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HUGHES, CHARLES EVANS. GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK, 1907-1910; ASSOCIATE JUSTICE OF SUPREME COURT, 1910-1916; CHIEF JUSTICE, 1930-. WITH DAUGHTER, KATHERINE

HUGHES, CHARLES EVANS. GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK, 1907-1910; ASSOCIATE JUST...

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U.S. Supreme Court. Close-up of sculptural element at U.S. Supreme Court I

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U.S. Supreme Court. Statue at entrance of U.S. Supreme Court from front III

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U.S. Supreme Court exteriors. Main portico of U.S. Supreme Court from left I

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U.S. Supreme Court exteriors. Whole U.S. Supreme Court Building from front and center

U.S. Supreme Court exteriors. Whole U.S. Supreme Court Building from f...

Old negative number: 2235. The Theodor Horydczak Collection is a collection of photographs taken by Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) a Polish-born American photographer who worked in Washington D.C. from the 1910... More

U.S. Supreme Court exteriors. U.S. Supreme Court from U.S. Capitol dome II

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U.S. Supreme Court interiors. Metal grille gate, U.S. Supreme Court

U.S. Supreme Court interiors. Metal grille gate, U.S. Supreme Court

Old negative number: 2235-7. The Theodor Horydczak Collection is a collection of photographs taken by Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) a Polish-born American photographer who worked in Washington D.C. from the 19... More

Before Senate Judiciary Committee. Washington, D.C., April 22. The packing of the Supreme Court "strikes at the most vital provisions in the constitution", Dean L.J. Tepoel of the Creighton University Law School asserted before the Senate Judiciary Committee today

Before Senate Judiciary Committee. Washington, D.C., April 22. The pac...

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Supreme Court, 10/1/23 - Public domain portrait photograph

Supreme Court, 10/1/23 - Public domain portrait photograph

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Congress gets huge petition for reduction of federal tax on earned incomes. Led by many of America's outstanding personages in professional life, a parade marched down Pennsylvania Avenue today with a truckload of petitions bearing the signatures of millions of tax payers who demand a substantial reduction in the Federal Tax on earned incomes. The petition was presented to the chairman of the House and Senate Finance Committees. In the center of the photograph can be seen, left to right: William Howard Black, justice of the Supreme Court of New York; Mae Murray, movie star; Isaac Gans, Washington business leader; Senator Reed Smoot, chairman of Senate Finance Committee; Rep. Willis C. Hawley, chairman of House Finance Committee; and Rep. Sol Bloom of New York

Congress gets huge petition for reduction of federal tax on earned inc...

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[Edward Terry Sanford, 1865-1930, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]

[Edward Terry Sanford, 1865-1930, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing ...

Portrait of Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court. Copyright by Harris & Ewing. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Photog. I.; BI; Shelf.

U.S. Supreme Court exteriors. Front portico of U.S. Supreme Court from left I

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U.S. Supreme Court exteriors. Front portico of U.S. Supreme Court from right I

U.S. Supreme Court exteriors. Front portico of U.S. Supreme Court from...

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U.S. Supreme Court exteriors. Front of U.S. Supreme Court Building from left III

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Library of Congress. View from roof of U.S. Supreme Court showing old and new Library of Congress II

Library of Congress. View from roof of U.S. Supreme Court showing old ...

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U.S. Supreme Court exteriors. Base of flagpole at U.S. Supreme Court

U.S. Supreme Court exteriors. Base of flagpole at U.S. Supreme Court

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U.S. Supreme Court exteriors. Statue of Contemplation of Law at U.S. Supreme Court, three-quarter view I

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U.S. Supreme Court interiors. Clock in library of U.S. Supreme Court

U.S. Supreme Court interiors. Clock in library of U.S. Supreme Court

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Mine workers cite sick chicken case to aid coal bill. Henry Warrum, left, United Mine Workers' General Counsel, cites the Supreme Court's decision on the famous NRA sick-chicken case as supporting the constitutionality of the Guffey Coal bill. He testified before a sub-committee of the House Ways and Means committee. Others in the picture are John L. Lewis, president of United Mine Workers, and Rep. J. Buell Snyder, D. of Pennsylvania, who heads the sub-committee

Mine workers cite sick chicken case to aid coal bill. Henry Warrum, le...

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Admitted to practice before Supreme Court at 82. Washington, D.C. Oct. 13. The oldest living American born in the Hawaiian Islands, James Monsarrata, 82 years old, was admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court today. He was sponsored by Stanley Reed, Solicitor General. Enthusiastic over the ceremony Mosarrat says he got a greater thrill by seeing Associate Justice Brandeis with whom he had attended Harvard Law School in 1878

Admitted to practice before Supreme Court at 82. Washington, D.C. Oct....

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Opposition to president's Supreme Court plan. Washington, D.C., May 21. Two of the bitterest opponents to the President's Supreme Court plan seem to be very happy after the Senate Judiciary Committee voted an adverse report on the bill, Sen. Burton K. Wheeler, D. of Montana, left, and Sen. Edward R. Burke, D. of Neb., are all set for another fight in case there is one

Opposition to president's Supreme Court plan. Washington, D.C., May 21...

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Justice Cardozo reaches 67th milestone. Washington, D.C., May 5. Justice Benjamin Cardozo as he appeared today on his 67th birthday. The picture was made as the justice was leaving his apartment on his way to today's session of the United States Supreme Court, 5/24/37

Justice Cardozo reaches 67th milestone. Washington, D.C., May 5. Justi...

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Senate Committee hears noted woman columnist and author on president's court reform plan. Washington, D.C., March 31. Dorothy Thompson, noted newspaperwoman and author, told the Senate Judiciary Committee today that as "a researcher into the mortality of republics" she feared that under President Roosevelt's Judiciary program America would go the way of European Democracies fallen under Dictatorship. "You say it couldn't happen here, but it has happened here," added the writer as she cited past infringement on the rights of minorities which have been frustrated by the Supreme Court, 3/31/1937

Senate Committee hears noted woman columnist and author on president's...

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Justice Van Devanter retires. Washington, D.C., May 19th. Justice Willis Van Devanter, after 26 years of service with the Supreme Court sent his resignation to the president to become effective June 2nd, seldom photographed the judge let news photographer snap him while cleaning up his desk

Justice Van Devanter retires. Washington, D.C., May 19th. Justice Will...

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Implicates industry for part of blame for sit-down strikes. Washington, D.C., March 20. Senator James E. Murray (left) of Montana, declared today that industry is part to blame for sit-down strikes. Murray veiled a reference to the Supreme Court when he said, "this is the only powerful nation in the world where the government is powerless to settle a controversy of the sort now going on in Detroit; powerless to investigate and resolve the difference between the contending forces." Senator Murray is shown with Senator Henry F. Ashurst, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, 3/20/1937

Implicates industry for part of blame for sit-down strikes. Washington...

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Senate Judiciary Committee considers president's request to increase membership of Supreme Court. Washington D.C. After a meeting today members of the Senate Judiciary Committee reported that opinion in their group was about evenly divided on wisdom of President Roosevelt's request for power to increase the membership of the Supreme Court to possibly 15 members. Senators Borah, Pittman and Connally continued their silence on the administration Program as they left the Committee Room. in the photograph, left to right: (seated) Senator William E. Borah, Idaho; Senator Henry F. Hurst of Arizona, Chairman ; and Senator Pat McCarran of Nevada. Standing left to right: Senator Frederich Van Nuys of Indiana; Senator Edward R. Burke of Nebraska. Senator Warren Austin of Vermont; Senator Key Pittman of Nevada; Senator George McGill of Kansas; and Senator Carl Hatch of New Mexico

Senate Judiciary Committee considers president's request to increase m...

A group of men standing around a table signing papers, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified data on the negative or negative sleeve. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. General in... More

FDR [Franklin Delano Roosevelt] FIRESIDE CHAT ON U.S. SUPREME COURT REFORM PLAN

FDR [Franklin Delano Roosevelt] FIRESIDE CHAT ON U.S. SUPREME COURT RE...

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[WPA march in front of the U.S. Supreme Court]

[WPA march in front of the U.S. Supreme Court]

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Welcome ladies! Washington, D.C., March 19. The open hearing being by the Senate Judiciary Committee on the President's proposed Supreme Court plan is proving the "hit" of the present congressional session, at least by the members of the fair sex. Here we see Senator Henry F. Ashurst, Chairman of the Committee, greeting Mrs. Joseph E. Davies, former wife of the American Ambassador to the Soviet, and her daughter Mrs. Millard Tydings, wife of the Maryland Senator, as they arrived to attend today's session, 3/19/1937

Welcome ladies! Washington, D.C., March 19. The open hearing being by ...

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Black confirmed by Senate. Washington, D.C., Aug. 17. The new Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, Hugo L. Black looks calmly on as Col. Edward A. Halsey, Secretary of the Senate, affixes his signature as a finishing touch to the Senate's confirmation of the Alabama Senator to the nation's highest tribunal. The final vote was 63-16, 8/17/37

Black confirmed by Senate. Washington, D.C., Aug. 17. The new Associat...

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White House reception for Judiciary. Washington, D.C., Jan. 11. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Evans Hughes and Mrs. Hughes are shown as they left their residence for the White House reception for the Supreme Court and the Judiciary, 1/11/38

White House reception for Judiciary. Washington, D.C., Jan. 11. The Ch...

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U.S. Supreme Court exteriors. U.S. Supreme Court, horizontal I

U.S. Supreme Court exteriors. U.S. Supreme Court, horizontal I

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Nominated for Supreme Court. Washington, D.C., Jan. 15. 53-year-old Stanley F. Reed, Solicitor General of the United States, has been nominated by President Roosevelt to succeed Justice George Sutherland as a member of the Supreme Court, 1/15/38

Nominated for Supreme Court. Washington, D.C., Jan. 15. 53-year-old St...

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Senate Judiciary Committee ok's Reed. Washington, D.C., Jan. 20. After hearing Attorney General Homer S. Cummings today, the Senate Judiciary Committee went into executive session for two minutes during which they voted unanimously to report favorably the nomination of Solicitor General Stanley Reed to be Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Solicitor General Stanley Reed, (right) is shown with Sen. M.M. Logan, (center) Chairman of the Subcommittee, and Attorney General Cummings following the report of the committee, 1/20/38

Senate Judiciary Committee ok's Reed. Washington, D.C., Jan. 20. After...

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TAKES OATH AS U.S. ENVOY TO GREAT BRITAIN, WASHINGTON, D.C., FEBRUARY 18. WITH PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT AS AN INTERESTED WITNESS, JOSEPH P. KENNEDY, FORMER U.S. MARITIME COMMISSION CHAIRMAN, TODAY WAS SWORN IN AS U.S. ENVOY TO GREAT BRITAIN BY ASSOCIATE SUPREME COURT JUSTICE STANLEY F. REED. KENNEDY TENDERED HIS RESIGNATION AS MARITIME CHAIRMAN TO PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT JUST BEFORE HE TOOK THE OATH AS ENVOY

TAKES OATH AS U.S. ENVOY TO GREAT BRITAIN, WASHINGTON, D.C., FEBRUARY ...

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U.S. Supreme Court exteriors. U.S. Supreme Court, horizontal with woman, Library of Congress dome in background I

U.S. Supreme Court exteriors. U.S. Supreme Court, horizontal with woma...

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Supreme Court Justices' wives attend breakfast in honor of First Lady. Washington, D.C., April 25. Wives of the Chief Justices and the Associate Justices of the Supreme Court turned out on force today to attend the breakfast tendered in honor of Mrs. Roosevelt by the Congessional Club at the Mayflower Hotel. In the photograph, left to right: Mrs. Stanley F. Reed, Mrs. Charles Evans Hughes, Mrs. Harlan Fiske Stone, and Mrs. Owen J, Roberts, 4/25/38

Supreme Court Justices' wives attend breakfast in honor of First Lady....

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Cameraman lends helping hand to Justice McReynolds on 76th birthday. Washington, D.C., Feb. 3. A balkly lock on his auto door brought Supreme Court Justice James Clark McReynolds and cameramen closer today as one of the "boys" assisted the venerable Justice, who is celebrating his 76th birthday today, in opening the lock. Usually Justice McReynolds is camera-shy but after the lock episode today the dean of the Supreme Court Justices was just another "setup" for the photographers, 2338

Cameraman lends helping hand to Justice McReynolds on 76th birthday. W...

An old black and white photo of a man and a woman, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. General information about the Harris & Ewing Collection is available at http:... More

Chief Justice Hughes celebrates his 76th birthday. Washington, D.C., April 11. Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Evans Hughes, was 76 years old today, he is shown leaving his residence to go to the Supreme Court, The Chief Justice is telling photogs not to come in for a close-up. April 11, 1938

Chief Justice Hughes celebrates his 76th birthday. Washington, D.C., A...

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U.S. Supreme Court exteriors. U.S. Supreme Court, vertical I

U.S. Supreme Court exteriors. U.S. Supreme Court, vertical I

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New Attorney General admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court. Washington, D.C., Jan. 4. Attorney General Frank Murphy, left, was today presented to the United Supreme Court by Solicitor General Robert Jackson. At the same time, Murphy was admitted to practice before the High Tribunal, 1439

New Attorney General admitted to practice before the United States Sup...

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Newest Supreme Court appointee and family. Washington, D.C., March 20. Mrs. William Douglas, William, Jr., William Sr., and daughter Mildred Riddle at home tonight as they posed for photographs, following a day of excitement at the SEC when the President announced Mr. Douglas as his newest appointee to the Supreme Court to succeed Justice Brandeis, resigned. 3-20-39

Newest Supreme Court appointee and family. Washington, D.C., March 20....

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Celebrates 77th birthday. Washington, D.C., Feb. 3. His looks belying his age. Supreme Court Justice James Clark McReynolds today celebrated his 77th birthday. He pictured at the wheel of his auto leaving home for the Supreme Court Chamber, 2-3-39

Celebrates 77th birthday. Washington, D.C., Feb. 3. His looks belying ...

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Newest member of U.S. Supreme Court, Frank Murphy, former Atty. General, Feb. 1940

Newest member of U.S. Supreme Court, Frank Murphy, former Atty. Genera...

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Supreme Court announces decision on Pentagon Papers Suit

Supreme Court announces decision on Pentagon Papers Suit

Photograph shows Birch Bayh in front of microphones speaking on the steps of the Supreme Court. Title and date from log book. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&WR COLL - Job no. 24646, frame 2... More

Chamber in the U.S. Supreme Court, Washington, D.C.

Chamber in the U.S. Supreme Court, Washington, D.C.

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Statues by sculptor James Earle Fraser outside the U.S. Supreme Court building, Washington, D.C.

Statues by sculptor James Earle Fraser outside the U.S. Supreme Court ...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. The one on the left, in the foreground, is a female fig... More

The Vermont Supreme Court building in Montpelier. The granite Beaux Arts-style building lies on the original site of the first Vermont State Building, a three-story wooden colonial Georgian structure, built in 1808

The Vermont Supreme Court building in Montpelier. The granite Beaux Ar...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2016:103-9). Forms part of: Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the ... More

[Frontispiece and title page for The Story of Architecture in America, by Thomas E. Tallmadge. With inscription by Cass Gilbert]

[Frontispiece and title page for The Story of Architecture in America,...

Cass Gilbert's copy, with his inscription commenting on the frontispiece, an illustration of a skyscraper by Eliel Saarinen: This design was not built. If it had been built it would have been disappointing to ... More

Suffrage conferred by the Fourteenth Amendment : woman's suffrage in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, in general term, October, 1871 : Sara J. Spencer vs. The Board of Registration, and Sarah E. Webster vs. The Judges of Election : argument of the counsel for the plaintiffs : with the opinions of the court

Suffrage conferred by the Fourteenth Amendment : woman's suffrage in t...

Sara J. Spencer and Sarah E. Webster each brought cases before the court in the District of Columbia arguing that they were enfranchised by the Fourteenth Amendment. This pamphlet contains the arguments of thei... More

[Levi Woodbury, half-length portrait, facing front, wearing judicial robes]

[Levi Woodbury, half-length portrait, facing front, wearing judicial r...

Governor of New Hampshire, 1823-1824; Democratic Senator, 1825-1831, 1841-1845; Secretary of the Navy, 1831-1834; Secretary of the Treasury, 1834-1841; Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, 1845-1851. Pu... More

[Levi Woodbury, half-length portrait, facing front, wearing judicial robes]

[Levi Woodbury, half-length portrait, facing front, wearing judicial r...

Governor of New Hampshire, 1823-1824; Democratic Senator, 1825-1831, 1841-1845; Secretary of the Navy, 1831-1834; Secretary of the Treasury, 1834-1841; Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, 1845-1851. Pu... More

Old Courthouse, Queen Street between Fort & Bishop Streets, Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI

Old Courthouse, Queen Street between Fort & Bishop Streets, Honolulu, ...

Significance: The Old Courthouse, constructed in 1852, was a two-story coral stone building, 56 x 75 feet, with a one-story Classical portico in front (NW); across the back there was a one-story adjunct. The b... More

The Cabildo (Supreme Court), New Orleans, La.

The Cabildo (Supreme Court), New Orleans, La.

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Selden's condensed ledger and condensed memorandum book; and forms of record, condensed ledger, reports, and condensed memorandum book.

Selden's condensed ledger and condensed memorandum book; and forms of ...

LC copy includes memorandum dated August 23, 1960 from Waldo Moore (U.S. Copyright Office) to Jerome Edelstein (Library of Congress Rare Book Division) requesting transfer of LC's copy from the general collecti... More

Selden's condensed ledger and condensed memorandum book; and forms of record, condensed ledger, reports, and condensed memorandum book.

Selden's condensed ledger and condensed memorandum book; and forms of ...

LC copy includes memorandum dated August 23, 1960 from Waldo Moore (U.S. Copyright Office) to Jerome Edelstein (Library of Congress Rare Book Division) requesting transfer of LC's copy from the general collecti... More

[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. Ground story - stairs, Supreme Court, vestibule]

[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. Ground story - stairs, Suprem...

Inscriptions on recto: "Courtroom of the Supreme Ct." "Benjm. Henry Latrobe Surveyor of the Pblic Bldgs U States 1806." "Principal stairs" "Ground Story of the Capitol U.S." Reference copy available in LOT ... More

Methodist Episcopal Church, Fifth & D Streets, Jacksonville, Jackson County, OR

Methodist Episcopal Church, Fifth & D Streets, Jacksonville, Jackson C...

Significance: The Methodist Church building, erected in 1854 by Rev. T.S. Royal, was the first church structure in Jacksonville. Prior to that time, religious services had been held wherever possible and conve... More

Methodist Episcopal Church, Fifth & D Streets, Jacksonville, Jackson County, OR

Methodist Episcopal Church, Fifth & D Streets, Jacksonville, Jackson C...

Significance: The Methodist Church building, erected in 1854 by Rev. T.S. Royal, was the first church structure in Jacksonville. Prior to that time, religious services had been held wherever possible and conve... More

Stephen Hopkins House, 12 Hopkins Street, Providence, Providence County, RI

Stephen Hopkins House, 12 Hopkins Street, Providence, Providence Count...

Significance: Stephen Hopkins, Governor of Rhode Island, Chief Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court, Chancellor of Brown University, member of the Continental Congress, signer of the Declaration of Indepen... More

Stephen Hopkins House, 12 Hopkins Street, Providence, Providence County, RI

Stephen Hopkins House, 12 Hopkins Street, Providence, Providence Count...

Significance: Stephen Hopkins, Governor of Rhode Island, Chief Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court, Chancellor of Brown University, member of the Continental Congress, signer of the Declaration of Indepen... More

Illinois Supreme Court Building, 200 East Capitol Avenue, Springfield, Sangamon County, IL

Illinois Supreme Court Building, 200 East Capitol Avenue, Springfield,...

2013 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Third Place Significance: The Illinois Supreme Court Building is determined eligible for the National Register of Historic Places. It embodies significant and distinctive charact... More

Union / painted By T[ompkins] H. Matteson ; engraved by H[enry] S. Sadd.

Union / painted By T[ompkins] H. Matteson ; engraved by H[enry] S. Sad...

A symbolic group portrait eulogizing recent legislative efforts, notably the Compromise of 1850, to preserve the Union. The work is in some respects a memorial to the triumvirate of senior American legislators:... More

David Davis Mansion, Monroe & Davis Streets, Bloomington, McLean County, IL

David Davis Mansion, Monroe & Davis Streets, Bloomington, McLean Count...

Significance: Built by Judge David Davis, an associate of Abraham Lincoln in law and politics for more than twenty years, member of the United States Supreme Court (1862-1877), and U.S. Senator (1877-1883). Un... More

Cherokee National Capitol Building, 101-29 South Muskogee Avenue, Tahlequah, Cherokee County, OK

Cherokee National Capitol Building, 101-29 South Muskogee Avenue, Tahl...

Significance: The Cherokee National Capitol, completed and occupied by circa 1869, was constructed on the site which had served as the meeting place for the Cherokee Government since their arrival in Indian Ter... More

Cherokee National Capitol Building, 101-29 South Muskogee Avenue, Tahlequah, Cherokee County, OK

Cherokee National Capitol Building, 101-29 South Muskogee Avenue, Tahl...

Significance: The Cherokee National Capitol, completed and occupied by circa 1869, was constructed on the site which had served as the meeting place for the Cherokee Government since their arrival in Indian Ter... More

Stephen A. Douglas Tomb, 636 East Thirty-Fifth Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Stephen A. Douglas Tomb, 636 East Thirty-Fifth Street, Chicago, Cook C...

2007 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Stephen A. Douglas was a prominent, influential politician, both in state and federal arenas, from the 1830s until his death in 1861. A native of Vermont, Dou... More

B. F. Hastings Bank Building, 128-132 J Street, Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA

B. F. Hastings Bank Building, 128-132 J Street, Sacramento, Sacramento...

Significance: The B.F. Hastings Bank Building, erected in 1853, was a part of the historic business center of Sacramento after the fire of November 2, 1852. It replaced the W. Merritt Building, a two-story bri... More

B. F. Hastings Bank Building, 128-132 J Street, Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA

B. F. Hastings Bank Building, 128-132 J Street, Sacramento, Sacramento...

Significance: The B.F. Hastings Bank Building, erected in 1853, was a part of the historic business center of Sacramento after the fire of November 2, 1852. It replaced the W. Merritt Building, a two-story bri... More

U.S. Capitol, Old Supreme Court Chamber, Intersection of North, South, & East Capitol Streets & Capitol Mall, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

U.S. Capitol, Old Supreme Court Chamber, Intersection of North, South,...

Significance: Designed by Benjamin Henry Latrobe and is located on the ground floor of the original north wing of the U.S. Capitol. The space occupied what had been the lower part of the two-story Senate Chambe... More

U.S. Capitol, Old Supreme Court Chamber, Intersection of North, South, & East Capitol Streets & Capitol Mall, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

U.S. Capitol, Old Supreme Court Chamber, Intersection of North, South,...

Significance: Designed by Benjamin Henry Latrobe and is located on the ground floor of the original north wing of the U.S. Capitol. The space occupied what had been the lower part of the two-story Senate Chambe... More

U.S. Capitol, Old Supreme Court Chamber, Intersection of North, South, & East Capitol Streets & Capitol Mall, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

U.S. Capitol, Old Supreme Court Chamber, Intersection of North, South,...

Significance: Designed by Benjamin Henry Latrobe and is located on the ground floor of the original north wing of the U.S. Capitol. The space occupied what had been the lower part of the two-story Senate Chambe... More

Judge Jeremiah Sullivan House, 304 West Second Street, Madison, Jefferson County, IN

Judge Jeremiah Sullivan House, 304 West Second Street, Madison, Jeffer...

Significance: Jeremiah Sullivan was born in Rockingham County, Va. in 1794. ... In 1818, he erected a residence in Madison, Indiana, which is still standing, in good condition, and known as the Sullivan Home. ... More

Judge Jeremiah Sullivan House, 304 West Second Street, Madison, Jefferson County, IN

Judge Jeremiah Sullivan House, 304 West Second Street, Madison, Jeffer...

Significance: Jeremiah Sullivan was born in Rockingham County, Va. in 1794. ... In 1818, he erected a residence in Madison, Indiana, which is still standing, in good condition, and known as the Sullivan Home. ... More

Honorable Gordon Newell Mott. Mathew Brady photograph of American Civil War period.

Honorable Gordon Newell Mott. Mathew Brady photograph of American Civi...

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, scratched into emulsion: Hon. Gordon Mott. M.C. from Nevada; Moved to Texas during its struggle for Independence and served nine m... More

A View of the house of the late Hon'ble Jonathan Corwin (Judge of the Supreme Court of Massachusettsachusets [sic] and member of the council appointed in the new charter, May, 1692). Erected 1642, by Cap't. George Corwin

A View of the house of the late Hon'ble Jonathan Corwin (Judge of the ...

Place of trial for persons charged with witchcraft, Salem, Mass., 1692.

Strong, Judge (U.S. Supreme Court). Glass Plate Negative, American Civil War time.

Strong, Judge (U.S. Supreme Court). Glass Plate Negative, American Civ...

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Clifford, Judge Nathan (Supreme Court). Glass Plate Negative, American Civil War time.

Clifford, Judge Nathan (Supreme Court). Glass Plate Negative, American...

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Supreme Court Room - Drawing. Public domain image.

Supreme Court Room - Drawing. Public domain image.

Interior view of Supreme Court Room in the U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C. Wittemann Collection. No. 3 Albertype photogravure by the Albertype Co., Brooklyn, N.Y.

Nevada's Senators. Washington D.C. Senator Pat McCarran and Senator Key Pittman, (right) both Democrats from Nevada, exchanging opinions on President Roosevelt's proposal that the membership of the Supreme Court be increased to possibly 15 members. They are pictured as they attended a meeting of the Senate Judiciary Committee today

Nevada's Senators. Washington D.C. Senator Pat McCarran and Senator Ke...

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President's committee for civil service improvements open public hearings. Washington, D.C., Nov. 1. The committee which president recently appointed to study possible reforms in recruiting governmental legal help, began open hearings today at the United States Supreme Court Building. This first photograph of the committee shows, left to right, seated: Associate Justice Felix Frankfurter, Associate Justice Stanley F. Reed, chairman, and Attorney General Frank Murphy

President's committee for civil service improvements open public heari...

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Author and sponsor of Wagner Labor Relations congratulate each other on Supreme Court decision. Washington, D.C. April 12. Today was a happy one for Senator Robert F. Wagner of New York, author of the Wagner Labor Relations Act, and Senator David I. Walsh, (right) of Massachusetts, who sponsored the bill in the United States Senate. They were together as they heard the Supreme Court uphold the validity of the act today--unanimously in the cases of the Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp., and the Washington, Virginia and Maryland Coach Co. The decision was hailed by the government as one of its greatest victories in court.

Author and sponsor of Wagner Labor Relations congratulate each other o...

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SUPREME COURT, U.S. STONE COURT

SUPREME COURT, U.S. STONE COURT

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SUPREME COURT, U.S. - Public domain scan / photograph

SUPREME COURT, U.S. - Public domain scan / photograph

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SUPREME COURT, U.S. - Public domain scan / photograph

SUPREME COURT, U.S. - Public domain scan / photograph

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SUPREME COURT, U.S. - Public domain scan / photograph

SUPREME COURT, U.S. - Public domain scan / photograph

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SUPREME COURT, U.S - Public domain scan / photograph

SUPREME COURT, U.S - Public domain scan / photograph

A black and white photo of a group of men, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Date span based on active dates of Har... More

SUPREME COURT, U.S. TAFT COURT. Glass transparencies. Public domain photograph.

SUPREME COURT, U.S. TAFT COURT. Glass transparencies. Public domain ph...

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Justice Van Devanter's last day. Washington, D.C., June 1. Associate Justice Willis Van Devanter of Cheyenne, Wyo. today attended his last session as a member of the U.S. Supreme Court. He has served in the above capacity for twenty-seven years, appointed [by] President Roosevelt in 1910, he [...] the Supreme Court today, left to right: Associate Justice Van Devanter and Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes, 6/1/37

Justice Van Devanter's last day. Washington, D.C., June 1. Associate J...

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E. McCall - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

E. McCall - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photo shows Edward Everett McCall (1863-1924), Justice of the Supreme Court of New York who ran unsuccessfully as the Democratic (Tammany) candidate for Mayor of New York City in 1913. (Source: Flickr Commons p... More

PITNEY, MAHLON H. ASSOCIATE JUSTICE, U.S. SUPREME COURT, 1912-1922

PITNEY, MAHLON H. ASSOCIATE JUSTICE, U.S. SUPREME COURT, 1912-1922

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DAY, WILLIAM RUFUS. SECRETARY OF STATE, 1898; ASSOCIATE JUSTICE OF SUPREME COURT, 1902-1922

DAY, WILLIAM RUFUS. SECRETARY OF STATE, 1898; ASSOCIATE JUSTICE OF SUP...

A black and white photo of a man in a top hat and coat, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc... More

DAY, WILLIAM RUFUS. SECRETARY OF STATE, 1898; ASSOCIATE JUSTICE OF SUPREME COURT, 1902-1922

DAY, WILLIAM RUFUS. SECRETARY OF STATE, 1898; ASSOCIATE JUSTICE OF SUP...

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Old bible, U.S. Supreme Court, [Washington, D.C.]

Old bible, U.S. Supreme Court, [Washington, D.C.]

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U.S. Supreme Court exteriors. Statue of Contemplation of Law at U.S. Supreme Court, three-quarter view III

U.S. Supreme Court exteriors. Statue of Contemplation of Law at U.S. S...

Old negative number: 2235-58. The Theodor Horydczak Collection is a collection of photographs taken by Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) a Polish-born American photographer who worked in Washington D.C. from the 1... More

U.S. Capitol. View of U.S. Capitol through columns of Supreme Court I

U.S. Capitol. View of U.S. Capitol through columns of Supreme Court I

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Old desk, Supreme Court Chamber, Washington, D.C.

Old desk, Supreme Court Chamber, Washington, D.C.

Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Date from negatives in same range. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. General information about the National Pho... More

U.S. Supreme Court exteriors. Front portico of U.S. Supreme Court from left in winter

U.S. Supreme Court exteriors. Front portico of U.S. Supreme Court from...

Old negative number: 2235-74. The Theodor Horydczak Collection is a collection of photographs taken by Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) a Polish-born American photographer who worked in Washington D.C. from the 1... More

U.S. Supreme Court exteriors. Statue of Contemplation of Law at U.S. Supreme Court, front view I

U.S. Supreme Court exteriors. Statue of Contemplation of Law at U.S. S...

Old negative number: 2235-41. The Theodor Horydczak Collection is a collection of photographs taken by Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) a Polish-born American photographer who worked in Washington D.C. from the 1... More

U.S. Supreme Court exteriors. Front of U.S. Supreme Court Building from left III

U.S. Supreme Court exteriors. Front of U.S. Supreme Court Building fro...

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