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No scouts here. This airview shows a portion of the tent city erected along the banks of the Potomac river where the Boy Scouts were scheduled to hold their Jamboree late this month. It was postponed by President Roosevelt for a year because of infantile

No scouts here. This airview shows a portion of the tent city erected ...

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A Kincaider who is still proving his claim with one year to go. Pennington County, South Dakota

A Kincaider who is still proving his claim with one year to go. Pennin...

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A couple of men standing next to each other. Ohio during Great Depression.

A couple of men standing next to each other. Ohio during Great Depress...

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January--A year of good reading ahead / Hazlett.

January--A year of good reading ahead / Hazlett.

Poster for statewide WPA Library Project, Illinois, showing a child pulling a sled full of books toward a house. Date stamped on verso: Jan 8 1941. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).

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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Delta cooperative farm cabins and cotton. Hillhouse, Mississippi, after one year of operation

Delta cooperative farm cabins and cotton. Hillhouse, Mississippi, afte...

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Fifty-seven year old sharecropper woman. Hinds County, Mississippi. Thin dimes around the ankles to prevent headaches

Fifty-seven year old sharecropper woman. Hinds County, Mississippi. Th...

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Waiting for the semimonthly relief checks at Calipatria, Imperial Valley, California. Typical story: fifteen years ago they owned farms in Oklahoma. Lost them through foreclosure when cotton prices fell after the war. Became tenants and sharecroppers. With the drought and dust they came West, 1934-1937. Never before left the county where they were born. Now although in California over a year they haven't been continuously resident in any single county long enough to become a legal resident. Reason: migratory agricultural laborers

Waiting for the semimonthly relief checks at Calipatria, Imperial Vall...

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Panay hero receives Navy Cross. Washington, D.C., July 1. Fireman first class John L. Hodge, who is recuperating at Naval Hospital here, was today decorated with the Navy Cross for the bravery he displayed during the sinking of the U.S. gunboat Panay by Japanese bombs last year. Assistant Secretary of the Navy Charles Edison is pictured pinning the award on the Bluejacket. It was hodge who carried Jim Marshall, staff writer for Collier's injured in the bombing, from the scene of the sinking vessel to Wuhu, China, a distance of about 17 miles, 7/1/38

Panay hero receives Navy Cross. Washington, D.C., July 1. Fireman firs...

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Nicoleii Machado, son of the Major and Madame Jose Bina Machado, of the Brazilian Embassy, who will take part in the International Children's Christmas Broadcast which will go over the air from the Shoreham Hotel on December 20. This function is one of the feature broadcasts of the year that comes out of the United States to all the countries of the world. It is arranged by the Greater National Committee in cooperation with the National Broadcasting Company

Nicoleii Machado, son of the Major and Madame Jose Bina Machado, of th...

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A black and white photo of a train yard, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of a train yard, West Virginia. Farm Security ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a truck, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Waiting for the potato harvest to open, 150 migratory families from eleven states are camped in the brush along the highway. No water, no toilets provided. This is a newly developed potato area. Large scale industrialized farming, 3000 additional acres under cultivation this year for the first time. Seven miles east of Bakersfield, California

Waiting for the potato harvest to open, 150 migratory families from el...

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News reporter before the Dies Committee. Washington, D.C., Oct. 22. Hungry college students brought an end to last year's "labor holiday" at Lansing, Mich. Donald W. Gardenor, Detroit Times Reporter, told the House Committee investigating Un-American affairs. Students at the Michigan State Agricultural College at East Lansing entered the picture Gardener said, when Union pickets attempted to close restaurants. The pickets, acting on behalf of the local automobile workers union, had declared a labor holiday in protest against the Sheriff's arrest of eight persons who had been picketing a trecking company, 10/22/38

News reporter before the Dies Committee. Washington, D.C., Oct. 22. Hu...

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A black and white photo of an old woman sitting on a bench, North Carolina. Farm Security Administration photograph

A black and white photo of an old woman sitting on a bench, North Caro...

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A couple of women sitting next to each other, North Carolina. Farm Security Administration photograph

A couple of women sitting next to each other, North Carolina. Farm Sec...

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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 dug with a hoe. They will return down the row, water the plants with a bucket then cover the roots with earth. Olive Hill, North Carolina

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

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Western Washington, Grays Harbor County, northeast of Elma. Hand irrigation on small rented subsistence farm. Family have been on place for one year

Western Washington, Grays Harbor County, northeast of Elma. Hand irrig...

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Onions drying in sacks in the field. Fifteen percent of onion growers in the country are Japanese. 700-800 cars are shipped out every year. Malheur County, Oregon

Onions drying in sacks in the field. Fifteen percent of onion growers ...

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Land on the Arnold farm which they hope to clear next year. Western Washington, Thurston County, Michigan Hill. See general caption number 36

Land on the Arnold farm which they hope to clear next year. Western Wa...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of lumber, lumberjack workers, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Young farmer, member of Ola self-help sawmill co-op, plowing in fall of the year. Tractor is used co-operatively. Gem County, Idaho. General caption 48

Young farmer, member of Ola self-help sawmill co-op, plowing in fall o...

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Mrs. Hull in one-room dugout basement home (note blackboard.) "I wanted a blackboard for a long time for my Bible verses, to keep them in our mind. Got it last year." Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon. General caption number 67-111

Mrs. Hull in one-room dugout basement home (note blackboard.) "I wante...

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Gladys Smith, thirteen year old girl, who cooks and cares for a family of six. RR (Rural Rehabilitation) first year (see 51402-D). Coffee County, Alabama

Gladys Smith, thirteen year old girl, who cooks and cares for a family...

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Secretary of Agriculture presents Meyer medal to veteran government plant explorer. Washington, D.C., July 24. Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace, right, presenting the Meyer Medal for distinguished services in plant introduction to David Fairchild, Veteran Plant Explorer of the United States Department of Agriculture. The Secretary made the award on behalf of the American Genetic Association, the Trustees of the Medal. Following the presentation, Secretary Wallace out-lined the distinguished services of Dr. Fairchild during his 50 year's association with the department of Agriculture. Dr. Fairchild has introduced many hundreds of new plants into America. Others in the picture are Mrs. Fairchild and P.H. Dorsett, retired plant explorer, 7/24-39

Secretary of Agriculture presents Meyer medal to veteran government pl...

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Miss Hesterley and Miss Christian, FSA (Farm Security Administration) home economists, delivering sheeting to Mr. Adkins, rural rehabilitation borrower. This is their first year on the program. There are nine in the family. Coffee County, Alabama

Miss Hesterley and Miss Christian, FSA (Farm Security Administration) ...

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.

Boiling down sap into maple syrup in evaporator in Walter Gaylord's house in Waitsfield, Mad River Valley, Vermont. He averages about 150 gallons of syrup annually but 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 the family for three generations. He has about forty head of cattle, raises poultry, and potatoes

Boiling down sap into maple syrup in evaporator in Walter Gaylord's ho...

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Buckets hanging on spouts to catch the sap from maple sugar trees from which is made maple syrup. On Frank H. Shurtleff place. The Shurtleff farm has about 400 acres, and was originally purchased by grandfather in 1840. He raises sheep, cows, cuts lumber and has been making maple syrup for about thirty-five years. Sugaring brings in about one thousand dollars annually. Because of the deep snow this year he only tapped 1000 of his 2000 trees. He expects to make about 300 to 500 gallons this year. North Bridgewater, Vermont

Buckets hanging on spouts to catch the sap from maple sugar trees from...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

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

A black and white photo of a small cabin in the snow, Vermont. Farm Se...

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A black and white photo of a horse drawn sleigh in the snow, possibly related to: Bucket for gathering sap from maple sugar tree and stack of wood needed in boiling sap into syrup on Frank Shurtleff farm. The Shurtleff farm has about 400 acres, and was originally purchased by grandfather in 1840. He raises sheep, cows, cuts lumber and has been making maple syrup for about thirty-five years. Sugaring brings about one thousand dollars annually. Because of the deep snow this year he only tapped 1000 of his 2000 trees. He expects to make about 300 to 500 gallons this year. North Bridgewater, Vermont

A black and white photo of a horse drawn sleigh in the snow, possibly ...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More

A black and white photo of two people on skis, Vermont. Farm Security Administration photogrpaph.

A black and white photo of two people on skis, Vermont. Farm Security ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Young neighbor of Frank H. Shurtleff resting in the snow while gathering sap from sugar trees for making maple syrup. Sugaring is a social event and is enjoyed by all young people and children in the neighborhood. The Shurtleff farm has about 400 acres and was originally purchased by grandfather in 1840. He raises sheep, cows, cuts lumber, and has been making maple syrup for about thirty-fiv years. Sugaring brings in about one thousand dollars annually. Because of the deep snow this year he only tapped 1000 of his 2000 trees. He expects to make about 300 to 500 gallons this year. North Bridgewater, Vermont

Young neighbor of Frank H. Shurtleff resting in the snow while gatheri...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Farmer and his wife in front of their tent home. Vale-Owyhee rrigation project, Malheur County, Oregon. This is their first year on this land, in fact, they had been here only two months. This year they will devote time, energy and money to getting their land into cultivation. Livestock and chickens, etc. must also be accumulated before they will think too much about a house. This man has tried to get a FSA (Farm Security Administration) loan, but FSA judges that he had too little irrigatable land for a loan

Farmer and his wife in front of their tent home. Vale-Owyhee rrigation...

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Picking hops, Yakima County, Washington. Workers were paid this year two and a half to four cents per pound. This man said he could pick one hundred pounds a day

Picking hops, Yakima County, Washington. Workers were paid this year t...

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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...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a farmer worker, 20th-century dust bowl, great depression era, 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

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

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An American flying squadron in India. Major E. Fletcher and orderly. Major Fletcher, "Skipper" of the outfit, at his desk in the "operation shack." He is from Kansas City, Missouri and has been in India for nearly a year

An American flying squadron in India. Major E. Fletcher and orderly. M...

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

Richwood, West Virginia. Sixteen year old high school boy making a contract to help in the harvest in upper New York state

Richwood, West Virginia. Sixteen year old high school boy making a con...

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Health measures for low home temperatures. Planning to spend a winter evening at home? Better dress for it the way these attractive government workers do, for homes will be kept to sixty-five degrees this year because of the Federal fuel oil limitation orders. Slacks and warm robes mean comfort under lower temperatures

Health measures for low home temperatures. Planning to spend a winter ...

Car pooling at Lockheed Vega. Sheila gets off next. Walt and Jerry, the only two left, are neighbors and live nearby. Jerry lives about 10 1/2 miles from the plant, works six days a week and drives twenty-one miles a day. 6000 miles a year just getting to and from work. All these riders, except Mary, formerly drove their own cars and piled up a daily total of eighty-three miles. This single example of car pooling results in a seventy-five percent reduction of rubber

Car pooling at Lockheed Vega. Sheila gets off next. Walt and Jerry, th...

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New York, New York. The Di Costanzo family, owners of a restaurant on Mulberry Street, hold their annual family dinner in the restaurant on New Year's Eve. There are few customers on that night. At left is a flag and a picture of their son who is in the United States Army

New York, New York. The Di Costanzo family, owners of a restaurant on ...

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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...

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Flathead special area project, Montana. Seeded land, land plowed for the first time this year, and in the background, land yet to be cleared. On farm of Lawrence Thompson, FSA (Farm Security Administration) borrower

Flathead special area project, Montana. Seeded land, land plowed for t...

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New York, New York. Mr. and Mrs. Di Costanzo at the bar of their restaurant on Mulberry Street on New Year's Eve

New York, New York. Mr. and Mrs. Di Costanzo at the bar of their resta...

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Buffalo, New York. Lakeview nursery school for children of working mothers, operated by the Board of Education at a tuition fee of three dollars weekly. An eleven year old boy brings his young sister and brother to school at 6:30 a.m. and stays with them until school opens. Their mother goes to work at 6:00 a.m.

Buffalo, New York. Lakeview nursery school for children of working mot...

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San Augustine, Texas. Two eighteen year old boys waiting for their physical examination prior to induction into the Army

San Augustine, Texas. Two eighteen year old boys waiting for their phy...

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New York, New York. Blowing horns on Bleeker Street on New Year's Day

New York, New York. Blowing horns on Bleeker Street on New Year's Day

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Baseball players in war production. "Safe," signals George Stovall, retired manager of the Cleveland Indians as Vince DiMaggio slides home during a lunch-hour softball game in the California Shipbuilding Corporation shipyards. DiMaggio, Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder, has been a warehouseman at the California shipyards since last fall; Stovall has worked as checker in the yards for more than a year

Baseball players in war production. "Safe," signals George Stovall, re...

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New York, New York. Italian-Americans leaving the church of Our Lady of Pompeii at Bleeker and Carmine Streets, on New Year's Day

New York, New York. Italian-Americans leaving the church of Our Lady o...

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Buffalo, New York. Beverly Ann Grimm, eleven, leaves the two younger girls alone at home while she goes shopping. She is at the bank to cash her mother's check before buying the family food for Sunday. Her mother, a twenty-six year old widow, is a crane operator at Pratt and Letchworth

Buffalo, New York. Beverly Ann Grimm, eleven, leaves the two younger g...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of worker, marketplace, vendor, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Middle River, Maryland. FSA (Farm Security Administration) housing project for Glenn L. Martin aircraft workers. Mrs. Emma D. Gaw with her six year old daughter and husband who works at the Glenn Martin plant, enjoying the cool of the evening in the doorway of trailer home

Middle River, Maryland. FSA (Farm Security Administration) housing pro...

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New York, New York. Italian-Americans leaving the church of Our Lady of Pompeii at Bleeker and Carmine Streets, on New Year's Day

New York, New York. Italian-Americans leaving the church of Our Lady o...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Greeff Fabrics Inc., House of the Year, Lake Success, Long Island, New York. Study

Greeff Fabrics Inc., House of the Year, Lake Success, Long Island, New...

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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

During Mardi Gras celebration and all during the year there are Mimes in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana

During Mardi Gras celebration and all during the year there are Mimes ...

Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Mimes are usually painted, often with silver paint, and every Mime is unique. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More

The grand committee, to whom was recommitted a report on the subject of supplies for the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty-five, submit the following report.

The grand committee, to whom was recommitted a report on the subject o...

"Printed for the use of the Committee of the Whole, July 14." Read July 18, 1785. Cf. Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 29, p. 543-547. Imprint from Evans. Ascribed to the press of John Dunlap in Journal... More

Barometrical measurement of the Blue-Ridge, Warm Spring, and Alleghany Mountains, in Virginia, taken in the summer of the year 1791 : Mount Pleasant on Schuylkill, Nov. 13, 1795

Barometrical measurement of the Blue-Ridge, Warm Spring, and Alleghany...

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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...

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Twelve year old Selina Wall working at spooling in the Brazos [?] Valley Cotton Mill, West Texas. Their family Record says she was born, March 23, 1901. Her mother said: "She's just taking the place of her sister fifteen years old. Selina could earn a dollar a day. She was raised up in a cotton mill over in Belton, but she has to stay home and do the cookin." The mother and the fifteen year old girl work regularly in the mill. Several older boys work. Selina keeps house. Nine in the family. Location: West, Texas.

Twelve year old Selina Wall working at spooling in the Brazos [?] Vall...

Picryl description: Public domain image of girl workers, child labor, working children, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A four year old helper in the berry field, Rock Creek, near Baltimore. Mother said, "He helps little." Location: Baltimore, Maryland.

A four year old helper in the berry field, Rock Creek, near Baltimore....

Picryl description: Public domain image of a farm, farmer, agriculture, early 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The friendship Mr. Isaac's new dance for the year 1715

The friendship Mr. Isaac's new dance for the year 1715

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Juvenile Court. An 8 year old boy charged with stealing a bicycle. Thursday May 5, 1910. Location: St. Louis, Missouri.

Juvenile Court. An 8 year old boy charged with stealing a bicycle. Thu...

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Twelve year old son of a cotton sharecropper near Cleveland, Mississippi

Twelve year old son of a cotton sharecropper near Cleveland, Mississip...

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One of the ten year old shiners in Hartford, Conn. - August 25th, 1924. Location: Hartford, Connecticut.

One of the ten year old shiners in Hartford, Conn. - August 25th, 1924...

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The journal of a tour into the territory northwest of the Alleghany Mountains ; made in the spring of the year 1803 : with a geographical and historical account of the state of Ohio ; illustrated with original maps and views

The journal of a tour into the territory northwest of the Alleghany Mo...

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Interview with 65 year old white male, Mountain Rest, South Carolina (part 3 of 3) (Transcript)

Interview with 65 year old white male, Mountain Rest, South Carolina (...

10 year old girl who peddles papers. Been at it 1 year. Bridgeport, Conn. Location: Bridgeport, Connecticut.

10 year old girl who peddles papers. Been at it 1 year. Bridgeport, Co...

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Interview with 65 year old white male, Mountain Rest, South Carolina (part 1 of 3) (Transcript)

Interview with 65 year old white male, Mountain Rest, South Carolina ...

For rights information contact the collector’s institution: Pendleton District Historical and Recreation Commission. Pendleton, SC 65 year old white male, born in Oconee County, South Carolina near town of Walh... More

Walter Gaylord drilling hole in maple tree to get sap which is boiled down into maple syrup. Mud River Valley, Waitsfield, 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 eightty acres. It has been in family three generations. Has about thirty-five to forty head of cattle; raises poultry and potatoes

Walter Gaylord drilling hole in maple tree to get sap which is boiled ...

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7 year old twins. Been selling for 1 year. Sell sometimes until 8 P.M., Hartford, Conn. Location: Hartford, Connecticut.

7 year old twins. Been selling for 1 year. Sell sometimes until 8 P.M....

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A general map of North America; in which is express'd the several new roads, forts, engagements, &c. taken from actual surveys and observations made in the army employ'd there, from the year 1754, to 1761:

A general map of North America; in which is express'd the several new ...

Scale ca. 1:9,500,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Shows Caribbean region. "Published ... by M. A. Rocque in the Strand & A. Dury in Dukes Court St. Martins Lane." Title in English and French. LC Ma... More

A mother hulling berries while she nurses her infant. Her other children sit beside her, also at work. Little Mabel Cuthrie [i.e., Guthrie?], 4 yrs. old started working last year. Location: [Seaford?, Delaware?]

A mother hulling berries while she nurses her infant. Her other childr...

Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, economic conditions, children workers, exploitation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Conversation with 27 year old white female, West Virginia (Transcript)

Conversation with 27 year old white female, West Virginia (Transcript)

For rights information contact the collector’s institution: Center for Applied Linguistics. Washington, DC 27 year old white female. Happenings around the house. murder

Conversation with 27 year old white female, West Virginia (Transcript)

Conversation with 27 year old white female, West Virginia (Transcript)

For rights information contact the collector’s institution: Center for Applied Linguistics. Washington, DC 27 year old white female. Happenings around the house. murder

Picryl description: Public domain image of byciclyst, bike, bicycle wheel, sport event, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Picryl description: Public domain image of byciclyst, bike, bicycle wh...

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An historical account of the expedition against the Ohio Indians, in the year MDCCLXIV : under the command of Henry Bouquet ... including his transactions with the Indians ... ; to which are annexed military papers ...

An historical account of the expedition against the Ohio Indians, in t...

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6-year old Warren Frakes. Mother said he picked 41 pounds yesterday "An I don't make him pick; he picked some last year." Has about 20 pounds in his bag. See 4574. Location: Comanche County, Oklahoma / Lewis W. Hine.

6-year old Warren Frakes. Mother said he picked 41 pounds yesterday "A...

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Young Driver in Mine: Had been driving one year. (7 A.M. to 5:30 P.M. Daily) Brown Mine, Brown , West Virginia. Location: Brown, West Virginia.

Young Driver in Mine: Had been driving one year. (7 A.M. to 5:30 P.M. ...

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Thirteen year old boy. Exposed to all kinds of weather picking out slabs from chute with a heavy moving chain that carries up the wood. He gets $5.00 a week. Miller - Link Lumber Co. Location: Orange, Texas.

Thirteen year old boy. Exposed to all kinds of weather picking out sla...

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Fourteen year old messenger #2 Western Union, Shreveport. Says he goes to the Red Light district all the time. See Hine report on Messengers. Location: Shreveport, Louisiana.

Fourteen year old messenger #2 Western Union, Shreveport. Says he goes...

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All these boys are cutters in the Seacoast Canning Co., Factory #7. Ages range from 7 to 12. They live near the factory. Seven year old boy in front, Byron Hamilton, has a badly cut finger, but helps his brother regularly. Behind him is his brother, George, 11 years. He cut his finger half off while working. They and many other youngsters said they were always cutting their fingers. (See photo #2435 and label.) George earns $1.00 some days, $.75 usually. Some of the others said they earn $1.00 when they work all day. At times they start at 7 A.M. Work all day, and until midnight, but the work is very irregular. Names of those in the photo are George Mathews, Johnny Rust, John Surles, Fulsom McCutchin (11 yrs.), Albert Robinson, Morris McConnell. Location: Eastport, Maine.

All these boys are cutters in the Seacoast Canning Co., Factory #7. Ag...

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All Year Highway, Between Arch Rock & Yosemite Valley, El Portal, Mariposa County, CA

All Year Highway, Between Arch Rock & Yosemite Valley, El Portal, Mari...

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All Year Highway, Between Arch Rock & Yosemite Valley, El Portal, Mariposa County, CA

All Year Highway, Between Arch Rock & Yosemite Valley, El Portal, Mari...

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Six year old Tony gets up at 5:00 A.M. daily to sell newspapers. He is a regular beggar. "P-l-e-a-s-e buy me papers." Location: Beaumont, Texas.

Six year old Tony gets up at 5:00 A.M. daily to sell newspapers. He is...

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Roland, eleven year old negro newsboy, Newark, N.J. - August 1st, 1924. Location: Newark, New Jersey.

Roland, eleven year old negro newsboy, Newark, N.J. - August 1st, 1924...

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6 year old Luigi, a newsboy beggar working the public. See California report. Location: Sacramento, California / Lewis W. Hine.

6 year old Luigi, a newsboy beggar working the public. See California ...

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Eight year old newsie. Many youngsters get up early to sell papers. One ten year old starts out at 3 A.M. every day and goes to school. Location: Waco, Texas.

Eight year old newsie. Many youngsters get up early to sell papers. On...

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Conversation with 41 year old black male, Detroit, Michigan (Transcript)

Conversation with 41 year old black male, Detroit, Michigan (Transcrip...

For rights information contact the collector’s institution: Georgetown University. Washington, DC 49 year old black male. Discusses childhood games, school, and work.

The history of Virginia, in four parts. I. The history of the first settlement of Virginia, and the government thereof, to the year 1706. II. The natural productions and conveniences of the country, suited to trade and improvement. III. The native Indians, their religion, laws, and customs, in war and peace. IV. The present state of the country, as to the polity of the government, and the improvements of the land, the 10th of June 1720.

The history of Virginia, in four parts. I. The history of the first se...

ESTC N7255 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

State papers relating to the diplomatick transactions between the American and French governments, from the year 1793, to the conclusion of the convention, on the 30th of September, 1800.

State papers relating to the diplomatick transactions between the Amer...

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Bowles's new map of North America and the West Indies, exhibiting the British Empire therein with the limits and boundaries of the United States as also the dominions possessed in that quarter, by the Spaniards, the French & other European states, the whole compiled from the best surveys and authentic memoirs which have appeared to the present year, 1783.

Bowles's new map of North America and the West Indies, exhibiting the ...

Scale ca. 1:5,500,000. Hand colored. Prime meridian: Ferro. "Publish'd as the Act directs 2. Jan. 1783." Includes historic notes. Insets: A particular map of Baffin and Hudson Bays [ca. 1:18,000,000]--A map of ... More

Pennsylvania, ss. I Prothonotary of the Supream Court of the Province of Pennsylvania, do hereby certify, that at a Supream Court held at Philadelphia, for the said Province of Pennsylvania, the day of in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven

Pennsylvania, ss. I Prothonotary of the Supream Court of the Province ...

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Treasury Office-- city of Boston. Ward No. [blank] Your tax for the year 1861, amounting to $ blank] is now due…Frederic U. Tracy, treasurer and collector…J. E. Farwell & Co., City Printers, 32 Congress Street [1861].

Treasury Office-- city of Boston. Ward No. [blank] Your tax for the ye...

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 68, Folder 21g.

D. Webster Clegg's concise time table, for acquiring the number of days from a given month or date to any other date in the year. [n. p.] [c. 1872].

D. Webster Clegg's concise time table, for acquiring the number of day...

On verso: 7867 - C. 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 237, Folder 13a.

[The three year old foals born in the first section of the Imperial Stud Farm] / Constantinople, Abdullah Frères.

[The three year old foals born in the first section of the Imperial St...

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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.

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