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John Wilkes Booth diary, artifact in the museum collection, National Park Service, Ford's Theatre National Historic Site, Washington, D.C.

John Wilkes Booth diary, artifact in the museum collection, National P...

Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift and purchase; Carol M. Highsmith; 2009; (DLC/PP-2010... More

Death on economy. U.S. "I suppose I must spend a little on life-saving service, life-boat stations, life-boats, surf-boats, etc.; but it is too bad to be obliged to waste so much money" / Th. Nast.

Death on economy. U.S. "I suppose I must spend a little on life-saving...

Cartoon showing Uncle Sam looking at drowned bodies and shipwrecked Huron. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1877 Dec. 29, p. 1024.

Secret service by William Gillette. during American Civil War

Secret service by William Gillette. during American Civil War

Caption: I know some things that you don't! Created and "copyright 1896 by The Strobridge Lith Co, Cin'ti & N.Y." No. 7445. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

U.S. Civil Service Commission now complete. Washington, D.C., July 8. With the swearing in today of Arthur S. Flemming to succeed Samuel H. Ordway Jr., resigned, as a member of the U.S. Civil Service Commission, the commission is complete. Members of the commission are, left to right: Arthur S. Flemming, Mrs. Lucille McMillan, and Harry B. Mitchell

U.S. Civil Service Commission now complete. Washington, D.C., July 8. ...

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

Happy but thoughtless. The messenger service is poor training for him. (Works for Dime Messenger Service). Location: [Washington (D.C.), District of Columbia]

Happy but thoughtless. The messenger service is poor training for him....

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AIR MAIL. INAUGURATION OF SERVICE, POLO FIELD

AIR MAIL. INAUGURATION OF SERVICE, POLO FIELD

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Air Service Flying School, Rockwell Field, San Diego, Cal., Nov. 23, 1918

Air Service Flying School, Rockwell Field, San Diego, Cal., Nov. 23, 1...

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AIR MAIL. INAUGURATION OF SERVICE, POLO FIELD

AIR MAIL. INAUGURATION OF SERVICE, POLO FIELD

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Have you a Red Cross service flag? / Jessie Willcox Smith.

Have you a Red Cross service flag? / Jessie Willcox Smith.

Boy putting Red Cross service emblem on window. Promotional goal: U.S. G21. 1918. Copyright by the American Red Cross.

Potomac Electric Power Co. service station, 10th and Florida. Construction of foundation for new service station building III

Potomac Electric Power Co. service station, 10th and Florida. Construc...

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Electric Institute of Washington. Repairs and service

Electric Institute of Washington. Repairs and service

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Biggest and costliest yet. This is the radio room on the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Chelan, the newest cutter of the service now anchored at the Navy Yard, Washington D.C. This radio room houses three transmitters and three receiving sets. On the maiden trip she picked up an SOS and towed a schooner 1,500 miles, a record tow. The cutter cost approximately $1,000,000. Ensign Leslie B. Tollaksen, is shown in the photograph

Biggest and costliest yet. This is the radio room on the U.S. Coast Gu...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a living room, salon, office, late 19th-century interior, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Naval aviator sets new speed mark to win Curtiss Marine Trophy., Lt. W.G. Tomlinson, right, roaring over a 100 mile course on the Potomac River, in his tiny Navy fighting plane, won the Curtiss Marine Trophy race today and broke the record for service seaplanes by a wide margin. His record speed of 175 miles per hour for the annual classic eclipsed the mark of the late Major C.A. Lutz of the Marine Corps. of 154 which won last year's race. The Secretary of the Navy, Adams is shown on his right

Naval aviator sets new speed mark to win Curtiss Marine Trophy., Lt. W...

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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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This interesting combination of gauge house and navigation lightpole with service ladders and handrails developed into decorative features is typical of TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) navigation projects all up and down the river

This interesting combination of gauge house and navigation lightpole w...

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The cafeteria for construction employees of the Norris project was an attempt to produce a dignified architectural effect out of simple and, in part, unfinished local materials. After construction of the project it has been converted to other uses and is now in its tenth year of service

The cafeteria for construction employees of the Norris project was an ...

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John N. Conyngham, Hayfield Farm, residence in Lehman Township, Pennsylvania. Service court, from yard

John N. Conyngham, Hayfield Farm, residence in Lehman Township, Pennsy...

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Apprentice seamen in the United States Maritime Service manning the yards on the square-rigged training ship "Joseph Conrad"

Apprentice seamen in the United States Maritime Service manning the ya...

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New Assistant Secretary of Interior. Washington, D.C., Dec. 20. Ebert K. Berlew, of Pennsylvania, who was today nominated by President Roosevelt to be first Assistant Secretary of the Interior. He succeeds Theodore Walters, who died a few weeks ago. Mr. Berlew has been in the government service for 27 years--most of the time in the Department of Interior, 12/20/37

New Assistant Secretary of Interior. Washington, D.C., Dec. 20. Ebert ...

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Dr. Parran, Surgeon General, U.S. Public Health Service. Dr. Parran with lab rat I

Dr. Parran, Surgeon General, U.S. Public Health Service. Dr. Parran wi...

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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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Dr. Parran, Surgeon General, U.S. Public Health Service. Dr. Parran at lab table

Dr. Parran, Surgeon General, U.S. Public Health Service. Dr. Parran at...

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U.S. Treasury guards blossom out in new uniforms. Washington, D.C. Aug. 26. The first act of the U.S. Secret Service when they were g even supervision of the Treasury Guards was to outfit the men with new uniforms. A neat summer uniform of blue shirt with blue trousers and Sam Browne belt was taken the place of the blue, green, white, pink and other conflicting colors in shirts formerly worn by the guards. This picture was made as the guards paraded for officials of the Treasury today. 8/26/37

U.S. Treasury guards blossom out in new uniforms. Washington, D.C. Aug...

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Lassen Volcanic National Park, Ranger Naturalist Service

Lassen Volcanic National Park, Ranger Naturalist Service

Poster shows Lassen Peak errupting. Caption: Loomis Memorial at Manzanita Lake - lectures, hikes, motor caravans, campfire programs, information. Season late June to mid September. Work Projects Administration... More

Secret Service, 10-20-38 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Secret Service, 10-20-38 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Public domain photograph of cabinet, bureau, office, 1920s - 1930s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

"Small business" conference opens in uproar. Washington, D.C., Feb. 2. So great was the confusion at the opening session of the Conference of Small Business Men today that Secretary Roper was pressed into service to get order. Nearly one thousand small business men from 45 states attended and it seemed all of them wanted to get on the speakers platform at once. A good idea of the confusion taking place can be gained from this general scene, 2/2/38

"Small business" conference opens in uproar. Washington, D.C., Feb. 2....

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Oregon, Monroe, Benton County. The Wilhelm mill closed ten years ago and service station "used to be quite a trading center around here until they had good roads."

Oregon, Monroe, Benton County. The Wilhelm mill closed ten years ago a...

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Tranquillity, California. Sunday morning service. Migrants from the southwest bring their religions with them to California

Tranquillity, California. Sunday morning service. Migrants from the so...

Public domain photograph - United States during 1930s Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Investigating favoritism in government. Washington, D.C., March 31. A characteristic pose of Senator Allen J. Ellender, democrat of Louisiana, chairman of the Special Senate Committee investigating charges of favoritism in promotion of feminine workers on the government service. Principal charges are that the beauties are being promoted, regardless of their ability, over the heads of their homelier co-workers. 3-31-39

Investigating favoritism in government. Washington, D.C., March 31. A ...

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

Former house minority leader presented set of silver by republican congressmen. Washington, D.C., April 5 -Former House Minority Leader Bertrand N. Snell, or New York, was presented with a silver service set at surprise breakfast tendered him today at the Capitol by his former republican colleagues. In the photo - left to right - House Minority Leader Joseph W. Martin, Jr. of Massachusetts - Bertrand N. Snell - Rep. James W. Wadsworth of New York - Rep. Daniel A. Reed of New York and Rep. Frank Crowther of New York. 4-5-39

Former house minority leader presented set of silver by republican con...

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[...] says NLRD criticism precipitated [...] by lack of federal mediation service. [Washington], D.C., May 15. William M Leiseron, [member of?] the NLRB, told the Senate Education and [...] that much of the existing criticism of [...] could have been avoided by a more [...] federal mediation service. He caused the [committee?] which is holding hearings on the Wagner(?) Amendments(?) proposed recently, a good laugh [...] out that authority of the board ends [...] agree to bargain collectively. 'The [...] of the board ends there. The act then [...] ending of a happy life thereafter. [Anyone who is?] married knows that is not the whole story

[...] says NLRD criticism precipitated [...] by lack of federal mediat...

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Farmers repairing tractor at community service center. Faulkner County, Centerville, Arkansas (see general caption)

Farmers repairing tractor at community service center. Faulkner County...

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Army truck manufacture (Dodge). Cab assemblies entering huge rust-proofing ovens. In this process the raw sheet metal of the cabs is treated with various chemicals before any finishing coats are applied. This rust-proofing insures against the spread of rust in cases of accidents which damage the finish of the metal after the trunk has been put into service

Army truck manufacture (Dodge). Cab assemblies entering huge rust-proo...

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Member of the Arizona part-time farms, Chandler Unit, in bedroom of his apartment on the project studying for civil service examination in poultry culture. Maricopa County, Arizona

Member of the Arizona part-time farms, Chandler Unit, in bedroom of hi...

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PHS (United States Public Health Service) exhibit

PHS (United States Public Health Service) exhibit

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Community service center. Faulkner County, Centerville, Arkansas

Community service center. Faulkner County, Centerville, Arkansas

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A group of men sitting at a table in a restaurant, Washington DC. Farm Security Administration photograph

A group of men sitting at a table in a restaurant, Washington DC. Farm...

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The National Roster of Scientific and Specialized Personnel. The National Roster of Scientific and Specialized Personnel (under the joint administration of the Civil Service Commission and the National Resources Planning Board) employs this horizontal sorting machine as an aid in the exacting task of picking just the right combination of specifications. This machine selects from the prepared index cards the men who have the required specifications such as a definite specialization in one of the engineering fields, familiarity with certain languages, locations, marital status, ethnicity, age group, extent of education, etc.

The National Roster of Scientific and Specialized Personnel. The Natio...

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

A black and white photo of people on a beach, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photograph

A black and white photo of people on a beach, Great Depression. FSA/OW...

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War Production Board poster. Poster produced by the WPB for distribution to shipyards. The original is 28 1/2 inches by 40 inches and is printed in full color. It was designed by the Office of War Information (OWI) from a painting by C.C. Beall. Copies may be obtained from Central Distribution Service, Office of Emergency Management (OEM), 1516 14th Street, Northwest, Washington, D.C.

War Production Board poster. Poster produced by the WPB for distributi...

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Absentee posters. An employee in the janitor service of the Winchester Repeating Arms Company, New Haven, Connecticut designed this poster which stresses the importance of full attendance to plant workers

Absentee posters. An employee in the janitor service of the Winchester...

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A black and white photo of a group of men, Washington DC. Farm Security Administration photograph

A black and white photo of a group of men, Washington DC. Farm Securit...

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Alex G. Nordholm, Chief, Regional Service, War Production Drive Headquarters, speaking before labor-management committee members at Hazleton, July 30th

Alex G. Nordholm, Chief, Regional Service, War Production Drive Headqu...

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Alex G. Nordholm, Chief, Regional Service, War Production Drive Headquarters, speaking before labor-management committee members at Scranton, July 29th

Alex G. Nordholm, Chief, Regional Service, War Production Drive Headqu...

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Salvage. Stacking chips in the game of war. Even better, if possible, than the individual citizen, American industry has learned to waste nothing. With every ounce of steel and steel scrap vital to the war, this employee of the Boston & Maine Railroad has been assigned the job of sorting steel washers. Here, as in all industry today, anything reusable is put back into service; the remainder becomes scrap to feed the nation's insatiable steel mills

Salvage. Stacking chips in the game of war. Even better, if possible, ...

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Staff Sergeant William Light, Service Company, 12th Infantry (motor maintenance sergeant). Standing at attention weraing overseas cap and service uniform (a uniforn usually worn in garrisons in the summer). Arlington Cantonment, Arlington, Virginia

Staff Sergeant William Light, Service Company, 12th Infantry (motor ma...

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Civilian defense. Here is a portable electric power saw to cut flooring and heavy beams. It is part of the equipment of the New York City Emergency Service truck displayed in October at the civilian defense show at Madison Square Garden by the New York Police Department. This saw, which operates on 110-volt direct current generated by the truck, can be used as far as 2000 feet from the truck

Civilian defense. Here is a portable electric power saw to cut floorin...

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.

A black and white photo of a group of people. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a group of people. Office of War Informatio...

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

General Douglas MacArthur, left, congratulates Captain Villamor of the Philippine Air Force, after awarding him the Distinguished Service Cross, December 22, 1941. Captain Villamor was one of the small group of flyers that did heroic service in the Battle of Bataan

General Douglas MacArthur, left, congratulates Captain Villamor of the...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Creel room in action. Two spools are needed for each of the endless cords. As fast as a spool runs out, the auxiliary spool is immediately pulled into service. Each time one of the spools is replaced, the new spool is tied to the end of the spool which is unwinding so that there is never an interruption in any cord. Should a cord break, it is immediately replaced from an emergency spool until the break can be repaired. Firestone (General Tires), Akron, Ohio

Creel room in action. Two spools are needed for each of the endless co...

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Marines dress parade. The Marines paraded in honor of Colonel William T. Clement when he was presented the Navy Cross for distinguished service in the Philippines. The presentation was made on July 17, 1942, in the courtyard of the Marine barracks in Washington, D.C.

Marines dress parade. The Marines paraded in honor of Colonel William ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a uniform, military personnel, armed forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A poster comes to life. "I've been waitin' for this moment," said George Woolslayer as he shook hands with his poster-model colleagues, Sergeant Vineyard and Chief Evans, "and I'm mighty proud." Although Woolslayer was somewhat more voluble than his service friends, all of the men admitted to being thrilled at the meeting. None had met before. It was the soldier's and sailor's first visit to a steel mill and they watched the operations with interest and laid down a continuous barrage of questions. Working on a rush order, Woolslayer was not able to leave his job to meet the other two at the station, as had been originally planned. Introducing the men is Robert Foster, (second from left) Woolslayer's boss. Allegheny-Steel, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

A poster comes to life. "I've been waitin' for this moment," said Geor...

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Marines dress parade. The Marines paraded in honor of Colonel William T. Clement when he was presented the Navy Cross for distinguished service in the Philippines. The presentation was made on July 17, 1942, in the courtyard of the Marine barracks in Washington, D.C.

Marines dress parade. The Marines paraded in honor of Colonel William ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a uniform, military personnel, armed forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Pennsylvania section of the war emergency twenty-four inch pipeline to carry oil from Texas fields to eastern refineries, completed in July 1943. Service truck

Pennsylvania section of the war emergency twenty-four inch pipeline to...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military vehicle, automobile, tractor truck, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Harvesting embryonic membranes from eggs infected with louse-borne typhus. USPHS (United States Public Health Service) Rocky Mountain Laboratory, Hamilton, Montana

Harvesting embryonic membranes from eggs infected with louse-borne typ...

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

Testing yellow fever serum by injecting it into the brain of a monkey. USPHS (United States Public Health Service) Rocky Mountain Laboratory, Hamilton, Montana

Testing yellow fever serum by injecting it into the brain of a monkey....

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Summersville, West Virginia. United States employment service agent recruiting labor

Summersville, West Virginia. United States employment service agent re...

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Washington, D.C. George Camblair leaving home early in the morning to go to the Selective Service Board from which, with about fifty others, he will leave by train for the induction station

Washington, D.C. George Camblair leaving home early in the morning to ...

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Testing yellow fever serum by injecting it into white mice. USPHS (United States Public Health Service) Rocky Mountain Laboratory, Hamilton, Montana

Testing yellow fever serum by injecting it into white mice. USPHS (Uni...

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Doctor Herrald R. Cox who developed the method of producing typhus vaccine from infected eggs. USPHS (United States Public Health Service) Rocky Mountain Laboratory. Hamilton, Montana

Doctor Herrald R. Cox who developed the method of producing typhus vac...

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Borger, Texas. Loading a truck with gasoline for service station distribution

Borger, Texas. Loading a truck with gasoline for service station distr...

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Washington, D.C. George Camblair leaving home early in the morning to go to the Selective Service Board from which, with about fifty others, he will leave by train for the induction station

Washington, D.C. George Camblair leaving home early in the morning to ...

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Father Smith, colored pastor, conducting Massachusetts at a Negro Catholic church service on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois

Father Smith, colored pastor, conducting Massachusetts at a Negro Cath...

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Agriculture. Guayule cultivation. Mature guayule shrubs, about five years old. In harvesting, the entire shrub is dug up since rubber occurs in both roots and branches. Guayule plantings will produce an estimated 600 tons of rubber in 1943, provide a crop in 1944 which should yield 33,000 tons and a harvest in 1945 to yield 47,000 tons. An annual production of 70,000 tons to 80,000 tons will materialize if full capacity of nurseries now being built is utilized. This program is part of the Department of Agriculture's Emergency Rubber Project administered by the Forest Service under congressional authorization "to make available a source of crude rubber for emergency and defense uses"

Agriculture. Guayule cultivation. Mature guayule shrubs, about five ye...

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Batavia, New York (vicinity). Elba FSA (Farm Security Administration) farm labor camp. West Virginia folks applying for work at the United States employment service

Batavia, New York (vicinity). Elba FSA (Farm Security Administration) ...

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Hutchinson, Minnesota. Selective Service registration

Hutchinson, Minnesota. Selective Service registration

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

Dr. Cox removing brain of typhus-infected guinea pig. USPHS (United States Public Health Service) Rocky Mountain Laboratory, Hamilton, Montana

Dr. Cox removing brain of typhus-infected guinea pig. USPHS (United St...

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Agriculture. Guayule cultivation. A young field of guayule at the end of the first growing season in the Salinas Valley of California. Plants were transplanted from the nursery in May; picture taken the following fall. Guayule plantings will produce an estimated 600 tons of rubber in early 1943, provide a crop in 1944 which should yield 33,000 tons and a harvest in 1945 to yield 47,000 tons. An annual production of 70,000 tons to 80,000 tons will materialize if full capacity of nurseries now being built is utilized. Addition: This program is part of the Department of Agriculture's Emergency Rubber Project, administered by the Forest Service under congressional authorization "to make available a source of crude rubber for emergency and defense uses"

Agriculture. Guayule cultivation. A young field of guayule at the end ...

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Harvesting embryos containing yellow fever vaccine virus. USPHS (United States Public Health Service) Rocky Mountain Laboratory, Hamilton, Montana

Harvesting embryos containing yellow fever vaccine virus. USPHS (Unite...

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Fort Knox. Machine guns. The .45 caliber Thompson sub-machine gun, familiarly known as the Tommy gun, is a hand weapon for which every branch of the service finds many uses. Its portability and effectiveness makes it a favorite of our modern Army

Fort Knox. Machine guns. The .45 caliber Thompson sub-machine gun, fam...

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Dr. E.A. Steinhaus examining bacteria cultures from insects and ticks. USPHS (United States Public Health Service) Rocky Mountain Laboratory, Hamilton, Montana

Dr. E.A. Steinhaus examining bacteria cultures from insects and ticks....

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Lititz, Pennsylvania. Elizabeth Almoney, who has three sons and three brothers in the service, in her yard on Sunday

Lititz, Pennsylvania. Elizabeth Almoney, who has three sons and three ...

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Salinas, California. Pouring sand into guayule planter at the nursery. The guayule project is under the supervision of the U.S. States Forest Service

Salinas, California. Pouring sand into guayule planter at the nursery....

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Brownsville, Texas. Retired army officer registering men for Selective Service at the Chamber of Commerce

Brownsville, Texas. Retired army officer registering men for Selective...

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Summersville, West Virginia. Men came down from the hills to talk to the United States employment service agent about work in the harvest in other states

Summersville, West Virginia. Men came down from the hills to talk to t...

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Women Accepted for Voluntary Emergency Service. Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, becomes the home for WAVES in training. Here, midshipmen take on heavy schedule to learn the duties of an officer in the U.S. Naval Reserve. Officers on parade. Ensigns march in the regimental review

Women Accepted for Voluntary Emergency Service. Smith College, Northam...

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Easter service at the Garden Tomb, Ap. 5, 1942, showing tomb

Easter service at the Garden Tomb, Ap. 5, 1942, showing tomb

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Gasoline rationing. It can't happen here in the gas-rationed East, but in the Midwest states you're still apt to see such a sign as this displayed outside a service station. Coupons for gasoline purchase are unknown in this part of the country

Gasoline rationing. It can't happen here in the gas-rationed East, but...

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Batavia, New York. Elba FSA (Farm Security Administration) farm labor camp. West Virginia workers waiting outside the United States Employment Service office

Batavia, New York. Elba FSA (Farm Security Administration) farm labor ...

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Testing yellow fever serum by injecting into brain of monkey. USPHS (United States Public Health Service) Rocky Mountain Laboratory. Hamilton, Montana

Testing yellow fever serum by injecting into brain of monkey. USPHS (U...

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Fuel oil conservation. An experienced serviceman checks the efficiency of the family heating plant. This man measures the draft, the amount of heat lost through the chimney, and the carbon dioxide content of the flue gases. His work resulted in cutting down fuel consumption more than nineteen per cent. All heating contractors and many coal and fuel-oil dealers are prepared to give this valuable service

Fuel oil conservation. An experienced serviceman checks the efficiency...

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Idaho Falls, Idaho. Selective Service registration for men forty-five to sixty-five

Idaho Falls, Idaho. Selective Service registration for men forty-five ...

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Glencoe, Minnesota. Selective Service registration for men twenty to forty-four not previously registered

Glencoe, Minnesota. Selective Service registration for men twenty to f...

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Washington, D.C. Sergeant George Camblair taking his girlfriend dancing at the United Service Organization (USO) during a weekend furlough

Washington, D.C. Sergeant George Camblair taking his girlfriend dancin...

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Willamette National Forest, Lane County, Oregon. Outdoor fireplace built by the U.S. Forest Service in one of the many roadside camps

Willamette National Forest, Lane County, Oregon. Outdoor fireplace bui...

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Daniel Field, Georgia. Air Service Command. Learning to use a gas mask

Daniel Field, Georgia. Air Service Command. Learning to use a gas mask

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Warner Robins, Georgia. Air Service Command, Robins Field. Parachute men of an air depot group inspecting a parachute

Warner Robins, Georgia. Air Service Command, Robins Field. Parachute m...

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Greenville, South Carolina. Air Service Command. The 1147th quartermaster service group

Greenville, South Carolina. Air Service Command. The 1147th quartermas...

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Daniel Field, Georgia. Air Service Command. Enlisted men going through the obstacle course

Daniel Field, Georgia. Air Service Command. Enlisted men going through...

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Washington, D.C. Two French sailors who missed their train explain their plight to a French-speaking volunteer at the United Nations service center and are set on the right course

Washington, D.C. Two French sailors who missed their train explain the...

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Saint Petersburg, Florida. Officer candidate Victor D. Reed at a United States service training station

Saint Petersburg, Florida. Officer candidate Victor D. Reed at a Unite...

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Warner Robins, Georgia. Air Service Command, Robins Field. Mechanics removing the cowling of one of the engines of a B-24 bomber

Warner Robins, Georgia. Air Service Command, Robins Field. Mechanics r...

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Washington, D.C. Hugh Massman makes a phone call to the United Nations Service Center nursery to check up on the behavior of his young son, who is being taken care of for the afternoon

Washington, D.C. Hugh Massman makes a phone call to the United Nations...

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Greenville, South Carolina. Air Service Command. In the welding shop of the 35th service squadron of the engineering line

Greenville, South Carolina. Air Service Command. In the welding shop o...

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Greenville, South Carolina. Air Service Command. Writing a letter home

Greenville, South Carolina. Air Service Command. Writing a letter home

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Hoffman Island, New York. Gyro compass and steering class at the United States Maritime Service training station

Hoffman Island, New York. Gyro compass and steering class at the Unite...

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Washington, D.C. A sailor getting some help in wrapping his Christmas gifts at the United Nations service center

Washington, D.C. A sailor getting some help in wrapping his Christmas ...

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Saint Petersburg, Florida. Bakery school of the United States Maritime Service training station

Saint Petersburg, Florida. Bakery school of the United States Maritime...

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Daniel Field, Georgia. Air Service Command. Learning close order drill on the parade ground

Daniel Field, Georgia. Air Service Command. Learning close order drill...

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Greenville, South Carolina. Air Service Command. Sergeant John Riley of the 25th service group. His home is in Bowman, South Carolina

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