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Manila, the Philippine Islands. For extraordinary heroism during attacks on Jap bridgeheads at Vigan, in Northern Luzon, Lieutenant Jack Dale of the U.S. Army Air Corps received a Distinguished Service Cross from General MacArthur (right) before Japanese forces forced American troop retirement from Manila. Other air heroes decorated with the Distinguished Service Cross were Captain Jesus A. Villamor (center rear) of the Philippine Army, and posthumously, Captain Colin P. Kelly, Jr., who bombed and sank a Jap battleship off Luzon. This picture, made December 22, 1941, was one of the last to leave the Philippines

Manila, the Philippine Islands. For extraordinary heroism during attac...

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Bronze statue of Abraham Lincoln and his horse at the Lincoln Summer Home located on the grounds of the Armed Forces Retirement Home in northwest Washington, D.C.

Bronze statue of Abraham Lincoln and his horse at the Lincoln Summer H...

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"Downtown" Crawford, Texas, a tiny McLennon County place that swelled during the presidential administration of George W. Bush, who spent much time at his nearby Prairie Chapel Ranch in the early 2000s. Mr. Bush and his wife, Laura, spend much time there in the former president's retirement years, but with less media and tourist fanfare

"Downtown" Crawford, Texas, a tiny McLennon County place that swelled ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Ph... More

Walter J. Cheney interview conducted by Margaret A. Glaser and Charlie Seemann, 2011-09-07

Walter J. Cheney interview conducted by Margaret A. Glaser and Charlie...

Interview with Walter "Bimbo" Cheney, former cowboy, now surface miner with Newmont Mining Corporation in Elko, Nevada, one of the world's largest gold mining companies. He discussed his previous occupation as ... More

Retirement of the late postmaster, Col. Graham.

Retirement of the late postmaster, Col. Graham.

On p. [2]: Gift estate of William C. Rives Apr. 1940; top of p.[4] clipped. Page Order: Leaflet Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in... More

Cincinnatus in retirement falsely supposed to represent Jesuit-Pad driven back to his native Potatoes : see Romish Common-Wealth., British Cartoon Print

Cincinnatus in retirement falsely supposed to represent Jesuit-Pad dri...

Cartoon showing Edmund Burke, as an Irish jesuit, seated at a table eating potatoes from a pot labeled "Relick No. 1. used by St. Peter." Upon the appointment of Shelburne, following the death of Rockingham, Bu... More

New Chief, Assistant Chief of U.S. Secret Service take oath of office. Washington, D.C., Dec. 31. Upon the retirement of Chief William H. Moran today Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau named Frank L. Wilson to be Chief of the U.S. Sercret Service and Joseph H. Murphy as Assistant Chief. They are shown taking the oath of office. In the photograph, left to right: Joseph E. Murphy, Frank L. Wilson, Secretary Morgenthau, and Frank L. Dirgfeld, Chief Clerk of the Treasury

New Chief, Assistant Chief of U.S. Secret Service take oath of office....

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Given purse on retirement. Washington, D.C., Oct. 1. Retired today after 36 years of service at the White House, Liet. Ernest "Larry" Seaman is presented with a purse by Capt. Clarence Dalrymple (left) on behalf of the White House Police Force and members of the Executive Force. The White House Correspondent's Association and new photographers also presented tokens of friendship to the retiring officer. 10/1/37

Given purse on retirement. Washington, D.C., Oct. 1. Retired today aft...

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Senate Committee told million railroad employees back Crosser-Wagner Pension Bill. Washington, D.C., May 15. Appearing as the first witness in favor of the Crosser-Wagner Railroad Pension Bill, George M. Harrison, President of the Railway Clerks Association and Chairman of the Railway Labor Executives Association, today told the house Interstate Commerce Committee that 1,500,000 railroad employees favor this new bill which if passed, will replace the present Railroad Retirement Act. Harrison added there was "no doubt of its constitutionality" and that it had been worked out with railroad managements on the understanding that it would not be attacked in courts by them. In the photograph, left to right: George M. Harrison; Rep. Robert Crosser of Ohio, co-author of the bill; and Rep. Clarence Lea of California, 5/13/1937

Senate Committee told million railroad employees back Crosser-Wagner P...

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Robert Barker retirement dinner photos. Paterson New Jersey

Robert Barker retirement dinner photos. Paterson New Jersey

Forms part of a group of images which are copies of historical photos from Watson Machine International, a machine tool manufacturing company located at 74 Railroad Avenue, Paterson, New Jersey. These photogra... More

Van Devanter at home. Washington, D.C., May 19th. Snapped while walking to his apartment today, Supreme Court Justice Willis Van Devanter told news men that he expects to spend most of his retirement on his farm in nearby Maryland

Van Devanter at home. Washington, D.C., May 19th. Snapped while walkin...

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Angelo Basileo's retirement dinner in the late 1970s.

Angelo Basileo's retirement dinner in the late 1970s.

Forms part of a group of images which are copies of historical photos from Watson Machine International, a machine tool manufacturing company located at 74 Railroad Avenue, Paterson, New Jersey. These photogra... More

Retirement dinner for Robert Barker (center).

Retirement dinner for Robert Barker (center).

Forms part of a group of images which are copies of historical photos from Watson Machine International, a machine tool manufacturing company located at 74 Railroad Avenue, Paterson, New Jersey. These photogra... More

Jeff Hafler interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-07-26

Jeff Hafler interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-07-26

The interview took place at Jeff Hafler's dining room table. Hafler discusses his hair styling career, starting in Ohio, learning on Black hair and then building his own business in Los Angeles, where he develo... More

Barbara Miller Byrd interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Juliana M. Nykolaiszyn, 2011-11-19

Barbara Miller Byrd interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Ju...

Third-generation circus owner Barbara Miller Byrd was born in 1946. She talked about her parents, D.R. and Isla Miller, and the history of the Carson & Barnes Circus, and the future of traveling tent shows. Bar... More

Cincinnatus in retirement falsely supposed to represent Jesuit-Pad driven back to his native Potatoes : see Romish Common-Wealth., British Cartoon Print

Cincinnatus in retirement falsely supposed to represent Jesuit-Pad dri...

Cartoon showing Edmund Burke, as an Irish jesuit, seated at a table eating potatoes from a pot labeled "Relick No. 1. used by St. Peter." Upon the appointment of Shelburne, following the death of Rockingham, Bu... More

Railway Labor and Capital meet. Washington, D.C., Jan. 7. In compliance with a suggestion made by President Roosevelt in December, a joint conference between committees representing railway labor and railway managements was held here today. The most important matter considered was the Railroad Retirement Act situation, but no conclusion was reached. In the photograph, left to right: (seated) J.A. Phillips, Order of Railways Conductors; M.W. Clement, President of the Pennsylvania Railroad; and George B. Elliot, President of the Atlantic Coast Line; standing, left to right: E.J. Manion, Order of Railway Telegraphers: James J. Delaney, President, Masters, Mates, Pilots of America; George M. Harrison, Chairman of The Railway Executives Association of Railroads; J.B. Hill, President, Nashville, and Executive Officer, Missouri Lines; H.A. Scandrettm Trustee of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific

Railway Labor and Capital meet. Washington, D.C., Jan. 7. In complianc...

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Production. Subchasers. Now well over seventy, this old ship fitter came out of retirement to help build subchasers at a Southern shipyard. At the pipe-bending job he is doing, and at other jobs, he has helped the yard win the coveted Navy "E"

Production. Subchasers. Now well over seventy, this old ship fitter ca...

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Robert Barker retirement dinner photos. Paterson New Jersey

Robert Barker retirement dinner photos. Paterson New Jersey

Forms part of a group of images which are copies of historical photos from Watson Machine International, a machine tool manufacturing company located at 74 Railroad Avenue, Paterson, New Jersey. These photogra... More

Retirement Barn, U.S. Route 13, South of Route 2, Biddles Corner, New Castle County, DE

Retirement Barn, U.S. Route 13, South of Route 2, Biddles Corner, New ...

Significance: The Retirement Barn is the last known surviving example in southern New Castle County of a tri-partite (three bay) traditional English style barn. Common in the 18th century this barn type was re... More

House and Senate members meet to get government retirement bill to vote before adjournment. Washington, D.C., July 20. A measure affecting the retirement of thousands of government employes here and a field was taken up in a conference of members of the House and Senate this morning in order that disagreements of opinion might be ironed out and the bill brought to vote before the impending adjournment of Congress. Difference in views center around age of optional retirement and the amount of contribution to the retirement fund. Left to right: Sen. Lynn Frazier, Sen. William Bulow, Edith N. Rogers, 7/20/39

House and Senate members meet to get government retirement bill to vot...

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Leon Henderson and staff. Deputy administrators of the Office of Price Administration (OPA) with Leon Henderson, Administrator, in Washington, D.C. just prior to Mr. Henderson's retirement from office. Seated, left to right, J.K. Galbraith, Mr. Henderson, John E. Hamm, David Ginsburg. Standing, left to right, Dexter M. Keezer, Paul M. O'Leary, Paul A. Porter, Edward N. Hay, Robert W. Horton

Leon Henderson and staff. Deputy administrators of the Office of Price...

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Michael Fulton interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Juliana M. Nykolaiszyn, 2011-08-12

Michael Fulton interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Juliana...

Mike Fulton, born in 1957, entered the circus industry at a young age and discussed how that came about. After high school graduation, the family moved to Hugo, Oklahoma. He held various jobs within the circus ... More

Michael Fulton interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Juliana M. Nykolaiszyn, 2011-08-12

Michael Fulton interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Juliana...

Mike Fulton, born in 1957, entered the circus industry at a young age and discussed how that came about. After high school graduation, the family moved to Hugo, Oklahoma. He held various jobs within the circus ... More

Michael Fulton interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Juliana M. Nykolaiszyn, 2011-08-12

Michael Fulton interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Juliana...

Mike Fulton, born in 1957, entered the circus industry at a young age and discussed how that came about. After high school graduation, the family moved to Hugo, Oklahoma. He held various jobs within the circus ... More

Call of the Bock beer goat brings 'E. Roe,' artist, out of retirement at 86 to paint his posters again Emil Rothengatter turned out most masterly lithographs on subject from 1871 to 1879.

Call of the Bock beer goat brings 'E. Roe,' artist, out of retirement ...

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Named director of Railroad Unemployment Insurance. Washington, D.C., Oct. 3. The Railroad Retirement Board today announced the appointment of James Gordon Robinson as director of Railroad Unemployment Insurance. He was chosen for the post from the open competitive examination conducted by the United States Civil Service Commission, the first ever held for a ten thousand-dollar-a-year administrative position. Mr. Robinson was born in Pittsburgh, PA. in 1895 and has studied in the United States and abroad, including a period as King's Scholar, Skerry's College, Belfast, Ireland, 10/3/38

Named director of Railroad Unemployment Insurance. Washington, D.C., O...

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Retirement dinner of Robert Barker. Paterson New Jersey

Retirement dinner of Robert Barker. Paterson New Jersey

Forms part of a group of images which are copies of historical photos from Watson Machine International, a machine tool manufacturing company located at 74 Railroad Avenue, Paterson, New Jersey. These photogra... More

Retirement dinner of Robert Barker. Paterson New Jersey

Retirement dinner of Robert Barker. Paterson New Jersey

Forms part of a group of images which are copies of historical photos from Watson Machine International, a machine tool manufacturing company located at 74 Railroad Avenue, Paterson, New Jersey. These photogra... More

Oran M. Roberts, president of the 1861 secession convention that authorized Texas's withdrawal from the Union, and a later Confederate officer and governor of Texas, built this cottage in Marble Falls as his retirement home in 1883

Oran M. Roberts, president of the 1861 secession convention that autho...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More

A block of "downtown" Crawford, Texas, a tiny McLennon County place that swelled during the presidential administration of George W. Bush, who spent much time at his nearby Prairie Chapel Ranch in the early 2000s. Mr. Bush and his wife, Laura, spend much time there in the former president's retirement years, but with less media and tourist fanfare

A block of "downtown" Crawford, Texas, a tiny McLennon County place th...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Ph... More

Charles H. Baggett interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Juliana M. Nykolaiszyn, 2011-07-01

Charles H. Baggett interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Jul...

Charles Baggett, born in 1941, talked about his father Herman, who owned car dealerships in Hugo, Oklahoma, and the relationship Herman developed with the circus community; in particular with D.R. Miller. Charl... More

Walter J. Cheney interview conducted by Margaret A. Glaser and Charlie Seemann, 2011-09-07

Walter J. Cheney interview conducted by Margaret A. Glaser and Charlie...

Interview with Walter "Bimbo" Cheney, former cowboy, now surface miner with Newmont Mining Corporation in Elko, Nevada, one of the world's largest gold mining companies. He discussed his previous occupation as ... More

Michael Fulton interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Juliana M. Nykolaiszyn, 2011-08-12

Michael Fulton interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Juliana...

Mike Fulton, born in 1957, entered the circus industry at a young age and discussed how that came about. After high school graduation, the family moved to Hugo, Oklahoma. He held various jobs within the circus ... More

Charles H. Baggett interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Juliana M. Nykolaiszyn, 2011-07-01

Charles H. Baggett interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Jul...

Charles Baggett, born in 1941, talked about his father Herman, who owned car dealerships in Hugo, Oklahoma, and the relationship Herman developed with the circus community; in particular with D.R. Miller. Charl... More

Charles H. Baggett interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Juliana M. Nykolaiszyn, 2011-07-01

Charles H. Baggett interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Jul...

Charles Baggett, born in 1941, talked about his father Herman, who owned car dealerships in Hugo, Oklahoma, and the relationship Herman developed with the circus community; in particular with D.R. Miller. Charl... More

Army retirement bd., 7/25/25 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Army retirement bd., 7/25/25 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domai...

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Production. Minesweepers. David L. Zimbough, age seventy, came out of retirement to operate a lathe to make parts for sweepers in an Eastern shipyard. He returned his last social security check, declaring that the money he made helping win the war was enough for him. Gibbs Cass Company

Production. Minesweepers. David L. Zimbough, age seventy, came out of ...

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Production. Subchasers. The foreman of the keel department of an Eastern shipyard does a final planing job on a timber for a new subchaser. He has been a shipbuilder all his life and is well known for the fishing boats he has turned out. He came out of retirement to give his skill and experience to a yard that had to train many green hands in a short time

Production. Subchasers. The foreman of the keel department of an Easte...

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Angelo Basileo retirement dinner. Paterson New Jersey

Angelo Basileo retirement dinner. Paterson New Jersey

Forms part of a group of images which are copies of historical photos from Watson Machine International, a machine tool manufacturing company located at 74 Railroad Avenue, Paterson, New Jersey. These photogra... More

Charles H. Baggett interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Juliana M. Nykolaiszyn, 2011-07-01

Charles H. Baggett interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Jul...

Charles Baggett, born in 1941, talked about his father Herman, who owned car dealerships in Hugo, Oklahoma, and the relationship Herman developed with the circus community; in particular with D.R. Miller. Charl... More

Retirement Barn, U.S. Route 13, South of Route 2, Biddles Corner, New Castle County, DE

Retirement Barn, U.S. Route 13, South of Route 2, Biddles Corner, New ...

Significance: The Retirement Barn is the last known surviving example in southern New Castle County of a tri-partite (three bay) traditional English style barn. Common in the 18th century this barn type was re... More

The retirement of David / Ehrhart., Political Cartoon

The retirement of David / Ehrhart., Political Cartoon

Illustration shows David B. Hill as a farm wife feeding chickens, geese, and pigs, with several vignette scenes showing Hill working the farm, shopping, and pontificating to a group of hayseed farmers; the fina... More

Traditional place of Zacharia's retirement (Ain Habis, west of Ain Karem)

Traditional place of Zacharia's retirement (Ain Habis, west of Ain Kar...

Photograph showing a monk descending steps outside Saint John in the Desert Monastery, Ain Habis (Spring of the Hermit). Title from caption on envelope. No. 12. On verso: Copyright, the Matson Photo Service, J... More

New Quartermaster General of the Army. Washington, D.C., March 14. Col. Edmund B. Gregory will become Quartermaster General of the Army March 31 upon the retirement of Maj. General Henry Gobbons after 41 years of service. Col. Gregory will be promoted to the rank of Major General when he takes over the new post, 3-14-40

New Quartermaster General of the Army. Washington, D.C., March 14. Col...

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Jeff Hafler interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-07-26

Jeff Hafler interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-07-26

The interview took place at Jeff Hafler's dining room table. Hafler discusses his hair styling career, starting in Ohio, learning on Black hair and then building his own business in Los Angeles, where he develo... More

Charles H. Baggett interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Juliana M. Nykolaiszyn, 2011-07-01

Charles H. Baggett interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Jul...

Charles Baggett, born in 1941, talked about his father Herman, who owned car dealerships in Hugo, Oklahoma, and the relationship Herman developed with the circus community; in particular with D.R. Miller. Charl... More

Production. Minesweepers. Grandad's doing a grand job. Two grandfathers, both seventy, D.L. Zimbrough and F.M. Webb, work on nearby lathes in an Eastern shipyard now turning out minesweepers for the Navy. The yard has kept up an excellent production by bringing many older workers out of retirement. Gibbs Cass Company

Production. Minesweepers. Grandad's doing a grand job. Two grandfather...

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Retirement dinner of Robert Barker. Paterson New Jersey

Retirement dinner of Robert Barker. Paterson New Jersey

Forms part of a group of images which are copies of historical photos from Watson Machine International, a machine tool manufacturing company located at 74 Railroad Avenue, Paterson, New Jersey. These photogra... More

Shaun Notdurft interview conducted by Nathan J. Moore and Donald Eugene Stacy, 2015-03-22

Shaun Notdurft interview conducted by Nathan J. Moore and Donald Eugen...

Shaun Notdurft discusses his work as a direct support professional (DSP) for adults with developmental and mental disabilities. Topics include differences between his work and home care work, occupational train... More

Charles H. Baggett interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Juliana M. Nykolaiszyn, 2011-07-01

Charles H. Baggett interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Jul...

Charles Baggett, born in 1941, talked about his father Herman, who owned car dealerships in Hugo, Oklahoma, and the relationship Herman developed with the circus community; in particular with D.R. Miller. Charl... More

Railroad Retirement Board is now constituted. Washington, D.C., Oct. 3. The Railroad Retirement Board at its meeting today welcomes M.R. Reed, new member of the board appointed by President Roosevelt, and James Gordon Robinson, newly chosen Head of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Bureau. Mr. Reed will represent the carriers on the board while Mr. Robinson was chosen for the Directorship of Unemployment Insurance from the open competitive examination conducted by the United States Civil Service Commission, the first ever held for a ten thousand dollar a year administrative position. Pictured, left to right: James G. Robinson, Murray W. Latimer, Chairman; Lee M. Eddy. and M.R. Reed, 10/3/38

Railroad Retirement Board is now constituted. Washington, D.C., Oct. 3...

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Slated for post of Comptroller General. Washington, D.C., April 27. The post of U.S. Comptroller General, vacant since the retirement of J.R. McCarl last year is shortly to be filled by Rep. Lindsay C. Warren of North Carolina, whose appointment is said to have been decided on by President Roosevelt. Warren, an ardent new dealer, is Chairman of the House Committee on Accounts and has frequently served Assistant Administration Leader of the House . The appointment as Comptroller is for a 15-year term, 4/27/38

Slated for post of Comptroller General. Washington, D.C., April 27. Th...

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Railroad Retirement Board is now constituted. Washington, D.C., Oct. 3. The Railroad Retirement Board at its meeting today welcomes M.R. Reed, new member of the board appointed by President Roosevelt, and James Gordon Robinson, newly chosen Head of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Bureau. Mr. Reed will represent the carriers on the board while Mr. Robinson was chosen for the Directorship of Unemployment Insurance from the open competitive examination conducted by the United States Civil Service Commission, the first ever held for a ten thousand dollar a year administrative position. Pictured, left to right: James G. Robinson, Murray W. Latimer, Chairman; Lee M. Eddy. and M.R. Reed, 10/3/38

Railroad Retirement Board is now constituted. Washington, D.C., Oct. 3...

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Retirement dinner for Robert Barker (center); also pictured: Rebecca Koterba, Cora Ellerbrook, Peggy Fredericks, Jean Decker, Robert Barker, Mary Prober, Edna Wardle, Henrietta Petersen, and Betty Rogers.

Retirement dinner for Robert Barker (center); also pictured: Rebecca ...

Forms part of a group of images which are copies of historical photos from Watson Machine International, a machine tool manufacturing company located at 74 Railroad Avenue, Paterson, New Jersey. These photogra... More

Retirement, 7215 Sundown Road (State Route 420), Laytonsville, Montgomery County, MD

Retirement, 7215 Sundown Road (State Route 420), Laytonsville, Montgom...

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Production. Minesweepers. W.S. Neal, age seventy, came out of retirement to work in the blacksmith shop of an Eastern shipyard. He is shown forging a part to be used in the construction of a Navy minesweeper. Mr. Neal has three granddaughters and a son in war industry. "Why should I sit by at the age of seventy when there's work to do?" he asks. Gibbs Cass Company

Production. Minesweepers. W.S. Neal, age seventy, came out of retireme...

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Office of Price Administration Regional Administrators with Mr. Henderson. Regional Administrators of the Office of Price Administration with Leon Henderson (seated), OPA Administrator, just prior to his retirement from office. Shown standing are, left to right: Harry F. Camp, San Francisco; John C. Weigel, Chicago; Sylvan L. Joseph, New York; Maxwell McCullough, Dallas; Kenneth B. Backman, Boston; Oscar R. Strauss, Atlanta; Birkett L. Williams, Cleveland; Clem E. Collins, Denver; Rupert Emerson, Territories and Possessions

Office of Price Administration Regional Administrators with Mr. Hender...

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Retirement dinner of Robert Barker. Paterson New Jersey

Retirement dinner of Robert Barker. Paterson New Jersey

Forms part of a group of images which are copies of historical photos from Watson Machine International, a machine tool manufacturing company located at 74 Railroad Avenue, Paterson, New Jersey. These photogra... More

Barbara Miller Byrd interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Juliana M. Nykolaiszyn, 2011-11-19

Barbara Miller Byrd interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Ju...

Third-generation circus owner Barbara Miller Byrd was born in 1946. She talked about her parents, D.R. and Isla Miller, and the history of the Carson & Barnes Circus, and the future of traveling tent shows. Bar... More

Retirement Barn, U.S. Route 13, South of Route 2, Biddles Corner, New Castle County, DE

Retirement Barn, U.S. Route 13, South of Route 2, Biddles Corner, New ...

Significance: The Retirement Barn is the last known surviving example in southern New Castle County of a tri-partite (three bay) traditional English style barn. Common in the 18th century this barn type was re... More

Barbara Miller Byrd interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Juliana M. Nykolaiszyn, 2011-11-19

Barbara Miller Byrd interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Ju...

Third-generation circus owner Barbara Miller Byrd was born in 1946. She talked about her parents, D.R. and Isla Miller, and the history of the Carson & Barnes Circus, and the future of traveling tent shows. Bar... More

Michael Fulton interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Juliana M. Nykolaiszyn, 2011-08-12

Michael Fulton interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Juliana...

Mike Fulton, born in 1957, entered the circus industry at a young age and discussed how that came about. After high school graduation, the family moved to Hugo, Oklahoma. He held various jobs within the circus ... More

Charles H. Baggett interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Juliana M. Nykolaiszyn, 2011-07-01

Charles H. Baggett interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Jul...

Charles Baggett, born in 1941, talked about his father Herman, who owned car dealerships in Hugo, Oklahoma, and the relationship Herman developed with the circus community; in particular with D.R. Miller. Charl... More

Charles H. Baggett interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Juliana M. Nykolaiszyn, 2011-07-01

Charles H. Baggett interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Jul...

Charles Baggett, born in 1941, talked about his father Herman, who owned car dealerships in Hugo, Oklahoma, and the relationship Herman developed with the circus community; in particular with D.R. Miller. Charl... More

Michael Fulton interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Juliana M. Nykolaiszyn, 2011-08-12

Michael Fulton interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Juliana...

Mike Fulton, born in 1957, entered the circus industry at a young age and discussed how that came about. After high school graduation, the family moved to Hugo, Oklahoma. He held various jobs within the circus ... More

Michael Fulton interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Juliana M. Nykolaiszyn, 2011-08-12

Michael Fulton interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Juliana...

Mike Fulton, born in 1957, entered the circus industry at a young age and discussed how that came about. After high school graduation, the family moved to Hugo, Oklahoma. He held various jobs within the circus ... More

Michael Fulton interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Juliana M. Nykolaiszyn, 2011-08-12

Michael Fulton interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Juliana...

Mike Fulton, born in 1957, entered the circus industry at a young age and discussed how that came about. After high school graduation, the family moved to Hugo, Oklahoma. He held various jobs within the circus ... More

Winfield Scott to Simon Cameron, Monday, August 12, 1861 (Will not withdraw request to be placed on retirement list)

Winfield Scott to Simon Cameron, Monday, August 12, 1861 (Will not wi...

Visits FDR [Franklin Delano Roosevelt] ... and resigns. Francis Biddle, until today (Friday) Chairman of the National Labor Relations Board, is seen here as he was about to enter the White House for a conference with Pres. Roosevelt. Following the visit it was announced that Biddle had formally submitted his resignation on the N.I.R. Board. The N.I.R.B. will itself go out of existence next month. Personal reasons, and a desire to return to the practice of law were given as cause for the retirement. Biddle's name has lately been linked with new possibilities of appointment, perhaps to foreign service, 7/5/35

Visits FDR [Franklin Delano Roosevelt] ... and resigns. Francis Biddle...

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Barbara Miller Byrd interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Juliana M. Nykolaiszyn, 2011-11-19

Barbara Miller Byrd interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Ju...

Third-generation circus owner Barbara Miller Byrd was born in 1946. She talked about her parents, D.R. and Isla Miller, and the history of the Carson & Barnes Circus, and the future of traveling tent shows. Bar... More

Charles H. Baggett interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Juliana M. Nykolaiszyn, 2011-07-01

Charles H. Baggett interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Jul...

Charles Baggett, born in 1941, talked about his father Herman, who owned car dealerships in Hugo, Oklahoma, and the relationship Herman developed with the circus community; in particular with D.R. Miller. Charl... More

Barbara Miller Byrd interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Juliana M. Nykolaiszyn, 2011-11-19

Barbara Miller Byrd interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Ju...

Third-generation circus owner Barbara Miller Byrd was born in 1946. She talked about her parents, D.R. and Isla Miller, and the history of the Carson & Barnes Circus, and the future of traveling tent shows. Bar... More

Michael Fulton interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Juliana M. Nykolaiszyn, 2011-08-12

Michael Fulton interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Juliana...

Mike Fulton, born in 1957, entered the circus industry at a young age and discussed how that came about. After high school graduation, the family moved to Hugo, Oklahoma. He held various jobs within the circus ... More

Charles H. Baggett interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Juliana M. Nykolaiszyn, 2011-07-01

Charles H. Baggett interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Jul...

Charles Baggett, born in 1941, talked about his father Herman, who owned car dealerships in Hugo, Oklahoma, and the relationship Herman developed with the circus community; in particular with D.R. Miller. Charl... More

Charles H. Baggett interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Juliana M. Nykolaiszyn, 2011-07-01

Charles H. Baggett interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Jul...

Charles Baggett, born in 1941, talked about his father Herman, who owned car dealerships in Hugo, Oklahoma, and the relationship Herman developed with the circus community; in particular with D.R. Miller. Charl... More

John F. Lee to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, March 18, 1862 (Vacancy in army due to Scott's retirement)

John F. Lee to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, March 18, 1862 (Vacancy in a...

Children's Bureau Head celebrates 25th anniversary with Dept. of Labor. Washington, D.C., Jan. 2. Today marked 25 years of [...] in the Children's Bureau, U.S. Department [...] for Miss Katherine [i.e. Katharine] F. Lenroot, now Chief [...] Bureau. A daughter of the late Irvine L. Lenroot, former Senator from Wisconsin, Miss Lenroot [...] the Children's Bureau on Jan. 2, 1915. She was made Assistant Chief in November, 1922, and Chief of the bureau upon the retirement of Miss Grace Abbott

Children's Bureau Head celebrates 25th anniversary with Dept. of Labor...

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Barbara Miller Byrd interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Juliana M. Nykolaiszyn, 2011-11-19

Barbara Miller Byrd interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Ju...

Third-generation circus owner Barbara Miller Byrd was born in 1946. She talked about her parents, D.R. and Isla Miller, and the history of the Carson & Barnes Circus, and the future of traveling tent shows. Bar... More

Retirement of the late postmaster, Col. Graham.

Retirement of the late postmaster, Col. Graham.

On p. [2]: Gift estate of William C. Rives Apr. 1940; top of p.[4] clipped. Page Order: Leaflet Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in... More

Thomas Sink interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Juliana M. Nykolaiszyn, 2011-07-02

Thomas Sink interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Juliana M....

Popcorn the Circus Comic was born "somewhere in the east" and he talked about his early interest in magic and how that led to his career as a circus clown. Popcorn described the life of a circus clown, how he d... More

Jeff Hafler interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-07-26

Jeff Hafler interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-07-26

The interview took place at Jeff Hafler's dining room table. Hafler discusses his hair styling career, starting in Ohio, learning on Black hair and then building his own business in Los Angeles, where he develo... More

Michael Fulton interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Juliana M. Nykolaiszyn, 2011-08-12

Michael Fulton interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Juliana...

Mike Fulton, born in 1957, entered the circus industry at a young age and discussed how that came about. After high school graduation, the family moved to Hugo, Oklahoma. He held various jobs within the circus ... More

Barbara Miller Byrd interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Juliana M. Nykolaiszyn, 2011-11-19

Barbara Miller Byrd interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Ju...

Third-generation circus owner Barbara Miller Byrd was born in 1946. She talked about her parents, D.R. and Isla Miller, and the history of the Carson & Barnes Circus, and the future of traveling tent shows. Bar... More

Charles H. Baggett interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Juliana M. Nykolaiszyn, 2011-07-01

Charles H. Baggett interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Jul...

Charles Baggett, born in 1941, talked about his father Herman, who owned car dealerships in Hugo, Oklahoma, and the relationship Herman developed with the circus community; in particular with D.R. Miller. Charl... More

Winfield Scott to Simon Cameron, Monday, August 12, 1861 (Will not withdraw request to be placed on retirement list)

Winfield Scott to Simon Cameron, Monday, August 12, 1861 (Will not wi...

Lines addressed to Mr. Jefferson, on his approaching retirement from the presidency of the United States. Trenton. N. J. February, 1809.

Lines addressed to Mr. Jefferson, on his approaching retirement from t...

Imprint 2.; Jefferson, Thomas.; Verse. 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 99, Folder 12.

Angelo Basileo retirement dinner. Paterson New Jersey

Angelo Basileo retirement dinner. Paterson New Jersey

Forms part of a group of images which are copies of historical photos from Watson Machine International, a machine tool manufacturing company located at 74 Railroad Avenue, Paterson, New Jersey. These photogra... More

Joyce Vegar interview conducted by Nathan J. Moore and Donald Eugene Stacy, 2015-01-21

Joyce Vegar interview conducted by Nathan J. Moore and Donald Eugene S...

Joyce (Joy) Vegar discusses her work as a home care provider in Coos County, Oregon, including her training, the qualities that are needed to do the job, the importance of humor, and her advocacy for her client... More

Charles H. Baggett interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Juliana M. Nykolaiszyn, 2011-07-01

Charles H. Baggett interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Jul...

Charles Baggett, born in 1941, talked about his father Herman, who owned car dealerships in Hugo, Oklahoma, and the relationship Herman developed with the circus community; in particular with D.R. Miller. Charl... More

Barbara Miller Byrd interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Juliana M. Nykolaiszyn, 2011-11-19

Barbara Miller Byrd interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Ju...

Third-generation circus owner Barbara Miller Byrd was born in 1946. She talked about her parents, D.R. and Isla Miller, and the history of the Carson & Barnes Circus, and the future of traveling tent shows. Bar... More

Barbara Miller Byrd interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Juliana M. Nykolaiszyn, 2011-11-19

Barbara Miller Byrd interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Ju...

Third-generation circus owner Barbara Miller Byrd was born in 1946. She talked about her parents, D.R. and Isla Miller, and the history of the Carson & Barnes Circus, and the future of traveling tent shows. Bar... More

Charles H. Baggett interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Juliana M. Nykolaiszyn, 2011-07-01

Charles H. Baggett interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Jul...

Charles Baggett, born in 1941, talked about his father Herman, who owned car dealerships in Hugo, Oklahoma, and the relationship Herman developed with the circus community; in particular with D.R. Miller. Charl... More

Charles H. Baggett interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Juliana M. Nykolaiszyn, 2011-07-01

Charles H. Baggett interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Jul...

Charles Baggett, born in 1941, talked about his father Herman, who owned car dealerships in Hugo, Oklahoma, and the relationship Herman developed with the circus community; in particular with D.R. Miller. Charl... More

Charles H. Baggett interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Juliana M. Nykolaiszyn, 2011-07-01

Charles H. Baggett interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Jul...

Charles Baggett, born in 1941, talked about his father Herman, who owned car dealerships in Hugo, Oklahoma, and the relationship Herman developed with the circus community; in particular with D.R. Miller. Charl... More

Winfield Scott to Simon Cameron, Friday, August 09, 1861 (Requests placement on retirement list)

Winfield Scott to Simon Cameron, Friday, August 09, 1861 (Requests pl...

Winfield Scott to Simon Cameron, Friday, August 09, 1861 (Requests placement on retirement list)

Winfield Scott to Simon Cameron, Friday, August 09, 1861 (Requests pl...

Winfield Scott to Simon Cameron, Monday, August 12, 1861 (Will not withdraw request to be placed on retirement list)

Winfield Scott to Simon Cameron, Monday, August 12, 1861 (Will not wi...

Production. Subchasers. An old ship fitter comes out of retirement, and fisherman leaves the sea, to help build subchasers at a Southern shipyard. At the pipe-bending job they are doing together, and at other jobs, they have helped the yard win the coveted Navy "E"

Production. Subchasers. An old ship fitter comes out of retirement, an...

Public domain photograph of the United States military and military-industrial complex before World War Two, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Production. Subchasers. Now well over seventy, this old ship fitter came out of retirement to help build subchasers at a Southern shipyard. At the pipe-bending job he is doing, and at other jobs, he has helped the yard win the coveted Navy "E"

Production. Subchasers. Now well over seventy, this old ship fitter ca...

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