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The home of the American citizen after the tax bill has passed

The home of the American citizen after the tax bill has passed

Cartoon shows four tax collectors searching the home of an "American citizen," including under his wife's dress and under the children's bed; with the caption: "Scroggs says he is ready and willing to pay any a... More

Christmas at Washington / J. Keppler '83.

Christmas at Washington / J. Keppler '83.

Print shows several members of Congress around a large Christmas tree labeled "Tax Surplus" decorated with money bags labeled "Surplus"; the legislators carry bags in which to place the bags of surplus they plu... More

Another proposed war tax / Ehrhart., Political Cartoon

Another proposed war tax / Ehrhart., Political Cartoon

Print shows on the upper left a line of men at a pay window labeled "Notice Bachelors' Tax. Taxes must be paid on or before 1st of fiscal year under penalty of fine. Males under 21 year[s] exemp[t]"; they are p... More

What he wants to see, be gosh! / J.S. Pughe.

What he wants to see, be gosh! / J.S. Pughe.

Print shows a man labeled "Hayseed Legislator" standing on the sidewalk of "Fifth Ave." in New York City, pointing his umbrella toward a tenement house labeled "The Vanderbilt Flats formerly the Marble Palace".... More

Public is 'willing and ready' to accept additional taxes to support defense program; Morgenthau. Washington, D.C., June 12. Secretary of Treasury Henry Morgenthau today told the Senate Finance Committee that the public 'is willing and ready' to accept additional taxes to support the defense program, but he opposed 'random reductions' in other federal appropriations. Morgenthau is shown here with Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg, Republican member of the committee

Public is 'willing and ready' to accept additional taxes to support de...

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Whispers Washington, D.C., Feb. 28. Senator James J. Davis (left), Republican of Pennsylvania, gets another earful from Bernard Baruch following the noted Financier's blaming of the new deal policies for present unemployment before the Senate Unemployment and Relief Committee today. Baruch particularly criticized the present undistributed profits and capital gains taxes, 2/28/38

Whispers Washington, D.C., Feb. 28. Senator James J. Davis (left), Rep...

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Your tax dollars at work? Don't pay!

Your tax dollars at work? Don't pay!

Public domain scan of American poster, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A list of lands and lots returned as delinquent, in Jefferson County, Va. for the non-payment of taxes, for 1820, and prior thereto, and which are redeemable on or before the 1st day of January, 1832, made out in conformity to an act of the Gene

A list of lands and lots returned as delinquent, in Jefferson County, ...

Page Order: Multipage 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 186, Folder 21.

Abbildung der zwar hoch betrübten ...

Abbildung der zwar hoch betrübten ...

Mock funeral procession for the heavy imperial taxes levied on the Protestants but lost after the Protestant victory at Breitenfeld. A similar copy, with different text, is filed under PC 6 - 1632 (B size).

"Every one for himself!" / J.S. Pughe.

"Every one for himself!" / J.S. Pughe.

Print shows two dogs on a table; one dog labeled "Platt" has its front paws on a platter labeled "Patronage" on which is a piece of meat labeled "Raines Bill", the other dog wearing a collar labeled "Croker" is... More

Manufacturers group asks removal of taxes to stimulate recovery of business. Washington, D.C., June 3. Noel Sargent of New York, representing the National Association of Manufacturers, presented an 8 point program of tax revision to the House Ways and Means Committee today. The association asked the removal of the undistributed profits, capital stock, and excess profits taxes to put private enterprise into a movement to stimulate recovery. He presented the program as the association's answer to Treasury Secretary Morgenthau's statement that 'the basic need today is to foster the full application of the driving force of private capital.' Left to right: John Hanes, Undersecretary of the Treasury, who attended the committee meeting, and Sargent

Manufacturers group asks removal of taxes to stimulate recovery of bus...

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Mrs. Brown and children. She paid her taxes with oranges grown on the farm. Her husband worked in nearby oyster beds. The soil on the farm is better than usual in that section. Saint Helena Island, Beaufort, South Carolina

Mrs. Brown and children. She paid her taxes with oranges grown on the ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children in poverty, child labor, Great Depression, 1930s, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mrs. Brown and family. She paid her taxes with oranges raised on her farm. Her husband worked in nearby oyster beds. The soil on the farm is better than usual in that section. Saint Helena Island, Beaufort, South Carolina

Mrs. Brown and family. She paid her taxes with oranges raised on her f...

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Internal Revenue Service Headquarters Building, 1111 Constitution Avenue Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Internal Revenue Service Headquarters Building, 1111 Constitution Aven...

Significance: The French Renaisance-style Internal Revenue Service Headquarters (IRS) Building was the first of several U.S. Government buildings of monumental scope to be erected in the 1920s and 1930s in the ... More

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Join the tax revolt - A black and white photo of a star wars poster

Join the tax revolt - A black and white photo of a star wars poster

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

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Uncle Sam's income / L.M. Glackens., Political Cartoon

Uncle Sam's income / L.M. Glackens., Political Cartoon

Illustration shows a customs officer placing a tax stamp on an American heiress, also vignettes showing some suggested ways of generating revenue, such as taxing "poodles and other precious pups", people who te... More

Vice President displays "right" to former champion. Washington, D.C., May 3. Vice President Garner displays his powerful "right" to Gene Tunney during an impromptu visit of the former heavyweight champion at the Capitol today. Tunney was in Washington to discuss liquor taxes with Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau, 5/3/38

Vice President displays "right" to former champion. Washington, D.C., ...

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Reduce taxes on business, GMC executive tells senate committee. Washington, D.C., Dec. 9. Alfred P. Sloan, Jr., Chairman of the General Motors Corp., today told a Senate Finance Subcommittee that the best application of the tax incentive principle appears to be a reduction of general taxes on business. Discussing profit sharing plans, Sloan said General Motors has found that the best plan is the biggest pay envelop that is possible, 12/9/38

Reduce taxes on business, GMC executive tells senate committee. Washin...

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Exit! income taxes Coffin - Drawing. Public domain image.

Exit! income taxes Coffin - Drawing. Public domain image.

Dog "income tax" running with can "decision Supreme Court" tied to tail, with brick "abuse" being thrown at it, as it runs from building, and Benton McMillin watches with hands raised. No accession number. Publ... More

The great financier, or British economy for the years 1763, 1764, 1765

The great financier, or British economy for the years 1763, 1764, 1765

Print shows George Grenville holding a balance with scales "Debts" and "Savings", the debt far outweighs savings; among those in line to contribute their savings is a Native American woman representing America,... More

A letter to his most Excellent Majesty, George the third, King of Great-Britain, France, and Ireland, and Emperor of North America, &c. May it please your Majesty. [Asserting that Parliament has usurped his authority by imposing taxes upon the c

A letter to his most Excellent Majesty, George the third, King of Grea...

Positive Photostat.; Evans 10118.; On verso, Piece 1: NY 1765 66 S.; On verso, Piece 2: Gift Albert C. Read, Mar 19, 1943. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile pa... More

France ; England. Book illustration from Library of Congress, British Cartoon Print

France ; England. Book illustration from Library of Congress, British ...

Political cartoon showing "France" with man kneeling and presenting crown to old woman on throne with other women standing, three of them with heads on poles. "England" with man sitting on crate "general excise... More

Puck magazine cover - Anything for popularity! / J. Keppler.

Puck magazine cover - Anything for popularity! / J. Keppler.

Print shows James G. Blaine slipping off a cask labeled "Whiskey"; under his arm is tucked a paper that states "Distribution of Surplus - Jim Blaine". Caption: Our star diplomat par excellence, in his great wh... More

This is where the mill children go to school. Lancaster, S.C. Enrollment 163-- attendance, usually about 100. There are over 1,000 operatives in the mill. These are all that go to school from this mill settlement, which is geographically a part of Lancaster, but on account of the taxes has been kept just out of the corporate limits. Nov. 30/08. Location: Lancaster, South Carolina / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

This is where the mill children go to school. Lancaster, S.C. Enrollme...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of child, child labor, farmer, early 20th-century farm, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A phase of our tax system - the greater the service, the heavier the tax / K.

A phase of our tax system - the greater the service, the heavier the t...

Illustration shows two men labeled "Charity Worker" addressing an oversized man sitting on a throne, taking money from a box labeled "Rents", into which two men labeled "Rent Collecor" and Agent" pour money, an... More

Vice President and Mrs. Garner arrive in Capitol. Washington, D.C., Nov. 30. Five weeks ahead of the opening of Congress January 5, the Vice President with Mrs. Garner arrived in Washington tonight from their home in Uvalde, Texas. Acknowledged an authority on taxes, Vice President Garner is expected to confer immediately with Chairman Harrison, Democract of Mississippi, on proposed revisions of Nation's revenue system. 11/30/36

Vice President and Mrs. Garner arrive in Capitol. Washington, D.C., No...

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Little fellow pays most of the taxes. Washington, D.C., Nov. 8. The House Ways and Means Sub-Committee learned today that taxpayers in the income bracket from $5,000 to $25,000 a year make most of the Capital gains and pay most of the tax, treasury experts who gave the information also presented a table showing that the Capital gains tax yielded $516,000,000 in 1929 and brought in approximately $85,000,000 last year, photographed at the hearing today were left to right: Cong. Robert Doughton, Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee; Roswell Magill, Undersecretary of the Treasury; and Cong. Fred Vinson, Chairman of the House Sub-Committee. 11/8/37

Little fellow pays most of the taxes. Washington, D.C., Nov. 8. The Ho...

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Clara Barton Papers: Miscellany, 1856-1957; Financial and legal papers; Securities and investments; Taxes, 1867-1904

Clara Barton Papers: Miscellany, 1856-1957; Financial and legal papers...

Clara Barton is best known for founding and leading the American National Red Cross, a humanitarian organization dedicated to providing emergency assistance, disaster relief, and education in the United States.... More

Retail traders not affected by the shop tax, British Cartoon Print

Retail traders not affected by the shop tax, British Cartoon Print

Print shows three women standing inside the entrance to an establishment labeled "Neat lodgings for men" over which is a bust of a Turkish(?) man on a pedestal labeled "Bagnio"; a notice in the window states "F... More

Eastman Kodak Co. opposes 'incentive taxation' senate committee told. Washington, D.C., Nov. 21. The Eastman Kodak Co. opposes 'incentive taxation' to encourage profit sharing systems, M.B. Folsom, Vice President of the company, told the Senate Finance Subcommittee today. 'We believe it is unsound to impose or withhold taxes as a means to influence or direct action of this type.' Folsom

Eastman Kodak Co. opposes 'incentive taxation' senate committee told. ...

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Meet your new dependent

Meet your new dependent

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New Jersey Taxpayer's Federation and the Somerset County Concerned Taxpayers Committee present Honorable Walter L. Smith, Jr. The taxpayer's friend.

New Jersey Taxpayer's Federation and the Somerset County Concerned Tax...

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Trusted with kids, not with a vote Chandrai Jackson-Saunders has been teaching and counseling students in D.C. public schools for 17 years. She has lived in Washington, D.C. all her life. She pays federal taxes. Yet, like all 600,000 D.C. residents, Chandrai is denied a vote in Congress / / Bryan Potter.

Trusted with kids, not with a vote Chandrai Jackson-Saunders has been ...

Digital political poster for voting rights with a teacher reading to three children. Artist's name and date from file header. Gift; DC Vote; 2006; (DLC/PP-2008:021)

The following regulations are established in relation to the receipt of four per cent bonds and certificates offered in payment for taxes. Richmond, March 23, 1864.

The following regulations are established in relation to the receipt o...

Printed Ephemera -Confederate States of America. 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 2... More

An old fox tarr'd and feather'd

An old fox tarr'd and feather'd

Print shows title page illustration of caricature of John Wesley as a fox in clerical robes. Illus. in: An old fox tarr'd and feather'd / Augustus Montague Toplady. London : Printed for M. Lewis [etc.], 1775, ... More

Sick of the property tax or ministerial influnza (sic), British Cartoon Print

Sick of the property tax or ministerial influnza (sic), British Cartoo...

Cartoon shows ministers, among them Vansittart and Castlereagh, vomiting taxes into a large bag labeled "budget." The Prince Regent stands nearby, supported on crutches labeled "more money" and "increase in inc... More

Haverhill, September 1, 1826. To Mr. Your county, school and town taxes for the year 1826, are for Poll Real estate Personal estate ... Leonard White, Treasr. & Colr. [Haverhill, 1826.].

Haverhill, September 1, 1826. To Mr. Your county, school and town taxe...

Filled in in with the amounts for Benjamin Webster. 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; Portfoli... More

Puck magazine cover - Congressional contempt / F. Opper.

Puck magazine cover - Congressional contempt / F. Opper.

Illustration shows a "Republican" Congressman ice skating with a "Monopolist" on the "Capitol Skating Pond", together they hold a stick labeled "Money Interests"; skating nearby is a man labeled "Democracy". Be... More

Edsal [i.e. Edsel] Ford before profit sharing committee. Washington, D.C., Dec. 6. Edsal [i.e. Edsel] Ford, President of the Ford Motor Co., made another appearance at the Capitol today - this time before the Senate Finance Subcommittee studying profit sharing systems. He told the Committee that a reduction in federal taxes would be as good an incentive as anything the government could do

Edsal [i.e. Edsel] Ford before profit sharing committee. Washington, D...

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Aliens filing income taxes at N.Y. Custom House

Aliens filing income taxes at N.Y. Custom House

National Photo Company Collection. Public domain photograph of an official meeting, group of people, managers, directors, discussion, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Taxes, Washington, D.C. Oct. 5. Lovell H. Parker, Chief of Staff, Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation, heads the corps of experts now going over the entire tax structure so that a comprehensive picture may be ready for the next Congress when it meets this coming January

Taxes, Washington, D.C. Oct. 5. Lovell H. Parker, Chief of Staff, Join...

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Reduce taxes on business, GMC executive tells senate committee. Washington, D.C., Dec. 9. Alfred P. Sloan, Jr., Chairman of the General Motors Corp., today told a Senate Finance Subcommittee that the best application of the tax incentive principle appears to be a reduction of general taxes on business. Discussing profit sharing plans, Sloan said General Motors has found that the best plan is the biggest pay envelop that is possible, 12938

Reduce taxes on business, GMC executive tells senate committee. Washin...

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

Lititz, Pennsylvania, owner of the Pierson Motor Company, who has lost his business of selling cars. Repairs in his garage bring in enough to pay taxes and mechanics, so he had to get himself a defense job at the Armstrong Cork Company in Lancaster. He's an air raid warden and serves four hours a week as airplane spotter

Lititz, Pennsylvania, owner of the Pierson Motor Company, who has lost...

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

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Final witness before profit sharing committee. Washington, D.C., Dec. 14. George P. McNear, Jr., President of the Toledo, Peoria and Western Railroad system, who was the final witness before the finance subcommittee studying profit sharing. The president of the 300-mile road told Senators Herring and Vendenberg that the government could best help railroads by leaving them alone and by giving some relief on social security taxes. The committee is expected to close the hearings today, 12/14/38

Final witness before profit sharing committee. Washington, D.C., Dec. ...

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Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. Sewage pipes are placed for the 300 defense homes at the Franklin Terrace housing project. Sewage, water, police and fire protection are provided by the city for a lump sum paid in lieu of taxes

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. Sewage pipes are placed for the 3...

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World Peace Tax Fund People morally opposed to paying taxes for war will be forced to pay a share ...

World Peace Tax Fund People morally opposed to paying taxes for war wi...

Poster showing bombs in large net "world peace tax fund" over high-rise buildings.

Internal Revenue Service Headquarters Building, 1111 Constitution Avenue Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Internal Revenue Service Headquarters Building, 1111 Constitution Aven...

Significance: The French Renaisance-style Internal Revenue Service Headquarters (IRS) Building was the first of several U.S. Government buildings of monumental scope to be erected in the 1920s and 1930s in the ... More

A list of balances due from the several counties for taxes, from the year 1782 to the year 1790, inclusive. [Richmond: Printed by John Dixon, 1790].

A list of balances due from the several counties for taxes, from the y...

Evans 23020.; Imprint 3. Page Order: Multipage 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 180... More

Conscientious objection for taxpayers too!

Conscientious objection for taxpayers too!

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An act to enable the citizens of this Commonwealth to discharge certain taxes by the payment of tobacco. [Richmond, 1786].

An act to enable the citizens of this Commonwealth to discharge certai...

For date see House Journal for Nov 16 1786. 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 180, Folder 22.

John Bull, baited by the dogs of excise

John Bull, baited by the dogs of excise

A British satire on efforts by William Pitt, George Rose, and some members of Parliament to impose new "Excise" duties on tobacco (cf. Tobacco Excise Bill). The additional tax burden on British citizens is impl... More

State physicians bleeding John Bull to death!! / G. Cruikshank fect. ; Invd. by Yedis., British Cartoon Print

State physicians bleeding John Bull to death!! / G. Cruikshank fect. ;...

Vansittart and Castlereagh, as surgeons, bleeding coins from the arms of John Bull. The coins are collected by Prince Leopold, Princess Charlotte, a tiny McMahon, a Chinese mandarin, and the gouty Regent. Broug... More

Housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. Electrician wiring defense homes at the Franklin Terrace housing project. Homes are provided with electricity, sewage, police and fire protection. In many cases, a lump sum for all services is paid to the city in lieu of taxes

Housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. Electrician wiring defense homes at the F...

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... the U.S. Government continues, methodically, to murder thousands of innocent Vietnamese -- how much longer can the American people accept this horror? ...

... the U.S. Government continues, methodically, to murder thousands o...

Gift; Gary Yanker; 1975-1983. Public domain photograph of 20th century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Both will save your life. Only one has a vote in Congress Washington, DC's nearly 600,000 residents include firefighters, nurses, teachers and small business owners. They pay federal taxes like all Americans, but are denied representation in Congress. That's taxation without representation - and it's still wrong / / Bryan Potter.

Both will save your life. Only one has a vote in Congress Washington, ...

Photograph shows political poster for voting rights with two fire fighters: Larry Chapman of Washington, D.C., and Jayme Heflin of Maryland. Artist's name and date from file header. Gift; DC Vote; 2006; (DLC/PP-2008:021)

[Envelope], For President, Abraham Lincoln.

[Envelope], For President, Abraham Lincoln.

Printed in violet ink on yellow. Manuscript addressed to John Mercer Esq., Coatesville, Pennsylvania.

The blessing of new taxes!!! / Marks fect., British Cartoon Print

The blessing of new taxes!!! / Marks fect., British Cartoon Print

John Bull, holding a pipe and a frothing tankard, is beset by the Regent and Ministers. Sidmouth furtively takes the pipe from his hand, looking over John's head at the Regent who extends his hand to seize the ... More

He never could stand prosperity / Dalrymple.

He never could stand prosperity / Dalrymple.

Print shows a "Hayseed" legislator, possibly meant to represent Frank S. Black, governor of New York, in a stupor, wearing a hat labeled "N.Y. Republican Party", holding a large wine bottle labeled "Hayseed Leg... More

"The free American citizen" / J. Norman Lynd.

"The free American citizen" / J. Norman Lynd.

Illustration shows an American citizen sitting at a table, eating a meal; every item on the table and almost every item in the dining room and kitchen in the background, has a tag on it indicating at what perce... More

Tax cut is seen after White House parley. Washington, D.C., Aug.13. A prediction that taxes will not be increased within the next year and may in fact, be "slightly reduced," was made today by congressional tax leaders following a last-minute conference with President Roosevelt at the White House just before the Chief Executive left on his flood control inspection tour. Rep. Robert L. Doughton, North Carolina, chairman of the House Means Commitee, and Senator Pat Harrison, Miss., chairman of the Senate Finance Commitee, are shown leaving the White House after the conference

Tax cut is seen after White House parley. Washington, D.C., Aug.13. A ...

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The home of Art Simplot near Black River Falls, Wisconsin. Simplot will own this land as soon as he has payed the taxes due. He depends on any work he can pick up for his living

The home of Art Simplot near Black River Falls, Wisconsin. Simplot wil...

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Reduce taxes on business, GMC executive tells senate committee. Washington, D.C., Dec. 9. Alfred P. Sloan, Jr., Chairman of the General Motors Corp., today told a Senate Finance Subcommittee that the best application of the tax incentive principle appears to be a reduction of general taxes on business. Discussing profit sharing plans, Sloan said General Motors has found that the best plan is the biggest pay envelope that is possible, 12/9/38

Reduce taxes on business, GMC executive tells senate committee. Washin...

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Public is 'willing and ready' to accept additional taxes to support defense program; Morgenthau. Washington, D.C., June 12. Secretary of Treasury Henry Morgenthau today told the Senate Finance Committee that the public 'is willing and ready' to accept additional taxes to support the defense program, but he opposed 'random reductions' in other federal appropriations. Morgenthau is shown here with Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg, Republican member of the committee

Public is 'willing and ready' to accept additional taxes to support de...

A group of men sitting around a table, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. General information about the Harris & Ewing Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.go... More

Internal Revenue Service Headquarters Building, 1111 Constitution Avenue Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Internal Revenue Service Headquarters Building, 1111 Constitution Aven...

Significance: The French Renaisance-style Internal Revenue Service Headquarters (IRS) Building was the first of several U.S. Government buildings of monumental scope to be erected in the 1920s and 1930s in the ... More

Excise inquisition erecting by English slaves under the scourge of their task-masters the excise officers, British Cartoon Print

Excise inquisition erecting by English slaves under the scourge of the...

A British satire on an attempt by William Pitt and George Rose to transfer to excise law certain import duties; standing in opposition is Edward Thurlow. The central image shows Britannia, wrapped in a blanket ... More

The death of the property tax! Or 37 mortal wounds for ministers & the inquisitoral commissioners! / G. Cruikshank sculp., British Cartoon Print

The death of the property tax! Or 37 mortal wounds for ministers & the...

Henry Brougham, John Bull, and the British lion (Leo Britannicus) attacking a hydra representing the property tax. At tail of the monster Mr. Tierney tells Britannia to rise. In the background, Liverpool, the R... More

... Notice to the inhabitants and other persons liable to pay taxes in the city of Boston ... City Hall, May 1, 1869.

... Notice to the inhabitants and other persons liable to pay taxes in...

Forgotten on purpose / Gillam. - coin, public domain photograph

Forgotten on purpose / Gillam. - coin, public domain photograph

Print shows a man labeled "Tax Payer" fallen on steps labeled "Congress", he has a large boulder labeled "War Taxes on Iron on Sugar on Cloth Salt Leather [and] Linens" strapped to his back. On the steps is a s... More

Assessors' notice! To the inhabitants and other persons liable to pay taxes in the Town of Reading for the year 1884 ... Assessors of Reading. Reading Mass., April 30, 1884.

Assessors' notice! To the inhabitants and other persons liable to pay ...

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 76, Folder 26.

Cuban relief, U.S. labor laws ..., Political Cartoon

Cuban relief, U.S. labor laws ..., Political Cartoon

Cartoon shows Republican House Speaker Sereno Payne as a messenger delivering a sheet of paper "Cuban relief. U.S. labor laws. U.S. immigration law. 20% reduction reciprocity. April 1, '02" to a barefoot man "... More

Taxes, Washington, D.C. Oct. 5. Lovell H. Parker, Chief of Staff, Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation, heads the corps of experts now going over the entire tax structure so that a comprehensive picture may be ready for the next Congress when it meets this coming January

Taxes, Washington, D.C. Oct. 5. Lovell H. Parker, Chief of Staff, Join...

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Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. Electricians wiring defense homes at Franklin Terrace housing project. Defense homes are provided with electricity, sewage, police and fire protection. In many cases, a lump sum for all services is paid to the city in lieu of taxes

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. Electricians wiring defense homes...

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World peace tax fund People morally opposed to paying taxes for war will be forced to pay $2.3 billion.

World peace tax fund People morally opposed to paying taxes for war wi...

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Republican National Convention, September 1-4, 2008. Protesters dressed as pigs want more taxes on meat, near the Xcel Center, St. Paul, Minnesota

Republican National Convention, September 1-4, 2008. Protesters dresse...

Protesters represent PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals). Title, date and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congres... More

Internal Revenue Service Headquarters Building, 1111 Constitution Avenue Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Internal Revenue Service Headquarters Building, 1111 Constitution Aven...

Significance: The French Renaisance-style Internal Revenue Service Headquarters (IRS) Building was the first of several U.S. Government buildings of monumental scope to be erected in the 1920s and 1930s in the ... More

Internal Revenue Service Headquarters Building, 1111 Constitution Avenue Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Internal Revenue Service Headquarters Building, 1111 Constitution Aven...

Significance: The French Renaisance-style Internal Revenue Service Headquarters (IRS) Building was the first of several U.S. Government buildings of monumental scope to be erected in the 1920s and 1930s in the ... More

Internal Revenue Service Headquarters Building, 1111 Constitution Avenue Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Internal Revenue Service Headquarters Building, 1111 Constitution Aven...

Significance: The French Renaisance-style Internal Revenue Service Headquarters (IRS) Building was the first of several U.S. Government buildings of monumental scope to be erected in the 1920s and 1930s in the ... More

New York Tribune, [newspaper]. June 16, 1860.

New York Tribune, [newspaper]. June 16, 1860.

Picryl description: Public domain historic political document page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

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Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Bottled politics / J. Keppler. - Drawing. Public domain image.

Bottled politics / J. Keppler. - Drawing. Public domain image.

Print shows two old men, one of whom may be Uncle Sam holding a glass, sitting at a table in a saloon, on which is a large bottle of alcohol labeled "Regulated Ohio Brand", on a shelf behind them are other bott... More

Trying to make an April fool of him / F. Opper.

Trying to make an April fool of him / F. Opper.

Print shows Uncle Sam dancing through a minefield of political issues, such as "Catholic Demands for part of School Funds", "Single Tax Fad", "Populism", "Prohibition Foolishness", "Women's Rights Nonsense", an... More

Caricature, A handicap needed / Dalrymple., public domain cartoon image

Caricature, A handicap needed / Dalrymple., public domain cartoon imag...

Print shows a bicycle race on the "National Track" with the man in the lead labeled "National Expenses" easily outstripping the second bicyclist labeled "National Revenue"; a man labeled "Dingley" is giving the... More

Is the force with you? - A magazine advertises the force with you?

Is the force with you? - A magazine advertises the force with you?

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Abbildung der prächtigen - und zwar trawrigen Leichbestattung - gehalten uber den Tödlichen abgang und wolreiffen hintritt auszm Röm. Reich der allerschädlichen Bestiæ der contribution, ...

Abbildung der prächtigen - und zwar trawrigen Leichbestattung - gehalt...

A mock funeral procession for the heavy imperial taxes levied on the Protestants but lost after the Protestant victory at Breitenfeld. The procession begins in the lower right corner and advances across the bot... More

"Revenue reform" train stopped by "vested interests," "local issues," "trusts," and other poles Coffin

"Revenue reform" train stopped by "vested interests," "local issues," ...

Title devised by cataloger. No accession number. mm / 860224. BAR updated record 1989-1994.

October 31, 1777, Dunmore, Beckford Parish, for act to empower vestries of Frederick and Norborne Parishes to levy taxes for repairing churches in latter two parishes.

October 31, 1777, Dunmore, Beckford Parish, for act to empower vestrie...

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The property tax, British Cartoon Print

The property tax, British Cartoon Print

Cartoon shows a prosperous John Bull seated in a chair as a blue demon hovers above him using a magnet to withdraw coins from Bull's waistcoat pocket. The ghost of William Pitt rises from the floorboards saying... More

The fountain of taxation - Political cartoon, public domain image

The fountain of taxation - Political cartoon, public domain image

Illustration shows a large fountain with four basins, at top, supported by a crown and scepters, is a basin labeled "Millionaire", next resting on a cornucopia is "Well-To-Do", then the "Middle Class" basin sup... More

"Goodness gracious! I must have been dozing!"

"Goodness gracious! I must have been dozing!"

Illustration shows President Taft sitting in a rocking chair, tangled in yarn from balls labeled "Conservation, Rail Road Legislation, Postal Savings Tax, Income Tax, [and] Corporation Tax" that have fallen ont... More

Eastman Kodak Co. opposes 'incentive taxation' senate committee told. Washington, D.C., Nov. 21. The Eastman Kodak Co. opposes 'incentive taxation' to encourage profit sharing systems, M.B. Folsom, Vice President of the company, told the Senate Finance Subcommittee today. 'We believe it is unsound to impose or withhold taxes as a means to influence or direct action of this type.' Folsom

Eastman Kodak Co. opposes 'incentive taxation' senate committee told. ...

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Farm owner near Memphis, Texas. He says, "I'd rather have renters than tractors on my place. I oppose the tractors. It puts too many off the land. I went to my limit, more than most, and kept my renters until this year. But I got seven hundred behind on my taxes, so I need all I can get"

Farm owner near Memphis, Texas. He says, "I'd rather have renters than...

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Old cotton warehouse with roof taken off to avoid taxes. Rutledge, Georgia

Old cotton warehouse with roof taken off to avoid taxes. Rutledge, Geo...

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Old mill dynamited to avoid taxes after it was shut down about 1930. Berlin, New Hampshire, paper mill town inhabited largely by French-Canadians and Scandinavians

Old mill dynamited to avoid taxes after it was shut down about 1930. B...

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Old mill dynamited to avoid taxes after it was shut down about 1930. Berlin, New Hampshire, paper mill town inhabited largely by French-Canadians and Scandinavians

Old mill dynamited to avoid taxes after it was shut down about 1930. B...

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Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. Electricians wiring defense homes at Franklin Terrace housing project. Defense homes are provided with electricity, sewage, police and fire protection. In many cases, a lump sum for all services is paid to the city in lieu of taxes

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. Electricians wiring defense homes...

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Who's minding the store in Washington?

Who's minding the store in Washington?

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Internal Revenue Service Headquarters Building, 1111 Constitution Avenue Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Internal Revenue Service Headquarters Building, 1111 Constitution Aven...

Significance: The French Renaisance-style Internal Revenue Service Headquarters (IRS) Building was the first of several U.S. Government buildings of monumental scope to be erected in the 1920s and 1930s in the ... More

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