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[Weli of Budrieh at Sherafat and the preparing of a sacrifice. Collecting the blood for ritual purposes]

[Weli of Budrieh at Sherafat and the preparing of a sacrifice. Collect...

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Discuss lighter than air transportation. Washington, D.C., May 25. Dr. Hugo Eckner, Germany's dirigible expert and former commander of the ill-fated Hindenburg, exchanging views on commercial aviation with Fred W. Fagg, Jr., youthful Director of the Bureau of Air Commerce, Department of Commerce. Dr. Eckner, who was a luncheon guest of Secretary Roper today, is in this country endeavoring to get the United States to make available a suppy of helium gas to Germany for commercial purposes, 5/25/37

Discuss lighter than air transportation. Washington, D.C., May 25. Dr....

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

Pill-Box Fort built in four hours. Washington, D.C., Aug. 25. Something new in speedy-built forts was built on the grounds of the Bureau of Standards today in four hours. Karl P. Billner, Swedish Inventor, supervised the building of the pill box which was done by his new invention as the vacuum concrete invention. Today's demonstration was to show a new and more efficient method of construction for defense purposes under emergencies, 8/25/38

Pill-Box Fort built in four hours. Washington, D.C., Aug. 25. Somethin...

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The basement of the Good Shepherd Community Center is largely used for recreational purposes. Chicago, Illinois

The basement of the Good Shepherd Community Center is largely used for...

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Sonoma County, California. Trap-nests on a chicken ranch. The rancher is noting the weight of an egg just laid. He keeps check on the quantity and quality of each hen's eggs, thus producing high quality pedigreed eggs for breeding purposes

Sonoma County, California. Trap-nests on a chicken ranch. The rancher ...

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Chicago, Illinois. Locomotive used for switching purposes at a Chicago and Northwestern Railroad yard

Chicago, Illinois. Locomotive used for switching purposes at a Chicago...

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Production. Veneer for aircraft and other war essentials. Sawmill carriage in a large Midwest veneer plant cuts flitches, or slabs, from an oak log that will be used in making veneer for essential war purposes. The sawyer at the right controls the speed of the carriage and the thickness of the cut. Louisville, Kentucky

Production. Veneer for aircraft and other war essentials. Sawmill carr...

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Production. Zinc. Belt conveyor galleries at a large zinc concentrator plant. From the Eagle-Picher plant near Cardin, Oklahoma, come great quantities of zinc and lead to serve many important purposes in the war effort

Production. Zinc. Belt conveyor galleries at a large zinc concentrator...

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Home of New Chief Justice of U.S. Supreme Court in Washington. This palatial home at 2223 R Street in the fashionable section of Washington has just been purchased by Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes. The house is ideally suited for entertainment purposes

Home of New Chief Justice of U.S. Supreme Court in Washington. This pa...

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Wallace endorses new AAA. Washington, D.C., May 28. Appearing before the House Agricultural Committee today, Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace flatly endorsed the proposed act "Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1937" which was recently drawn up. It has been estimated that the new program would cost between $250,000,000 and $750,000,000 annually. Wallace said the bill had two fundamental purposes: "safegaurding of nation's food and protection of the farm income", 5/28/37

Wallace endorses new AAA. Washington, D.C., May 28. Appearing before t...

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Finishing up of well for irrigation purposes. Getting reading to put in the casing and the pump. Near Garden City, Kansas

Finishing up of well for irrigation purposes. Getting reading to put i...

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Getting ready to put in the pumping part of the water well for irrigation purposes on a farm near Garden City, Kansas

Getting ready to put in the pumping part of the water well for irrigat...

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Chefang Valley, China. For dusting purposes ten parts of Paris green are mixed with 90 parts of road dust. It was thought that the simplest way of mixing would be to have the full drum rolled to the fields, as pictured here. However the workmen objected rolling something they could carry and insisted on picking up the drum after a short distance so this method was abandoned

Chefang Valley, China. For dusting purposes ten parts of Paris green a...

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Old chuck wagon used for advertising purposes in parade which will open the San Angelo Fat Stock Show, San Angelo, Texas

Old chuck wagon used for advertising purposes in parade which will ope...

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Weighing eggs for grading purposes at the Arizona part-time farms. Maricopa County, Arizona

Weighing eggs for grading purposes at the Arizona part-time farms. Mar...

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

Production. Copper. Making molds of blister copper at the Garfield, Utah smelter of the American Smelting and Refining Company. Vast quantities of the copper so vital for war purposes are smelted at this plant

Production. Copper. Making molds of blister copper at the Garfield, Ut...

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An act to regulate the pay of the non commissioned officers, musicians and privates of the militia of the United States, when called into actual service and for other purposes ... Approved, January 2, 1795: George Washington, President of the Un

An act to regulate the pay of the non commissioned officers, musicians...

Evans 28711.; Imprint 3. Page Order: Leaflet Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 222, Folder 2.

ROOSEVELT ADDRESSES LOYAL FARMERS. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT ADDRESSES A CROWD OF VISITING FARMERS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE COUNTRY WHO GATHERED IN WASHINGTON TO EXPRESS THEIR ENDORSEMENT OF THE ADMINISTRATION'S AGRICULTURAL POLICY. THE PRESIDENT SAID THAT FOES OF THE ADMINISTRATION HAD TRIED TO MISLEAD FARMERS AS TO THE PURPOSES OF THE AAA'S POLICIES

ROOSEVELT ADDRESSES LOYAL FARMERS. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT ADDRESSES A CRO...

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Power station. This power station services the town from dark until 11:00 p.m. only. One day a week during daylight hours it is served for special purposes. Escalante, Utah

Power station. This power station services the town from dark until 11...

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Bank in Shawneetown, Illinois, built by state in 1839. Note water tank (for drinking water purposes) on sidewalk, left

Bank in Shawneetown, Illinois, built by state in 1839. Note water tank...

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Production. Copper. Tapping copper matte from a blast furnace at the Garfield, Utah smelter of the American Smelting and Refining Company. This plant is producing vast quantities of copper so vital for war purposes

Production. Copper. Tapping copper matte from a blast furnace at the G...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a coal mine, industrial facility, mining industry, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fort Benning. Tank forces. A sergeant of the armored forces directs student soldiers from an old type, light tank used for training purposes at Fort Benning, Georgia. All trainees finish their courses in up to the minute equipment

Fort Benning. Tank forces. A sergeant of the armored forces directs st...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military training, armed forces fort, camp, exercise activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fort Knox. Machine guns. The .30 caliber machine gun is one of the standard tools of our Army today. It is used on a variety of mounts to serve a number of military purposes

Fort Knox. Machine guns. The .30 caliber machine gun is one of the sta...

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Production. Tin smelting. Long tubes carry all the smoke thrown off by the furnaces of a Southern tin smelter to Cottrell precipitator units. Here all tin carried in the smoke is removed by an electrical current of 65,000 volts, and added to the metal secured more directly in other stages of the process. The large amounts of pure tin recovered from South American ore in this plant serves countless war purposes of the United Nations

Production. Tin smelting. Long tubes carry all the smoke thrown off by...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a power station, dam, electric generator, industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Men on jungle patrol in the Caribbean area take fullest advantage of natural foliage for camouflage purposes. It takes a quick eye to see these men stealing through the jungles

Men on jungle patrol in the Caribbean area take fullest advantage of n...

Production. Zinc. A mountain of waste rock grows steadily outside a zinc concentrator. From the Eagle-Picher plant near Cardin, Oklahoma, come great quantities of zinc and lead to serve many important purposes in the war effort

Production. Zinc. A mountain of waste rock grows steadily outside a zi...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a portrait of a cardinal, Catholic church priest, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Exterior of log house built by Woody Boggs. Front porch with old saw and license plates used for decorative purposes II.

Exterior of log house built by Woody Boggs. Front porch with old saw ...

The oak timbers used to make this log cabin were salvaged from the former bridge to Edwight, which spanned Coal river near the mouth of Hazy Creek for many decades. "A lot of trucks have driven over this house,... More

An act to authorize a grant of lands to the French inhabitants of Galliopolis, and for other purposes therein mentioned ... [179-].

An act to authorize a grant of lands to the French inhabitants of Gall...

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 223, Folder 27.

Southeast Missouri Farms Project. House erection. After exterior wall panels are in place gable ends are lifted up by means of a gin pole. This was necessary for safety purposes because of strong winds

Southeast Missouri Farms Project. House erection. After exterior wall ...

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Production. Copper. This large motor drives one of the gyratory crushers in the crushing plant of the Utah Copper Company. Its mills at Magna and Arthur in Utah are treating vast quantities of the copper so vital for war purposes

Production. Copper. This large motor drives one of the gyratory crushe...

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Painting a newly-born kid for identification purposes, ranch of rehabilitation borrower in Kimble County, Texas

Painting a newly-born kid for identification purposes, ranch of rehabi...

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Steel production. The gas main and gas valve chambers of a blast furnace serve important purposes in the production of iron for steel making. Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation. Farrell, Pennsylvania

Steel production. The gas main and gas valve chambers of a blast furna...

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Soldiers inspecting new trackless tank during demonstration at Fort Myer, Virginia. Tank was manufactured by the Trackless Tank Corporation of New York, and submitted to the Ordnance Department, U.S. Army, for inspection. Preliminary tests indicate that the tank may be adaptable for reconnaissance purposes, possibly replacing scout cars. Tank weighs 10 tons. During initial, brief tests at Fort Knox, Kentucky, it made 45 miles an hour across rough country, with a 37 mm gun and two machine guns mounted in its turret; its designer says it can travel 85 mph on level ground. It is powered by a 250 horsepower diesel engine, and carries 1/2-inch armor. Tentative plans of the Army call for a redesign of the superstructure for better arming of the tank

Soldiers inspecting new trackless tank during demonstration at Fort My...

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Production. Zinc. Jumbo blocks of lead weighing 2,500 pounds each at a large smelting operation. From the Eagle-Picher plant near Cardin, Oklahoma, come great quantities of zinc and lead to serve many important purposes in the war effort

Production. Zinc. Jumbo blocks of lead weighing 2,500 pounds each at a...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a portrait of a cardinal, Catholic church priest, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Zinc. Blast hole drillers at a zinc mine of the Eagle-Picher Company near Cardin, Oklahoma, from which come great quantities of zinc and lead to serve many important purposes in the war effort

Production. Zinc. Blast hole drillers at a zinc mine of the Eagle-Pich...

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

British barrage ballons. Type of British barrage ballons sent to this country under the lend-lease program. They are being used at Camp Tyson, Tennessee, for training purposes

British barrage ballons. Type of British barrage ballons sent to this ...

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

British barrage ballons. These British barrage ballons were sent to this country under the lend-lease program. They are being used at Camp Tyson, Tennessee, for training purposes

British barrage ballons. These British barrage ballons were sent to th...

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

Production. Zinc. A stream of molten zinc flows from the furnace at a large smelting operation. From the Eagle-Picher plant near Cardin, Oklahoma, come great quantities of zinc and lead to serve many important purposes in the war effort

Production. Zinc. A stream of molten zinc flows from the furnace at a ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of workers, labor, 1940s, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Isma Martin, half-length portrait of criminal for police identification purposes, seated, facing front]

[Isma Martin, half-length portrait of criminal for police identificati...

George Grantham Bain Collection. No. 3166. Public domain image of a criminal, arrest mugshot, conviction, prisoner, crime, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Georgetown University to have brain institute. Washington, D.C., Sept. 15. A Brain Institute, second to none in the world, is being established here by Georgetown University Medical School under the direction of Dr. Othamr Solnitsky, of Germany. Dr. Solnitsky has already collected several thousand brains from all over the world, which will be used for experimental purposes, and is making arrangements with the Biological Survey and the Bureau of Fisheries to furnish a supply of brains of North American Vertebrates. The facilities of the institute will be placed at the disposal of scholars and practitioners from all lands, Dr. Solnitsky has announced. 9/15/37

Georgetown University to have brain institute. Washington, D.C., Sept....

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Baltimore, Md. For every social security account number issued an "employee master card" is made in the Social Security board records office. Testifying data, given on the application blank, form ss-5 is transferred to this master card in the form of up ended quadrangular holes, punched by key punch machines, which have a keyboard like a typewriter. Each key struck by an operator causes a hole to be punched in the card. The position of a hole determines the letter or number other machines will reproduce from the master card. The position of the hole determines the letter or number other machines will reproduce from the master card. From this master card is made an actuarial card, to be used later for statistical purposes. The master card also is used in other machines which sort them numerically, according to account numbers, alphabetically according to the name code, translate the holes into numbers and letters, and print the data on individual ledger sheets, indexes, registry of accounts and other uses. The photograph above shows a records office worker punching master cards on a key punch machine

Baltimore, Md. For every social security account number issued an "emp...

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Inserting metal sampler into bag of rice for testing purposes, Abbeville, Louisiana

Inserting metal sampler into bag of rice for testing purposes, Abbevil...

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

Sign advertising land for farm purposes, pine area, New Jersey

Sign advertising land for farm purposes, pine area, New Jersey

Public domain photograph - New Jersey, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A couple of men standing next to each other in a field, Georgia. Farm Security Administration photograph

A couple of men standing next to each other in a field, Georgia. Farm ...

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

Production. Pipe fittings. Large shipments of pipe fittings for Army purposes are shipped regularly from a big Midwest plant. Tube Turn Incorporated

Production. Pipe fittings. Large shipments of pipe fittings for Army p...

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Transformer manufacture. These huge aluminum spheres are used to test each power transformer which is ready to be shipped from a large Eastern electrical plant. Since lightning is apt to destroy power units in the field, each transformer is given an "artificial lightning" test to determine its ability to resist the elements. These spheres are part of a setup that produces 2,500,000 volts for testing purposes. Westinghouse, Sharon, Pennsylvania

Transformer manufacture. These huge aluminum spheres are used to test ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, assembly line, industrial facility, 1930s aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Zinc. Cars for transporting zinc and lead ore are dumped at this point in a large concentrator. From the Eagle-Picher plant near Cardin, Oklahoma, come great quantities of zinc and lead to serve many important purposes in the war effort

Production. Zinc. Cars for transporting zinc and lead ore are dumped a...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a train station, railroad tracks, railway depot, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Zinc. A mechanical loader fills buckets with zinc ore in a mine serving a large concentrator. From the Eagle-Picher plant near Cardin, Oklahoma, come great quantities of zinc and lead to serve many important purposes in the war effort

Production. Zinc. A mechanical loader fills buckets with zinc ore in a...

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

British barrage ballons. Type of British barrage ballons were sent to this country under the lend-lease program. They are being used at Camp Tyson, Tennessee, for training purposes

British barrage ballons. Type of British barrage ballons were sent to ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, assembly line, industrial facility, 1930s aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Death masks displayed at identification convention. Sept. 29. Mrs. Clark Schilder, wife of the Chief of the Division of Identification, Federal Bureau of Investigation, inspects a death mask of a trapped criminal at the Annual Convention of the International Association Identification which opened here today. Death masks of criminals are now being generally used by police bureaus throughout the country for identification purposes

Death masks displayed at identification convention. Sept. 29. Mrs. Cla...

A woman in a hat is holding a piece of bread. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cane, corn and cotton seed displayed for sale for seed purposes. These are the main crops of San Augustine County, Texas

Cane, corn and cotton seed displayed for sale for seed purposes. These...

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Production. Copper. Flotation machines at one of the copper concentrators of the Utah Copper Company. Its plants at Magna and Arthur in Utah are treating vast quantities of the copper so vital for war purposes

Production. Copper. Flotation machines at one of the copper concentrat...

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

Painting a newly-born kid for identification purposes, on ranch of rehabilitation borrower, in Kimble County, Texas

Painting a newly-born kid for identification purposes, on ranch of reh...

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

Production of butylene glycol. P. Burke Jacobs checks the milling of corn for which new industrial uses are sought at the Northern Regional Research Laboratory of the U.S. Department of Agriculture at Peoria, Illinois. A method for converting corn and other grains into butylene glycol by the action of bacteria, developed in the laboratory, has proven effective on a semi-commercial scale in the pilot plant. This chemical can be used in making anti-freeze for automobiles and in the production of commercial solvents for various manufacturing purposes. Department scientists have succeeded on a laboratory scale in turning butylene glycol into butadiene, from which synthetic rubber can be made. Now they are trying to do it on a semi-commercial scale

Production of butylene glycol. P. Burke Jacobs checks the milling of c...

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Production. Zinc. Blast hole drillers at a zinc mine of the Eagle-Picher Company near Cardin, Oklahoma, from which come great quantities of zinc and lead to serve many important purposes in the war effort

Production. Zinc. Blast hole drillers at a zinc mine of the Eagle-Pich...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a portrait of a cardinal, Catholic church priest, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Zinc. A bucket of zinc ore ready for hoisting from a mine serving a large concentrator. From the Eagle-Picher plant near Cardin, Oklahoma, come great quantities of zinc and lead to serve many important purposes in the war effort

Production. Zinc. A bucket of zinc ore ready for hoisting from a mine ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a portrait of a cardinal, Catholic church priest, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Zinc. A mountain of waste rock grows steadily outside a zinc concentrator. From the Eagle-Picher plant near Cardin, Oklahoma, come great quantities of zinc and lead to serve many important purposes in the war effort

Production. Zinc. A mountain of waste rock grows steadily outside a zi...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a portrait of a cardinal, Catholic church priest, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Zinc. Cars for transporting zinc and lead ore are dumped at this point in a large concentrator. From the Eagle-Picher plant near Cardin, Oklahoma, come great quantities of zinc and lead to serve many important purposes in the war effort

Production. Zinc. Cars for transporting zinc and lead ore are dumped a...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a portrait of a cardinal, Catholic church priest, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Zinc. Surveyors in a zinc mine which serves a large concentrator. From the Eagle-Picher plant near Cardin, Oklahoma, come great quantities of zinc and lead to serve many important purposes in the war effort

Production. Zinc. Surveyors in a zinc mine which serves a large concen...

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

Production. Zinc. The operator of a zinc ore leader at a large smelting plant is protected against harmful dust by a mask. From the Eagle-Picher plant near Cardin, Oklahoma, come great quantities of zinc and lead to serve many important purposes in the war effort

Production. Zinc. The operator of a zinc ore leader at a large smeltin...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a portrait of a cardinal, Catholic church priest, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Baltimore, MD. For every Social Security Account Number issued an "emploee master card" is made in the Social Security Board Records Office. Identifying data, given on the application blank , Form SC-5[?], is transferred to this master card in the form of up-ended quadrangular holes, punched by key punch machines, which have a key card like a typewriter. Each key struck by an operator causes a [...] to be punched into the card. The position of a hole determines the letter or number other machines will reproduce from the master card. From this master card is made an acturial card, to be used later in statistical purposes. The master card also is used in other machines which sort them numerically, according to account numbers alphabetically according to the name code, translate the holes into numbers and letters, and print the data on individual ledger sheets, indexes, registry of accounts, and other uses. It is kept as a permanent record. The photograph above shows at work a part of the key machine section, where master cards are punched.

Baltimore, MD. For every Social Security Account Number issued an "emp...

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Baltimore, Md. For every social security account number issued an "employee master card" is made in the Social Security Board Records Office. Testifying data, given on the application blank, form ss-5 is transferred to this master card in the form of up ended quadrangular holes, punched by key punch machines, which have a keyboard like a typewriter. Each key struck by an operator causes a hole to be punched in the card. The position of a hole determines the letter or number other machines will reproduce from the master card. The position of the hole determines the letter or number other machines will reproduce from the master card. From this master card is made an actuarial card, to be used later for statistical purposes. The master card also is used in other machines which sort them numerically, according to account numbers, alphabetically according to the name code, translate the holes into numbers and letters, and print the data on individual ledger sheets, indexes, registry of accounts and other uses. The photograph above shows a records office worker punching master cards on a key punch machine

Baltimore, Md. For every social security account number issued an "emp...

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Project manager, Amos Ward, with one of FSA (Farm Security Administration) borrowers, Simon Joiner, examining wheat which is grown on every farm for subsistence purposes to see when it will be ripe enough to harvest. Flint River Farms, Georgia

Project manager, Amos Ward, with one of FSA (Farm Security Administrat...

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

Production of butylene glycol. Corn for which new industrial uses are sought is milled at the Northern Regional Research Laboratory of the U.S. Department of Agriculture at Peoria, Illinois. A fermentation process for converting grain into butylene glycol, developed in the laboratory, has proved successful on a semi-commercial scale in the pilot plant. Butylene glycol, hitherto a relatively rare chemical, can be used in making anti-freeze for automobiles and in the production of commercial solvents for various manufacturing purposes. Department scientists have succeeded on a laboratory scale in turning butylene glycol into butadiene, from which synthetic rubber can be made. The problem now is to develop a practical commercial process

Production of butylene glycol. Corn for which new industrial uses are ...

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

Production. Zinc. A thickener at a zinc concentrator. From the Eagle-Picher plant near Cardin, Oklahoma, come great quantities of zinc and lead to serve many important purposes in the war effort

Production. Zinc. A thickener at a zinc concentrator. From the Eagle-P...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a portrait of a cardinal, Catholic church priest, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Zinc. Filtration equipment at a large zinc concentrator. From the Eagle-Picher plant near Cardin, Oklahoma, come great quantities of zinc and lead to serve many important purposes in the war effort

Production. Zinc. Filtration equipment at a large zinc concentrator. F...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a portrait of a cardinal, Catholic church priest, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Exterior of log house built by Woody Boggs. Front porch with old saw and license plates used for decorative purposes I.

Exterior of log house built by Woody Boggs. Front porch with old saw ...

The oak timbers used to make this log cabin were salvaged from the former bridge to Edwight, which spanned Coal river near the mouth of Hazy Creek for many decades. "A lot of trucks have driven over this house,... More

Rabbit used for experimental purposes. U.S. Department of Agriculture Experiment Station

Rabbit used for experimental purposes. U.S. Department of Agriculture ...

A hand holding a rabbit in a circle. A hand holding a rabbit in a picture. Public domain postcard scan.

At Split-Coin hearing. Testifying before the House Coinage Committee are C.M. Hester, Assistant General Counsel of the Treasury Department, and Miss Mary O'Reilly, assistant director of the U.S. Mint, as congress propares to consider the plea of several states that they be allowed to issue coins in fractional cents for sales tax purposes. Miss O'Rielly has been with the Mint for 32 years. 8/8/35

At Split-Coin hearing. Testifying before the House Coinage Committee a...

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. Copper. Conveyor belts carrying copper ore through a tunnel at the Magna mill of the Utah Copper Company. Its plants at Magna and Arthur in Utah are treating vast quantities of the copper so vital for war purposes

Production. Copper. Conveyor belts carrying copper ore through a tunne...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an arch stone structure, bridge, or tunnel, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Quaker State Refining Company, Oil City, Pennsylvania. Here is the crude-stripping tower, one of the many steps in the manufacture of the lubricants of war. Thousands of gallons of crude oil pour through this tower daily; it is here that impurities are extracted. Only the best oil is used for military purposes

Quaker State Refining Company, Oil City, Pennsylvania. Here is the cru...

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Production of butylene glycol. Dr. George E. Ward turns a valve in one of the experimental fermentation vats in which corn is being converted into butylene glycol at the Northern Regional Research Laboratory of the U.S. Department of Agriculture at Peoria, Illinois. This is part of the laboratory work that led to the development of a fermentation process for converting corn and other grains into butylene glycol on a semi-commercial scale. Butylene glycol can be used in making anti-freeze for automobiles and in the production of commercial solvents for various manufacturing purposes. Department scientists have succeeded on a laboratory scale in turning butylene glycol into butadiene, from which synthetic rubber can be made. Now they are trying to do it on a semi-commercial scale

Production of butylene glycol. Dr. George E. Ward turns a valve in one...

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Substitute materials. Timber connectors. Use of wood in the construction of Army chapels is shown here, one of 570 similar structures erected since last fall. All of them were built with wood trusses like these or with glued laminated wood arches, saving many tons of structural steel for more strategic purposes. New methods for timber joints have made it possible to reduce the amount of material needed for trusses and other load-bearing members

Substitute materials. Timber connectors. Use of wood in the constructi...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of workers, war production, aircraft, airfield, the 1930s -1940s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Zinc. A bucket of zinc ore ready for hoisting from a mine serving a large concentrator. From the Eagle-Picher plant near Cardin, Oklahoma, come great quantities of zinc and lead to serve many important purposes in the war effort

Production. Zinc. A bucket of zinc ore ready for hoisting from a mine ...

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Production. Zinc. Tending a rock crusher at a large zinc concentrator. From the Eagle-Picher plant near Cardin, Oklahoma, come great quantities of zinc and lead to serve many important purposes in the war effort

Production. Zinc. Tending a rock crusher at a large zinc concentrator....

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Production. Zinc. Zinc concentrate flows from a belt conveyor at a large concentrator plant. From the Eagle-Picher plant near Cardin, Oklahoma, come great quantities of zinc and lead to serve many important purposes in the war effort

Production. Zinc. Zinc concentrate flows from a belt conveyor at a lar...

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Production. Zinc. Husky worker in a large zinc smelting operation. From the Eagle-Picher plant near Cardin, Oklahoma, come great quantities of zinc and lead to serve many important purposes in the war effort

Production. Zinc. Husky worker in a large zinc smelting operation. Fro...

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Production. Zinc. Tending a rock crusher at a large zinc concentrator. From the Eagle-Picher plant near Cardin, Oklahoma, come great quantities of zinc and lead to serve many important purposes in the war effort

Production. Zinc. Tending a rock crusher at a large zinc concentrator....

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Production. Zinc. A stream of molten zinc flows from a furnace at a large smelting operation. From the Eagle-Picher plant near Cardin, Oklahoma, come great quantities of zinc and lead to serve many important purposes in the war effort

Production. Zinc. A stream of molten zinc flows from a furnace at a la...

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6th April, 1802. Read the first and second time, and committed to a committee of the whole House, on Thursday next. A bill, to amend an act, intitled, "An act for the relief of sich and disabled seamen;" and for other purposes ... [Washington] D

6th April, 1802. Read the first and second time, and committed to a co...

Imprint 3. Page Order: Leaflet Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 226, Folder 28.

The Lincoln Highway route : it's ideals and purposes : a connected improved highway extending from New York City to San Francisco ...

The Lincoln Highway route : it's ideals and purposes : a connected imp...

"Copyrighted by Frank S. Schmid." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes text.

Appears before senate unemployment committee. Washington, D.C., Jan. 13. J.D.A. Morrow, President of the Pittsburgh Coal Co., today asked the administration for "a frank acknowledgement of mistakes" and "a clear and unequivocal statement of future policies without any intimations or suspicions of concealed or different purposes," 1/13/38

Appears before senate unemployment committee. Washington, D.C., Jan. 1...

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A black and white photo of a group of men working on wood, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photograph

A black and white photo of a group of men working on wood, Great Depre...

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Lifting casing upon the derrick to finish a water well for irrigation purposes on farm near Garden City, Kansas

Lifting casing upon the derrick to finish a water well for irrigation ...

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Pile of rabbit brush and sage brush which will be used for heating, etc. Farm on the Vale-Owyhee irrigation project, Malheur County, Oregon. There are no trees except those raised and irrigated for shade and ornamental purposes and their wood is much too valuable to be burned

Pile of rabbit brush and sage brush which will be used for heating, et...

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No margin for error here. Micrometer readings are taken to make sure that every part fits perfectly in the guns being manufactured for war purposes. This worker is inspecting a breech ring for medium-caliber guns in a large eastern arsenal

No margin for error here. Micrometer readings are taken to make sure t...

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Transportation. Sight-seeing bus. Faced with a ban on motor buses for sightseeing purposes, Jimmy Grace obtained a horse-drawn bus which makes daily trips to the points of interest of the nation's capital

Transportation. Sight-seeing bus. Faced with a ban on motor buses for ...

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Production. Industrial alcohol. The "cyclone" of a former whiskey distillery now producing alcohol for war purposes whirls a grain mash from which alcohol has been distilled to remove moisture. The partially dried mash is then loaded on railway cars for farm use

Production. Industrial alcohol. The "cyclone" of a former whiskey dist...

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Production. Zinc. Part of the metal recovery system at a large zinc-lead smelting plant. From the Eagle-Picher plant near Cardin, Oklahoma, come great quantities of zinc and lead to serve many important purposes in the war effort

Production. Zinc. Part of the metal recovery system at a large zinc-le...

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Production. Zinc. Lead in the forms of pigs and of "jumbo-blocks" being loaded on railway cars at a large smelting plant. From the Eagle-Picher plant near Cardin, Oklahoma, come great quantities of zinc and lead to serve many important purposes in the war effort

Production. Zinc. Lead in the forms of pigs and of "jumbo-blocks" bein...

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Once a marsh, now a river for bathing purposes. National park recreational area near Winona, Indiana

Once a marsh, now a river for bathing purposes. National park recreati...

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Bureau of Standards making extensive tests of glass building blocks. Washington, D.C., June 20. Hollow glass building blocks are being used more and more extensively for structural purposes when both greater light distribution and air conditioning are required. Extensive tests to determine the strength of glass block walls and their resistance to wind pressure and moisture penetration. A.N. Finn, Chief of the glass section, is inspecting some 8 x 4 feet panels before they are tested, 6/20/38

Bureau of Standards making extensive tests of glass building blocks. W...

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Meeting of the Mothers' Club in Arvin camp for migrant workers, a Farm Security Administration (FSA) camp. The discussion this evening centers on the possibility of buying kerosene oil in large quantities and distributing it cooperatively in camp, to cut costs. Kerosene is used both for cooking and for lighting purposes

Meeting of the Mothers' Club in Arvin camp for migrant workers, a Farm...

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AAA (Agricultural Adjustment Administration) office, Grundy County, Iowa. Using the duvel divider (divides samples accurately in half) to reduce a sample of grain for analytical purposes

AAA (Agricultural Adjustment Administration) office, Grundy County, Io...

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President of home demonstration club exhibiting a new type of Mason jar for canning purposes. McIntosh County, Oklahoma

President of home demonstration club exhibiting a new type of Mason ja...

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Production. Copper. Flotation machines at one of the copper concentrators of the Utah Copper Company. Its plants at Magna and Arthur in Utah are treating vast quantities of the copper so vital for war purposes

Production. Copper. Flotation machines at one of the copper concentrat...

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Production. Copper. Tapping copper slag at the Garfield, Utah smelter of the American Smelting and Refining Company. This plant is producing vast quantities of the copper needed for war purposes

Production. Copper. Tapping copper slag at the Garfield, Utah smelter ...

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Air raid protection--what to do in your home. When the air raid siren sounds, fill available containers, including the bathtub with water. This serves two purposes: it provides (1) a ready supply of water in the event of fire, and (2) readily available water for the family in the event a bomb stikes the water main in your neighborhood, cutting off or greatly reducing the water pressure

Air raid protection--what to do in your home. When the air raid siren ...

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Transformer manufacture. These huge aluminum spheres are used to test each power transformer which is ready to be shipped from a large Eastern electrical plant. Since lightning is apt to destroy power units in the field, each transformer is given an "artificial lightning" test to determine its ability to resist the elements. These spheres are part of a setup that produces 2,500,000 volts for testing purposes. Westinghouse, Sharon, Pennsylvania

Transformer manufacture. These huge aluminum spheres are used to test ...

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Production of butylene glycol. A department scientist checks the results of experimental fermentations of corn to produce butylene glycol at the Northern Regional Research Laboratory of the U.S. Department of Agriculture at Peoria, Illinois. This research led to the development of a semi-commercial scale of a fermentation process for converting corn into butylene glycol, a chemical that can be used in making anti-freeze for automobiles and in the production of commercial solvents for various purposes. Studies are now underway to devise a practical method for turning butylene glycol into butadiene, from which synthetic rubber can be made. The work has already been done on a laboratory scale

Production of butylene glycol. A department scientist checks the resul...

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