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Workers on Rickenbacker rescue boat. They played a part in the rescue of Captain Eddie Rickenbacker and six men of his crew in the Pacific. Elmer K. Brown and Flossie Anson, of Akron, Ohio, built one of the two life rafts on which the party drifted for three weeks. Miss Anson, who has been continuously at work on boats and ballons for the past six years, said "it certainly was a worthwhile thrill and satisfaction to know that we had a share in the making of the boats which effected the rescue of the Rickenbacker party"

Workers on Rickenbacker rescue boat. They played a part in the rescue ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of the 1930s - 1940s, woman, female portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

He's in the Navy now. Annapolis, Md. June 1. Lee Dillard Goodsby, a member of the graduating class of the U.S. Naval Academy today, received an added thrill when his girlfriend, Betty Brougher, pinned the epaulets of ensign on his uniform. Ensign Goodsby is a native of Logansport, La., while Miss Brougher hails from Fort Benning, Ga.

He's in the Navy now. Annapolis, Md. June 1. Lee Dillard Goodsby, a me...

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Remember your first thrill of American liberty Your duty - Buy United States government bonds--2nd Liberty Loan of 1917 / / Sackett & Wilhelms Corp. N.Y.

Remember your first thrill of American liberty Your duty - Buy United ...

Poster showing immigrants on a ship's deck, sailing past the Statue of Liberty. No. 9.

Conversion. Merry-go-round plant. These are shell ejectors for naval guns, a far cry from the peacetime product of the plant where they were turned out. This plant in New York state formerly made merry-go-rounds and other thrill rides, today it aids in the war effort, protecting the right of Americans to enjoy the thrill rides it formerly turned out. Spillman Engineering Company, North Tonawanda, New York

Conversion. Merry-go-round plant. These are shell ejectors for naval g...

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Remember your first thrill of American liberty Your duty - Buy United States government bonds--2nd Liberty Loan of 1917 / / Sackett & Wilhelms Corp. N.Y.

Remember your first thrill of American liberty Your duty - Buy United ...

Poster showing immigrants on a ship's deck, sailing past the Statue of Liberty. No. 9.

Remember your first thrill of American liberty Your duty - Buy United States government bonds--2nd Liberty Loan of 1917 / / Sackett & Wilhelms Corp. N.Y.

Remember your first thrill of American liberty Your duty - Buy United ...

Poster showing immigrants on a ship's deck, sailing past the Statue of Liberty. No. 9.

Remember your first thrill of American liberty Your duty - Buy United States government bonds--2nd Liberty Loan of 1917 / / Sackett & Wilhelms Corp. N.Y.

Remember your first thrill of American liberty Your duty - Buy United ...

Poster showing immigrants on a ship's deck, sailing past the Statue of Liberty. No. 9.

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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Christmas tree in East Room of White House. Washington, D.C., Dec. 23. Sightseeers to the White House today were given an added thrill as they were allowed to view the huge Christmas tree set up in the East Room

Christmas tree in East Room of White House. Washington, D.C., Dec. 23....

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Signs president's name. Washington, D.C., Sept. 8. Affixing the signature "Franklin D. Roosevelt" to land grants and patents, Jeanne [...], 20, is getting a great thrill out of her new [...]h the General Land Office. As "Secretary to the President [...]ning Land Grants and Patents," she is the only authorized to sign the president's signature to documents. She is the youngest person ever appointed to the position, 9/8/37

Signs president's name. Washington, D.C., Sept. 8. Affixing the signat...

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Latest addition to aircraft collection at Smithsonian Institution. Washington, D.C., April 6 -Scott Lucas and [...]Harold Butt(?), inspect the latest addition to the aircraft collection at the Smithsonian Institution, model of the small biplane which Lincoln Beachey flew over Washington twenty-five years ago to thrill the Nation's lawmakers. He gave an exhibition of air maneuvers such as never seen before to impress members of Congress with the need of Military Preparedness. 4-6-39

Latest addition to aircraft collection at Smithsonian Institution. Was...

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Conversion. Merry-go-round plant. Crated for shipment these shell ejectors for six-inch forty-seven caliber naval guns are a far cry from the peacetime production of the merry-go-round plant in which they were made. These plants have temporarily shelved its production of amusements devices to do its part in the war effort, protecting the right of Americans to enjoy the thrill rides it formerly made. Spillman Engineering Company, North Tonawanda, New York

Conversion. Merry-go-round plant. Crated for shipment these shell ejec...

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Smashed Machines and an Ocean Rescue Thrill Brighton Aviation Spectators [New York Herald]

Smashed Machines and an Ocean Rescue Thrill Brighton Aviation Spectato...

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

Bird Men Thrill Gothomites [Cincinnati Enquirer, 30 September 1909]

Bird Men Thrill Gothomites [Cincinnati Enquirer, 30 September 1909]

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

Bird Men Thrill Gothomites [Cincinnati Enquirer, 30 September 1909]

Bird Men Thrill Gothomites [Cincinnati Enquirer, 30 September 1909]

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

A thrill of horror passed over the courtroom as the Judge pronounced the fateful words -- you are sentenced to fourteen years in the United States

A thrill of horror passed over the courtroom as the Judge pronounced t...

Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Life, 73:791 (May 8, 1919).