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The big scenic production, Man's enemy by Chas. A. Longdon and Eric Hudson : now in its 4th year in England.

The big scenic production, Man's enemy by Chas. A. Longdon and Eric Hu...

D3556 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: Coward. Created and "copyright, 1900, by The U.S. Printing Co., Russell-Morgan Print., Cincinnati & New York." No. 4363. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library... More

Secretary of Treasury at church services of the president. Washington, D.C., March 4. St. John's Episcopal Church was the scene today of services held in observance of President Roosevelt's seventh inaugural anniversary. This begins his eighth year in the White House. Among those who attended were Secretary of the Treasury Henry A. Morganthau, Jr., and Henry Morganthau, Sr.

Secretary of Treasury at church services of the president. Washington,...

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Majority Senate leaders press conference. Washington, D.C. Jan. 2. Joe Robinson, the Senator from Arkansas who is the majority leader of the Senate held the first press conference this year. Sen. Robinson said that the principle problems confronting the coming session of Congress are neutrality, budget balancing, and regulation of hours and wages, the latter by constitutional amendment if necessary

Majority Senate leaders press conference. Washington, D.C. Jan. 2. Joe...

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Dickson Mill, Laurinburg, N.C. Robert Black, (smallest) 1 year in mill. John Black, (next) 2 years in mill. Charlie Clark--4 years. Earl Lander--Beginning. Witness, S.R. Hine. Location: Laurinburg, North Carolina.

Dickson Mill, Laurinburg, N.C. Robert Black, (smallest) 1 year in mill...

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5 year old Helen and her stepsisters "hulling" strawberries at Johnson's Hulling Station, Seaford, Del. Helen is an orphan, who one month after death of her widowed mother, was adopted by the Hope family of Seaford, Del. This is her 2d season at Johnson's Hulling Station. On the day of the investigation she started working at 6 A.M. and at 6 P.M. the same day Helen was still hulling strawberries. Location: Seaford, Delaware.

5 year old Helen and her stepsisters "hulling" strawberries at Johnson...

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Some of the workers in Munford Cotton Mills. Smallest boy, in middle, a frail anaemic youngster, said he had been doffing over a year. Said he was twelve, but I doubt it. Other small boy, on left, spinner, runs four sides, been working there two years. Location: Munford, Alabama

Some of the workers in Munford Cotton Mills. Smallest boy, in middle, ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 1794. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Doffer boys in Knoxville Cotton Mill. Smallest boy said he had been working there one year. Location: Knoxville, Tennessee.

Doffer boys in Knoxville Cotton Mill. Smallest boy said he had been wo...

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Three youngsters in Avondale Mills. Boy in middle, John Douglas said, "I've been to school my eight weeks. Work now. Been workin' a year." (None of them, even the tiniest, would admit being under twelve.) Location: Birmingham, Alabama.

Three youngsters in Avondale Mills. Boy in middle, John Douglas said, ...

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Joseph Frank Nugent, 22 Howard St., works in Department 8A of Dennison's Factory; makes paper boxes; "I nip the covers." "One year there, 'bout time for a raise." Location: South Framingham, Massachusetts.

Joseph Frank Nugent, 22 Howard St., works in Department 8A of Dennison...

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[This time next year she will be leading a woman's normal life]

[This time next year she will be leading a woman's normal life]

Title from mat. (DLC/PP-1935:0022). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Stella Maris" by William J. Locke, Century, 84:226 (June 1912).

Two young workers in Spinning Room of Columbus Mill. Youngest is Lonny[?] Clark. Been working there over a year. Dewey Clark, been working there two y[ea]rs. Father is boss of Spool Room. Lonny[?] makes about $4. a week. Dewey a week, they say. Location: Columbus, Georgia.

Two young workers in Spinning Room of Columbus Mill. Youngest is Lonny...

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A 12 year old girl who has been working in Weave room of Conslidated [i.e., Consolidated] Duck Mills, La Grange, Ga., for one year and helping to support a father who works when sober. Location: La Grange, Georgia.

A 12 year old girl who has been working in Weave room of Conslidated [...

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"Renters." Itinerant Texas farmers who rent a farm for a year or so and then move on, giving them nomadic habits and everything is temporary. House unpainted and ill-cared for. The children from five years old up pick cotton and help with the farm work, but get little or no schooling. It is estimated by State University that 300,000 children are thus affected in Texas alone. See Hine report Texas. Beginning with the five year old girl here who picks some, all work including the women. The nine year old girl picks one hundred and fifty pounds a day. Father is in town. Farm comprises fifty acres, and they get about twenty bales of cotton this year, which is not a good year. Been here one year. Farm of J.W. Vaughn. Route 6. Location: Corsicana, Texas.

"Renters." Itinerant Texas farmers who rent a farm for a year or so an...

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Willie Cherry, a 6 year old helper in Massey Hosiery Mill, Columbus, Ga. She has been going to school and helping her step-brother, Lawrence Webb, regularly after school. Her mother has recently stopped her working as it hurt her eyes. Lawrence, 12 years old, has been working nights there. Live 1124 22d. Location: Columbus, Georgia.

Willie Cherry, a 6 year old helper in Massey Hosiery Mill, Columbus, G...

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Norman Hall, 210 Park Street, Lindale, Ga. Went to work over a year ago in Massachusetts Mills at 10 1/2 years old. Family record says born October 16, 1901. Doffing. No real reason for his work as father and several other are working. Location: Lindale, Georgia.

Norman Hall, 210 Park Street, Lindale, Ga. Went to work over a year ag...

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14 year old Henry in the fourth grade of the Rockwood Place School. He is four grades behind, and the teacher says it is on account of the beet work. Location: Fort Collins, Colorado / L.W. Hine.

14 year old Henry in the fourth grade of the Rockwood Place School. He...

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34 children present at the Grant School, Ft. Morgan, Colo., five weeks after school opened, out of a possible 200 that will be here when the beet work is over. They will overflow, this year, into a special school being prepared for them. Mrs. Bell, the Principal here has taught these beet children for years and has watched the effect of the work. She vigorously denounces it. (See Hine Report) Photo Oct. 26/15. Location: Ft. Morgan, Colorado.

34 children present at the Grant School, Ft. Morgan, Colo., five weeks...

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Edgar Kitchen 13 yrs. old gets $3.25 a week working for the Bingham Bros. Dairy. Drives a dairy wagon from 7 A.M. to noon. Works on farm in afternoon (10 hours a day) seven days a week--half day on Saturday. Thinks he will work steady this year and not go to school. See previous labels in June. Not in Div. 5 or 6. Lives in Bowling Green. Location: Bowling Green [vicinity], Kentucky / Lewis W. Hine.

Edgar Kitchen 13 yrs. old gets $3.25 a week working for the Bingham Br...

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Here's an account of a family of five that lives on a thousand a year : Oh, well, papa, they probably keep only one motor

Here's an account of a family of five that lives on a thousand a year ...

(DLC/PP-1938:0086). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Life, 69:492 (March 22, 1917).

A Third year high school girl in the chemical laboratory, - Greenbank Consolidated School, Oct. 7, 1921. Location: Pocahontas County, West Virginia / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

A Third year high school girl in the chemical laboratory, - Greenbank ...

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Charlie, ten year old shiner, Newark, N.J. August 1, 1924. Location: Newark, New Jersey.

Charlie, ten year old shiner, Newark, N.J. August 1, 1924. Location: ...

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The first of [...] M.S. Eisenhower, Director of Information, U.S. Department of Agriculture, finds the first publication ever issued by the Department to be interesting reading matter. This booklet, recently discovered in one of the Department libraries, was issued in 1861. It was a report on plants in the U.S. Propagation Gardens and was written by William Saunders. In the last fiscal year the Department sent out over 11,000,000 farmers' bulletins, 11/24/30

The first of [...] M.S. Eisenhower, Director of Information, U.S. Depa...

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Mike, ten year old shiner, Newark, N.J. August 1, 1924. Location: Newark, New Jersey.

Mike, ten year old shiner, Newark, N.J. August 1, 1924. Location: New...

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In spotlight at American Red Cross convention. Washington, D.C., April 24. This year's annual convention of the American Red Cross which commemorates the 75th anniversary of the founding of the organization, convened in Washington today. Here we see Norman Davis, left, Chairman of the Red Cross, and R. Walton Moore, Counselor of the State Department, just before the initial session got underway

In spotlight at American Red Cross convention. Washington, D.C., April...

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Jimmie, a seven year old bootblack, working on Canal Street, N.Y. City - July 25, 1924. Location: New York, New York (State)

Jimmie, a seven year old bootblack, working on Canal Street, N.Y. City...

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Prominent society women to lead women's wet organization for next year. The social register is well represented in the slats of officers for the Women's Organization for National Prohibition Reform which concluded their meeting in Washington today. In the photograph, left to right: Mrs. William C. Potter, New York, National Treasurer; Mrs. Archibald B. Roosevelt, New York, National Secretary; Mrs. Edward S. Moore, New York Member of Executive Committee; Miss Maude Wetmore, Rhode Island, National Vice Chairman, Mrs. Charles H. Sabin, New York, National Chairman; Mrs. William B. Mason, Washington, D.C., National Vice Chairman; Mrs. Pierre S. Dupont, Delaware, National Vice Chairman; Mrs. E. Roland Harriman, National Finance Chairman

Prominent society women to lead women's wet organization for next year...

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D.A.R. head greets successor. Mrs. Lowell [...] Hobart, (left) retiring President General of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and Mrs. Russel William Magna, of Holyoke, Massachusetts., the only candidate for the post this year, are seen exchanging greetings

D.A.R. head greets successor. Mrs. Lowell [...] Hobart, (left) retirin...

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General Pershing gets first American Legion poppy. The American Legion poppy drive was officially opened in Washington today when General John J. Pershing received a buddy poppy from Mrs. Louise W. Williams, a national president of the American Legion Auxiliary. The poppies are made each year by disabled World War veterans in various hospitals and sold to aide the American Legion in their many charitable enterprises. 3/19/32

General Pershing gets first American Legion poppy. The American Legion...

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Hooey ... Here's one congressman packing up. There seems to be no hooey about the report that the prankish Rep. of Okla, Percy L. Gassaway is going to leave congress to the Mercies of Senator Huey Long and is going back to Coalgate, Okl. to spend the rest of the year with his Democratic constituents. Here Rep. Gassaway is seen packing up his cowboy regalia in the house office bldg Monday. 7/22/35

Hooey ... Here's one congressman packing up. There seems to be no hooe...

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Migrant agricultural worker in Marysville migrant camp (trying to figure out his year's earnings). California

Migrant agricultural worker in Marysville migrant camp (trying to figu...

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BYRD WELCOMED BY PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT GREETS REAR ADMIRAL RICHARD E. BYRD AS THE FAMOUS EXPLORER SETS FOOT ON AMERICAN SOIL AFTER A 2 YEAR TRIP TO LITTLE AMERICA IN THE SOUTH POLAR REGION

BYRD WELCOMED BY PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT GREETS REAR ...

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The giant "King Crab" of the Bering Sea, which before the war supplied a substantial amount of the canned crab meat which the Japanese sold to the United States, will be canned commercially by Americans for the first time this year. Prior to the war the Japanese were taking the "King Crab" in sight of American territory, canning it on floating canneries, and shipping it to the United States for sale. In one pre-war year alone we imported 10,720,000 pounds of crab meat valued at 4,582,000 dollars from Japan and ninety-five percent of our canned crab meat came from this source

The giant "King Crab" of the Bering Sea, which before the war supplied...

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Two men standing in front of a cabin. Ohio during Great Depression.

Two men standing in front of a cabin. Ohio during Great Depression.

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Your blood is bad means you have syphilis You can give it to others through sexual intercourse and in other ways : You must keep up treatments for at least six months to one year following infection : Consult a reputable physician.

Your blood is bad means you have syphilis You can give it to others th...

Poster encouraging persons with syphilis to seek proper treatment and continue in treatment for at least one year, showing a test tube with blood. Date stamped on verso: Jun 4 1937. Work Projects Administration... More

Hoover conversing with speed star, Washington, D.C. Sept. 12. Miss Helen Stephens, 18 year old Olympic champion is shown talking to J. Edgar Hoover, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, just before she was to run against some of the Washington Champions giving them a fifteen yard handicap

Hoover conversing with speed star, Washington, D.C. Sept. 12. Miss Hel...

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12 year old girl wins Medal of Honor, Washington, D.C., Sept. 12. Photo shows Miss Kathryn Van Horn of White City, Ohio, leaving the White House just after President Roosevelt had presented her with the medal and the certificate for her brave act of saving two boys. Photo shows Miss Van Horn building the certificate and the Medal is pinned on her dress

12 year old girl wins Medal of Honor, Washington, D.C., Sept. 12. Phot...

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Eighty-three year old settler to be resettled, near Chillicothe, Ohio

Eighty-three year old settler to be resettled, near Chillicothe, Ohio

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U.S. Flyers win Mackay Award. Washington, D.C., May 8. Nine officers and enlisted men of the U.S. Air Corps were today presented with the Mackay trophy for 1936 as a reward for the heroic flight under unfavorable weather conditions from Langley Field, Virginia, to Allecan, Mich., last August. The trophy, which is awarded annually for the most meritorious air plane flight of the year, was presented to the flyers at Bolling Field, D.C., by Maj. General Malin Craig, U.S. Chief of Staff. In the photograph, left to right: Sergt. Frank B. Connor; Capt. Richard D. Nugent; Lieut. Edwin G. Simenson; Charles F. Horner, President of the National Aeronautic Association; Maj. General Malin Craig; Lieut. Burton W. Armstrong; Lieut. Herbert Morgan, Jr.; and Lieut. William P. Ragsdale, 5/8/1937

U.S. Flyers win Mackay Award. Washington, D.C., May 8. Nine officers a...

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Color presentation at Annapolis. Annapolis, MD May 31. June week at Annapolis got off to a flying start today when Janet Cunneen, of Washington, DC, this year's regimental color girl presented the colors to the company commander H.B. Hahn, Admiral David Sellers, Superintendent of the Naval Academy is in the center. note to editors: this photo is for release June 2. 5/31/37

Color presentation at Annapolis. Annapolis, MD May 31. June week at An...

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Five year old Tyler Abell, whose custody has been the subject of international litigation, returned to his Washington home today, with his mother and stepfather, Mr. and Mrs. Drew Pearson. Not at all worried, Tyler has a great time playing in the garden of the Pearson Washington home. 9/3/37

Five year old Tyler Abell, whose custody has been the subject of inter...

A young boy standing next to a black poodle. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Aboard a trap fishing boat, the fish freezer and the fish buyer. Fish freezers deliver most of their whiting to the Middle West and West. Squid is used for bait, sold at a dollar a barrel. Trap fishermen who manages to earn between eight hundred and one thousand dollars a year considers himself royally successful. Provincetown, Massachusetts

Aboard a trap fishing boat, the fish freezer and the fish buyer. Fish ...

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Congressional Leaders sign resolution to set aside April 6 as National Army Day. Washington, D.C., March 19. Vice President Garner and Speaker of the House William Bankhead signing a resolution today to make April 6 every year Army Day and thereby make it a national holiday. Seated can be seen Speaker Bankhead and Vice President Garner while standing, left to right, are: Edward Bettleheim, Adjutant General of the Military Order of the World War; Rep. Lister Hilu, Chairman of the House Military Affairs Committee; and Senator Morris Sheppard, Chairman of the Senate Military Affairs Committee, 3/19/1937

Congressional Leaders sign resolution to set aside April 6 as National...

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Tobacco field showing wilt. No remedy known for this disease, prevalent this year in Granville County, North Carolina

Tobacco field showing wilt. No remedy known for this disease, prevalen...

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Salinas Valley, California. Large scale, commercial agriculture. This single California County (Monterey) shipped 20,096 carlots of lettuce in 1934, or forty-five percent of all carlot shipments in the United States. In the same year 73.8 percent of all United States carlot shipments were made from Monterey County, Imperial Valley, California (7,797 carlots) and Maricopa County, Arizona (4,697). Production of lettuce is largely in the hands of a comparatively small number of grower-shippers, many of whom operate in two or all three of these Counties. Labor is principally Mexican and Filipino in the fields, and white American in the packing sheds. Many workers follow the harvests from one valley to the other, since plantings are staggered to maintain a fairly even flow of lettuce to the Eastern market throughout the year

Salinas Valley, California. Large scale, commercial agriculture. This ...

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A black and white photo of a man in a vest and tie, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photograph

A black and white photo of a man in a vest and tie, Great Depression. ...

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Veteran Kansas Senator collects autographed photographs of notables. Washington, D.C., May 31. 74 year old Senator Arthur Capper, publisher and Senator for 21 years, has a collection of rare autographs of noted people which he has brought together over a period of several years. Pictures in frames almost completely cover his office. Here he is shown with the section which contains autographs of every president since Teddy Roosevelt. It was this picture which started him on his hobby

Veteran Kansas Senator collects autographed photographs of notables. W...

A black and white photo of a man standing in front of a wall of pictures, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Gift; H... More

Ten year old son of tobacco tenant tends the fire which is curing the tobacco in the barn. Granville County, North Carolina

Ten year old son of tobacco tenant tends the fire which is curing the ...

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C.N. Roberts who owns his own farm near Roseville, brought his cotton to the Lassiter gin in Knightdale, Wake County, North Carolina. This gin which is operated by Mr. Faison has ginned only two hundred and fifty bales of cotton this season and doesn't expect much more. The boll weevil got most of the cotton in that section. Because of the tobacco market holiday all the picking and ginning of cotton was finished very early this year

C.N. Roberts who owns his own farm near Roseville, brought his cotton ...

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Co-ed crowned queen of rifle shooters. Washington, D.C., April 6. Jean Yocum, George Washington University co-ed, has won the Women's Individual Intercollegiate Rifle Championship, according to the National Rifle Association. Her score of 496 out of a possible 500 gave the individual title to a G.W. girl for the first time since 1929. Although this is only Miss Yocum's second year of shooting, she has maintained an average of 99 out of a possible 100 in all matches, 4-6-39

Co-ed crowned queen of rifle shooters. Washington, D.C., April 6. Jean...

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Thirteen year old daughter of Negro sharecropper planting sweet potatoes. She walks down the row and places the young plants in the holes her father has dug with a hoe. They will return down the row, water the plants with a bucket, then cover the roots with earth. Her father hopes to send her to school. Note pine woods and light colored soil. Near Olive Hill, North Carolina

Thirteen year old daughter of Negro sharecropper planting sweet potato...

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Mrs. Ellis Adkins and her youngest child. The family are rehabilitation borrowers. There are seven children and this is their first year on the program. Coffee County, Alabama

Mrs. Ellis Adkins and her youngest child. The family are rehabilitatio...

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Executive meeting of the Republican National Committee. Washington, D.C., June 27. The Republican National Committee met today in executive session for the first time since Congress closed to map plans for the coming elections, this is the first photograph made this year, 6/27/39

Executive meeting of the Republican National Committee. Washington, D....

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A couple of women sitting next to each other, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photograph

A couple of women sitting next to each other, Great Depression. FSA/OW...

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A black and white photo of men working on hay. Farmers during Great Depression

A black and white photo of men working on hay. Farmers during Great De...

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Walter Gaylord and son on sled with vat full of sap from sugar maple trees which is boiled down into syrup. Mad River Valley, Waitesfield, Vermont. He averages about 150 gallons of syrup annually, this year tapped only 600 out of his 1000 trees, because of unusually deep snow and late spring. He owns several farms; in this particular farm unit there are eighty acres. It has been in family for three generations. Has about thity-five or forty head of cattle, raises poultry and potatoes

Walter Gaylord and son on sled with vat full of sap from sugar maple t...

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A black and white photo of a group of children, Kenntucky. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of a group of children, Kenntucky. Farm Securi...

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Potato storage barn on a field near Caribou, Maine. The earth is built up around the sides to provide a more even temperature throughout the year

Potato storage barn on a field near Caribou, Maine. The earth is built...

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School teachers and pupils in Negro rural school. This year, despite the fact the white school received free books, none arrived for the Negros. The teacher was so afraid of losing her job that she would not make any inquiries about the books and the children were sharing the few books some could buy. Creek County, Oklahoma

School teachers and pupils in Negro rural school. This year, despite t...

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A black and white photo of a man in the snow, Vermont. Farm Security Administration photogrpaph.

A black and white photo of a man in the snow, Vermont. Farm Security A...

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A man kneeling down next to a horse in the snow, Vermont. Farm Security Administration photogrpaph.

A man kneeling down next to a horse in the snow, Vermont. Farm Securit...

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A woman riding a horse down a dirt road, Kenntucky. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A woman riding a horse down a dirt road, Kenntucky. Farm Security Admi...

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A black and white photo of a man on skis, Vermont. Farm Security Administration photogrpaph.

A black and white photo of a man on skis, Vermont. Farm Security Admin...

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Douglas dons robes of Supreme Court Justice. Washington, D.C., April 17. William Orville Douglas, 40 year old successor to retired Justice Louis D. Brandeis, today donned the robes of an associate Justice of the Supreme Court and took his place on the bench at noon today. Here he is in his new robes shortly before being sworn in

Douglas dons robes of Supreme Court Justice. Washington, D.C., April 1...

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Threshing wheat on Beerman's ranch at Emblem, Wyoming. He has about 160 acres (quarter section), about forty-three in wheat, the rest in oats, beans, and alfalfa. This year he is getting between fifty-five and sixty bushels per acre, whereas ordinarily he gets about forty bushels wheat per acre. He has lived on the place forty years and owned it for the past twenty.

Threshing wheat on Beerman's ranch at Emblem, Wyoming. He has about 16...

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

An old black and white photo of a group of people. Office of War Infor...

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Shenandoah Valley. Paul Fletcher's tiny factory in Harrisburg, which turns out fifteen bottle washing machines a year, selling at thirty-five hundred dollars a piece. This was an invention of Mr. Fletcher's under the spur of necessity

Shenandoah Valley. Paul Fletcher's tiny factory in Harrisburg, which t...

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A group of people standing around a piano. Great Depression FFSA / OWI Negatives

A group of people standing around a piano. Great Depression FFSA / OWI...

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Wheat fields on Eureka Flats. Walla Walla County, Washington. Average yield here was thirty-three bushels of wheat per acre this year. Usual annual yield of wheat for Walla Walla County is 5,000,000 bushels. This year (1941) the yield was going to be 5,500,000 bushels

Wheat fields on Eureka Flats. Walla Walla County, Washington. Average ...

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De Land pool. Moving circus. Making way for war in Florida. The De Land industrial pool needed the county fair buildings housing a circus for its defense plant. So the roustabouts loaded the elephants, the sideshows, the big top, and trainloads of other equipment and went on the road a week early this year

De Land pool. Moving circus. Making way for war in Florida. The De Lan...

Public domain photograph of industrial architecture, factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Production. B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bombers. A year ago this woman was keeping house; today she is doing her part in the war effort by helping build B-25 bombers at North American Aviation's Inglewood, California, plant. In addition to the battle-tested B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, this plant produces the P-51 "Mustang" fighter plane which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Production. B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bombers. A year ago this woman was k...

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

New York, New York. Chef in Marconi's Restaurant on Mulberry Street preparing New Year's dinner for the Di Costanzo family, the owners

New York, New York. Chef in Marconi's Restaurant on Mulberry Street pr...

Public domain photograph of restaurant chef, culinary, food preparation, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Miss Selma Barbour, manager of the Cecilian Specialty Hat Shop, 454 East 47th Street. Miss Barbour has been managing this store for one year, and has been in business for four years. She was born in New Orleans, and has eight brothers, seven of whom are eligible for the Army. Chicago, Illinois

Miss Selma Barbour, manager of the Cecilian Specialty Hat Shop, 454 Ea...

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

Women in industry. Tool production. Pioneers of the production line, these two young workers are among the first women ever to operate a centerless grinder, a machine requiring both the knowledge of precision measuring instruments, and considerable experience and skill in setting up. In this Midwest drill and tool plant, manned almost exclusively by women, centerless grinders have been efficiently operated by women for more than a year, and company production figures have continued to soar. Republic Drill and Tool Company, Chicago, Illinois

Women in industry. Tool production. Pioneers of the production line, ...

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Minneapolis, Minnesota. Mr. Herman A. Larsen, president of the Swedish Club, raises the Swedish flag to signify the opening of the meeting. Mr. Peterson, the main speaker, is at the left. Mr. Larsen was born and educated in Stockholm. He learned photography in Sweden and on coming to the United States, at the age of twenty-three, he opened a photo studio which is still operating prosperously. This is his second year as president of the club and he was also president of the Minnesota Photography Association for five years

Minneapolis, Minnesota. Mr. Herman A. Larsen, president of the Swedish...

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.

Fort Belvoir, Virginia. Constantine P. Lihas, a twenty-one year old Greek-American soldier, formerly a material handler at the General Electric Company plant at Pittsburgh. Both parents were born in Greece; father came to the United States in 1906, mother in 1921. He was born in this country and has been in the army five months. Lihas in the top turret of a tank

Fort Belvoir, Virginia. Constantine P. Lihas, a twenty-one year old Gr...

Picryl description: Public domain image of armored military vehicle, tank, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Buffalo, New York. The Grimm family eating Sunday dinner. Mrs. Grimm, a twenty-six year old widow, is a crane operator at Pratt and Letchworth. The two youngest children live in a foster home during the week

Buffalo, New York. The Grimm family eating Sunday dinner. Mrs. Grimm, ...

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

Buffalo, New York. Mrs. Grimm, a twenty-six year old widow, is a crane operator in a war plant. She has six children under twelve. Her two youngest children live in a foster home during the week. Their foster mother, Mrs. Hehr, gave a birthday party for Mona, two

Buffalo, New York. Mrs. Grimm, a twenty-six year old widow, is a crane...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children in poverty during the Great Depression, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Washington, D.C. Once a year students at all Washington schools receive a dental examination and recommendations as to the care they need are sent to their parents

Washington, D.C. Once a year students at all Washington schools receiv...

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Richmond, California. Permanente Metals Corporation, shipbuilding division, yard number two. Robert LaSalle has worked in the shipyards more than a year, and was previously a hairdresser and barber. He was born in Italy

Richmond, California. Permanente Metals Corporation, shipbuilding divi...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a mine, mining, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Buffalo, New York. Mona, two, and Carol Grimm, five, being put to bed by their foster mother Mrs. Hehr, with whom they live during the week. Sundays they go home to their mother, who is a twenty-six year old widow with six children under twelve. She works as a crane operator at Pratt and Letchworth

Buffalo, New York. Mona, two, and Carol Grimm, five, being put to bed ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children in poverty during the Great Depression, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Buffalo, New York. Mrs. Grimm, a twenty-six year old widow, with six children under twelve, is a crane operator in a war plant. Her two youngest children live in a foster home during the week. Their foster mother, Mrs. Hehr, gave a birthday party for Mona, two

Buffalo, New York. Mrs. Grimm, a twenty-six year old widow, with six c...

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

Turkey Pond, near Concord, New Hampshire. Women workers employed by a U.S. Department of Agriculture timber salvage sawmill. Ruth De Roche, eighteen year old "pit woman," resting her head on her lunch pail during the lunch hour

Turkey Pond, near Concord, New Hampshire. Women workers employed by a ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a woman working, women labor, 1940s, economic conditions, home front, world war two, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

New York, New York. Italian-Americans coming out of Saint Dominick's church on Sullivan Street on New Year's Day

New York, New York. Italian-Americans coming out of Saint Dominick's c...

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Each year, Philadelphia's big Columbus Day festival assembles at the statue of the great Italian navigator in Marconi Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Each year, Philadelphia's big Columbus Day festival assembles at the s...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Note the outlines of the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria. ... More

The Rickwood Classic baseball game is played once a year at Rickwood Ballpark located in Birmingham, Alabama

The Rickwood Classic baseball game is played once a year at Rickwood B...

Built in 1910, the famous Black Barons of the Negro Leagues also called Rickwood home during their existence. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Lan... More

The Rickwood Classic baseball game is played once a year at Rickwood Ballpark located in Birmingham, Alabama

The Rickwood Classic baseball game is played once a year at Rickwood B...

Built in 1910, the famous Black Barons of the Negro Leagues also called Rickwood home during their existence. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Lan... More

The Rickwood Classic baseball game is played once a year at Rickwood Ballpark located in Birmingham, Alabama

The Rickwood Classic baseball game is played once a year at Rickwood B...

Built in 1910, the famous Black Barons of the Negro Leagues also called Rickwood home during their existence. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Lan... More

The Rickwood Classic baseball game is played once a year at Rickwood Ballpark located in Birmingham, Alabama

The Rickwood Classic baseball game is played once a year at Rickwood B...

Built in 1910, the famous Black Barons of the Negro Leagues also called Rickwood home during their existence. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Lan... More

The Rickwood Classic baseball game is played once a year at Rickwood Ballpark located in Birmingham, Alabama

The Rickwood Classic baseball game is played once a year at Rickwood B...

Built in 1910, the famous Black Barons of the Negro Leagues also called Rickwood home during their existence. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Lan... More

The Rickwood Classic baseball game is played once a year at Rickwood Ballpark located in Birmingham, Alabama

The Rickwood Classic baseball game is played once a year at Rickwood B...

Built in 1910, the famous Black Barons of the Negro Leagues also called Rickwood home during their existence. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Lan... More

The Rickwood Classic baseball game is played once a year at Rickwood Ballpark located in Birmingham, Alabama

The Rickwood Classic baseball game is played once a year at Rickwood B...

Built in 1910, the famous Black Barons of the Negro Leagues also called Rickwood home during their existence. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Lan... More

The Rickwood Classic baseball game is played once a year at Rickwood Ballpark located in Birmingham, Alabama

The Rickwood Classic baseball game is played once a year at Rickwood B...

Built in 1910, the famous Black Barons of the Negro Leagues also called Rickwood home during their existence. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Lan... More

The Rickwood Classic baseball game is played once a year at Rickwood Ballpark located in Birmingham, Alabama

The Rickwood Classic baseball game is played once a year at Rickwood B...

Public domain image of a baseball game, sports event, arena, stadium, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

The Rickwood Classic baseball game is played once a year at Rickwood Ballpark located in Birmingham, Alabama

The Rickwood Classic baseball game is played once a year at Rickwood B...

Built in 1910, the famous Black Barons of the Negro Leagues also called Rickwood home during their existence. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Lan... More

The Rickwood Classic baseball game is played once a year at Rickwood Ballpark located in Birmingham, Alabama

The Rickwood Classic baseball game is played once a year at Rickwood B...

Built in 1910, the famous Black Barons of the Negro Leagues also called Rickwood home during their existence. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Lan... More

The smallest shrimp-picker, standing on the box is Manuel, about five years old, who worked here last year also. Cannot understand a word of English. Dunbar, Lopez, Dukate Co. Location: Biloxi, Mississippi

The smallest shrimp-picker, standing on the box is Manuel, about five ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 1979. No text recorded after final comma on caption card. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collect... More

A 9 year old boy, Jo Cafarella, 39 Warren Street, Somerville, Massachusetts. His sister Lena, 10 years, and Mary Lazzaro, 13 years old, his cousin lives at 17 South Street. This is typical of their work. Very few boys work on crochet, but he has for 2 years. Location: Somerville, Massachusettsachusetts

A 9 year old boy, Jo Cafarella, 39 Warren Street, Somerville, Massachu...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Tenement homework. Hine no. 2991-A. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photo... More

Political electricity; or, an historical & prophetical print in the year 1770 / Bute and Wilkes invent. ; Veridicus & Junius fect., British Cartoon Print

Political electricity; or, an historical & prophetical print in the ye...

Print shows a variety of scenes relating to the politics and government of England and how their actions at home and abroad may result in the loss of the American colonies; scene numbered 24 depicts Boston, Mas... More

A doll made by one of the 5 year old children that plays in knitting mill where mother works. Made from waste material. These children help sister and mother ravel. Location: Newberry, South Carolina.

A doll made by one of the 5 year old children that plays in knitting m...

Public domain photograph of 3d object, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl Description.

Packing sardines in Seacoast Canning Co., Factory #7, Eastport, Me. The Boss would not let nine year old Minnie pose, although she works with her mother, packing even far into the night. (See #2439.) Location: Eastport, Maine.

Packing sardines in Seacoast Canning Co., Factory #7, Eastport, Me. Th...

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