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To the right honourable, the Earl of Shelbourne, His Majesty's principal Secretary of State for the Southern Department. This plan of the colony of Connecticut in North-America.

To the right honourable, the Earl of Shelbourne, His Majesty's princip...

Scale ca. 1:275,000. Relief shown pictorially. Shows counties, towns, rivers, and post roads. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1022 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.... More

War office, Williamsburg. November 11, 1779. The appointment of a clothier having in some measure altered the arrangements of the clothing department in this state, the whole direction of which was vested in the commissary of stores it becomes n

War office, Williamsburg. November 11, 1779. The appointment of a clot...

Evans 16663. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 178, Folder 29.

State Department. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

State Department. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Photograph shows the Northeast Executive Building, home of the State Department between 1819 and 1866; designed by James Hoban. Attributed to Walker based on date, subject matter, and size of print. Purchase; ... More

Old State Department Building, corner 15 Street and Pennsylvania Avenue

Old State Department Building, corner 15 Street and Pennsylvania Avenu...

Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, w... More

Colonel Paine's barracks, brigade hospital, Dr. [Sim's?] headquarters, roof of State quartermasters office, United States Quartermasters Department, ice houses, Mississippi River

Colonel Paine's barracks, brigade hospital, Dr. [Sim's?] headquarters,...

Photograph shows a commercial street in Cairo, Illinois with Union military barracks in the distance. Title from inscriptions on mount reading top left to right. "No. 4" upper left corner. Photograph possibly t... More

[Charles Evans Hughes, 1862-1948, (as former Secretary of State), full-length portrait, walking with Secretary of State, Frank B. Kellogg, near the State Department]

[Charles Evans Hughes, 1862-1948, (as former Secretary of State), full...

Photo by the National Photo Co. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: PI(5); Shelf; Other information on verso of card.

State of New-Hampshire. Executive Department. A proclamation, by His Excellency the Governor. [Concord, 1864].

State of New-Hampshire. Executive Department. A proclamation, by His E...

Proclamation dated Oct. 13, 1864.; I. Gilmore, Joseph Albree, 1811-1867.; On verso: Gift Robt. Todd Lincoln Papers 1923. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page ... More

Stereobild av The New State Department.

Stereobild av The New State Department.

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State, War, and Navy Department Building, numera Eisenhower exectutive office building, Washington DC.

State, War, and Navy Department Building, numera Eisenhower exectutive...

State, War, and Navy Department Building, numera Eisenhower exectutive office building, Washington DC.

War Department Building in Washington, from the General Government and State Capitol Buildings series (N14) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes Brands

War Department Building in Washington, from the General Government and...

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State of Connecticut Executive Department. Hartford, February 8, 1892. To the people of the State of Connecticut: Owing to the failure of the General Assembly to make provision for the representation of this State at "The Columbian Exposition of

State of Connecticut Executive Department. Hartford, February 8, 1892....

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 10, Folder 6.

State of New Hampshire. Executive Department Arbor day proclamation ... I designate Saturday, May 2, 1896, to be observed throughout the state as Arbor day ... Given at the Council Chanber at Concord, this twentieth day of April, in the year of

State of New Hampshire. Executive Department Arbor day proclamation .....

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 97, Folder 19.

State of North Dakota Executive department, Bismark, by the governor. Arbor day proclamation ... I hereby designate Friday, May 5th, A. D. 1899, as "Arbor Day." ... F. B. Fancher, Governor. [Bismarck, 1899].

State of North Dakota Executive department, Bismark, by the governor. ...

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White House callers. Washington, D.C., May 17. Sean T. O'Kelly, center, deputy head of the Irish Pavilion at the New York World's Fair, was presented to President Roosevelt today by Robert Brennan, left, Irish free state Minister to the U.S. On the right is John J. Hearne, advisor of Department of External Affairs of Irish free state

White House callers. Washington, D.C., May 17. Sean T. O'Kelly, center...

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California labor relationist charges AF of L fostered labor disturbances to discredit Wagner Act. Washington, D.C., May 9. George C. Kidwell, Director of the California State Department of Industrial Relations, charged today before the Senate Education and Labor Committee that the AF of L had deliberately fostered labor disturbances to discredit the Wagner Act. He said that in Westwood, a California lumber town, CIO members had been driven out by company agents and that in two weeks there was not a member of any union in town. 'In the face of this fact, it is the Labor Board that is charged with thwarting the 'democratic rights of the workers,'' he said

California labor relationist charges AF of L fostered labor disturbanc...

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Sworn in as administrator of Public Contracts Division of Department of Labor. Washington D.C. L. Metcalfe Walling was today sworn in as Administrator of the Public Contracts Division of the Department of Labor which is enforcing the provisions of the Walsh-Healy Act. Walling has been Director of the State Labor Department of Rhode Island for two years. In the photograph, left to right: Secretary Perkins, L. Metcalfe Walling, and Samuel M. Gompers, Chief Clerk of the Departement of Labor administering the oath

Sworn in as administrator of Public Contracts Division of Department o...

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Murphy bestows blessing upon LaFollette bill. Washington, D.C., June 2. Attorney General Frank Murphy today put in one of his rare appearances upon the Hill to endorse a bill proposed by Senator Robert M. LaFollette, Jr. to outlaw oppressive labor practices. He proposed, however, two amendments to the bill to clearly state that company guards with criminal records be declared illegal, and that suits to restrain oppressive labor practices be filed through the Justice Department rather than the Labor Department. Left to righ: Murphy, Senator LaFollette and Senator Elbert Thomas of Utah, member of the Subcommittee which heard Murphy

Murphy bestows blessing upon LaFollette bill. Washington, D.C., June 2...

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State of North Dakota Executive Department, Bismark. Thanksgiving proclamation Thursday the 28th day of November, has been designated by the President of the United States as Thanksgiving day ... Frank White, Governor. [Bismarck. 1901].

State of North Dakota Executive Department, Bismark. Thanksgiving proc...

Thanksgiving proclamation. Page Order: Leaflet Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 13,... More

State of North Dakota. Executive department Bismark, by the Governor. Arbor day proclamation ... Friday, May tenth, as Arbor day ... Frank White Governor. [Bismarck, 1901].

State of North Dakota. Executive department Bismark, by the Governor. ...

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Labor day, 1902. State of Michigan. Executive department. Lansing. To the people of the State of Michigan, Greeting: Monday, September 1, 1902, in accordance with law, is hereby proclaimed as Labor Day ... Given under my hand and the great seal

Labor day, 1902. State of Michigan. Executive department. Lansing. To ...

Proclamation. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 84, Folder 18.

State of North Dakota Executive Department, Bismark. Arbor Day proclamation ... Friday, May 9th, 1902, as Arbor day for the state of North Dakota ... Frank White, Governor ... [Bismarck 1902].

State of North Dakota Executive Department, Bismark. Arbor Day proclam...

Proclamation. Page Order: Leaflet Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 13, Folder 14.

State of North Dakota. Executive department. Arbor Day proclamation ... Friday, May 1, 1903 Arbor day for the State of North Dakota ... Frank White Governor ... [Bismarck 1903].

State of North Dakota. Executive department. Arbor Day proclamation .....

Proclamation. Page Order: Leaflet Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 13, Folder 15.

State of Michigan. Executive department. A proclamation by the Governor. To the people of the State of Michigan, Greeting: Acting under the authority of concurrent resolution No. Ten of the public acts of 1901, I hereby request that Sunday June

State of Michigan. Executive department. A proclamation by the Governo...

Proclamation. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 84, Folder 20.

State of North Dakota. Executive department. Arbor day proclamation ... Friday May 13, 1904 ... Frank White Governor. [Bismarck 1904].

State of North Dakota. Executive department. Arbor day proclamation .....

Proclamation. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 13, Folder 17.

Flooding ^ Severe Storm - Hickman County, Tenn. , July 13, 2010 -- Hickman County Highway Department crews have identified hundreds of roadways and bridges throughout their county damaged by the severe storms and flooding that affected much of Tennessee in May 2010. FEMA provides funding to local and state agencies to recover from a disaster. Martin Grube/FEMA

Flooding ^ Severe Storm - Hickman County, Tenn. , July 13, 2010 -- Hic...

The original database describes this as: Title: Damaged road in Hickman County TN Production Date: 07/13/2010 Caption: Hickman County, Tenn. , July 13, 2010 -- Hickman County Highway Department crews have id... More

Flooding ^ Severe Storm - Hickman County, Tenn. , July 13, 2010 -- Hickman County Highway Department crews have identified hundreds of roadways and bridges throughout their county damaged, like this one, by the severe storms and flooding that affected much of Tennessee in May 2010. FEMA provides funding to local and state agencies to recover from a disaster. Martin Grube/FEMA

Flooding ^ Severe Storm - Hickman County, Tenn. , July 13, 2010 -- Hic...

The original database describes this as: Title: Damaged bridge in Hickman County TN Production Date: 07/13/2010 Caption: Hickman County, Tenn. , July 13, 2010 -- Hickman County Highway Department crews have ... More

Flooding - Hickman County, Tenn. , July 13, 2010 -- Hickman County Highway Department crews have identified hundreds of roadways and bridges throughout their county damaged by the severe storms and flooding that affected much of Tennessee in May 2010 and this is one of them. FEMA provides funding to local and state agencies to recover from a disaster. Martin Grube/FEMA

Flooding - Hickman County, Tenn. , July 13, 2010 -- Hickman County Hig...

The original database describes this as: Title: Damaged bridge in Hickman County TN Production Date: 07/13/2010 Caption: Hickman County, Tenn. , July 13, 2010 -- Hickman County Highway Department crews have ... More

Flooding ^ Severe Storm - Hickman County, Tenn. , July 13, 2010 -- Hickman County Highway Department crews have identified hundreds of roadways and bridges throughout their county damaged by the severe storms and flooding that affected much of Tennessee in May 2010. FEMA provides funding to local and state agencies to recover from a disaster. Martin Grube/FEMA

Flooding ^ Severe Storm - Hickman County, Tenn. , July 13, 2010 -- Hic...

The original database describes this as: Title: Roads Damage by Severe Storms Hickman County TN Production Date: 07/13/2010 Caption: Hickman County, Tenn. , July 13, 2010 -- Hickman County Highway Department... More

DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION. SEN. GORE OF OKLAHOMA; SEN. E.S. JOHNSON OF SOUTH DAKOTA; W. DAVIS OF STATE DEPARTMENT

DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION. SEN. GORE OF OKLAHOMA; SEN. E.S. JOHNS...

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WYVELL, MANTON M. PRIVATE SECRETARY TO SEC. BRYAN, STATE DEPARTMENT

WYVELL, MANTON M. PRIVATE SECRETARY TO SEC. BRYAN, STATE DEPARTMENT

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Hyman Bachwald, 167 Allen Street, New York. Neurotic and epileptic. Mother worked in factory previous to marriage, and while Hyman was coming. Her mentality is questioned. The grandmother has been blind 8 years. Father acts feeble minded, and deserted 3 years ago. Hyman's brother (defective) is now on Randalls Island. Mother's sister was also on Randalls Island. The entire family lives in 2 rooms. Further data in their files; #1767 Nurse Investigator Records, Department of Public Charities. Location: [New York], New York (State) / Photo by Lewis W. Hine., September 16, 1913, in co-operation with the Clearing House for Mental Defectives, 303 East 20 Street, New York.

Hyman Bachwald, 167 Allen Street, New York. Neurotic and epileptic. Mo...

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Investigator talking with Ida List, 124 Ridge Street, New York. 8 year old child suffering from chorea (St. Vitus dance) Was born in New York. Mother has always worked hard and takes in sewing now. Husband treated the family very badly; is alcoholic. New York], New York (State) / Photo by Lewis W. Hine., September 16, 1913, in co-operation with the Clearing House for Mental Defectives, 303 East 20 Street, New York. Further data in their files; #2711 Nurse Investigator Records, Department of Public Charities.

Investigator talking with Ida List, 124 Ridge Street, New York. 8 year...

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EXAMINING PASS AT STATE DEPARTMENT BUILDING

EXAMINING PASS AT STATE DEPARTMENT BUILDING

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[WYVELL, MANTON M. PRIVATE SECRETARY TO SEC. BRYAN, STATE DEPARTMENT]

[WYVELL, MANTON M. PRIVATE SECRETARY TO SEC. BRYAN, STATE DEPARTMENT]

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EXAMINING PASS AT STATE DEPARTMENT BUILDING

EXAMINING PASS AT STATE DEPARTMENT BUILDING

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WYVELL, MANTON M. PRIVATE SECRETARY TO SEC. BRYAN, STATE DEPARTMENT

WYVELL, MANTON M. PRIVATE SECRETARY TO SEC. BRYAN, STATE DEPARTMENT

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MOORE, JOHN BASSETT. COUNSELOR OF STATE DEPARTMENT

MOORE, JOHN BASSETT. COUNSELOR OF STATE DEPARTMENT

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MOORE, JOHN BASSETT. COUNSELOR OF STATE DEPARTMENT

MOORE, JOHN BASSETT. COUNSELOR OF STATE DEPARTMENT

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Isidor Rothandler, 80 Ridge Street, New York. Idiopathic Idiocy. Mother worked hard before marriage, and was ailing while Isidor was coming. Further data in their files; #1695 Nurse Investigator Records, Department of Public Charities. New York], New York (State) / Photo by Lewis W. Hine., September 16, 1913, in co-operation with the Clearing House for Mental Defectives, 303 East 20 Street, New York.

Isidor Rothandler, 80 Ridge Street, New York. Idiopathic Idiocy. Mothe...

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BRYAN, WILLIAM JENNINGS. REP. FROM NEBRASKA, 1891-1895; SECRETARY OF STATE, 1913-1915. WITH CONE JOHNSON, SOLICITOR, STATE DEPARTMENT

BRYAN, WILLIAM JENNINGS. REP. FROM NEBRASKA, 1891-1895; SECRETARY OF S...

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RED CROSS VEHICLE AT STATE DEPARTMENT

RED CROSS VEHICLE AT STATE DEPARTMENT

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RED CROSS VEHICLE AT STATE DEPARTMENT

RED CROSS VEHICLE AT STATE DEPARTMENT

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Severe Storm ^ Tornado - Wayne, Okla. , May 26, 2010 -- A hay storage barn roof in the Equestrian Department was damaged by a tornado that struck Mid-America Technology Center on May 10. Many public properties had damages caused by 22 confirmed tornadoes in the eastern half of the state. FEMA Photo by Win Henderson

Severe Storm ^ Tornado - Wayne, Okla. , May 26, 2010 -- A hay storage ...

The original database describes this as: Title: barn damage at community college Production Date: 05/26/2010 Caption: Wayne, Okla. , May 26, 2010 -- A hay storage barn roof in the Equestrian Department was d... More

PEOPLE ENTERING STATE DEPARTMENT

PEOPLE ENTERING STATE DEPARTMENT

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Severe Storm ^ Tornado - Wayne, Okla. , May 26, 2010 -- An entire section of a greenhouse roof in the Horticulture department on the campus of Mid-America Technology Center was torn off by a tornado on May 10. Public properties in the eastern half of the state experienced damages from 22 confirmed tornadoes that day. FEMA Photo by Win Henderson

Severe Storm ^ Tornado - Wayne, Okla. , May 26, 2010 -- An entire sect...

The original database describes this as: Title: tornado damage to greenhouse roof in OK Production Date: 05/26/2010 Caption: Wayne, Okla. , May 26, 2010 -- An entire section of a greenhouse roof in the Horti... More

Colleges and Universities - California State Normal School - Los Angeles, California State Normal School in the war. Electrical department. Electricians, storage battery and ignition

Colleges and Universities - California State Normal School - Los Angel...

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ALLIED COMMISSION TO U.S. ALLIED FLAGS ON STATE DEPARTMENT

ALLIED COMMISSION TO U.S. ALLIED FLAGS ON STATE DEPARTMENT

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PEOPLE ENTERING STATE DEPARTMENT

PEOPLE ENTERING STATE DEPARTMENT

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Severe Storm ^ Tornado - Moore, Okla. , May 25, 2010 -- FEMA Public Assistance Officer Ron Crow, member of a Preliminary Damage Assessment team, sights down a metal roof at the Moore Public Works Department complex, gauging the damage caused by hail from a hail core spun off from a tornado that struck the area on May 10. Public properties in the eastern half of the state, struck by 22 confirmed tornadoes, are being inspected for damages from these severe storms. FEMA Photo by Win Henderson

Severe Storm ^ Tornado - Moore, Okla. , May 25, 2010 -- FEMA Public As...

The original database describes this as: Title: FEMA PA officer documenting damages to a roof in OK Production Date: 05/25/2010 Caption: Moore, Okla. , May 25, 2010 -- FEMA Public Assistance Officer Ron Crow... More

Severe Storm ^ Tornado - Wayne, Okla. , May 26, 2010 -- One of several hay storage barns in the Equestrian Department of Mid-America Technology Center is destroyed by a tornado that struck the campus on May 10. Public properties in the eastern half of the state had damages caused by 22 confirmed tornadoes. FEMA Photo by Win Henderson

Severe Storm ^ Tornado - Wayne, Okla. , May 26, 2010 -- One of several...

The original database describes this as: Title: barn damage at community college in OK Production Date: 05/26/2010 Caption: Wayne, Okla. , May 26, 2010 -- One of several hay storage barns in the Equestrian D... More

Colleges and Universities - California State Normal School - Los Angeles, California State Normal School in the war. Storage battery department. "Fighting Mechanics" lead burning

Colleges and Universities - California State Normal School - Los Angel...

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PEOPLE ENTERING STATE DEPARTMENT

PEOPLE ENTERING STATE DEPARTMENT

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Severe Storm ^ Tornado - Wayne, Okla. , May 26, 2010 -- A model home under construction in the school's Carpentry Department is shifted several feet off its foundation - without any damage to the protecting overhead carport - by a tornado that struck the area on May 10. Four Preliminary Damage Assessment teams, are documenting damages to public properties in the eastern half of the state, caused by 22 confirmed tornadoes. FEMA Photo by Win Henderson

Severe Storm ^ Tornado - Wayne, Okla. , May 26, 2010 -- A model home u...

The original database describes this as: Title: tornado damage to community college building in OK Production Date: 05/26/2010 Caption: Wayne, Okla. , May 26, 2010 -- A model home under construction in the s... More

American Library Association - Hospitals by State A thru I - Walter Reed General Hospital, Washington, D.C. The porch of the Re-education Department, called the "Curative Workshop." In this department men maimed or disabled by disease are taught new trades for civil life. The picture shows a study class, under competent instructors where men may learn to read and write, or study law. The subjects range from the elementary to the collegiate

American Library Association - Hospitals by State A thru I - Walter Re...

Photographer: American Library Association American Library Association - Hospitals by State A thru I

State of Minnesota Executive department. Proclamation ... I, Joseph A. A. Burnquist, Governor of Minnesota, realizing that the assuming on the part of our people of an increased responsibility in this matter will result in many benefits to our s

State of Minnesota Executive department. Proclamation ... I, Joseph A....

Proclamation.; On verso: {stamp} D. of D. Oct 18 1920. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Por... More

Department of State. Exterior of Department of State II

Department of State. Exterior of Department of State II

Titles devised. The Theodor Horydczak Collection is a collection of photographs taken by Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) a Polish-born American photographer who worked in Washington D.C. from the 1910s to the 19... More

State of Oklahoma. Executive department. Proclamation. The needless destruction of property and life presents a problem for our deliberation that may well challenge the best thought and effort of every good citizen ... Therefore, I hereby design

State of Oklahoma. Executive department. Proclamation. The needless de...

Catherine Flanagan bringing Conn. Ratification to State Department

Catherine Flanagan bringing Conn. Ratification to State Department

Title and information transcribed from item. Summary: Informal portrait, Catherine M. Flanagan, full-length, facing left with head turned slightly toward camera, wearing a hat, suit with suffrage prisoner pin o... More

Department of State. Front of Department of State Building at 21st St. and Virginia Ave. III

Department of State. Front of Department of State Building at 21st St....

The Theodor Horydczak Collection documents the architecture and social life of the Washington DC metropolitan area in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s.

Department of State. Front of Department of State Building at 21st St. and Virginia Ave. IV

Department of State. Front of Department of State Building at 21st St....

The Theodor Horydczak Collection documents the architecture and social life of the Washington DC metropolitan area in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s.

[Charles Evans Hughes seated at head of table, with eight other men around the table in the Diplomatic Room of the State Department]

[Charles Evans Hughes seated at head of table, with eight other men ar...

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German Ambassador bades goodbye to newsmen. Washington, D.C., Nov. 22. Leaving the State Department today after paying a farewell call on Secretary of State Cordell Hull, German Ambassador Hans Dieckhoff bids goodbye to the newspaper reporters, many of whom have become his friend since covering the German Embassy during the recent German-Czech crisis. Ambassador Dieckhoff plans to sail for Germany on the Europa next Friday night

German Ambassador bades goodbye to newsmen. Washington, D.C., Nov. 22....

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Proclamation State of Delaware, Executive department [Proclamation for Thanksgiving day November the 30th, 1922].

Proclamation State of Delaware, Executive department [Proclamation for...

Thanksgiving proclamation. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 13, Folder 56.

State of Oregon. Executive Department. Salem Proclamation. It is the duty of every citizen of Oregon to bear his fare share in the common effort to preserve and uplift the great state of which were are all a part ... I Walter M. Pierce, Governor

State of Oregon. Executive Department. Salem Proclamation. It is the d...

Proclamation. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 139, Folder 22.

State of Minnesota Executive Department St. Paul. Proclamation .... do hereby designate Sunday December 20, 1923, as European relief Sunday ... [St. Paul, 1923].

State of Minnesota Executive Department St. Paul. Proclamation .... do...

Typewritten.; Proclamation. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 84, Folder 36.

Proclamation State of Delaware, Executive department [Proclamation for Thanksgiving day Thursday the 29th of November 1923].

Proclamation State of Delaware, Executive department [Proclamation for...

Thanksgiving proclamation. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 13, Folder 56a.

New solicitor for Department of Commerce is sworn in. Ephriam F. Morgan of Charleston, West Virginia, former Governor of the state of West Virginia, being sworn in as solicitor of the United States Department of Commerce to succeed Judge Stephen B. Davis, resigned. In the photograph, left to right: William P. MacCracken, Assistant Secretary of Commerce; E.W. Libbey, Chief Clerk of the Department who administered the oath; Ephriam Morgan and Walter F. Brown, Assistant Secretary of Commerce

New solicitor for Department of Commerce is sworn in. Ephriam F. Morga...

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Al Smith is given warm greeting by Navy [...] when he calls on Secretary of Navy Adams. Work was practically at a standstill today at the Navy Department in Washington when former Governor Al Smith called on Secretary of the Navy Charles Francis Adams, asking the advice of Navy Engineers in the construction of mooring mast on new Empire State Building in New York. The Happy Warrior is shown besieged by admirers as he left the Navy Building after the conference with the secretary. In the right foreground (with derby) is William F. Kenney, who accompanied former Governor Smith to Washington

Al Smith is given warm greeting by Navy [...] when he calls on Secreta...

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Bids bon voyage to "flying caravan" of peoples mandate committee. Washington, D.C., Oct. 29. About to leave on a 17,000 mile air tour of nineteen American Republics, the members of the "Flying Caravan" of the Peoples Mandate Committee were bid bon voyage by acting Secretary of the State Sumner Welles at the State Department today. The trip is being made to urge speedy ratification of the peace treaties adopted at the Bunos Aires Conference of 1936. In the photograph, left to right: Mrs. Rebecca Hourwich Reyher, Mrs. Ana Del Pulgar de Burke, Mrs. E.V. Frost, Mrs. Burton W. Musser, and acting Secretary Welles.

Bids bon voyage to "flying caravan" of peoples mandate committee. Wash...

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Off for the new offices. President Hoover (center) with Secretary George Akerson, (left) and Secretary Walter Hughes Newton (right). Secret Service men in the background. The picture was made as the President and his Secretaries left the White House for the temporary executive offices in the State, War, and Navy Department across the street. The old executive offices may be seen in the background

Off for the new offices. President Hoover (center) with Secretary Geor...

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Hold annual meeting. The General Federation of Women's Clubs held their annual meeting today at their headquarters, 1734 N Street, N.W. They were photographed with President Hoover on the steps of the State, War, and Navy department. In the group, left to right: Mrs. J.F. Sipple, President of Baltimore, MD., President Hoover and Mrs. Grace Morrison Poole, 1st Vice President of Brocton, Massachusetts.

Hold annual meeting. The General Federation of Women's Clubs held thei...

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White House exteriors. White House from top of State Department I

White House exteriors. White House from top of State Department I

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White House exteriors. White House from top of State Department II

White House exteriors. White House from top of State Department II

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White House exteriors. White House from top of State Department IV

White House exteriors. White House from top of State Department IV

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White House exteriors. White House from top of State Department III

White House exteriors. White House from top of State Department III

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Cove Lake Park was built under TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) direction by the Tennessee State Department of Conservation with the assistance of the CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) on an arm of Norris Lake. It was initiated as a demonstration of standards appropriate to valley conditions

Cove Lake Park was built under TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) direct...

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Miscellaneous design. In the course of its construction programs, the TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) has occasion to design and construct many different types of buildings, always with an earnest effort to set examples which are within the ability of local residents or organizations to follow. This school at Fontana, erected for the children of TVA employees, is operated in collaboration with the North Carolina State Department of Education and a large portion of it will remain in permanent use,

Miscellaneous design. In the course of its construction programs, the ...

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Cove Lake Park was built under TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) direction by the Tennessee State Department of Conservation with the assistance of the CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) on an arm of Norris Lake. It was initiated as a demonstration of standards appropriate to valley conditions

Cove Lake Park was built under TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) direct...

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Flooding - Warrenville, Ill. , August 11, 2010 --Kathy Allen (left), IEMA representative talks with Dan Shulman(left),FEMA External Affairs specialist and a member of the Warrenville, IL Public Works department about flooding that took place there in late July. FEMA is working with IEMA and conducting preliminary disaster assessments (PDA) in the area. Photo by Patsy Lynch/FEMA

Flooding - Warrenville, Ill. , August 11, 2010 --Kathy Allen (left), I...

The original database describes this as: Title: FEMA assists IEMA with flood assessments Production Date: 08/11/2010 Caption: Warrenville, Ill. , August 11, 2010 --Kathy Allen (left), IEMA representative tal... More

Flooding - Wheaton, Ill. , August 11, 2010 --Kathy Allen, IEMA representative, Patrick Fisher and Vincent-Jay G. Laoang, P. E. , the Director of the Wheaton, IL Department of Public Works, looks at several maps which show the areas in town that were flooded in late July. FEMA is working with the Illinois Emergency Management Agency(IEMA) in assessing the amount of damage caused by floods which occurred in late July. Photo by Patsy Lynch/FEMA

Flooding - Wheaton, Ill. , August 11, 2010 --Kathy Allen, IEMA represe...

The original database describes this as: Title: FEMA assists IEMA with flood assessment Production Date: 08/11/2010 Caption: Wheaton, Ill. , August 11, 2010 --Kathy Allen, IEMA representative, Patrick Fisher... More

Prime Minister to talk turkey. Wash. D.C. The new Prime Minister of Canada, William MacKenzie King, left, greeted by Acting Secretary of State, William Phillips. Prime Minister King made campaign promises which included a more advantageous trade treaty with the United States. He will attempt to fulfill that promise on this trip as he confers with President Roosevelt and State Department officials, 11/7/35

Prime Minister to talk turkey. Wash. D.C. The new Prime Minister of Ca...

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Prime Minister to talk turkey. Wash. D.C. The new Prime Minister of Canada, William MacKenzie King, left, greeted by Acting Secretary of State, William Phillips. Prime Minister King made campaign promises which included a more advantageous trade treaty with the United States. He will attempt to fulfill that promise on this trip as he confers with President Roosevelt and State Department officials, 11/7/35

Prime Minister to talk turkey. Wash. D.C. The new Prime Minister of Ca...

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A pair of Portias. These two young women are the latest addition to the legal staff at the Federal Communications Commission. Mary Elizabeth Erickson, left, recently of Washington State, is assigned to the broadcast section of the legal department, and Violet Lowry, of Hot Springs, Ark., is in the Telegraph Section. 12/4/35

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U.S. Envoy to Moscow reported relinquished post. Washington, D.C., Aug. 12. Reports in Washington have William C. Bullitt, American Envoy to Moscow, resigning his diplomatic post in the near future. This picture of Ambassador Bullitt was made at the State Department today where he has been making a report to Secretary Hull

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U.S. Envoy to Moscow reported relinquished post. Washington, D.C., Aug. 12. Reports in Washington have William C. Bullitt, American Envoy to Moscow, resigning his diplomatic post in the near future. This picture of Ambassador Bullitt was made at the State Department today where he has been making a report to Secretary Hull

U.S. Envoy to Moscow reported relinquished post. Washington, D.C., Aug...

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Photograph of Warden Nixon of the State Conservation Department Holding a Dead Wolf

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State Department Counselor. Washington, D.C., July 30. A new picture of R. Walton Moore, who was recently named to the newly created post of Counselor of the Department of State. He is one of the hardest working government officials, often working as long as 15 or 16 hours a day, 73037

State Department Counselor. Washington, D.C., July 30. A new picture o...

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Career diplomats promoted. Washington D.C., July 22. James C. Dunn (right) has just been named to the newly created State Department post of Advisor on Political Relations, which Jay Pierrepont Moffat, (left) has been designated [...] succeed Dunn as Chief of the European Division [...] New post Dunn will be charged with supervision os relations with foreign states. Both Dunn of Newark, N.J., and Moffatt, who comes from [...] are career diplomats, 7/22/37

Career diplomats promoted. Washington D.C., July 22. James C. Dunn (ri...

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Wy[...] of State Department - Public domain portrait photograph

Wy[...] of State Department - Public domain portrait photograph

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State border plant inspection maintained by the United States Department of Agriculture between Mexico and the United States. Shoppers returning from Mexico (Juarez) to the United States (El Paso) over the bridge which carries all the traffic are required to open their packages for inspection

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Chinese Ambassador expresses regret to U.S. for bombing of liner President Hoover. Washington, D.C. Aug. 31. Chinese Ambassador C.T. Wang arriving at the State Department today where he conveyed to Secretary Hull the "profound regret" of the Chinese Government for the accidental bombing of the Dollar Liner President Hoover, and offered to make immediate redress. Under instructions from his government at Nanking, Wang told Hull that the President Hoover was hit by a Chinese aviator who mistook it for a Japanese transport. 8/31/37

Chinese Ambassador expresses regret to U.S. for bombing of liner Presi...

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Head of U.S. delegation to nine-power treaty conference. Washington, D.C., Oct. 18. Norman Davis, Chief American Delegate to the Conference of the Nine-Power Treaty Signatories in Brussels, snapped at the State Department today where he met with the other members of the American Delegation. 10/18/37

Head of U.S. delegation to nine-power treaty conference. Washington, D...

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Inspection station on the California-Arizona state line maintained by the California Department of Agriculture to prevent the spread of plant pests. Yuma, Arizona

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Latest news on the Chino-Jap war. Washington, D.C., Sept. 2. One of the busiest spots in the State Department today is the telegraph room where all the confidential messages from all the consular offices and embassies come through for distribution to the different bureaus

Latest news on the Chino-Jap war. Washington, D.C., Sept. 2. One of th...

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Head of U.S. delegation to nine-power treaty conference. Washington, D.C., Oct. 18. Norman Davis, Chief American Delegate to the Conference of the Nine-Power Treaty Signatories in Brussels, snapped at the State Department today where he met with the other members of the American Delegation. 10/18/37

Head of U.S. delegation to nine-power treaty conference. Washington, D...

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New Ambassador to Turkey. Washington D.C. July 16. John Van A. MacMurray, newly named American Ambassador to Turkey, snapped at the State Department today, 7/16/37

New Ambassador to Turkey. Washington D.C. July 16. John Van A. MacMurr...

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U.S. expert on crop insurance. Washington, D.C., Sept. 21. Considered by agriculture leaders to be the nation's foremost authority on crop insurance, Roy M. Green is now in charge of Division of Agriculture Finance, U.S. Department of Agriculture. 48 years old, Green is a Native of Missouri and a graduate of the U. of Missouri. After teaching Agriculture Economics at his alma mater for a few years he transferred to the Kansas State Agriculture College at Manhattan, Kans., to teach the same subject. In 1934 he was named Vice-President of the Production Credit Corporation at Wichita, a branch of the Farm Credit Administration. Coming to Washington with the Farm Credit Administration in 1935 Green's ability as a crop insurance expert was recognized by Secretary Wallace, who drafted him for his present post. 9/21/37

U.S. expert on crop insurance. Washington, D.C., Sept. 21. Considered ...

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Reporters Question Japanese Ambassador. Washington, D.C., Dec. 13. Japanese Ambassador Hirosi Saito was questioned by reporters as he arrived at the State Department today to express the regrets of his government on the sinking of the U.S. Gunboat Patanay. Secretary of State hull received Ambassador Saito. 12/13/37

Reporters Question Japanese Ambassador. Washington, D.C., Dec. 13. Jap...

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Expresses regret of Chinese government for bombing of U.S. liner. Washington, D.C. Aug. 31. Chinese Ambassador C.T. Wang leaving the State Department today after expressing to Secretary Hull the "profound regret" of the Chinese government for the accidental bombing of the Dollar Liner President Hoover. 8/31/37

Expresses regret of Chinese government for bombing of U.S. liner. Wash...

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Inspection station on the California-Arizona state line maintained by the California Department of Agriculture to prevent the spread of plant pests. Yuma, Arizona

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