The Ostend Manifesto, advocated by American minister to England James Buchanan, minister to Spain Pierre Soule, and John Y. Mason, minister to France, urged the purchase or (if necessary) seizure of Cuba from S... More

[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. Principle floor plan, vestibule, House of Representatives, Senate Chamber, Library] / Respectfully submitted to the President of the U. States by B. Henry Latrobe, survr. of the Capitol, U.S., April 24th, 1817.

[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. Principle floor plan, vestibu...

Inscriptions on recto: "PLAN of the PRINCIPAL FLOOR of the CAPITOL U.S. 1817." "These parts which are colored light red denote the Walls remaining, and carried up since the conflagration of 1814. Those of a d... More

Calle de Comercio, principle business street, Juarez, Mexico

Calle de Comercio, principle business street, Juarez, Mexico

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Reduce taxes on business, GMC executive tells senate committee. Washington, D.C., Dec. 9. Alfred P. Sloan, Jr., Chairman of the General Motors Corp., today told a Senate Finance Subcommittee that the best application of the tax incentive principle appears to be a reduction of general taxes on business. Discussing profit sharing plans, Sloan said General Motors has found that the best plan is the biggest pay envelope that is possible, 12/9/38

Reduce taxes on business, GMC executive tells senate committee. Washin...

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

Cynthia stiches basic seams before fitting, a principle of simplified sewing. While no new sewing machines are being made and the factories are turning out war goods (WPB (War Production Board) assures an adequate supply of machine repair parts for home dressmakers. To fully utilize existing machines, many women form communiuty pools, make machines available to those who would like to buy them and can't

Cynthia stiches basic seams before fitting, a principle of simplified ...

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Majority Senate leaders press conference. Washington, D.C. Jan. 2. Joe Robinson, the Senator from Arkansas who is the majority leader of the Senate held the first press conference this year. Sen. Robinson said that the principle problems confronting the coming session of Congress are neutrality, budget balancing, and regulation of hours and wages, the latter by constitutional amendment if necessary

Majority Senate leaders press conference. Washington, D.C. Jan. 2. Joe...

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

Wash. D.C. Principals. Rep. Martin Dies (D. of N.Y.) front, who was the principle cross-questioner at the House lobby inquiry Friday. Rep. Nat Patton (D. of Texas) who is a principle involved in the hearing, as to whether or not he received "cigars" in a cigar box from a Utility Lobbyist (in rear) and Bonnie Patton, his loyal daughter who testified for her father Friday, photoed at the hearing. 7/2/35

Wash. D.C. Principals. Rep. Martin Dies (D. of N.Y.) front, who was th...

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

[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. Principle floor plan, vestibule, House of Representatives, Senate Chamber, Library] / Respectfully submitted to the President of the U. States by B. Henry Latrobe, survr. of the Capitol, U.S., April 24th, 1817.

[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. Principle floor plan, vestibu...

Inscriptions on recto: "PLAN of the PRINCIPAL FLOOR of the CAPITOL U.S. 1817." "These parts which are colored light red denote the Walls remaining, and carried up since the conflagration of 1814. Those of a d... More

This is another assembled trailer house constructed on the same principle but designed more along the lines of a house than a trailer. It was also reduced in cost somewhat by substitution of a simple wide window for the bay window on the front of the living room

This is another assembled trailer house constructed on the same princi...

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Demountable employee housing. The most recent development of the demountable method makes use of the stressed skin principle of plywood engineering. In consequnce, the house slices become very much lighter and can be towed on a light undercarriage behind a small truck or ordinary passenger car

Demountable employee housing. The most recent development of the demou...

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Conversion. Jukebox plant. As indigenous to the American scene as the hamburger stand and Mickey Mouse, juke boxes like this, here being tested. From now on, electrical control instruments, based on the principle of the jukebox selection device, will be produced here for use by Uncle Sam's armed forces. Rudolph Wurlitzer, North Tonawanda, New York

Conversion. Jukebox plant. As indigenous to the American scene as the ...

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

[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. Principle floor plan, vestibule, library & senate chamber, House of Representatives]

[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. Principle floor plan, vestibu...

Inscriptions on recto: "Plan of the PRINCIPAL FLOOR of the CAPITOL U.S. 1817." "Those parts which are colored light red denote the walls remaining, and carried up since the conflagration of 1814. Those of a... More

Miscellaneous design. Another library, connecting with a larger reading and recreational room, built to accommodate construction employees and residents of the vicinity. This structure is demountable, having been constructed in slices on the same principle as demountable houses, at a distance of some 300 miles from its present site at Fort Loudon [i.e, Loudoun] Tennessee. It can be easily dismantled for relocation where the need for library services may be greater in the future

Miscellaneous design. Another library, connecting with a larger readin...

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Demountable employee housing. Group of construction workers' houses, built on demountable principle, on a dam construction project in North Carolina. Some of these houses are on their third location since they were first built in Alabama and hauled approximately 300 miles in sections

Demountable employee housing. Group of construction workers' houses, b...

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Television inventor tells Economic Committee of difficulties in getting patents. Washington, D.C., Jan. 19. Philo T. Farnsworth, who conceived the principle of television when 14 years old came before the Temporary National Economic Committee today and told them that his firm, Farnsworth Television, Inc., has taken out 46 patents, has twice as many pending, and that more than 20 patent suits have resulted in which his firm was cleared in each case. Farnsworth is Vice President in charge of research in the Philadelphia firm. He is shown here with George Everson [?], Secretary of the company on his right, and Richard C. Patterson, Jr., Assistant Secretary of Commerce, 1/19/39

Television inventor tells Economic Committee of difficulties in gettin...

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Dairy herd in Maricopa County, Arizona. Dairying is one of the principle industries of this country

Dairy herd in Maricopa County, Arizona. Dairying is one of the princip...

Public domain photograph of United States countryside, nature, during 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. Principle floor plan, vestibule, library & senate chamber, House of Representatives]

[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. Principle floor plan, vestibu...

Inscriptions on recto: "Plan of the PRINCIPAL FLOOR of the CAPITOL U.S. 1817." "Those parts which are colored light red denote the walls remaining, and carried up since the conflagration of 1814. Those of a... More

Political Jesuitism--or interest versus principle

Political Jesuitism--or interest versus principle

A virulent attack on Vice-President George M. Dallas, charging the former Pennsylvania attorney and senator with duplicity in his stand on the tariff of 1846. "Jesuitism" was a strong contemporary term for dece... More

[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. Principle story - plan, Senate chamber & common vestibule]

[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. Principle story - plan, Senat...

Inscriptions on recto: "PLAN of the PRINCIPAL STORY of the NORTH WIN[G of the C]APITOL U.S. as authorised to be built 1817." "FC de Krafft. Delin. " "D-1" "Scale 8 ft to an inch" "For the President of ... More

Jewish factories in Palestine on Plain of Sharon & along the coast to Haifa. Ramath Gan near Tel Aviv. The Assis Ltd. Exhibit of principle products

Jewish factories in Palestine on Plain of Sharon & along the coast to ...

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

Courthouse, Cuero, Texas. This is the principle shipping point for turkeys in Texas and the annual turkey run in the fall has received national publicity

Courthouse, Cuero, Texas. This is the principle shipping point for tur...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a historic courthouse building, court, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. Principle story - plan, Senate chamber & common vestibule]

[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. Principle story - plan, Senat...

Inscriptions on recto: "PLAN of the PRINCIPAL STORY of the NORTH WIN[G of the C]APITOL U.S. as authorised to be built 1817." "FC de Krafft. Delin. " "D-1" "Scale 8 ft to an inch" "For the President of ... More

[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. Principle floor plan, vestibule, library & senate chamber, House of Representatives]

[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. Principle floor plan, vestibu...

Inscriptions on recto: "Plan of the PRINCIPAL FLOOR of the CAPITOL U.S. 1817." "Those parts which are colored light red denote the walls remaining, and carried up since the conflagration of 1814. Those of a... More

Horses are the principle means of transportation for farmers who live in the hills. Puerto Rico

Horses are the principle means of transportation for farmers who live ...

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

Our forefathers fought for a principle - there is no fight in us / Ehrhart.

Our forefathers fought for a principle - there is no fight in us / Ehr...

Illustration shows two scenes, at top left is "The Spirit of '76" showing a family about to sit down to tea, as boxes of tea are visible, through a window in the back of the room, floating in Boston Harbor. The... More

Ickes criticizes housing bill. Washington, D.C. Aug 5. Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes, today told the House Banking and Currency Committee he was in favor of the Wagner-Steagall Housing and Slum Clearance Bill "in principle" at the same time he criticized the plan of having the Housing Act administered by an independent agency instead of a regular government department, 8/5/37

Ickes criticizes housing bill. Washington, D.C. Aug 5. Secretary of th...

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

Consumers pledge day. Woodrow Wilson High School. Left to right: Mr. Nelson, principle of Woodrow Wilson; Mrs. E. Roosevelt

Consumers pledge day. Woodrow Wilson High School. Left to right: Mr. N...

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Farm scene. Canyon County, Idaho. Dairying is the principle agricultural pursuit in this county

Farm scene. Canyon County, Idaho. Dairying is the principle agricultur...

Public domain image of a rural landscape, agriculture, farm animals, livestock, pasture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. Principle floor plan, vestibule, House of Representatives, Senate Chamber, Library] / Respectfully submitted to the President of the U. States by B. Henry Latrobe, survr. of the Capitol, U.S., April 24th, 1817.

[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. Principle floor plan, vestibu...

Inscriptions on recto: "PLAN of the PRINCIPAL FLOOR of the CAPITOL U.S. 1817." "These parts which are colored light red denote the Walls remaining, and carried up since the conflagration of 1814. Those of a d... More

[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. Principle floor plan, vestibule, House of Representatives, Senate Chamber, Library] / Respectfully submitted to the President of the U. States by B. Henry Latrobe, survr. of the Capitol, U.S., April 24th, 1817.

[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. Principle floor plan, vestibu...

Inscriptions on recto: "PLAN of the PRINCIPAL FLOOR of the CAPITOL U.S. 1817." "These parts which are colored light red denote the Walls remaining, and carried up since the conflagration of 1814. Those of a d... More

And now we have the "wool meter." Speaking of taxi-meters, yardsticks, and other measuring devices, the "wool meter" has been introduced by the Bureau of Standards. Described by the forbidding name "eriometer," this new instrument is intended to measure the diameter of wool fibers and thus indicate the relative qualities of the fleece entering into our wool clothes. H.J. McNicholas of the Textile Section is shown with his invention, which employs the principle of diffraction of light

And now we have the "wool meter." Speaking of taxi-meters, yardsticks,...

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[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. Principle floor plan, vestibule, House of Representatives, Senate Chamber, Library] / Respectfully submitted to the President of the U. States by B. Henry Latrobe, survr. of the Capitol, U.S., April 24th, 1817.

[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. Principle floor plan, vestibu...

Inscriptions on recto: "PLAN of the PRINCIPAL FLOOR of the CAPITOL U.S. 1817." "These parts which are colored light red denote the Walls remaining, and carried up since the conflagration of 1814. Those of a d... More

Jewish factories in Palestine on Plain of Sharon & along the coast to Haifa. Ramath Gan. The "Elite" Chocolate Factory. Exhibit of the principle products

Jewish factories in Palestine on Plain of Sharon & along the coast to ...

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One year of reciprocal aid. British sailors and U.S. Rangers share a joke as well as ships. More than thirty troops, transports of the British Merchant Navy, were in the first convoy that swept through the Mediterranean in the invasion of North Africa, in company with American forces under escort of the Royal Navy. American aviators flew British Spitfire planes, in a joint action that established the Allied second front. The principle of sharing by the Allies paid tremendous dividends in this action

One year of reciprocal aid. British sailors and U.S. Rangers share a j...

Picryl description: Public domain image of the British Empire armed forces, 19th-20th century war and military conflict, free to use, no copyright restrictions.