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Bowles's new and accurate map of the world, or Terrestrial globe : laid down from the best observations and newest discoveries particularly those lately made in the south seas by Anson, Byron, Wallis, Bouganville, Cook, and other celebrated circumnavigators, illustrated with a variety of useful projections and representations of the heavenly bodies the most approved astronomical and geographical definitions tables, and problems with an easy and familiar explanation of the most curious and interesting phoenomena in the universal system.

Bowles's new and accurate map of the world, or Terrestrial globe : lai...

Shows various expedition routes. Relief shown pictorially. Includes text and col. ill. Ancillary maps: Solar system -- Northern hemisphere -- Southern hemisphere -- Astronomical latitude and longitude analemma ... More

Netusuke in the Shape of a Knotted Letter, with Problems Written on and Tied to Branches

Netusuke in the Shape of a Knotted Letter, with Problems Written on an...

Netusuke in the Shape of a Knotted Letter, with Problems Written on and Tied to Branches

Netusuke in the Shape of a Knotted Letter, with Problems Written on an...

George Eliot - Three love problems Book 4

George Eliot - Three love problems Book 4

Possible key metal monopoly committee's study. Washington, D.C., May 8. The temporary National Economic Committee turned its investigation today upon the little known beryllium industry. Senator Joseph O'Mahoney, Co-chairman of the Committee, is shown here with Andrew Gahagan, President of the Beryllium Corp., of Temple, Pa., examining the crude ore and a sample hammer which is made from an alloy with beryllium. Gahagan described beryllium as an element, fourth in atomic weight from hydrogen, which can be combined with copper or nickel and certain other metals, to produce alloys of extraordinary hardness, lightness, and strength. The committee suspects that the metal may become a key material in industrial and war supply problems

Possible key metal monopoly committee's study. Washington, D.C., May 8...

Pessimistic report. Washington, D.C., May 4. Governor John Moses of North Dakota, in a conference with President Roosevelt, presented a pessimistic report on unemployment and relief problems in North Dakota. Moses said his state was in a bad financial condition as a result of 10 years of crop failures and that county and state budgets were unbalanced

Pessimistic report. Washington, D.C., May 4. Governor John Moses of No...

Demonstrate aviator's tester at Military Surgeons and Pharmacists Congress. Washington, D.C., May 8. Lieut. Ugo Reitano, army medical corps member from Italy, Capt. C.L. Leedhorn of the U.S. School of Aviation, look on while General Constantine Iliescu of Roumania tries out the latest U.S. Army mechanical tester for reaction of airplane pilots. The machine sets up theoretical problems for the pilot and test his reaction to each, thus eliminating hours of expensive tests by other methods

Demonstrate aviator's tester at Military Surgeons and Pharmacists Cong...

Discuss Red Cross problems. Washington, D.C., Dec. 7. Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes, left, Vice President of the American Red Cross, discusses with Norman Davis, reappointed Chairman today, the problems facing the organization at the Annual Meeting of the Board of Incorporators

Discuss Red Cross problems. Washington, D.C., Dec. 7. Chief Justice Ch...

Discuss Repubican Party problems. Washington, D.C., Dec. 7. Snapped in a huddle just before the meeting of the Executive Committee of the Republican National Committee convened today were, left to right: John Hamilton, Chairman of the Republican National Committee; Rep. Joseph W. Martin Jr., House Republican Leader; Henry P. Fletcher, General Counsel; and Mrs. Paul Fitzsimons, member of the Executive Committee from Rhode Island. Presidential campaign problems and an embarrassing deficit were discussed at the meeting

Discuss Repubican Party problems. Washington, D.C., Dec. 7. Snapped in...

Welles named Chairman of the Pan American Committee to study war economic problems. Washington, D.C., Nov. 15. Undersecretary of State Sumner Welles, shown here talking to Dr. Esteban Jaramillo, delegate from Columbia, who was made Vice Chairman, today was unanimously elected Chairman of the Inter-American Economic and Financial Advisory Committee which was organized to study economic problems arising from the European war

Welles named Chairman of the Pan American Committee to study war econo...

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

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

Former NRA coordinator discusses oil seizures with Roosevelt. Washington, D.C., April 18. Donald R. Richberg, former NRA coordinator and now an oil company negotiator in an attempt to straighten out the problems involved in the Mexican seizures of American oil properties. He said that his visit was only to make a routine report

Former NRA coordinator discusses oil seizures with Roosevelt. Washingt...

"We have great problems before us as a nation" President Roosevelt dedicating James Millikin University, Decatur, Illinois, June 4th 1903.

"We have great problems before us as a nation" President Roosevelt ded...

H33552 U.S. Copyright Office. Title from item. No. 2589. Copyright by C. L. Wasson.

One of the problems of the Panama Canal construction - a land slide of ten million yards of earth entirely blocking the canal

One of the problems of the Panama Canal construction - a land slide of...

Dredges in background. J210637 U.S. Copyright Office Stereo copyrighted by Keystone View Co. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Photog. Index; Dredges; Panama Ca... More

American Red Cross - Headquarters & Buildings - Soldiers' club in Germany. One of the main problems of American soldier with Army of Occupation in Germany is finding wholesome recreation for his leisure moments. American Red Cross lost no time in fitting up and opening enlisted men's clubs in the four story building at Treves, Germany

American Red Cross - Headquarters & Buildings - Soldiers' club in Germ...

Photographer: American Red Cross American Red Cross - Headquarters & Buildings

NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL WORLD WAR. VERNON KELLOGG, CHAIRMAN, RECONSTRUCTION PROBLEMS COMMITTEE OF THE COUNCIL

NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL WORLD WAR. VERNON KELLOGG, CHAIRMAN, RECONST...

KELLOGG, VERNON LYMAN. ZOOLOGIST AND AUTHOR; CHAIRMAN, RECONSTRUCTION PROBLEMS COMMITTEE OF NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL

KELLOGG, VERNON LYMAN. ZOOLOGIST AND AUTHOR; CHAIRMAN, RECONSTRUCTION ...

KELLOGG, VERNON LYMAN. ZOOLOGIST AND AUTHOR; CHAIRMAN, RECONSTRUCTION PROBLEMS COMMITTEE OF NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL

KELLOGG, VERNON LYMAN. ZOOLOGIST AND AUTHOR; CHAIRMAN, RECONSTRUCTION ...

NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL WORLD WAR. VERNON KELLOGG, CHAIRMAN, RECONSTRUCTION PROBLEMS COMMITTEE OF THE COUNCIL

NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL WORLD WAR. VERNON KELLOGG, CHAIRMAN, RECONST...

American Red Cross - Canteens - One of the biggest problems of the Americna soldier in Paris is finding sleeping accommodations but through the American Red Cross the situation is rapidly growing better. Here is part of a Red Cross tent hotel located at Champs de Mars. It has cots for 1,400 guests and was erected in nine days

American Red Cross - Canteens - One of the biggest problems of the Ame...

Photographer: American Red Cross American Red Cross - Canteens

Airplanes - Miscellaneous - Teaching American Aviators foreign flying with the aid of a contour map, aviation students at Mineola flying field are instructed by a French aviator the problems encountered by the aviator on the French lines

Airplanes - Miscellaneous - Teaching American Aviators foreign flying ...

Photographer: Western Newspaper Union Airplanes - Miscellaneous

Colleges and Universities - Northwestern University - Northwestern University. Third School. The buildings were not alike so different problems in construction were encountered

Colleges and Universities - Northwestern University - Northwestern Uni...

Date Taken: 1918 Colleges and Universities - Northwestern University

Discusses Georgia's problems with President. Washington, D.C., Dec. 22. Governor-elect E.D. Rivers was at the White House today where he discussed Georgia's problems with President Roosevelt

Discusses Georgia's problems with President. Washington, D.C., Dec. 22...

Commission sent by Secy. of Labor Davis to the Hawaiian Islands to investigate labor problems and to report on advisability of allowing Chinese Labor to enter the Islands as requested by Hawaiian govt. First row, left to right: L.E. Sheppard, Secy. Davis, O.R. Hartwig, and Hywel Davies. Standing: John Doulin and Fred Keightly

Commission sent by Secy. of Labor Davis to the Hawaiian Islands to inv...

A national conference of business men to inquire into the costs and methods of distributing merchandise of all kinds was opened in Washington today, January 14th, at the Chamber of Commerce of the United States. Prominent men from all over the country attended the first session which was addressed by the Secretary of Commerce, Herbert Hoover, who outlined from the national viewpoint the problems in distributing. In the group, left to right, T.F. Whitmarsh of New York; General J.J. Carty, Vice-President of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company; C.L. Alsberg, Leland Stanford University of California and Herbert Hoover, Secretary of Commerce

A national conference of business men to inquire into the costs and me...

The Seventieth Congress convenes. The Seventieth Congress met at noon today ready to take up tax reduction, farm relief, flood control and many other problems of the nation. Dr. Shera Montgomery, chaplain of the House is shown delivering the opening prayer

The Seventieth Congress convenes. The Seventieth Congress met at noon ...

Responsible post. Washington, D.C., Sept. 28. A post, which probably carries with it more responsibility than any other in the field of aviation, is held by Richard C. Gazley, New Chief of the Safety and Planning Division of the Bureau of Air Commerce, U.S. Department of Commerce. All problems relating to aircraft, airports, air transport, education, international relations, power plants, and radio development come under his direct supervision. One of the most important phases of his job is the developing and testing of all new safety devices for aircraft. In this picture, Gazley is shown inspecting an audio meter for testing radio receiving apparatus.

Responsible post. Washington, D.C., Sept. 28. A post, which probably c...

National Defense Power Committee meets. Washington, D.C., Oct. 28. The National Defense Power Committee, created by the president on Sept. 3 to study the problems of electrical power as related to national defense, met at the War Department today. The Committee announced definite commitments on the part of leading utility companies in the nation's strategic war materials centers to place immediate orders for turbo-generators, boilers, and auxiliary equipment totalling 1,000,000 kilowatts of generating capacity. Reading from right to left around the table are - Elbert K. Burlew, C.E.E. Grossbeck, William Douglas, Floyd L. Carlisle, Basil Manley, Assistant Secretary of War Louis Johnson, Assistant Secretary of Navy Charles Edison, Fred. A. Delano, Benjamin V. Cohen, James F. Fogarty

National Defense Power Committee meets. Washington, D.C., Oct. 28. The...

Brains of Aeronautic World represented on National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics is photographed in Washington the other day when they met at the Navy Department. The duties of the Committee, as provided by Congress, are to supervise and direct the scientific study of the problems of flight, with a view to their practical solution. In the photograph, left to right: G.W. Lewis; Charles G. Abbet, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution; Orville Wright, Inventor of the airplane; Commander John H. Towers; U.S.N., here of the first trans-atlantic flight in 1919; Joseph S. Amos, Chairman; Brig. Gen. Benjamin D. Foulois, first U.S. Army Aviator; William P. MacCracken, former Secretary of Commerce for Aviation; Charles F. Marvin, Chief U.S. Weather Bureau; David W. Taylor, Vice Chairman. Standing is John F. Victory, Secretary

Brains of Aeronautic World represented on National Advisory Committee ...

Glass studies problems. Sen. Carter Glass, D. of Va., Chairman of the Senate sub-committee considering the banking bill, apparently is studying evidence presented by leading bankers which is opposed to the bill. 5/15/35

Glass studies problems. Sen. Carter Glass, D. of Va., Chairman of the ...

Cummings leaves White House conference. Attorney General Homer Cummings leaves the White House following a conference called by President Roosevelt Monday to discuss a wide range of legislative problems. 1/21/35

Cummings leaves White House conference. Attorney General Homer Cumming...

Presented by The Federal Dance Theatre "Young tramps" Choreography by Don Oscar Becque, music by Donald Pond : The American Dance seeks new technique to express today's problems.

Presented by The Federal Dance Theatre "Young tramps" Choreography by ...

Poster for Federal Dance Theatre Project presentation of "Young Tramps," showing two men walking in the rain. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).

The Dance Theatre "Young tramps" Choreography by Don Oscar Becque, music composed by Donald Pond : The American Dance seeks new technique to express to-days problems.

The Dance Theatre "Young tramps" Choreography by Don Oscar Becque, mus...

Poster for Federal Dance Theatre Project presentation of "Young Tramps," showing two hobos on a street corner. Date stamped on verso: Apr 16 1937. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Cong... More

Rehabilitation client and county supervisor discuss planting problems. Cherokee County, Kansas

Rehabilitation client and county supervisor discuss planting problems....

Westmoreland Homesteads, Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania. Homesteaders and resettlement men discuss Westmoreland Homestead problems, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania

Westmoreland Homesteads, Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania. Homesteaders an...

Home supervisor and farm wife discuss home problems. Fairbury Farmsteads, Nebraska

Home supervisor and farm wife discuss home problems. Fairbury Farmstea...

PRESIDENT GREETS PATROL BOYS. WASHINGTON, D.C. MAY 23. THE PRESIDENT AND MRS. ROOSEVELT AS THEY GREETED THE SCHOOL SAFETY PATROL BOYS THAT MARCHED DOWN CONSTITUTION AVENUE TODAY. THE NAVY BAND HEADED THE PARADE WHICH NUMBERED NEARLY 8000 BOYS FROM SCHOOLS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. THE BOYS HELD A CONFERENCE IN THE LABOR BUILDING AND TOLD WHAT THEY THINK OF AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS AND WHAT SOME SOLUTIONS TO TRAFFIC PROBLEMS MIGHT BE

PRESIDENT GREETS PATROL BOYS. WASHINGTON, D.C. MAY 23. THE PRESIDENT A...

Discussing farm problems with country supervisor. Jefferson County, Kansas

Discussing farm problems with country supervisor. Jefferson County, Ka...

New Jersey. Problems related to President. Washington, D.C., Dec. 22/36. The relief situation and New Jersey problems were discussed with President Roosevelt today by Mayor Frank Hugue (left) of Jersey City, and U.S. Senator A. Harr Moore

New Jersey. Problems related to President. Washington, D.C., Dec. 22/3...

White and blacks solve problems together on the Sherwood Eddy cotton cooperative of Hill House, Mississippi

White and blacks solve problems together on the Sherwood Eddy cotton c...

Named to new Treasury post. Washington, D.C., Sept. 21. Huntington Cairns, who has been in the Legal Division, U.S. Treasury, handling special problems in connection with customs, has been promoted to the position of Assistant General Counsel in charge of the opinion section and all legal matters arising in the Bureau of Customs. He is a native of Baltimore and graduate of the University of Maryland Law School, 1925. He entered the Government Service in 1934. 9/21/37

Named to new Treasury post. Washington, D.C., Sept. 21. Huntington Cai...

Senate hears husband of tobacco heiress on monetary problems. Washington, D.C., Aug 4. James H.R. Cromwell, monetary expert and author of "In Defense of Capitolism," urged a senate agriculture subcommittee today to grant powers for the Federal Reserve Board to stabilize the dollar and increase the flow of money. At the same time, Cromwell, who is husband of Doris Duke, tobacco heiress, voiced his approval of a bill by Senator Elmer Thomas which the Committee is considering, 8/4/37

Senate hears husband of tobacco heiress on monetary problems. Washingt...

Discuss social security problems. Washington, D.C., Nov. 5. Labor troubles were forgotten today as their leaders met today with business and industrial heads to discuss possible changes in the Social Security Act. The occasion was the first meeting of the Social Security Advisory Council. Left to right: Gerard Swope, President of General Electric Co.; Philip Murray, C.I.O. leader; and E.R. Stettin US [...] new head of the U.S. Steel Corp. 11/5/37

Discuss social security problems. Washington, D.C., Nov. 5. Labor trou...

Young Roosevelt begins parleys. Washington, D.C., Nov. 1. Among the first to meet with James Roosevelt, son of the president and a member of his secretariat, as he began his conferences today with head of independent and emergency agencies, were Arthur J. Altmeyer, Chairman of the Social Security Board, and Mary W. Dewson, a member of the board. The conferences, which are to be held Monday and Tuesday of every week, are expected to solve the administration problems and effect better coordination, 11/1/37

Young Roosevelt begins parleys. Washington, D.C., Nov. 1. Among the fi...

New Zealand Minister of Finance arrives. Washington D.C., July 12. Walter Nash, Minister of Finance, Customs, and Marketing of New Zealand, as he [was] greeted on his arrival today by H.O. Chalkley, (left) Counselor of the British Embassy. Mr. Nash, accompanied by a party of technical commercial aides, is in the Capitol for a discussion of trade and transport problems with the United States, 7/12/37

New Zealand Minister of Finance arrives. Washington D.C., July 12. Wal...

Discuss low-cost housing problems. Washington, D.C., Sept. 20. John H. Fahey, Chairman of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, and Secretary of Interior Harold Ickes, discuss the many problems confronting them in putting into operation the $500,000,000 Wagner Housing Act. Housing experts from all parts of the country met with Ickes and Fahey today to promulgate a program of low-rent housing construction and slum clearance under the newly created United States Housing Authority. 9/20/37

Discuss low-cost housing problems. Washington, D.C., Sept. 20. John H....

National Labor Relations Board. Washington, D.C., April 14. The National Labor Relations Board pouring over some of their problems left to right: Wakefield Smith, Edwin S. Smith, and the Chairman J. Warren Madden, 4/14/1937

National Labor Relations Board. Washington, D.C., April 14. The Nation...

Green o.k.'s Wagner Housing Bill before Senate Committee. Washington, D.C., April 14. Appearing before the Senate Subcommittee on Education and Labor today, A.F. of L. President William Green endorsed the Wagner $1,040,000,000 [?] Housing Bill and called it "a modest beginning toward the solution of one of our greatest social and economic problems." Green, added, the bill is needed to provide low-rent housing for the workers of the country in order that their purchasing power may not be curtailed as rents rise under an "acute" housing shortage, 4/14/1937

Green o.k.'s Wagner Housing Bill before Senate Committee. Washington, ...

Parents talking over problems in one of the better homes. Williams County, North Dakota

Parents talking over problems in one of the better homes. Williams Cou...

"Hizzonors" from all sections attend mayors conference. Washington, D.C., Nov. 15. From all sections of the country Mayors of 150 cities gathered in the Capital today to attend the Third Annual Mayors Conference. Problems of crime, unemployment relief, slum clearance and industrial disputes were to be discussed at the meeting which lasts three days. Here we see, left to right: Mayor W.B. Hartsfield, Atlanta, Ga.; Mayor J.M. Jones, Birmingham, Ala.; Mayor Angelo J. Rossi, San Francisco, Cal.; and Mayor E.B. Erwin, Salt Lake City. 11/15/37

"Hizzonors" from all sections attend mayors conference. Washington, D....

"Money Problems." Washington, D.C., March 11. French Ambassador Georges Bonnet, tonight capped a week of rumors and official exchanges over the new French defense loan with a declaration of confidence that his people will meet their financial troubles with their own resources. The statement was his first since a move by French officials to interest American investors in the proposed $1,000,000,000 loan by considering appointment of a paying agent in New York, photographed as he made the statement over a nationwide broadcast

"Money Problems." Washington, D.C., March 11. French Ambassador George...

This is an adult world, its problems are up to you! Free : Enroll - Federal adult schools : Many courses - many places - informal teaching.

This is an adult world, its problems are up to you! Free : Enroll - Fe...

Poster announcing free adult education classes and encouraging adults to return to school, showing a globe and compass. Date stamped on verso: Apr 9 1938. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library... More

Help must be given farm youth senate committee told by Undersecretary of Agriculture. Washington, D.C., March 10. M.L. Wilson, Undersecretary of Agriculture, today told the Senate Unemployment and Relief Committee that vocational and extension programs for youths must be expanded. During his testimony, Wilson said: "more serious thought and planning must be given to the problems confronting the millions of young people born on American farms, many of whom today are in actual distress and of whom many more do not see clearly any promising opportunities for the future," 3/10/38

Help must be given farm youth senate committee told by Undersecretary ...

Discuss Red Cross problems. Washington, D.C., Dec. 7. Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes, left, Vice President of the American Red Cross, discusses with Norman Davis, reappointed Chairman today, the problems facing the organization at the Annual Meeting of the Board of Incorporators

Discuss Red Cross problems. Washington, D.C., Dec. 7. Chief Justice Ch...

Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. General information about the Harris & Ewing Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pn... More

Railroad executives meet in emergency session. Washington, D.C., March 11. Leading executive of the railroad industry met here today in emergency session to study what they describe as the most critical financial condition in railroad history. During the meeting the executives, all members of the Association of American Railroads, considered a proposed new "National Railway Policy" as a solution to their financial problems. Left to right: (seated) Carl R. Gray, Vice-Chairman, Board of directors, Union Pacific Railroad; J.M. Kurn, Trustee, St. Louis-San Francisco Railway; C.E. Denney, President, Erie Railroad; E.S. French, President, Boston and Main Railroad; E.M. Durham, Jr., Chief Executive Officer, Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway; and Daniel Willard, President, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Standing, left to right: S.T. Bledsoe, President, Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway; George B. Elliott, President, Atlantic Coast Line Railroad; Hale Holden, Chairman, Southern Pacific; M.W. Clement, President, Pennsylvania Railroad; J.B. Hill, President, Louisville and Nashville Railroad; F.E. Williamson, President, Grand Central System; J.J. Pelley, Chairman (ex-officio) Association of Amn. Railroads; E.E. Norris, President, Southern Railway; and J.J. Forster, Sec. and Treas. Assoc. of Amn. Railroads, 3/11/38

Railroad executives meet in emergency session. Washington, D.C., March...

Chief Executive discusses rail problems with R.R. Heads. Washington, D.C., April 4. Following a conference [..] President Roosevelt today, representatives of rail [...] and management indicated the chief executive would probably send a special message on railroad problems to congress sometime this week. From a reliable source, it was learned the president asked the railroads not to out the wages of their nearly 1,000,000 employees. At the same time the railroad men laid before the President Roosevelt a proposal for a federal guarantee of rail income as an effort to revive business and save the industry. In the photograph, left to right: (front row) George Harrison, Chairman of Railroad Labor Association of American Railroads; E.J. Manion, President of Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen. Back row, left to right: Ernest E. Norris, Vice President of Southern Railway; and S.H. Hogan, President of Marine Engineers, 4/4/38

Chief Executive discusses rail problems with R.R. Heads. Washington, D...

The street entrance to the Farm Security Administration office, Visalia, Tulare County, California. This farmer has come into town to discuss problems with the rural rehabilitation supervisor

The street entrance to the Farm Security Administration office, Visali...

In spotlight at Liquor Advertising Conference. Washington, D.C., Oct. 25. Gene Tunney, left, former heavyweight champion and now Chairman of the board, American Distillers Corp, discusses with Wesley A. Sturgis, newly named Executive Director of the Distilled Spirits Institute, the many problems on advertising of alcohol beverages now being held at the Mayflower Hotel here. It is in conjunction with the National Conference of State Liquor Administrators and the Alcohol Beverage Control Association, 10/25/38

In spotlight at Liquor Advertising Conference. Washington, D.C., Oct. ...

German Ambassador [...]on Secretary of State. Washington, D.C., Sept. 28. The German Ambassador Hans Dieckhoff didn't seem to have a care in the world as he stepped from auto at State Department today for a call on Secretary Hull. After the talk with Secretary Hull, Ambassador Dieckhoff told newsmen the Munich Four Power Conference tomorrow may open the way for general settlement of outstanding European problems in addition to the German-Czech controversy, 9/28/38

German Ambassador [...]on Secretary of State. Washington, D.C., Sept. ...

Maritime head still insists new method for handling maritime labor problems is necessary Washington, D.C., Jan. 26. Appearing before the Senate Labor and Commerce Committees today, U.S. Maritime Commissioner Joseph P. Kennedy declared that union opposition had failed to shake his belief that a new method for handling maritime problems is necessary. Federal Assistance will be necessary to any new development in American Shipbuilding, Kennedy also told the committee. He is shown with Senator Hiram W. Johnson, Republican of California and a member of the committee, 1/26/38

Maritime head still insists new method for handling maritime labor pro...

This is an adult world, its problems are up to you! Free : Enroll - Federal adult schools : Many courses - many places - informal teaching.

This is an adult world, its problems are up to you! Free : Enroll - Fe...

Poster announcing free adult education classes and encouraging adults to return to school, showing a globe and compass. Date stamped on verso: Apr 9 1938. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library... More

A certain sign of adjournment. Washington, D.C., July 21. Every four years the dome of the Capitol is painted with a special, heavy coat of paint, and this is the year for men to clamber up the steep walls of the dome armed with buckets and brushes. But, the time when the painting is done is determined by the adjournment of Congress, and here is a certain sign that 'it wont be long' Arthur E. Cook, supervising Engineer in the Architects' office, John Leary who will boss the painting, and Capitol Architect David Lynn are here discussing problems in the painting which will begin after Congress quits, 7/21/38

A certain sign of adjournment. Washington, D.C., July 21. Every four y...

Bankers offer President cooperation on banking problems. Washington, D.C., Dec. 20. President Philip A. Benson of the American Bankers Association and other ABA officers visited President Roosevelt today and assured him of their willingness to cooperate on banking problems. They also invited the President to address their 1939 convention at Seattle. In the front row, left to right: P.D. Houston, Second Vice President; Robert M. Hanes, First Vice President; Philip A. Benson, President. Back row: Robert L. Fleming, past President, and Dr. Harold Stonier, Right, Executive manager of the ABA, 12/20/38

Bankers offer President cooperation on banking problems. Washington, D...

Hard worker. Washington, D.C., Sept. 22. Hardest working cabinet office [...] the Capitol these days is Henry A. Wallace, who is pictured pondering farm problems as dusk settles over the capitol city, 9/22/38

Hard worker. Washington, D.C., Sept. 22. Hardest working cabinet offic...

Direct nation's farm policies. Washington, D.C., Sept. 22. The farmers of the Nation look to these men to solve their many problems. Pictured, left to right, are: M.L. Wilson, Undersecretary of Agriculture; Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace, and H.R. Tolley, A.A.A. Administrator, 9/22/38

Direct nation's farm policies. Washington, D.C., Sept. 22. The farmers...

The photographs in the Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Photograph

The photographs in the Farm Security Administration / Office of War In...

Juanita Coleman helps during recreation time for adult class. In the church she teaches them to read and write and to discuss any interests and problems. Gees Bend, Alabama

Juanita Coleman helps during recreation time for adult class. In the c...

Formerly a sociology major at the University of Southern California, Mrs. Eloise J. Ellis (right) now "keeps 'em flyin'" at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas. She is a supervisor under civil service in the Assembly and Repair Department. It is her job to maintain morale among the women by helping them solve housing and other personal problems. With her is Jo Ann Whittington, an NYA trainee at the plant

Formerly a sociology major at the University of Southern California, M...

Speaker and farmers at meeting called to consider marketing and auctioning problems of the strawberry growers. There was much friction between the various organizations over the auctioning and selling of the berries. Independence, Louisiana

Speaker and farmers at meeting called to consider marketing and auctio...

The photographs in the Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Photograph

The photographs in the Farm Security Administration / Office of War In...

Fred Maschman, TP Client, discusses problems of his 160 acre farm with FSA (Farm Security Administration) supervisor. Iowa County, Iowa

Fred Maschman, TP Client, discusses problems of his 160 acre farm with...

Fred Wilfang and his wife discuss their farm problems with the FSA (Farm Security Administration) supervisor. Black Hawk County, Iowa

Fred Wilfang and his wife discuss their farm problems with the FSA (Fa...

PRESIDENT BESTOWS DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL ON U.S. CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS. WASHINGTON, D.C. JULY 28. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT TODAY BESTOWED THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL ON ADMIRAL WILLIAM D. LEAHY, WHO RETIRES TUESDAY AS CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS TO BECOME GOVERNOR OF PUERTO RICO. THE AWARD WAS A SUPRISE TO LEAHY, WHO CALLED AT THE WHITE HOUSE TO DISCUSS PUERTO RICAN PROBLEMS. IN THE CENTER IS CHARLES EDISON, ACTING SECRETARY OF THE NAVY

PRESIDENT BESTOWS DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL ON U.S. CHIEF OF NAVAL O...

Strawberry growers at meeting to consider marketing and auctioning problems. Independence, Louisiana

Strawberry growers at meeting to consider marketing and auctioning pro...

Formerly a sociology major at the University of Southern California, Mrs. Eloise J. Ellis (right) now "keeps 'em flyin'" at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas. She is a supervisor under civil service in the Assembly and Repair Department. It is her job to maintain morale among the women to help them solve housing and other personal problems. With her is Jo Ann Whittington, an NYA trainee at the plant

Formerly a sociology major at the University of Southern California, M...

Tells president solution of railroad problems is key to national recovery. Washington, D.C., March 16. William C. Dickerman, Head of the American Locomotive works, told the president in a conference that solution of the railroad problem was a key to national recovery, 3-16-39

Tells president solution of railroad problems is key to national recov...

Conservation agent discusses soil problems with farmer. Greene County, Missouri

Conservation agent discusses soil problems with farmer. Greene County,...

The photographs in the Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Photograph

The photographs in the Farm Security Administration / Office of War In...

WPA trouble shooter. Washington, D.C., Feb. 10. Responsibility for who gets fired when the present works progress administration appropriation runs out in June will fall upon the shoulders of Dean Brimhall, trouble shooter and handyman for WPA. His real title is Director of the Section on Employment Problems of the WPA but when he is not taking the rap from angry Congressmen, Union disputants, kickers, fixers, etc., Brimhall is experting and editing administration outputs on labor relations and employment. A native of Utah, he is a graduate of the Brigham Young University, 2-10-39

WPA trouble shooter. Washington, D.C., Feb. 10. Responsibility for who...

Leading fight for reorganization. Washington, D.C., March 24. Rep. Lindsay Warren, N.C. and Senator James Byrnes, S.C. talking over problems of the reorganization bill this morning. -Made for Time Magazine- 3-24-39

Leading fight for reorganization. Washington, D.C., March 24. Rep. Lin...

Juanita Coleman helps during recreation time for adult class. In the church she teaches them to read and write and to discuss any interests and problems. Gees Bend, Alabama

Juanita Coleman helps during recreation time for adult class. In the c...

FSA (Farm Security Administration) home supervisor discusses child care problems with mother of month old baby, rehabilitation borrower. Chippewa County, Wisconsin

FSA (Farm Security Administration) home supervisor discusses child car...

Senate Interstate Commerce Committee opens hearings today on transportation. Washington, D.C., April 3. The Senate Interstate Commerce Committee got off today for a series of hearings on public transportation problems, but the news value was considerably overshadowed by the appearance of Robert Montgomery in another committee at the same time. Carl R. Gray, Chairman of the president's committee of six on railroads, told the Committee that his group felt that an independent transportation board is needed to regulate all transportation, the board to be outside of the ICC jurisdiction. Gray urged that the federal board which he proposed handle water carriers as part of its duties. 4-3- 39

Senate Interstate Commerce Committee opens hearings today on transport...

Montana Senator. Washington, D.C., Feb. 10. A new informal picture of Senator Burton K. Wheeler, democrat of Montana. He is Chairman of the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee which is now studying the nation's rail problems, 2-10-39

Montana Senator. Washington, D.C., Feb. 10. A new informal picture of ...

The photographs in the Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Photograph

The photographs in the Farm Security Administration / Office of War In...

Mrs. Eloise J. Ellis has been appointed by civil service to be senior supervisor in the Assembly and Repairs Department at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas. She buoys up feminine morale in her department by arranging suitable living conditions for out-of-state employees and by helping them with their personal problems

Mrs. Eloise J. Ellis has been appointed by civil service to be senior ...

Massachusetts officials call on Roosevelt. Washington, D.C., Jan. 14. Senator David. I. Walsh and States Attorney General Paul Dever of Massachusetts today called upon President Roosevelt and are shown here as they left. It is believed that they discussed a program of solving the Back Bay State's flood problems, 1/14/39

Massachusetts officials call on Roosevelt. Washington, D.C., Jan. 14. ...

The photographs in the Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Photograph

The photographs in the Farm Security Administration / Office of War In...

No rail troubles here. Washington, D.C., Feb. 10. Apparently no rail troubles in the Senate subway indicates Senator Burton K. Wheeler as he rides the tram car between the Senate office building and the Capitol. Senator Wheeler is Chairman of the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee which is now studying the nation's railroad problems, 2-10-39

No rail troubles here. Washington, D.C., Feb. 10. Apparently no rail t...

The photographs in the Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Photograph

The photographs in the Farm Security Administration / Office of War In...

The photographs in the Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Photograph

The photographs in the Farm Security Administration / Office of War In...

Workers' automobiles parked near the airplane factories. San Diego, California. Providing parking space for automobiles and getting the cars in and out at shift changing time have been big problems

Workers' automobiles parked near the airplane factories. San Diego, Ca...

Parish FSA (Farm Security Administration) supervisor Willis R. Roberts talking and discussing farm problems with brother-in-law of Pleas W. Rodden, rural rehabilitation borrower, who had been cultivating his cotton. West Carroll Parish, Louisiana

Parish FSA (Farm Security Administration) supervisor Willis R. Roberts...

Trailer and car belonging to Paul Knight, construction worker at Fort Benning building new barracks. He pays two dollars for trailer space (only) in W.T. Willis' backyard, is from Stone Mountain, Atlanta, Georgia. He said the bad roads were one of the worst problems around there and agreed that things generally were bad and the government had better do something about it soon

Trailer and car belonging to Paul Knight, construction worker at Fort ...

Left: Loda Mae Davis, assistant to the Chief, Consumer Contacts Section, Consumer Division, Office for Price Administration (OPA). Former association: instructor in Consumer Problems, San Mateo Junior College; author, lecturer.

Left: Loda Mae Davis, assistant to the Chief, Consumer Contacts Sectio...

The camp council meets to discuss any problems, improvements and plans; sometimes takes a vote and decides that an undesireable and uncooperative family should leave. Okeechobee migratory labor camp, Belle Glade, Florida

The camp council meets to discuss any problems, improvements and plans...

Meeting to discuss farm problems. Southeast Missouri Farms

Meeting to discuss farm problems. Southeast Missouri Farms

Meetings of all the project members are held regularly to discuss all problems, improvements and plans for the cooperative. Terrebonne Project, Schriever, Louisiana

Meetings of all the project members are held regularly to discuss all ...

Workers' automobiles parked near the airplane factories. San Diego, California. Providing parking space for automobiles and getting the cars in and out at shift changing time have been big problems

Workers' automobiles parked near the airplane factories. San Diego, Ca...

Meeting of farmers at Southeast Missouri project to discuss problems

Meeting of farmers at Southeast Missouri project to discuss problems

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