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Boston, April 20th, 1773. Sir. The efforts made by the legislative of this province in their last session to free themselves from slavery gave us, who are in that deplorable state a high degree of satisfaction. We expect great things from men wh

Boston, April 20th, 1773. Sir. The efforts made by the legislative of ...

Glorious news. Triumph of federal efforts. Our administration have at length yielded to the offers long since made to settle our differences with Great-Britain. The war whoop is silenced ... [June 12? 1812].

Glorious news. Triumph of federal efforts. Our administration have at ...

The slaves are sometimes chained together when they go to work in the fields, lest their love of liberty should induce them to make violent efforts to escape.

The slaves are sometimes chained together when they go to work in the ...

Alvin Bishop to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, July 16, 1860 (Campaign efforts in New York)

Alvin Bishop to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, July 16, 1860 (Campaign effo...

John M. Read to Lyman Trumbull, Tuesday, May 29, 1860 (Campaign efforts in Pennsylvania)

John M. Read to Lyman Trumbull, Tuesday, May 29, 1860 (Campaign effor...

David L. Phillips to Jesse K . Dubois, Monday, October 29, 1860 (Efforts in Illinois campaign)

David L. Phillips to Jesse K . Dubois, Monday, October 29, 1860 (Effo...

Mary E. Raikes to Abraham Lincoln, November 1860 (Little girl from Ohio wants present for her campaign efforts)

Mary E. Raikes to Abraham Lincoln, November 1860 (Little girl from Oh...

The state of New Hampshire. In the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six. Resolved ... to use all reasonable efforts to procure the assumption, by the general government, of the state and town debts created in aiding to suppr

The state of New Hampshire. In the year of our Lord one thousand eight...

map from "Too Late for Gordon and Khartoum: the testimony of an ... eye-witness of the ... efforts for their rescue ... With ... unpublished letters of the late General Gordon"

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Our prominent political orators in action. The efforts of these men will anchor the floating vote, make converts and win the election

Our prominent political orators in action. The efforts of these men wi...

Photograph shows 18 portraits of prominent orators (politicians and businessmen) superimposed over an audience comprised of men.

Through the Efforts of Professor Williams

Through the Efforts of Professor Williams

The earliest efforts for the preservation of the Camp ground, and the earliest suggestion of the Park, were made by Dr. Isaac Anderson Pennypacker, of Phoenixville, Pa. ... These efforts began in 1842, and were continued for several years ... [1

The earliest efforts for the preservation of the Camp ground, and the ...

Aux femmes françaises. La guerre a été déchaînée par l'Allemagne malgré les efforts de la France, de la Russie, de l'Angleterre pour maintenir la paix

Aux femmes françaises. La guerre a été déchaînée par l'Allemagne malgr...

Broadside.

The Garfield. This was built to relieve the congestion of the beet workers in the other schools of Ft. Morgan, and none but beet workers are here. The school opened November 29, and will close early in the spring to accom[m]odate the beet workers. This is one of the efforts that the superintendents are vainly making to adjust themselves to the beet work. Fort Morgan [vicinity], Colorado / L.W. Hine.

The Garfield. This was built to relieve the congestion of the beet wor...

Ceremonies - Michigan - Lincoln employees rejoicing in victory which their loyal efforts helped to win and make possible, Lincoln Motor Co., plant, Detroit, Michigan

Ceremonies - Michigan - Lincoln employees rejoicing in victory which t...

Photographer: Lincoln Motor Co. Detroit, Mich. Ceremonies - Michigan

American Red Cross - Miscellaneous - Patriotic women lending their efforts in the interest of the American Red Cross, Omaha, Nebraska, 1918

American Red Cross - Miscellaneous - Patriotic women lending their eff...

Date Taken: 1918 Photographer: Omaha Bee, Omaha, Nebraska American Red Cross - Miscellaneous

American Red Cross - Soliciting Funds - Entertainments - Efforts of Red Cross workers helps to well Red Cross Fund. Red Cross workers who have helped to collect over a quarter of a million dollars for the new York County Chapter of the American Red Cross. Marines also aided the cause

American Red Cross - Soliciting Funds - Entertainments - Efforts of Re...

Photographer: Kadel & Herbert American Red Cross - Soliciting Funds - Entertainments

Ceremonies - Preparedness Day, Washington, D.C. - Marine veterans stage realistic battle in Philadelphia, PA. to stimulate recruiting. Two hundred United States Marines, veterans of the Nicaraguan, Haytian and Dominican campaigns, staged a sham battle in the very heart of Philadelphia, PA., to stimulate recruiting. Divided into defenders and attackers, the former using the ruins of the buildings which are being razed to make way for a park. The Marines Marines skirmishedfor two hours. The men were attired in field uniform loaded down with equipment, hauled field guns and light artillery as though the taking of the city depended upon their efforts. The battle was planned as part of the recruiting campaign of the Marine Corps. Photo shows Marines enroute to battle; Madeline McCadden bearing the standard. 1917

Ceremonies - Preparedness Day, Washington, D.C. - Marine veterans stag...

Photographer: International Film Service Ceremonies - Preparedness Day, Washington, D.C.

Miss Mildred Glines, chairman Rhode Island, NWP [National Woman's Party]. Through Miss Glines['s] efforts the Rhode Island Legislature has just passed a resolution calling upon Senators to work and vote for amendment.

Miss Mildred Glines, chairman Rhode Island, NWP [National Woman's Part...

Colleges and Universities - University of Michigan - Trueing up a front axle. Checking the results of their efforts. Chassis Department, Auto Mechanics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Colleges and Universities - University of Michigan - Trueing up a fron...

Colleges and Universities - University of Michigan

Holding Efforts

Holding Efforts

Berryman Political Cartoon Collection

If you happen to be commander of a Navy ship you will be happy to know about this new piece of mechanism. It is the result of the combined efforts of various branches of the Navy Dept. It is a theodolite (compass for measuring the horizon) that will be used on Navy ships. Mr. R.L. Currie of the aerological office Bureau of Aeronautics, Navy department is shown with this instrument which will be used to site pilot balloons sent from shipboard for the sake of gathering weather information

If you happen to be commander of a Navy ship you will be happy to know...

First picture of Coal Commission. This is the first picture showing all five members of the Bituminous Coal Commission. Chairman Charles F. Hosford, Jr., issued a statement, a few minutes before the picture was made, that the group "deplored" efforts to stampede coal producers into refusing to come under the new Guffey Coal Act." From the left: seated, Walter H. Maloney, Chairman Nosford, and George F. Acret. Standing, C.F. Smith, left, and Percy Tetlow, 10/25/35

First picture of Coal Commission. This is the first picture showing al...

A long filibuster, Wash. D.C. A five and half hour filibuster by Sen. Long of Louisiana, caused the seventy-fourth congress, first session, to give up the ghost, without approval of the last of the President's "must" measures-the-third deficiency bill. Sen. Long, is shown as he left the floor of the Senate, and rested for the moment from his tireless efforts, 8/27/35

A long filibuster, Wash. D.C. A five and half hour filibuster by Sen. ...

An abandoned farmhouse in central Oregon representing years of unfruitful efforts to make things grow

An abandoned farmhouse in central Oregon representing years of unfruit...

The United States Biological Survey has cooperated with the Resettlement Administration in its efforts to stop the extensive damage done to crops in central Oregon. A group of Resettlment Administration men are spreading rotted oats mixed with strychnine in a wheat field almost ruined by kangaroo rats

The United States Biological Survey has cooperated with the Resettleme...

The sun sets on a broken wagon wheel, symbolic of the vain efforts to farm on the dry arid land of central Oregon

The sun sets on a broken wagon wheel, symbolic of the vain efforts to ...

Digging a ditch to catch the water from the melting snow. The aridity of this land and complete absence of water supply make such efforts necessary. Taos land use project, New Mexico

Digging a ditch to catch the water from the melting snow. The aridity ...

Stop syphilis Support local and state efforts to reduce syphilis.

Stop syphilis Support local and state efforts to reduce syphilis.

Poster showing a house, city skyscrapers, and smokestacks.

Rusting and battered combines of more prosperous days show how vain efforts are to grow wheat in the dry central Oregon area

Rusting and battered combines of more prosperous days show how vain ef...

Labor and industrial leaders get together. Washington, D.C., May 4. Leaders of labor and industry pictured as they met today at the Labor Department shortly before the conference called by Secretary Perkins convened. prominent figures in labor and industry attended the meeting in efforts to develop a formula for averting strikes and lockouts. Left to right: George H. Davis, new President of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce; Harper Sibley, past President of the Chamber; Frank Morrison, Secretary of the American Federation of Labor; and Edward F. McGrady, Assistant Secretary of Labor, 5/4/1937

Labor and industrial leaders get together. Washington, D.C., May 4. Le...

In spotlight at Labor-Industry Conference. Washington, D.C., April 20. Prominent labor and industrial leaders from all over the country attended a conference today with Secretary of Labor Perkins in efforts to agree on a national policy to avert strikes. Here we see, left to right: Averill Harriman, new industrial leader and onetime official of the former NRA; Sidney Hillman, of the Labor Non-partisan League; and John L. Lewis, Head of the C.I.O., 4/20/1937

In spotlight at Labor-Industry Conference. Washington, D.C., April 20....

Admits "kicking back" part of salary. Washington, D.C., April 22. He "turned back" $75 of his $200 per month salary, Henry M. Lewis former Deputy Sheriff in Harlan County, Ky., told the Senate Civil Liberties Committee as it resumed its investigation of alleged terrorism in connection with Harlan County Coal Operators' efforts to resist union organization drives. The money was returned to Sheriff Theodore R. Middleton each month in 1935 and 1936. Lewis added that many of the men listed as drawing salaries from the Sheriff's office were not regarded as regular employees, and several of them worked for coal companies, 4/22/1937

Admits "kicking back" part of salary. Washington, D.C., April 22. He "...

Opens Labor Nonpartisan League Convention. Washington, D.C., March 8. With labor leaders from all sections of the country, Maj. George L. Berry, President of the Labor Nonpartisan League, is shown presiding at the opening session of the League's convention in Washington today. The convention will mark the climax of an intensive campaign by the League to show congress and the country that labor is solidly behind the President in his efforts to modernize the federal Judiciary, 3/8/1937

Opens Labor Nonpartisan League Convention. Washington, D.C., March 8. ...

Labor peace plan sought. Washington, D.C., April 20. Leaders of labor and industry attended a conference today with Secretary of Labor Perkins in efforts to effect a National policy to avert strikes and lockouts. In the photograph, left to right: D.W. Tracy, President of Brotherhood of Electrical Workers; Harper Sibley, President of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce; William Green, President of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce; Ray Ingersoll, former Arbitrator of the Cloak and Suit Industry; R.C. Whiting, President of Fuller Construction Co.; Secretary Perkins; Clarence Wooley, President of the American Radiator Co.; John L. Lewis, Head of C.I.O.; and J. Warren Madden, Chairman of National Labor Relations Board, 4/20/1937

Labor peace plan sought. Washington, D.C., April 20. Leaders of labor ...

Opens Labor Nonpartisan League Convention. Washington, D.C., March 8. With labor leaders from all sections of the country, Maj. George L. Berry, President of the Labor Nonpartisan League, is shown presiding at the opening session of the League's convention in Washington today. The convention will mark the climax of an intensive campaign by the League to show Congress and the country that labor is solidly behind the President in his efforts to modernize the Federal Judiciary, 3/8/1937

Opens Labor Nonpartisan League Convention. Washington, D.C., March 8. ...

President organizes $4,000,000,000 pump priming campaign. Washington, D.C., April 11. President Roosevelt met with his Relief and Congressional Aides today to the personal command of a new administration fight to check business recession with a $4,000,000,000 pump priming campaign. The president subordinated all other White House business to efforts to hammer his lending and spending program into shape as a major New Deal offensive against recession and unemployment, left to right: Director of the Budget Daniel Bell, Sen. James F. Byrnes, SC. Sen. Carter Glass of Va., Majority Leader of the House Sen. Sam Rayburn of Tex., Sen Kenneth McKeller of Tenn., Sec. of Treasury Henry Morenthau, and in the rear, Rep. Edward Johnson, of Colo., April 11, 1938

President organizes $4,000,000,000 pump priming campaign. Washington, ...

Smelt Continue to have their day at the Capitol. Washington, D.C., April 1. Little Beulah, Michigan, has succeeded admirably lately in getting itself on the map by reason of its location in the heart of Michigan's smelt industry. Today, the Mayor of Beulah, Arthur Finch, called upon Vice President John Garner and presented him with a box of the pint-size fish in recognition of the Vice President's efforts to have smelt transplanted to Texas waters. The V.P. remarked that they are just the right size for bass bait, and the Mayor still maintains that they are best for human consumption. 4-7-39

Smelt Continue to have their day at the Capitol. Washington, D.C., Apr...

Highway City, California, near Fresno. See general caption. Family from Oklahoma; have been in California for six years, have been migratory workers now on Works Progress Administration (WPA) from which they may be cut off at the opening of the 1939 harvest. Their house represents one of many similar structures, which they are attempting to construct by their own efforts on poor land, for which they are paying a few dollars a month out of the WPA budget. Their light bill is two dollars a month. Water bill one dollar a month, kerosene for cooking five dollars per month, approximately. They own a 1929 Ford. "The cheapest thing for the government to do would be to put people like me on enough land to make a living on. You can't tell me anything about running around with the fruit, I know that deal. You are lucky if you make enough to get home. I'm not a kickin', I'm being tuk care of, but if I should live to be hundred this way I'm not getting ahead noways."

Highway City, California, near Fresno. See general caption. Family fro...

Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. Waste materials from heaps such as these are a rich source of scrap materials for conversion into vitally needed defense material. Efforts are now being made to collect all such materials to alleviate threatened shortages (U.S. Route 1, Baltimore-Washington Highway, August 1941)

Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. Waste materials from heaps such as...

Lumber manufacture. Building stockpiles for national defense. Ponderosa pine boards being stacked at the Emmet, Idaho sawmills of the Boise Payette Lumber Company. Efforts are being made (June 1941) to create a stockpile of lumber to insure a steady monthly output of ammunition cases. Lumber is also supplied from these mills for the construction of barracks and cantonments

Lumber manufacture. Building stockpiles for national defense. Ponderos...

Lumber manufacture. Building stockpiles for war contracts. Ponderosa pine boards being stacked at a western sawmill. Efforts to insure a steady monthly output of ammunition cases. Lumber is also supplied from these mills for the construction of barracks and cantonments

Lumber manufacture. Building stockpiles for war contracts. Ponderosa p...

Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. Waste materials from heaps such as these are a rich source of scrap materials for conversion into vitally needed defense material. Efforts are now being made to collect all such materials to alleviate threatened shortages (U.S. Route 1, Baltimore-Washington Highway, August 1941)

Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. Waste materials from heaps such as...

Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. Waste materials from heaps such as these are a rich source of scrap materials for conversion into vitally needed defense material. Efforts are now being made to collect all such materials to alleviate threatened shortages (U.S. Route 1, Baltimore-Washington Highway, August 1941)

Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. Waste materials from heaps such as...

Lumber manufacture. Building stockpiles for national defense. Ponderosa pine boards being stacked at the Emmet, Idaho sawmills of the Boise Payette Lumber Company. Efforts are being made (June 1941) to create a stockpile of lumber to insure a steady monthly output of ammunition cases. Lumber is also supplied from these mills for the construction of barracks and cantonments

Lumber manufacture. Building stockpiles for national defense. Ponderos...

Building stockpiles. Ponderosa pine boards being stacked in a western sawmill. Efforts are being made (June 1941) to create a stockpile of lumber to insure a steady monthly output of ammunition cases. Lumber is also supplied from these mills for the construction of barracks and cantonments

Building stockpiles. Ponderosa pine boards being stacked in a western ...

Lumber manufacture. Building stockpiles for national defense. Ponderosa pine boards being stacked at the Emmet, Idaho sawmills of the Boise Payette Lumber Company. Efforts are being made (June 1941) to create a stockpile of lumber to insure a steady monthly output of ammunition cases. Lumber is also supplied from these mills for the construction of barracks and cantonments

Lumber manufacture. Building stockpiles for national defense. Ponderos...

Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. Waste materials from heaps such as these are a rich source of scrap materials for conversion into vitally needed defense material. Efforts are now being made to collect all such materials to alleviate threatened shortages (U.S. Route 1, Baltimore-Washington Highway, August 1941)

Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. Waste materials from heaps such as...

Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. Waste materials from heaps such as these are a rich source of scrap materials for conversion into vitally needed defense material. Efforts are now being made to collect all such materials to alleviate threatened shortages (U.S. Route 1, Baltimore-Washington Highway, August 1941)

Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. Waste materials from heaps such as...

Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. Waste materials from heaps such as these are a rich source of scrap materials for conversion into vitally needed defense material. Efforts are now being made to collect all such materials to alleviate threatened shortages (U.S. Route 1, Baltimore-Washington Highway, August 1941)

Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. Waste materials from heaps such as...

Service on the home front There's a job for every Pennsylvanian in these civilian defense efforts.

Service on the home front There's a job for every Pennsylvanian in the...

Poster encouraging participation in civil defense efforts, showing family prepared for work.

Mrs. Blossom Kaplitt, of Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn, New York (second from left) explains to Brooklyn housewives, whom she has enlisted in tin can salvage drive, how to prepare collected tin cans for the Department of Sanitation trucks. Since March 15th, she has organized twenty-five large apartment houses in the Borough Park section into units for salvage work. In each house a squad of three women, tenants in the apartment, collect once weekly from every housewife, tin cans accumulated during the previous week. In the cellar, each squad processes the cans, removes labels and bottoms, flattens them and deposits them into ashcans and barrels for pickup by department of sanitation trucks. Today twenty-five tons of empty processed cans have been collected through the efforts of Mrs. Kaplitt and other housewives in the territory across the East River. Left to right: Mrs. T. Cohen, Mrs. B. Kaplitt, Mrs. H. Mars, Mrs. T. Rubins

Mrs. Blossom Kaplitt, of Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn, New York (second fro...

Manpower. Negro shipyard workers. Skills which contributed to America's success in World War I are vital to our efforts in World War II. This Negro riveter is a veteran employee in a large Eastern shipyard. Another Negro broke the world record for riveting in World War I. Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Corporation. Kearny, New Jersey

Manpower. Negro shipyard workers. Skills which contributed to America'...

Fuel conservation. Home insulation conserves fuel. Every homeowner can get behind his government's efforts to conserve fuel whether he heats his home with oil or coal, and both are strategically important. Fuel savings can be effected by keeping temperatures at reasonable levels, closing off unused rooms, and insulating in various ways. Windows can be weather stripped. Conservation of fuel will help release railroad and other transportation facilities for the movement of fighting materials

Fuel conservation. Home insulation conserves fuel. Every homeowner can...

Auto conversion to airplane engines. With one hundred percent conversion of this automobile factory to production of airplane engines, the gigantic task of remodelling old machinery, removal of old and installation of new equipment, and extensive rebuilding of the plant itself was formidable--but speedy. Under terms of its contract, production was not scheduled until October, but Herulean efforts of management and labor reduced this to early spring of this year. Carloads of scrap material torn out of the plant are shown here at a siding back of the factory. Chevrolet, Buffalo, New York

Auto conversion to airplane engines. With one hundred percent conversi...

Americans all. "She's a beautiful ship," and it took the combined efforts of these three Americans to help build her. Marcell Webb, Negro; Henry Bennett; and Phillip Leung, Chinese, watch the test flight of a P-47 pursuit ship they helped build. Republic Aircraft Corporation

Americans all. "She's a beautiful ship," and it took the combined effo...

Manpower, junior size. A treat for the junior commandos of Roanoke, Virginia! Ensign Andrew Blair, U.S. Navy Reserves extends congratulations to the youngsters at their scrap rally for their whole-hearted efforts to collect material for Uncle Sam's armed forces

Manpower, junior size. A treat for the junior commandos of Roanoke, Vi...

A poster comes to life. A couple of groundhogs get a liberal education from a Navy pilot as Aviation-radio Chief John Marshall Evans (left) escorts welder George Woolslayer and Sergeant French L. Vineyard (right) through his navy post. The three colleagues of the "Men Working Together" poster learned how the war can be won only by the united efforts of soldier, sailor and worker, during their introductions to one another's spheres of activity. Allegheny- Steel, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

A poster comes to life. A couple of groundhogs get a liberal education...

Manpower. Negro shipyard workers. Skills which contributed to America's success in World War I are vital to our efforts in World War II. This Negro riveter is a veteran employee in a large Eastern shipyard. Another Negro broke the world record for riveting in World War I. Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Corporation. Kearny, New Jersey

Manpower. Negro shipyard workers. Skills which contributed to America'...

Auto conversion to airplane engines. "We'll be turning out as many airplane engines as Carter does pills," employees of a converted automobile factory told OEM (Office of Emergency Management) photographer. Now undergoing one hundred percent conversion to airplane motor production, this factory employs thousands of workers who are familiarizing themselves with the newly installed tools and machines. Two workers here lathe the cylinder of an airplane motor. Under terms of its contract, production was not scheduled until October, but Herculean efforts of management and labor completed the conversion this spring. Chevrolet, Buffalo, New York

Auto conversion to airplane engines. "We'll be turning out as many air...

Women in war. Machine gun production operators. This modern "spinning wheel" would astound our grandmothers, and so would the young woman who operates it. One of America's thousands of skilled women war workers, this young Midwesterner twirls the wheel that controls the drilling of holes in machine gun parts. A skilled machine operator, she formerly processed spark plugs on a similar machine, but turned her efforts to war work when the factory was converted to the manufacture of machine guns. A.C. Spark Plugs

Women in war. Machine gun production operators. This modern "spinning ...

Transformer manufacture. It's a formidable task, but Jack Hassel can wind one of these asbestos insulated low volts coils in a day. Essential to America's war efforts, these asbestos coils are used in air cooled transformers which are explosion-proof, hence advantageous for use in ships, mines and large buildings. Westinghouse, Sharon, Pennsylvania

Transformer manufacture. It's a formidable task, but Jack Hassel can w...

Fuel conservation. Home insulation conserves fuel. Every homeowner can get behind his government's efforts to conserve fuel whether he heats his home with oil or coal, and both are strategically important. Fuel savings can be effected by keeping temperatures at reasonable levels, closing off unused rooms, and insulating in various ways. Windows can be weather stripped. Conservation of fuel will help release railroad and other transportation facilities for the movement of fighting materials

Fuel conservation. Home insulation conserves fuel. Every homeowner can...

A poster comes to life. A couple of groundhogs get a liberal education from a Navy pilot as Aviation-radio Chief John Marshall Evans (left) escorts welder George Woolslayer and Sergeant French L. Vineyard (right) through his navy post. The three colleagues of the "Men Working Together" poster learned how the war can be won only by the united efforts of soldier, sailor and worker, during their introductions to one another's spheres of activity. Allegheny- Steel, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

A poster comes to life. A couple of groundhogs get a liberal education...

Axis propaganda. The cover of this pamphlet says, "I am not crazy enough to want a war"--Hitler. The text quotes Hitler's statements to prove his systematic use of lies in conduct of his efforts to rule the world. This pamphlet was produced to combat Axis propaganda in neutral countries, and it was one of many displayed ny Elmer Davis, director of the Office of War Information, in explaining how the OWI is fighting the propaganda war

Axis propaganda. The cover of this pamphlet says, "I am not crazy enou...

The members of the House Committee on Science and Astronautics visited the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) on March 9, 1962 to gather firsthand information of the nation's space exploration program. The congressional group was composed of members of the Subcommittee on Manned Space Flight. They were briefed on MSFC's manned space efforts earlier in the day and then inspected mockups of the Saturn I Workshop and the Apollo Telescope Mount, two projects developed by MSFC for the post-Apollo program. Pictured left-to-right are Dieter Grau, MSFC; Konrad Dannenberg, MSFC; James G. Fulton, Republican representative for Pennsylvania; Joe Waggoner, Democratic representative for Louisiana; and Dr. Wernher von Braun, Director of MSFC. n/a

The members of the House Committee on Science and Astronautics visited...

The members of the House Committee on Science and Astronautics visited the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) on March 9, 1962 to gather firsthand information of the nation's space exploration program. The con... more

DURING APPROACH. OGEE Wing Planform on modified F5D-1 SkylancerAirplane Flight Tests. 'Flow Visualization Photographs'. In landing approach trials at Moffett Field, vapor trails are generated by low pressure in votex flow near wing leading edge on upper wing surface. Studies were undertaken in efforts to determine if there were adverse effects of vortex flow on the dynamic stability of the aircraft. ARC-1964-AC-33500-2

DURING APPROACH. OGEE Wing Planform on modified F5D-1 SkylancerAirpla...

DURING APPROACH. OGEE Wing Planform on modified F5D-1 SkylancerAirplane Flight Tests. 'Flow Visualization Photographs'. In landing approach trials at Moffett Field, vapor trails are generated by low pressure... more

Jody Powell, Frank Moore, Bill Cable - Brief students on various Administration efforts

Jody Powell, Frank Moore, Bill Cable - Brief students on various Admin...

Carter White House Photographs: Presidential

Jody Powell, Frank Moore, Bill Cable - Brief students on various Administration efforts

Jody Powell, Frank Moore, Bill Cable - Brief students on various Admin...

Carter White House Photographs: Presidential

Air Force reservist MSGT Charles Morgan, from the 433rd Tactical Airlift Wing, checks the pressure gauges on a compressor prior to loading the tanks of a C-130 Hercules aircraft. The reserve unit is participating in efforts to control a forest fire at Big Sur

Air Force reservist MSGT Charles Morgan, from the 433rd Tactical Airli...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Stockton Air Tanker Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Paul J. Harrington Release S... more

Front Loader Loading Snow into a Dump Truck during Cleanup Efforts after the Blizzard of 1978 in New England

Front Loader Loading Snow into a Dump Truck during Cleanup Efforts aft...

Original caption: Photograph by Department of the Army Corps of Engineers Feb 13 1978 New England Division File No. 114 Emergencies Blizzard of 1978. Jim McDevitt Photographer. Construction Project Photographs

US Army UH-1 Iroquois helicopters are loaded aboard a C-141 Starlifter aircraft for transport back to their home base in the Canal Zone. The helicopters were used during humanitarian relief efforts following the Jonestown tragedy

US Army UH-1 Iroquois helicopters are loaded aboard a C-141 Starlifter...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Georgetown State: Demerara-Mahaica Country: Guyana (GUY) Scene Camera Operator: Ssgt Jose L. Sanchez Release Status: Released to Public Combined... more

A member of a US Army medical team meets with Guyanese officials upon his arrival to assist with the humanitarian relief efforts following the Jonestown tragedy

A member of a US Army medical team meets with Guyanese officials upon ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Georgetown State: Demerara-Mahaica Country: Guyana (GUY) Scene Camera Operator: Ssgt Jose L. Sanchez Release Status: Released to Public Combined... more

A staff sergeant from Howard Air Force Base, Canal Zone, carries cases of C-rations from a C-130 Hercules aircraft for use by US military personnel participating in humanitarian relief efforts following the Jonestown tragedy

A staff sergeant from Howard Air Force Base, Canal Zone, carries cases...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Georgetown State: Demerara-Mahaica Country: Guyana (GUY) Scene Camera Operator: Ssgt Jose L. Sanchez Release Status: Released to Public Combined... more

Joplin, Mo., May 22, 2013 -- U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano (left) presents the Rick Rescorla National Award for Resilience to Jane Cage and the citizens of Joplin, MO for their efforts to help the community recover from a devastating 2011 tornado. Cage heads the Joplin Area Citizens Advisory Recovery Team, a citizen-based group formed to help guide Joplin's rebuilding. The award, given for just the second time, was presented during the city's 2-year tornado anniversary ceremony. Seated in background from left: Joplin Fire Chief Mitch Randles, City Manager Mark Rohr, Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon and Matt Erskine, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development, U.S. Department of Commerce. FEMA continues to support the community's long-term recovery. Barb Sturner/FEMA

Joplin, Mo., May 22, 2013 -- U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secr...

The original finding aid described this as: Date Taken: 2013-05-22 00:00:00 UTC Photographer Name: Barb Sturner City/State: Joplin, MO Keywords: Recovery ^ Tornado ^ FEMA ^ Missouri ^ Joplin ^ resilience ^ ... more

Joplin, Mo., Jan. 17, 2014 -- Mayor Medlodee Colbert-Kean presents a Proclamation to Richard Serino, Deputy Administrator for FEMA, recognizing his work for the community's recovery following the deadly tornado on May 2011. Serino is in Joplin to see recovery efforts. Photo by Steve Zumwalt FEMA

Joplin, Mo., Jan. 17, 2014 -- Mayor Medlodee Colbert-Kean presents a P...

The original finding aid described this as: Date Taken: 2014-01-17 00:00:00 UTC Photographer Name: Steve Zumwalt City/State: Joplin, Missouri Keywords: Tornado ^ Missouri ^ Joplin ^ Serino ^ 1980DR ^ procla... more

Jopiln, Mo., January 17, 2014 -- Mayor Medlodee Colbert-Kean presents a Proclamation to Richard Serino, Deputy Administrator for FEMA, recognizing his work for the community's recovery following the deadly tornado on May 2011. Serino is in Joplin to see the recovery efforts. Photo by Steve Zumwalt FEMA

Jopiln, Mo., January 17, 2014 -- Mayor Medlodee Colbert-Kean presents ...

The original finding aid described this as: Date Taken: 2014-01-17 00:00:00 UTC Photographer Name: Steve Zumwalt City/State: Joplin, Missouri Keywords: Tornado ^ Missouri ^ Joplin ^ Serino ^ 1980DR ^ procla... more

Joplin, Mo., January 17, 2014 -- Mayor Medlodee Colbert-Kean presents a Proclamation to Richard Serino, Deputy Administrator for FEMA, recognizing his work for the community's recovery following the deadly tornado on May 2011. Serino is in Joplin to see the recovery efforts. Photo by Steve Zumwalt FEMA

Joplin, Mo., January 17, 2014 -- Mayor Medlodee Colbert-Kean presents ...

The original finding aid described this as: Date Taken: 2014-01-17 00:00:00 UTC Photographer Name: Steve Zumwalt City/State: Joplin, Missouri Keywords: Tornado ^ Missouri ^ Joplin ^ Serino ^ 1980DR ^ procla... more

A view looking down into the fishing boat carrying 55 Vietnamese refugees as it is maneuvered alongside the combat stores ship USS SAN JOSE (AFS-7) during rescue efforts

A view looking down into the fishing boat carrying 55 Vietnamese refug...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: South China Sea Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Bob Weissleder Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Rear Admiral (RADM) (upper half) Lando W. Zech, commander, US Naval Forces Japan, presents the Secretary of the Navy Distinguished Public Service Award to Mr. Shigeyasu Sakata, president of Shinwa Bank, the Japan-America Society and the Chamber of Commerce/Industry. The award is in recognition of Sakata's efforts at building a cooperative spirit between the governments and peoples of the United States and Japan. Sakata's wife, Haru, looks on

Rear Admiral (RADM) (upper half) Lando W. Zech, commander, US Naval Fo...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Ordnance Facility, Sasebo Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: PHC G.R. Kessens Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military... more

Rear Admiral (RADM) (upper half) Lando W. Zech, commander, US Naval Forces Japan, raises a toast to Mr. Shigeyasu Sakata, president of Shinwa Bank, the Japan-America Society and the Chamber of Commerce/Industry at an award ceremony for Sakata. Sakata received the Secretary of the Navy Distinguished Public Service Award for his efforts at building a cooperative spirit between the governments and peoples of the United States and Japan. Sakata's wife, Haru, looks on

Rear Admiral (RADM) (upper half) Lando W. Zech, commander, US Naval Fo...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Ordnance Facility, Sasebo Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: PHC G.R. Kessens Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military... more

Mr. Shigeyasu Sakata, president of Shinwa Bank, the Japan-America Society and the Chamber of Commerce/Industry, addresses the crowd gathered for an award ceremony held in his honor. Sakata received the Secretary of the Navy Distinguished Public Service Award for his efforts at building a cooperative spirit between the governments and peoples of the United States and Japan. Rear Admiral (RADM) (upper half) Lando W. Zech, commander, US Naval Forces Japan, and Sakata's wife, Haru, look on

Mr. Shigeyasu Sakata, president of Shinwa Bank, the Japan-America Soci...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Ordnance Facility, Sasebo Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: PHC G.R. Kessens Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military... more

Rear Admiral (RADM) (upper half) Lando W. Zech, commander, US Naval Forces Japan, presents the Secretary of the Navy Distinguished Public Service Award to Mr. Shigeyasu Sakata, president of Shinwa Bank, the Japan-America Society and the Chamber of Commerce/Industry. The award is in recognition of Sakata's efforts at building a cooperative spirit between the governments and peoples of the United States and Japan. Sakata's wife, Haru, looks on

Rear Admiral (RADM) (upper half) Lando W. Zech, commander, US Naval Fo...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Ordnance Facility, Sasebo Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: PHC G.R. Kessens Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military... more

Cases of milk from Austria are offloaded from a UH-1H Iroquois helicopter during relief efforts following a major earthquake on November 23

Cases of milk from Austria are offloaded from a UH-1H Iroquois helicop...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: San Gregorio Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Don Sutherland Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital... more

Army paratroopers from 1ST Battalion, 509th Infantry, Vicenza, unload boxes of clothing from a UH-1H Iroquois helicopter during relief efforts after a major earthquake on November 23

Army paratroopers from 1ST Battalion, 509th Infantry, Vicenza, unload ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: San Gregorio Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Don Sutherland Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital... more

An Army tent (boxed up) is carried up a hill away from a UH-1H Iroquois helicopter during relief efforts after a major earthquake on November 23

An Army tent (boxed up) is carried up a hill away from a UH-1H Iroquoi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Castelfranci Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Don Sutherland Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital... more

Pallets of Army tents are prepared for shipment. The tents will be used for relief efforts in Italy, after a major earthquake on November 23

Pallets of Army tents are prepared for shipment. The tents will be use...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Don Sutherland Release Status: Release... more

SPEC. Brian Cumper Wyoming....Susan Weber, Wyoming Forest Service, demonstrates the use of a portable water pump during firefighting efforts in Yellowstone National Park. OFFICIAL U.S. ARMY PHOTO (RELEASED)

SPEC. Brian Cumper Wyoming....Susan Weber, Wyoming Forest Service, dem...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

SPEC. Brian Cumper Wyoming....Members of a Combat Pictorial Detachment interview SGT. Timothy C. Moore, 54th Medical Detachment, regarding his duties during firefighting efforts at Yellowstone National Park. OFFICIAL U.S. ARMY PHOTO (RELEASED)

SPEC. Brian Cumper Wyoming....Members of a Combat Pictorial Detachment...

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SPEC. Brian Cumper Wyoming....Army audiovisual cameramen film a member of a firefighting team during an interview regarding firefighting efforts in Yellowstone National Park. OFFICIAL U.S. ARMY PHOTO (RELEASED)

SPEC. Brian Cumper Wyoming....Army audiovisual cameramen film a member...

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SPEC. Brian Cumper Wyoming....Army audiovisual cameramen film LT. COL. Brittan, commander, 4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, during an interview regarding his troops' firefighting efforts in Yellowstone National Park. OFFICIAL U.S. ARMY PHOTO (RELEAS

SPEC. Brian Cumper Wyoming....Army audiovisual cameramen film LT. COL....

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

SPEC. Brian Cumper Yellowstone Airport, Wyo....Brig. GEN. James B. Taylor, deputy commander, 9th Infantry, Fort Lewis, Wash., answers questions during an interview regarding his troops firefighting efforts in Yellowstone National Park. Taylor is standing

SPEC. Brian Cumper Yellowstone Airport, Wyo....Brig. GEN. James B. Tay...

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PH2 Michael Poche Alaska....Sideboys salute as Vice President J. Danforth Quayle and Marilyn Quayle arrive aboard the amphibious transport dock USS Juneau (LPD-10). Quayle is visiting Alaska to review government efforts to combat the massive oil spill which occurred when the commercial tanker Exxon Valdez ran aground while transiting the waters of Prince William Sound on March 24th. OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTO (RELEASED)

PH2 Michael Poche Alaska....Sideboys salute as Vice President J. Danfo...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

PH1 Paul Pappas San Diego....A port view of the amphibious transport dock USS Juneau (LPD-10) departing for Alaska. The vessel will be used in efforts to clean up the massive oil spill which occurred when the commercial tanker Exxon Valdez ran aground while transiting the waters of Prince William Sound on March 24th. OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTO (RELEASED)

PH1 Paul Pappas San Diego....A port view of the amphibious transport d...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

SPEC. Brian Cumper Wyoming....Members of the 4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, sharpen axes in preparation for building fire lines during firefighting efforts in Yellowstone National Park. OFFICIAL U.S. ARMY PHOTO (RELEASED)

SPEC. Brian Cumper Wyoming....Members of the 4th Battalion, 23rd Infan...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

SPEC. Brian Cumper Wyoming....Members of a joint military/civilian firefighting team take a lunch break from firefighting efforts in Yellowstone National Park. OFFICIAL U.S. ARMY PHOTO (RELEASED)

SPEC. Brian Cumper Wyoming....Members of a joint military/civilian fir...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files