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Gruppenbild Deutsche Dichter - Public domain portrait engraving

Gruppenbild Deutsche Dichter - Public domain portrait engraving

Public domain reproduction of portrait art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Napoleon III. Kaiser der Franzosen

Napoleon III. Kaiser der Franzosen

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a jury, political committee, politics, and government, no copyright restrictions.

The Sampling Officials of the Amsterdam Drapers’ Guild, Known as ‘The Syndics’

The Sampling Officials of the Amsterdam Drapers’ Guild, Known as ‘The ...

After suffering financial difficulties in the 1650s, Rembrandt moved to a rental house on the Rozengracht. The Amsterdam élite no longer knocked on his door as often as they had done before. He nevertheless rem... More

The surrender of government castle, in March 1782, to the late besieging minority, British Cartoon Print

The surrender of government castle, in March 1782, to the late besiegi...

Print shows members of the old ministry walking out of the "Government Castle" closely followed by a devil, and members of the new ministry marching in. Caption continues: N.B. The old garrison and placemen ar... More

L'accord - Public domain historical image, Political Cartoon. A couple of men sitting at a table

L'accord - Public domain historical image, Political Cartoon. A couple...

Print shows a meeting between the clergy, nobility, and the working class, members of the three estates, dining together and drinking a toast to "la santé d'not bon Roi" in a rural setting. Possibly purchased ... More

Going the whole hog - Public domain book illustration

Going the whole hog - Public domain book illustration

Martin Van Buren's New York political favorites are represented as piglets suckled by a giant sow "The Empire State." The artist's pointed reference is to the exploitation of New York State by the President and... More

The national convention. As it met on Monday the 4th of February, 1839, at the British Coffee House ca. 1839

The national convention. As it met on Monday the 4th of February, 1839...

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: National. Etching. Inscribed: Chartist meeting.

Cicero, Marcus Tullius - Public domain museum photogrpaph

Cicero, Marcus Tullius - Public domain museum photogrpaph

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New York Police, Glass negative photograph, American Civil War time.

New York Police, Glass negative photograph, American Civil War time.

A group of men sitting around a table. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: Harvey H. Woods to Abraham Lincoln, Wednesday, October 14, 1863 (Seeks office)
The Chinese question would be settled if the Chinee, Chinee, would votee! votee! votee!

The Chinese question would be settled if the Chinee, Chinee, would vot...

Caricature showing Chinese putting many votes into large bowl - voting "straight Democratic ticket."

John Calvin from "Switzerland: its scenery and people. Pictorially represented by ... Swiss and German artists. With historical and descriptive text, based on the German of Dr Gsell-Fels. [Translated and adapted by G. C. Chisholm.]"

John Calvin from "Switzerland: its scenery and people. Pictorially rep...

This image has been taken from scan 000037 from "Switzerland: its scenery and people. Pictorially represented by ... Swiss and German artists. With historical and descriptive text, based on the German of Dr Gse... More

Another restorer of antiquities à la Cesnola / Gillam.

Another restorer of antiquities à la Cesnola / Gillam.

Print shows Charles A. Dana as an archaeologist who has just excavated a statue labeled "S.J.T." and "Buried in 1876" from "Greystone", behind which Henry Watterson, on the left, and John Kelly, on the right, g... More

Barkis is willin' / Gillam. - Drawing. Public domain image.

Barkis is willin' / Gillam. - Drawing. Public domain image.

Print shows an Irishman man labeled "Democracy" standing at center, holding a small glass slipper labeled "'84 Presidential Nomination", with Samuel J. Tilden and Charles A. Dana as courtiers standing behind hi... More

Caricature, His soonness / F. Opper., public domain cartoon image

Caricature, His soonness / F. Opper., public domain cartoon image

Illustration shows New York Governor Hill pressing the "Notoriety" button for the "Presidential Elevator"; Uncle Sam, the manager of the elevator, is sitting nearby and tells Hill that he is too early, also sug... More

Elihu Vedder - Anarchy, Library of Congress, Thomas Jefferson building, Washington DC

Elihu Vedder - Anarchy, Library of Congress, Thomas Jefferson building...

Semi-circular panel from mural entitled The Government by Elihu Vedder, in the Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress, showing two women and one man nude or in classical garb with tools of destruction am... More

F. Seguin - [Les prisons de Paris]; Un atelier; prison Saint Lazare

F. Seguin - [Les prisons de Paris]; Un atelier; prison Saint Lazare

Signature de l'exécutant - en bas à droite et à l’aquarelle : "St Lazare F SEGUIN - 95" Inscription - en bas à gauche sur le dessin et au crayon : "Classe .....er (le mot est coupé) des filles - St Lazare"; en... More

Moselmeih, beehive village on Baghdad Railway

Moselmeih, beehive village on Baghdad Railway

Photograph shows beehive houses near Aleppo, Syria. Title from negative sleeve. On negative: 3332. On negative sleeve: See 1775, p. 472, 3332. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its success... More

[Pledge of allegiance to the flag, 8th Division]

[Pledge of allegiance to the flag, 8th Division]

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). In album: "8th Division."

National Negro Business League Executive Committee

National Negro Business League Executive Committee

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Senate Chamber, state capitol, Annapolis, Md

Senate Chamber, state capitol, Annapolis, Md

Corresponding glass transparency (with same series code) available on videodisc frame 1A-29555. Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J Supplement (1901-1906). Transparency title continues: ... The room in which Was... More

German Baghdad Railway, 190_. Mule hauling equipment on track near Aleppo

German Baghdad Railway, 190_. Mule hauling equipment on track near Ale...

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[Old veterans playing cribbage at Soldiers' Home, Washington, D.C., ca. 1900]

[Old veterans playing cribbage at Soldiers' Home, Washington, D.C., ca...

Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

The frog who tried to be as big as a bull / J.S. Pughe.

The frog who tried to be as big as a bull / J.S. Pughe.

Illustration showing William McKinley as a bull standing next to a small pond, looking at a puffed up frog wearing a top hat and a bandolier. Illus. in: Puck, v. 47, no. 1205 (1900 April 11), centerfold. Copyr... More

Mr. & Mrs. Borden Harriman - Public domain portrait photograph

Mr. & Mrs. Borden Harriman - Public domain portrait photograph

An old black and white photo of two men walking down a sidewalk. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

German Baghdad Railway, 190_. Digging into hillside and hauling soil by camels and handcar

German Baghdad Railway, 190_. Digging into hillside and hauling soil b...

Title from: list, Matson Collection negative numbers 12961-13944. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.

German Baghdad Railway, 190_. Alexandretta to the main Baghdad line; 2 locomotives pulling open cars

German Baghdad Railway, 190_. Alexandretta to the main Baghdad line; 2...

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Discuss tax revision with president. Washington, D.C., Nov. 9. President Roosevelt today called a special meeting of the Government's tax experts at the White House. Leaving the meeting Rep. Robert L. Doughton, Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, told reporters that tax revision and proposed farm levies were discussed with the President. Left to right: Daniel Bell, Director of the Budget; Rep. Fred Vinson of Kentucky, Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee now studying tax revision; Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau; Roswell Magill, Undersecretary of the Treasury; and Rep. Robert L. Doughton.

Discuss tax revision with president. Washington, D.C., Nov. 9. Preside...

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Aleppo (Haleb) and environs. Moselmieh, bee-hive village on Baghdad Railway

Aleppo (Haleb) and environs. Moselmieh, bee-hive village on Baghdad Ra...

Photograph shows beehive houses near Aleppo, Syria. Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Caption on negative: Moselmieh. Bee-hive village on [...]. On negative: 1689, 1691. Date fr... More

[Alton Brooks Parker, 1852-1926, half length, standing, facing left; making speech to large group of men]

[Alton Brooks Parker, 1852-1926, half length, standing, facing left; m...

Photo copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood. cf. America's Yesterdays, pp. 114-115. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card, with subsequent revisions. Caption card tracings: Pres. Elections ... More

Painful incident of the cold spell. Moral: be careful about starting a fire with kerosene

Painful incident of the cold spell. Moral: be careful about starting a...

Bradley's cartoon shows Kansas, as a stove, fighting back as John D. Rockefeller dressed in women's attire, pours Standard oil into it. As he pours, the stove explodes, toppling over a pot of "Profits" and blo... More

Portrait, black and white, 1905, Portrait photo, Library of Congress

Portrait, black and white, 1905, Portrait photo, Library of Congress

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FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD - Public domain portrait photograph

FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD - Public domain portrait photograph

A group of men sitting around a table, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Date span based on active dates of Harris ... More

Booker Washington and some of his distinguished guests

Booker Washington and some of his distinguished guests

Photograph shows Booker T. Washington, standing, center, with (front row) George T. McAneny, Robert C. Ogden, an unidentified man, and George W. Eliot, President of Harvard College, (2nd row) J.G. Phelps Stokes... More

The puzzled chicks / J.S. Pughe., Political Cartoon

The puzzled chicks / J.S. Pughe., Political Cartoon

Illustration shows Theodore Roosevelt and William Jennings Bryan as hens among confused chicks labeled "Reciprocity, Anti-Money Devil, Over-Capitalization, Gov't Control of Rail Roads, Income Tax, Anti Wall St.... More

Society of Artists' Selection Committee, Sydney, 1907 / photographer Henry King

Society of Artists' Selection Committee, Sydney, 1907 / photographer H...

Norman Lindsay is perhaps the best known of these young bohemian artists having a picnic in their rooms. He is looking pensive, fifth from the left...(l to r) Julian Ashton, Mrs Norman Lindsay, Harry Weston, Wi... More

Group listening to radio - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Group listening to radio - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Date from negatives in same range Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. General information about the National Phot... More

[Group of mainly female shirtwaist workers on strike, in a room, New York]

[Group of mainly female shirtwaist workers on strike, in a room, New Y...

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Chicago businessmen left to right: A.W. Shaw, pub. System Mag; Cornelius Lynde, lawyer; J.T. Pieri e, Thomas Creigh Cudahy Packing Co.; W.I. Clow, hardware merchant; Ezra Warner, wholesale grocer; John B. Farwell, dry goods merchant" written on envelope;

Chicago businessmen left to right: A.W. Shaw, pub. System Mag; Corneli...

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Gov. Wilson Refused to Mix Up in New York State Politics At Syracuse Yesterday

Gov. Wilson Refused to Mix Up in New York State Politics At Syracuse Y...

This illustration entitled, "Gov. Wilson Refused to Mix Up in New York State Politics At Syracuse Yesterday", by cartoonist Clifford Berryman, which appeared in the Washington Evening Star on September 13, 1912... More

Mrs. Rheta Childe Dorr of New York is one of the prominent members of the Advisory Council of the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage.  Mrs. Dorr is a well known writer and speaker.  She is the author of "What 8,000,000 Women Want" and was formerly editor of The Suffragist, the official organ of the Congressional Union.

Mrs. Rheta Childe Dorr of New York is one of the prominent members of ...

Summary: Informal portrait, three-quarter length, Rheta Childe Dorr, seated at desk, facing left with head turned toward camera, holding eye glasses in right hand and newspaper in left hand, wearing corduroy su... More

Kaiser and his Generals - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Kaiser and his Generals - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows German Kaiser Wilhelm II with his generals during World War I: standing left to right: von Bulow, von Mackensen, von Molike, Crown Prince William of Prussia, von Francois, Ludendorff, von Falke... More

Lyndon B. Johnson - National Parks Gallery

Lyndon B. Johnson - National Parks Gallery

Portrait of President Lyndon B. Johnson Public domain photograph of politician, government and politics, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Poster - Woman your country needs you! - Public domain lithograph

Poster - Woman your country needs you! - Public domain lithograph

Poster showing Liberty presenting a sword "Service" to a young woman; Liberty's shield is inscribed State & National Councils of Defense.

Flag flying above House of Rep. tore into strips and braided perfectly by wind storm, Jan. 16, 1917

Flag flying above House of Rep. tore into strips and braided perfectly...

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For our aviators--Send us something to melt or sell - gold, silver, plate / F ; Carey Print NY.

For our aviators--Send us something to melt or sell - gold, silver, pl...

Poster showing an eagle in flight. Text continues: The government pays for the metal - we buy comforts for the men. Treasure and Trinket Fund, 259 Fifth Avenue, National Special Aid.

Hampton Roads Glee Choir - Public domain portrait photograph

Hampton Roads Glee Choir - Public domain portrait photograph

A group of men standing on the steps of a building. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

LABOR. LABOR REPS. AT WHITE HOUSE. SEATED: PRESIDENT WILSON; SEC. WILSON; SEC. HOUSTON; SEC. REDFIELD. ROGER BABSON IS STANDING 4TH LEFT OF WILSON; FRANK MORRISON IS EXTREME RIGHT IN 30047, AND 3RD FR

LABOR. LABOR REPS. AT WHITE HOUSE. SEATED: PRESIDENT WILSON; SEC. WILS...

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[Sigmund Freud with colleagues at the Congress at the Hague]

[Sigmund Freud with colleagues at the Congress at the Hague]

Photograph shows Freud seated (center), Ernest Jones (second from left), Sándor Ferenczi (second from right), and standing (center) Karl Abraham; several unidentified men appear either seated or standing.

Mrs. C.R.P. Rodgers, Mrs. Harriman

Mrs. C.R.P. Rodgers, Mrs. Harriman

An old black and white photo of a woman riding a horse. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

William Kohn, Mrs. Borden Harriman, 2/20/20

William Kohn, Mrs. Borden Harriman, 2/20/20

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Paintings. Signing of Constitution by Howard C. Christy II

Paintings. Signing of Constitution by Howard C. Christy II

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Mrs. Muriel & Miss Mary McSwiney

Mrs. Muriel & Miss Mary McSwiney

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[Five men outside tent building]

[Five men outside tent building]

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Sesión de aniversario del Real Colegio de Farmacéuticos [Material gráfico]

Sesión de aniversario del Real Colegio de Farmacéuticos [Material gráf...

De izquierda a derecha: Jacinto Martínez, Pompeyo Gimeno (?), Antonio Martínez Toledano, dos sin identificar, Alberto W. Blanco, Ángel Morales, sin identificar, Fernando Hergueta, Ladislao Nieto, Rafael Roldán ... More

Am.-British Debt Commission - Public domain portrait photograph

Am.-British Debt Commission - Public domain portrait photograph

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Indian Delegation invites Coolidge to Northwest Indian Congress, 10/23/25

Indian Delegation invites Coolidge to Northwest Indian Congress, 10/23...

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[Nine justices of the United States Supreme Court posed standing outdoors with William Howard Taft on eve of opening session of the court]

[Nine justices of the United States Supreme Court posed standing outdo...

No. 32673. National Photo Company Collection. Same as LC-F81-32673 (?)

Mother Jones - Public domain portrait print

Mother Jones - Public domain portrait print

President Coolidge and Mother Jones, half-length portraits, standing. National Photo Company Collection. Item in album: v. 2, p. 19, no. 32659.

Naval leaders ask Congress for more armament. Washington, D.C., Jan. 8. Photographed today at the initial meeting of the House Naval Affairs Committee are, left to right: Lewis Compton, Assistant to Secretary of the Navy Charles Edison, Secretary Edison, with Admiral Harold R. Stark, Chief of Naval Operations standing in rear. Following a brief statement by Secretary Edison, Admiral Stark urged the Committee to approve a bill by Chairman of the Committee Carl Vinson to give the Navy 25 percent more tonnage, 6,000 more planes at a cost of $1,300,000,000. Without such increase, he said, the U.S. will be 'relatively weak in naval power at the end of the year'

Naval leaders ask Congress for more armament. Washington, D.C., Jan. 8...

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Opening of new trans continental phone line, 1/17/27

Opening of new trans continental phone line, 1/17/27

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President appoints committee of four cabinet members to cooperate with Red Cross in aiding flood sufferers. After making an appeal to the people of the country today for prompt and generous contributions to the American Red Cross relief fund for sufferers in the flood area of the Mississippi river, President Coolidge appointed a committee of four cabinet members to cooperate with the officers of the Red Cross in their relief work. The cabinet members met with Red Cross Officials today in Washington to determine how the Federal Government through its many agencies can best cooperate. In the photograph, left to right; (sitting) Rear Admiral E.R. Stitt, chief of U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery; Secretary of War, Dwight F. Davis; Secretary of the Navy, Curtis D. Wilbur; James L. Feiser, Acting Chairman of the Red Cross; Secretary of Commerce, Herbert Hoover; Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, Charles S. Dewey; Secretary of the Treasury, Andrew Mellon and Miss [...]

President appoints committee of four cabinet members to cooperate with...

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United States Senate begins Navy pobe. These three United States Senators were named a subcommittee by the Senate Naval Affairs Committee to conduct the Senate's inquiry whether American ship-building concerns attempted to break down the tri-power naval disarmament conference at Geneva in 1927. They will also investigate the propaganda activities of William B. Shearer against naval reduction. In the photograph. left to right: Senator Samuel M. Shortridge of California; and Senator Joseph T. Robinson of Arkansas

United States Senate begins Navy pobe. These three United States Senat...

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[Group, left to right: unidentified, Charles Lindbergh, James J. Davis, unidentified, Charles Curtis, Herbert Hoover; John Pershing, 4th from right]

[Group, left to right: unidentified, Charles Lindbergh, James J. Davis...

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MacKay testifies in wire quiz. Senator James Couzens (left) of Michigan, Chairman of the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee and Clarence M. MacKay, President of the Postal Telegraph-Cable Company looking over a map in connection with the proposed Federal commission to regulate American communication systems. Mr. Mackay said that he was in favor of the establishment of such a commission

MacKay testifies in wire quiz. Senator James Couzens (left) of Michiga...

Two men sitting at a table with papers. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

 Ragheb Moftah lectures about Coptic music to members of the Arab Music Conference, while Dr. Aziz Atiya to the right takes notes, 1932

Ragheb Moftah lectures about Coptic music to members of the Arab Musi...

Photograph courtesy of Laurence Moftah. (Copyright Notice) Public domain photograph of politician, meeting, government and politics, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Louie Howe - National Parks Gallery

Louie Howe - National Parks Gallery

Louis McHenry Howe (1871-1936) was an Albany correspondent for the New York Herald and the New York Telegram when he met the young FDR, then a state senator. From that moment on, he served both unofficially an... More

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT AND JOE U. McQUEEN OF KANSAS CITY, NATIONAL COMMANDER OF DISABLED WAR VETS

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT AND JOE U. McQUEEN OF KANSAS CITY, NATIONAL COMMAN...

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Franklin Roosevelt at desk in Oval Office with group, Washington, D.C.

Franklin Roosevelt at desk in Oval Office with group, Washington, D.C.

A group of men standing around a table, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Date based on date of negatives in same range. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. General information about the Harris & Ew... More

PRESIDENT SIGNING BANKING BILL - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

PRESIDENT SIGNING BANKING BILL - Glass negative photogrpah. Public dom...

A group of men standing around a table, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data on negative or negative sleeve. Date based on date of negatives in same range. Gift; H... More

[Congressional hearing with Charles Lindbergh?]

[Congressional hearing with Charles Lindbergh?]

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Members of the New Bedford High School faculty grouped around their principal, New Bedford, MA

Members of the New Bedford High School faculty grouped around their pr...

New Bedford, Massachusetts, members of the New Bedford High School faculty grouped around their principal, G. Walter Williams, who is seated in the middle of the row. Courtesy of New Bedford Free Public Library

[Frances Perkins, center] - Public domain portrait photograph

[Frances Perkins, center] - Public domain portrait photograph

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[Group, L to R: Henry Morgenthau, Joseph Kennedy, Harry Hopkins, Harold Ickes. White House, Washington, D.C.]

[Group, L to R: Henry Morgenthau, Joseph Kennedy, Harry Hopkins, Harol...

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A group of men sitting around a wooden table, New Jersey. Farm Security Administration photograph

A group of men sitting around a wooden table, New Jersey. Farm Securit...

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PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT AND OFFICERS OF THE ORDER OF AHEPA GREEK AMERICAN SOCIETY

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT AND OFFICERS OF THE ORDER OF AHEPA GREEK AMERICAN ...

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The Honourable R Semple replies to the toast to the Government.  From the album: Tenth Anniversary Celebrations - General Motors New Zealand Limited

The Honourable R Semple replies to the toast to the Government. From ...

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[Group; Frances Perkins, right]

[Group; Frances Perkins, right]

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Discuss stock market situation. Washington, D.C., Oct. 19. The Board of governors of the Federal Reserve System met today to discuss the current slump in the stock market. The board, with its control of margin requirements, and the Securities Exchange Cimmission, with its power over trading practices, now are the focal points of possible federal action. In the photograph, left to right: M.S. Szymczak, John McKee, Ronald Ransom, Vice Chairman; Marriner Eccles, Chairman; and Chester C. Davis. 10/19/37

Discuss stock market situation. Washington, D.C., Oct. 19. The Board o...

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Senate Committee on Governmental Reorganization. Washington, D.C. Jan 14. The Senate Committee, of which Senator Harry Flood Byrd of Virginia is chairman, on Government Reorganization Economies met this morning to consider Brookings Institute recommendations denying President Roosevelt the free hand he desires in altering the Executive Branch. The recommendations were for consolidations in Federal Credit Agencies to save at least $30,000,000. In the photograph, left to right; Senator Charles L. McNary, of Oregon; Majority Leader; Senator John G. Townsend, Jr., Delaware; Senator Harry Flood Byrd; Senator Joseph C. O'Mahoney, Wyoming; and Senator Joseph T. Robinson, Senate Majority Leader

Senate Committee on Governmental Reorganization. Washington, D.C. Jan ...

A group of men sitting around a table, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified data on the negative or negative sleeve. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. General information about ... More

New U.S. Envoy to Norway. Washington, D.C., April 21. America's new Envoy to Norway, Mrs. J. Borden Harriman, leaving her home "Uplands" today for the offices of the Democratic National Committee of which she is a member. Mrs. Harriman, who is expected to leave for post shortly, is shown with her favorite pet, "Kim" a German police dog, 4/21/1937

New U.S. Envoy to Norway. Washington, D.C., April 21. America's new En...

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Section of Aboriginal meeting in Australian Hall

Section of Aboriginal meeting in Australian Hall

Section of Aboriginal meeting in Australian Hall, Sydney, organised by the Aborigines' Progressive Association mourners. ..This image is part of the collections of the State Library of NSW and has been used wit... More

North American Democratic Hungarian Federation. Front row, left to right: Joe Kiss; Rep. John T. Bernard and Joseph Brownfield. 2nd row, left to right: Rep. Henry T. Teigan; Rep. Caroline O'Day. Rear row, left to right: Rep. John M. Coffee; Rep. Jerry O'Connell; Irwing Eisner; Reverend Imre Kovacs and William Schick, 5/10/38

North American Democratic Hungarian Federation. Front row, left to rig...

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Urges strong U.S. Navy. Washington, D.C., Feb. 26. Assistant Secretary of the Navy Charles Edison today told the House Naval Affairs Committee that the future peace of the United States is "directly dependent" on maintaining a navy so strong that no nation will risk war with this country. He is testifying on President Roosevelt's billion dollar Naval Expansion program, 2/26/38

Urges strong U.S. Navy. Washington, D.C., Feb. 26. Assistant Secretary...

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V.P. welcomes new Senator. Washington, D.C., Dec. 17. Returning to the Capitol today for the opening of Congress, Vice President John N. Garner greets Senator-Elect Sheridan Downey of California, who was one of the first callers, 12/17/38

V.P. welcomes new Senator. Washington, D.C., Dec. 17. Returning to the...

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To probe un-American activities. Washington, D.C., June 9. A House committee to be headed by Rep. Martin Dies of Texas, has been appointed to probe throughout the country un-American activities and foreign propaganda. The committee will have the power to subpoena and travel from coast-to-coast in its investigation this summer. Left to right; Rep Joe. Starnes, Alabama; Rep. Harold G. Mosier, Ohio; Rep. Noah M. Mason, Illinois; and Rep. Arthur D. Healey, Massachusetts., 6/9/38

To probe un-American activities. Washington, D.C., June 9. A House com...

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Rookie Senators engage in first 'Bull' session with Vice President Garner. Washington, D.C., Dec. 19. This session's crop of rookie Senators were initiated today at an impromptu conference with Vice President John N. Garner. Naturally they were regaled by the wily Texas Legislator with some of his famous stories. Left to right: Senator James M. Mead, New York; Vice President Garner, Senator Sheridan Downey, California; and Senator D. Worth Clark, Idaho, 12/19/38

Rookie Senators engage in first 'Bull' session with Vice President Gar...

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Atomic Energy Experimental Explosion, Test Baker

Atomic Energy Experimental Explosion, Test Baker

Original caption: 8600.7010 Atomic Energy: Experimental Explosions Ft Leavenworth: Signal Corps Photograph Collection: Equipment File

Big three of Senate Judiciary Subcommittee. Washington, D.C., Jan. 7. All experts at cross-examining these three Senators, members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, will take an active part in questioning witnesses when the committee begins opening hearings next week to consider the nomination of Felix Frankfurter to the Supreme Court. Left to right - Senator Matthew M. Neely, West Virginia, Chairman; Senator Pat McCarran, Nevada; and Senator Tom Connolly, Texas, 1739

Big three of Senate Judiciary Subcommittee. Washington, D.C., Jan. 7. ...

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

House Ways & Means Committee - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

House Ways & Means Committee - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domai...

A black and white photo of a room full of people, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Date based on date of negatives... More

Connecticut Representative. Washington, D.C., March 2. A new informal picture of Rep. William J. Miller, Republican of Connecticut, 3- 2-40

Connecticut Representative. Washington, D.C., March 2. A new informal ...

A black and white photo of a man sitting at a desk. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Meeting of speakers, prior to rally for labor-management committee members, Scranton, July 29th. Left to right: Brigadier General Brice P. Disque, Coordinator for Anthracite, Office of Solid Fuels Coordinator for War, Department of Interior; Richard Maize, Secretary of Mines, State of Pennsylvania; Michael J. Kosik, District President of United Mine Workers of America; Alex G. Nordholm, Chief, Regional Service, War Production Drive Headquarters; Mart F. Brennan, Acting District President, UMWA and Regional Representative of UMWA for anthracite; Frank W. Earnest, Jr., President, Anthracite Industries Incorporated; Frank C. Wright, Jr., Washington representative for the anthracite industry

Meeting of speakers, prior to rally for labor-management committee mem...

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.

Olney, Maryland. Showing a Negro how to vote at the polls on election day

Olney, Maryland. Showing a Negro how to vote at the polls on election ...

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

A black and white photo of a group of men in suits. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a group of men in suits. Office of War Info...

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

Crowds of people and a guard of honor of tanks, meeting M. Maisky, Soviet ambassador, and members of the Rusian military mission when they arrived at a tank factory somewhere in Great Britain(?), where the week's tank production is for Russia, showing the "Stalin" tank, which had just been christened by Madame Maisky

Crowds of people and a guard of honor of tanks, meeting M. Maisky, Sov...

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

Official pictures of meeting of Stalin, Churchill, Harriman. These are the first official pictures released in the United States of the recent meetings of Premier I.V. Stalin, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; Prime Minister Winston Churchill of Britain; and W. Averrell Harriman, representing President Roosevelt. The three men met in the middle of August, 1942, at the request of the Soviet leader, and held a series of conversations concerned with the future conduct of the war. Also present was V.M. Molotov, Peoples' Commissar for Foreign Affairs, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. The meetings lasted four days. Foreground, left to right: Molotov, Harriman and Churchill at Moscow civil airport. Admiral William Harrison Stanley, American Ambassador to the Soviet Union, is behind Churchill at the right of the picture. British Admiral Miles is saluting behind Harriman

Official pictures of meeting of Stalin, Churchill, Harriman. These are...

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

Lititz, Pennsylvania. Lititz Borough Council in session. Pictures on the back wall are local heroes of the first world war

Lititz, Pennsylvania. Lititz Borough Council in session. Pictures on t...

Annotation on original negative jacket. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information ... More

German War Crimes Trials, Nuernberg and Dachau. The International Military Tribunal (IMT)

German War Crimes Trials, Nuernberg and Dachau. The International Mili...

The prosecution charges the defendants with conspiring to destroy the independence of other nations. Goering is in the defendant's box. The defendants, surrounded by American military police, Goering, Hess, Von... More

Mrs. T. H. Fresdahl, Age 82, Casts Her Vote

Mrs. T. H. Fresdahl, Age 82, Casts Her Vote

Original caption: Baltic, South Dakota, typical of many rural communities all over the United States, goes to the polls during the November, 1948 presidential election. In this little Norwegian farm community, ... More

Photograph of the National Historical Publications Committee Meeting

Photograph of the National Historical Publications Committee Meeting

In this photograph standing from left to right are: Solon J. Buck, Chief of the Manuscripts Division of the Library of Congress; G. Bernard Noble, Chief of the Division of Historical Policy Research, Department... More

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