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Buffalo, New York. Beverly Ann Grimm, eleven, leaving the store after making the family purchases from a list left that morning by her twenty-six year old widowed mother who is a crane operator at Pratt and Letchworth. Here she submits ration coupons to the grocer for what she has purchased

Buffalo, New York. Beverly Ann Grimm, eleven, leaving the store after ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of worker, marketplace, vendor, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

PIERCE, PALMER EDDY, COLONEL, U.S.A.; DIRECTOR OF PURCHASES. LEFT, WITH EDWARD R. STETTINIUS

PIERCE, PALMER EDDY, COLONEL, U.S.A.; DIRECTOR OF PURCHASES. LEFT, WIT...

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

Combination filling station, garage, blacksmith shop, grocery store. Frank Petty, owner of the wagon, has just had his mule shod, his corn ground, purchases some kerosene and is returning home. R.F.D. Danville, Virginia, Pittsylvania County

Combination filling station, garage, blacksmith shop, grocery store. F...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a rural farming landscape, agriculture, farm animals, livestock, farmers, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Buffalo, New York. Beverly Ann Grimm, eleven, leaving the store after making the family purchases from a list left that morning by her twenty-six year old widowed mother who is a crane operator at Pratt and Letchworth

Buffalo, New York. Beverly Ann Grimm, eleven, leaving the store after ...

Public domain photograph of pharmacy, convenience store, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Wartime food demonstration. Explaining methods of "extending" meats now that rationing is limiting civilian meat purchases, wartime food demonstrator Alice Burtis puts finishing touches to a meat loaf before an audience in Washington, D.C.

Wartime food demonstration. Explaining methods of "extending" meats no...

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James MacPherson. Assistant Director of purchases in charge of the Equipment and Supplies Branch of the Division of Purchases

James MacPherson. Assistant Director of purchases in charge of the Equ...

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

Senate quizzes Wabash R.R. head. Washington, D.C., Dec. 20. Before the Senate Rail Inquiry today, A.K. Atkinson, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer of the Wabash Railroad, testified that from January 1926 through January 1927, the road secretly purchased 231,319 shares of Lehigh Valley stock at a cost of $23,263,571. These purchases were made, Atkinson said, without authority of the Board of Directors. Chairman Wheeler indicated the transactions a "shocking revelation" and urged immediate legislative action to curtail the "juggling of books," 12/20/37

Senate quizzes Wabash R.R. head. Washington, D.C., Dec. 20. Before the...

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

Negroes making purchases from white proprietor of street clothing stall, Black Belt, Chicago, Illinois

Negroes making purchases from white proprietor of street clothing stal...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of worker, marketplace, vendor, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Keeps eye on allied purchases of arms. Washington, D.C., Nov. 27. Holding one of the most responsible posts in Washington these days is Lieut. Col. Charles Hines, Secretary of the Army-Navy Munitions Board. His principal duty is to see that allied purchases of arms do not interfere with arms production for U.S. defense. He knows how Britain and France have shifted their buying from normal imports to war goods. Also he knows how carefully they are rationing every dollar of foreign exchange

Keeps eye on allied purchases of arms. Washington, D.C., Nov. 27. Hold...

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

Combination filling station, garage, blacksmith shop, grocery store. Frank Petty, owner of the wagon, has just had his mule shod, his corn ground, purchases some kerosene and is returning home. R.F.D. Danville, Virginia, Pittsylvania County

Combination filling station, garage, blacksmith shop, grocery store. F...

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

James MacPherson. Assistant Director of purchases in charge of the Equipment and Supplies Branch of the Division of Purchases

James MacPherson. Assistant Director of purchases in charge of the Equ...

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Divisi... More

Mr. Walter C. Shorter. Assistant to the Director of Purchases, Office of Production Management (OPM)

Mr. Walter C. Shorter. Assistant to the Director of Purchases, Office ...

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

President Roosevelt and T.V. Soong, foreign minister of China, purchases from Postmaster General Walker some of the new five-cent stamps symbolizing freedom and democracy in both the United States and China. The stamp carries pictures of President Lincoln and Sun Yat-Sen, first president of China, and a Chinese inscription

President Roosevelt and T.V. Soong, foreign minister of China, purchas...

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

Washington, D.C. District grocery store warehouse on 4th Street S.W. Order clerk settling accounts with merchants who come to make their purchases about 5 a.m.

Washington, D.C. District grocery store warehouse on 4th Street S.W. O...

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I'll carry mine. A boon for wartime shoppers, this cart is one of the various carry alls which have been devised to help Mrs. America get purchases home, now that truck deliveries are limited

I'll carry mine. A boon for wartime shoppers, this cart is one of the ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of 1930s woman, female portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

President Roosevelt and T.V. Soong, foreign minister of China, purchases from Postmaster General Walker some of the new five-cent stamps symbolizing freedom and democracy in both the United States and China. The stamp carries pictures of President Lincoln and Sun Yat-Sen, first president of China, and a Chinese inscription

President Roosevelt and T.V. Soong, foreign minister of China, purchas...

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

Brazil signs bold agreement with U.S. Washington D.C. July 15. Brazil, through its Minister of Finance Arthur De Souza Costa, signed a financial agreement with the United States today. It was understood to involve Brazilian purchases of gold from the U.S. to the amount of $50,000,000 for purposes of exchange stabilization and as reserves for a proposed Brazil central bank. This picture made at the State Department shows left to right: Secretary of Treasury Morgenthau, Arthur De Souza, Secretary Hull, and Undersecretary of State Sumner Welles. 7/15/37

Brazil signs bold agreement with U.S. Washington D.C. July 15. Brazil,...

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

Hiram S. Brown, Assistant Director of Purchases, Office of Production Management (OPM). Formerly President of Radio Keith Orpheum and Radio Pictures of United States Leather Company

Hiram S. Brown, Assistant Director of Purchases, Office of Production ...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

I'll carry mine. Delivery vans, 1942 style, line up outside a Greenbelt, Maryland, grocery store awaiting customers. Tire scarcity and gasoline rationing have placed such service at a premium, and these youngsters who are using their express wagons to carry home Mrs. America's purchases are doing their country a real service

I'll carry mine. Delivery vans, 1942 style, line up outside a Greenbel...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Mr. Walter C. Shorter. Assistant to the Director of Purchases, Office of Production Management (OPM)

Mr. Walter C. Shorter. Assistant to the Director of Purchases, Office ...

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

I'll carry mine. Junior's express wagon comes of age and assumes new importance in wartime America's shopping expeditions. To conserve transportation facilities and thus save rubber and gasoline, shippers must devise their own methods of getting their purchases home. This one is among the best!

I'll carry mine. Junior's express wagon comes of age and assumes new i...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of worker, marketplace, vendor, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Sees that Uncle Sam gets value in purchases. Washington, D.C., Sept. 28. Miss Mary L. Rollins is responsible for seeing that the government gets value received for every dollar expended for paper and materials containing textile fibers. As fiber technologist of the National Bureau of Standards, she take a microscopic test of typewriter paper, memo pads, envelopes, police uniforms, chair cushions, flags, etc. to determine whether the articles are delivered are represented when purchased, 9/28/37

Sees that Uncle Sam gets value in purchases. Washington, D.C., Sept. 2...

A black and white photo of a woman looking through a microscope. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pennsy VP before Senate Rail Inquiry. Washington, D.C., Dec. 21. After hearing Chairman Wheeler of the Senate Inquiry charge the Pennsylvania Railroad with violating ICC decisions and concealing facts from stockholders in purchasing railroad stocks from 1925 to 1928, [...]County Financial Vice President of the Road, testified the purchases were made to protect the interests of the stockholders. He added this was in line with a program then being considered to divide the Railroads of the East into four great systems. 12/21/37

Pennsy VP before Senate Rail Inquiry. Washington, D.C., Dec. 21. After...

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

Combination filling station, garage, blacksmith shop, grocery store. Frank Petty, owner of the wagon, has just had his mule shod, his corn ground, purchases some kerosene and is returning home. R.F.D. Danville, Virginia, Pittsylvania County

Combination filling station, garage, blacksmith shop, grocery store. F...

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

A.J. Browning, deputy director, Division of Purchases, Office of Production Management (OPM)

A.J. Browning, deputy director, Division of Purchases, Office of Produ...

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

Dr. Mead to assist Secretary Morganthau. Washington, D.C., May 30. Dr. George J. Mead, named to Assist Secretary Morganthau, Jr., in coordinating purchases of planes and parts, held a press conference today in Secretary Morganthau's office. The conference, generally, concerned the cooperation of the aviation industry to further the best interests of the president's defense plan

Dr. Mead to assist Secretary Morganthau. Washington, D.C., May 30. Dr....

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

Test electric light bulbs for Uncle Sam. Washington, D.C., March 21. Purchasing on an average of 4,000,000 electric light bulbs annually, Uncle Sam is probably one of the largest users of light in the country. The National Bureau of Standards sees that the government gets value received in purchases by continually testing the incandescent lamps to determine their life and the amount of light they give. Using a special machine designed by the Bureau, Louis Barbrow is shown measuring the amount of light given by a lamp, 3/21/38

Test electric light bulbs for Uncle Sam. Washington, D.C., March 21. P...

Public domain photograph of people in office, interior, the 1910s-1920s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Advisor to Chinese Finance Minister White House visitor. Washington, D.C., Oct. 13. K.P. Chen, left; entering the White House today with Sec. of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau, Chen, is heading a special Chinese Financial Mission, which is in this country seeking to widen its current silver agreement with the Treasury to include a broad economic understanding embracing purchases of surplus American Farm Commodities and means of obtaining private credit because of continuation of the War with Japan, 10/13/38

Advisor to Chinese Finance Minister White House visitor. Washington, D...

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

Mark S. Massel. Cost consultant to the Bureau of Research and Statistics, on loan to the Division of Purchases, Office of Production Management (OPM)

Mark S. Massel. Cost consultant to the Bureau of Research and Statisti...

Public domain photograph of the United States in the 1930s, portraits, people, events, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

"I'll carry mine." Betty Hutton, popular Paramount Pictures star, jitterbugs to the market and carries home her purchases, cooperating with the "I'll Carry Mine" Campaign, sponsored by the Office of Defense Transportaion to save vital delivery equipment for essential war uses

"I'll carry mine." Betty Hutton, popular Paramount Pictures star, jitt...

Public domain photograph of Hollywood movie actress, film industry, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

I'll carry mine. As patriotic on leave as he is on shipboard, this sailor on furlough keeps America's wartime pledge to save tires and gasoline by carrying the family purchases. Note that the young man's wife carries only her own handbag: husbands please observe

I'll carry mine. As patriotic on leave as he is on shipboard, this sai...

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

Entrance to United Producers and Consumers Cooperative Store, Phoenix, Arizona. All purchases are cash

Entrance to United Producers and Consumers Cooperative Store, Phoenix,...

Public domain photograph of cars, gas station, car garage, 20th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mr. F. T. Ketchum. Special adviser, Division of Purchases, Office of Production Management (OPM)

Mr. F. T. Ketchum. Special adviser, Division of Purchases, Office of P...

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

Howard B. Cunningham, assistant director, division of purchases, Office of Production Management (OPM), still director of National Biscuit Company, New York City

Howard B. Cunningham, assistant director, division of purchases, Offic...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Picryl description: Public domain image of byciclyst, bike, bicycle wheel, sport event, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Picryl description: Public domain image of byciclyst, bike, bicycle wh...

Picryl description: Public domain image of bicyclist, bike, bicycle wheel, sport event, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Greenbelt, Maryland. Federal housing project. Waiting to pay for purchases at checking gate in the cooperative grocery store

Greenbelt, Maryland. Federal housing project. Waiting to pay for purch...

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

New York City - Our Indian allies - Sioux warriors making purchases on Broadway for themselves and squaws

New York City - Our Indian allies - Sioux warriors making purchases on...

Native Americans examining goods inside a shop on Broadway, New York City. Title transcribed from item. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 45, no. 1151 (1877 October 20), p. 105 (top).

Combination filling station, garage, blacksmith shop, grocery store. Frank Petty, owner of the wagon, has just had his mule shod, his corn ground, purchases some kerosene and is returning home. R.F.D. Danville, Virginia, Pittsylvania County

Combination filling station, garage, blacksmith shop, grocery store. F...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, warehouse, depot, train station, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A.J. Browning, deputy director, Division of Purchases, Office of Production Management (OPM)

A.J. Browning, deputy director, Division of Purchases, Office of Produ...

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

James MacPherson. Assistant Director of purchases in charge of the Equipment and Supplies Branch of the Division of Purchases

James MacPherson. Assistant Director of purchases in charge of the Equ...

Public domain photograph of the United States in the 1930s, portraits, people, events, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

R.R. Guthrie. Assistant Director of Purchases in charge of the Textile, Clothing and Equippage Branch, Office of Production Management (OPM)

R.R. Guthrie. Assistant Director of Purchases in charge of the Textile...

Public domain photograph of the United States in the 1930s, portraits, people, events, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Preparation for point rationing. With official table of point values for processed foods prominently posted, a shopper awaits wrapping of her purchases while clerk removes point stamps from war ration book two

Preparation for point rationing. With official table of point values f...

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

Hiram S. Brown, Assistant Director of Purchases, Office of Production Management (OPM). Formerly President of Radio Keith Orpheum and Radio Pictures of United States Leather Company

Hiram S. Brown, Assistant Director of Purchases, Office of Production ...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

I'll carry mine. Junior should wipe that worried frown off his face, for he's doing his Uncle Sam a favor by sharing the carriage with his mother's purchases. With "I'll carry mine," the American shoppers wartime slogan to save tires and gasoline, it'll soon be an unwise child who doesn't share his carriage with a dozen

I'll carry mine. Junior should wipe that worried frown off his face, f...

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

Bill for dry-goods purchases from John Jordan to Samuel Hopkins with receipt

Bill for dry-goods purchases from John Jordan to Samuel Hopkins with r...

Thomas Jefferson, April 1815, Library Purchases and Notes Dated April 18 and 23

Thomas Jefferson, April 1815, Library Purchases and Notes Dated April ...

Library Purchases and Notes Dated April 18 and 23

Bill for dry-goods purchases from John Jordan to Samuel Hopkins with receipt

Bill for dry-goods purchases from John Jordan to Samuel Hopkins with r...

Washington, D.C. Checking over purchases while waiting in line to pay the cashier at the Giant Food shopping center on Wisconsin Avenue

Washington, D.C. Checking over purchases while waiting in line to pay ...

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

A sutler's store, Harper's Ferry, Virginia [soldiers of Gen. Geary's Div. making purchases]

A sutler's store, Harper's Ferry, Virginia [soldiers of Gen. Geary's D...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 13 or 14 (1862 Nov. 29), p. 145, (front page). Caption card tracings: C.W. Units Geary's Div.; C.... More

Circular. The subscribers would respectfully inform the residents of Boston Highlands that they have purchases of Mrs. Caroline Hentz the confectionary establishment No. 1877 Washington Street ... M. F. Brigham & Son. Boston Highlands, March 16,

Circular. The subscribers would respectfully inform the residents of B...

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 73, Folder 7.

Arthur D. Newhall, Deputy Director of Purchases, Office of Production Management (OPM)

Arthur D. Newhall, Deputy Director of Purchases, Office of Production ...

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

In Congress, June 10, 1777 : Resolved, I. That for supplying the Army of the United States with provisions, one commissary general and four deputy commissaries general of purchases, and one commissary general and three deputy commissaries general of issues, be appointed by Congress. ...

In Congress, June 10, 1777 : Resolved, I. That for supplying the Army ...

Resolutions of the Continental Congress outlining the Commissary Department. Title taken from caption title and opening lines of text. Ford notes imperfect Library of Congress copy, and tentatively identifies p... More

In Congress, June 10, 1777 : Resolved, I. That for supplying the Army of the United States with provisions, one commissary general and four deputy commissaries general of purchases, and one commissary general and three deputy commissaries general of issues, be appointed by Congress. ...

In Congress, June 10, 1777 : Resolved, I. That for supplying the Army ...

Forty-five numbered resolutions of the Continental Congress outlining the Commissary Department, dated June 10, 11 and 16, 1777. Title taken from caption title and opening lines of text. Signed: Extracts from t... More

Arthur D. Newhall, Deputy Director of Purchases, Office of Production Management (OPM)

Arthur D. Newhall, Deputy Director of Purchases, Office of Production ...

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

Mark S. Massel. Cost consultant to the Bureau of Research and Statistics, on loan to the Division of Purchases, Office of Production Management (OPM)

Mark S. Massel. Cost consultant to the Bureau of Research and Statisti...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

By the United States in Congress assembled. February 23, 1785 : Resolved, that the quartermaster-general, commissary of purchases, commissary of issues, commissary of forage, and all the late heads of departments or their successors or agents, be required without delay, to forward to the Board of Treasury or to the comptroller, a list of their respective deputies who have been duly authorised to issue certificates. ...

By the United States in Congress assembled. February 23, 1785 : Resolv...

Imprint from Evans. Formerly ascribed to the press of John Dunlap in Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 29, p. 916 (#451); but later volumes reject Dunlap as printer. Cf. JCC, v. 33, p. 753. Evans 19281 J... More

New Hampshire; county subdivisions, towns, grants, townships, purchases, locations, and places. 1970.

New Hampshire; county subdivisions, towns, grants, townships, purchase...

R. M. Johnson. Notes, Land Purchases. 1806.

R. M. Johnson. Notes, Land Purchases. 1806.

Transcripts, guides, and tools to help you use this collection may be found at loc.gov James Madison Papers.

By the United States in Congress assembled. February 23, 1785 : Resolved, that the quartermaster-general, commissary of purchases, commissary of issues, commissary of forage, and all the late heads of departments or their successors or agents, be required without delay, to forward to the Board of Treasury or to the comptroller, a list of their respective deputies who have been duly authorised to issue certificates. ...

By the United States in Congress assembled. February 23, 1785 : Resolv...

Imprint from Evans. Formerly ascribed to the press of John Dunlap in Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 29, p. 916 (#451); but later volumes reject Dunlap as printer. Cf. JCC, v. 33, p. 753. Evans 19281 J... More

In Congress, June 10, 1777 : Resolved, I. That for supplying the Army of the United States with provisions, one commissary general and four deputy commissaries general of purchases, and one commissary general and three deputy commissaries general of issues, be appointed by Congress. ...

In Congress, June 10, 1777 : Resolved, I. That for supplying the Army ...

Forty-five numbered resolutions of the Continental Congress outlining the Commissary Department, dated June 10, 11 and 16, 1777. Title taken from caption title and opening lines of text. Signed: Extracts from t... More

Form on an application and certificates for taking up lands in the old purchases, and east of the Allegheny river. James Dunlap. of the township of Derry, in the county of York, applies for three hundred acres of land, situate in said township a

Form on an application and certificates for taking up lands in the old...

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 151, Folder 17a.

A.J. Browning, deputy director, Division of Purchases, Office of Production Management (OPM)

A.J. Browning, deputy director, Division of Purchases, Office of Produ...

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

Map of Wayne County, Michigan : exhibiting the names of the original purchases and the number of acres in each tract exception regular subdivisions of perfect sections which contain 40, 80, 130, 180, 200, 240, 280, & c acres as the case may be /

Map of Wayne County, Michigan : exhibiting the names of the original p...

"Entered according to Act of Congress in the Clerk's Office of the United States Court for the District of Michigan at Detroit this day of January 1855 by John Farmer of said district as author and proprietor."... More

FIRST LADY OPENS CHRISTMAS SEAL DRIVE. THE NATION WIDE DRIVE FOR FUNDS WITH WHICH TO FIGHT TUBERCULOSIS IS OPENED BY MRS. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT AS SHE PURCHASES THE FIRST 1933 CHRISTMAS SEAL FROM MISS FLORENCE GWIN, DAUGHTER OF MR. AND MRS. J. BLAINE GWIN OF WASHINGTON. THE CHRISTMAS SEALS WILL BE ON SALE FROM THANKSGIVING UNTIL CHRISTMAS DAY

FIRST LADY OPENS CHRISTMAS SEAL DRIVE. THE NATION WIDE DRIVE FOR FUNDS...

A black and white photo of a woman and a little girl. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Greenbelt, Maryland. Federal housing project. Paying for purchases at the checking out gate of the cooperative grocery store

Greenbelt, Maryland. Federal housing project. Paying for purchases at ...

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

In Congress, June 10, 1777 : Resolved, I. That for supplying the Army of the United States with provisions, one commissary general and four deputy commissaries general of purchases, and one commissary general and three deputy commissaries general of issues, be appointed by Congress. ...

In Congress, June 10, 1777 : Resolved, I. That for supplying the Army ...

Forty-five numbered resolutions of the Continental Congress outlining the Commissary Department, dated June 10, 11 and 16, 1777. Title taken from caption title and opening lines of text. Signed: Extracts from t... More

Keeps eye on allied purchases of arms. Washington, D.C., Nov. 27. Holding one of the most responsible posts in Washington these days is Lieut. Col. Charles Hines, Secretary of the Army-Navy Munitions Board. His principal duty is to see that allied purchases of arms do not interfere with arms production for U.S. defense. He knows how Britain and France have shifted their buying from normal imports to war goods. Also he knows how carefully they are rationing every dollar of foreign exchange

Keeps eye on allied purchases of arms. Washington, D.C., Nov. 27. Hold...

A black and white photo of a man sitting at a table, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1... More

MacKeachie, Douglas. Director, Purchases Division, Office of Production Management (OPM)

MacKeachie, Douglas. Director, Purchases Division, Office of Productio...

Public domain photograph of the United States in the 1930s, portraits, people, events, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

In Congress, June 10, 1777 : Resolved, I. That for supplying the Army of the United States with provisions, one commissary general and four deputy commissaries general of purchases, and one commissary general and three deputy commissaries general of issues, be appointed by Congress. ...

In Congress, June 10, 1777 : Resolved, I. That for supplying the Army ...

Forty-five numbered resolutions of the Continental Congress outlining the Commissary Department, dated June 10, 11 and 16, 1777. Title taken from caption title and opening lines of text. Signed: Extracts from t... More

(Circular.) Washington, Pa. Jan. 1st,1822 Madam. You are now addressed as a member of a republic, blest by nature with all the necessaries and many of the luxuries of life [Requesting the women of America to confine their purchases for apparel t

(Circular.) Washington, Pa. Jan. 1st,1822 Madam. You are now addressed...

Washington, D.C. Cashier checking out a customer's purchases at the Giant Food shopping center

Washington, D.C. Cashier checking out a customer's purchases at the Gi...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of worker, marketplace, vendor, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Buffalo, New York. Beverly Ann Grimm, eleven, doing the family shopping. She is making purchases from a list left that morning by her mother who is a crane operator at Pratt and Letchworth

Buffalo, New York. Beverly Ann Grimm, eleven, doing the family shoppin...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of worker, marketplace, vendor, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

In Congress, June 10, 1777 : Resolved, I. That for supplying the Army of the United States with provisions, one commissary general and four deputy commissaries general of purchases, and one commissary general and three deputy commissaries general of issues, be appointed by Congress. ...

In Congress, June 10, 1777 : Resolved, I. That for supplying the Army ...

Resolutions of the Continental Congress outlining the Commissary Department. Title taken from caption title and opening lines of text. Ford notes imperfect Library of Congress copy, and tentatively identifies p... More

R. M. Johnson. Notes, Land Purchases. 1806.

R. M. Johnson. Notes, Land Purchases. 1806.

Transcripts, guides, and tools to help you use this collection may be found at loc.gov James Madison Papers.

Mark this! Mark this!! 30 to 59 per cent saved by making your purchases at Oak Hall ... Oak Hall 32 & 34 North Street. Boston, Mass. [n. d.].

Mark this! Mark this!! 30 to 59 per cent saved by making your purchase...

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 81, Folder 27a.

PIERCE, PALMER EDDY, COLONEL, U.S.A.; DIRECTOR OF PURCHASES. LEFT, WITH EDWARD R. STETTINIUS

PIERCE, PALMER EDDY, COLONEL, U.S.A.; DIRECTOR OF PURCHASES. LEFT, WIT...

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

John P. Sanger, assistant director, Division of Purchases, Office of Production Management (OPM). Formerly vice president, U.S. Gypsum Company, Chicago, Illinois

John P. Sanger, assistant director, Division of Purchases, Office of P...

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James MacPherson. Assistant Director of purchases in charge of the Equipment and Supplies Branch of the Division of Purchases

James MacPherson. Assistant Director of purchases in charge of the Equ...

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War... More

A couple of men standing next to each other. Office of War Information Photograph

A couple of men standing next to each other. Office of War Information...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Farm Security Administration (1937-1942). The photographs of the Farm S... More

Buffalo, New York. Beverly Ann Grimm, eleven, leaving the store after making the family purchases from a list left that morning by her twenty-six year old widowed mother who is a crane operator at Pratt and Letchworth

Buffalo, New York. Beverly Ann Grimm, eleven, leaving the store after ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of worker, marketplace, vendor, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Thomas Jefferson, April 1815, Library Purchases and Notes Dated April 18 and 23

Thomas Jefferson, April 1815, Library Purchases and Notes Dated April ...

Library Purchases and Notes Dated April 18 and 23