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Anticipation; or, the contrast to the royal hunt / Britons fact., British Cartoon Print

Anticipation; or, the contrast to the royal hunt / Britons fact., Brit...

Print shows the restoration of England under the new ministry; the pillars that supported the Temple of Fame are being righted and put back in place; a soldier with sword in hand protects a Native, representing... More

Ci-devant Occupations; or, Madame Talian and the Empress Josephine Dancing Naked before Barrass in the Winter of 1797. - A Fact!

Ci-devant Occupations; or, Madame Talian and the Empress Josephine Dan...

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Ci-devant occupations-or-Madame Taliah and the Empress Josephine dancing naked before Barrass in the winter of 1797.-A fact! / Js Gillray dest & fect., British Cartoon Print

Ci-devant occupations-or-Madame Taliah and the Empress Josephine danci...

Josephine and Madame Tallien dance naked behind transparent drapery while Napoleon and Barras watch. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).

Providence Daily Tribune Extra. From the Post. Railroad reform. The fact that one of our sister states has been completely subjugated by a Railroad corporation, is a serious warning that it would be the extreme of folly in us to disregard .... [

Providence Daily Tribune Extra. From the Post. Railroad reform. The fa...

Railroad reform. 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 171, Folder 10.

Dear Sir: You are doubtless aware of the fact, that the Mills Tariff Bill which has been passed by the Democratic majority of the House of representatives, places on the free list wool, woolen rags of every description and all grades of shoddy .

Dear Sir: You are doubtless aware of the fact, that the Mills Tariff B...

Free trade. 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 243, Folder 16.

A fact. About this time last year, whilst I was working in the employ of Mr. J. T. Towers, a conversation occurred between Mr. Lenox and myself to this effect ... I replied that my day's work was done, that we worked on the ten hour system ... R

A fact. About this time last year, whilst I was working in the employ ...

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 200, Folder 8.

Interesting facts for the consideration of the citizens of Washington ... It is a fact that Mr. Rufus Porter, of this City, has discovered an apparently feasible plan for aerial navigation, which has been satisfactorily tested, on a small scale

Interesting facts for the consideration of the citizens of Washington ...

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 201, Folder 12.

Railroad map, showing the fact that about 65 miles of railroad to be constructed would form one of the principal railroad connections on this continent.

Railroad map, showing the fact that about 65 miles of railroad to be c...

Outline map covering New England states and showing the major rail connections with Montreal and Quebec, Canada. [From published bibliography] Scale ca. 1:1,450,000. Relief shown by hachures. LC Railroad maps, ... More

Boston, Sept. 15, 1859. Dear Sir: Our attention has been called by the report of a Committee, appointed at a meeting recently held at the Old South Chapel, to the fact that the Indian tribes upon our western frontier, have just cause of complain

Boston, Sept. 15, 1859. Dear Sir: Our attention has been called by the...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. 2 duplicate copies Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 64, Folder 40. Copy scanned: 1

Pertinent questions'. Why does Jefferson Davis look so thin? Why is Stephens so singularly boney? .... The fact that neither of them have ever called at M. Samstag's Nos. 462 and 464, Seventh street and consequently neither have ever tasted his

Pertinent questions'. Why does Jefferson Davis look so thin? Why is St...

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 205, Folder 61.

The Marylander at Manassas. A fact. Baltimore, Dec. 16, 1861

The Marylander at Manassas. A fact. Baltimore, Dec. 16, 1861

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The Marylander at Manassas. A Fact. Baltimore, Dec. 16, 1861

The Marylander at Manassas. A Fact. Baltimore, Dec. 16, 1861

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The Marylander at Manassas. A fact. By N. G. Ridgley. Baltimore, Dec. 16, 1861

The Marylander at Manassas. A fact. By N. G. Ridgley. Baltimore, Dec. ...

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The Southern Confederacy a fact!!! Acknowledged by a might prince and faithful ally

The Southern Confederacy a fact!!! Acknowledged by a might prince and ...

A biting vilification of the Confederacy, representing it as a government in league with Satan. From left to right are: "Mr. Mob Law Chief Justice," a well-armed ruffian carrying a pot of tar; Secretary of Stat... More

The Sanitary commission takes this method, in addition to the means already used, to remind you of the fact there are various supplies in the hands of the Commission to be applied to the benefit of the sick or wounded soldiers of the several reg

The Sanitary commission takes this method, in addition to the means al...

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 204, Folder 24.

The voice of the clergy. Among the extraordinary incidents of the times is the fact that the Democratic State Central Committee has circulated through Pennsylvania, as a campaign document, the letter of Bishop Hopkins ... in which he maintained

The voice of the clergy. Among the extraordinary incidents of the time...

On verso, copy 1: $ 2.00 Broadside; on verso, copy 2: 787 158 Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. 2 duplicate copies Print... More

Raleigh, N. C., Sept. 30, 1871. Hon. H. L. Bond. Judge United States circuit court. Sir: We have the honor in the interest of the peace of the people to North Carolina to address you this note. The fact that a secret, unlawful organization, call

Raleigh, N. C., Sept. 30, 1871. Hon. H. L. Bond. Judge United States c...

Ku Klux Klan. 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 135, Folder 24.

Doctor:- Has your attention been called to the fact, that in a license law now before the House committee, it is proposed to impose a license tax of twenty-five dollars on each physician and dentist in the District and a further tax on each priv

Doctor:- Has your attention been called to the fact, that in a license...

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 206, Folder 50.

Washington, D.C. - the meteorological work of the United States Signal Service. Interior of the "Fact Room," where the weather probabilities are made up

Washington, D.C. - the meteorological work of the United States Signal...

Wood engraving from sketches by H.A. Ogden. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, Suppl., 1881 March 19, p. 56 bottom. Reference copies may be in SSF - Meteorology; LOT 4386-L. This record contains u... More

... To the public. We desire to call your attention to the fact that we have fitted up and opened a district office ... New York April 1, 1881.

... To the public. We desire to call your attention to the fact that w...

Gift A. P. Loper. Apr. 26 1938. 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 129, Folder 6.

Here was in fact our Ideal Inn - Public domain drawing

Here was in fact our Ideal Inn - Public domain drawing

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A self-evident fact / J.S. Pughe.

A self-evident fact / J.S. Pughe.

Print shows Uncle Sam sitting in a wooden tub labeled "Dingley Bill", rowing with oars labeled "Monopoly" in a small pool labeled "Home Market" near a sign that states "Republican Goose Pond". Beyond the pond a... More

The parliamentary drill class is an assured fact

The parliamentary drill class is an assured fact

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As special presidential committee began public hearings on possible civil service reforms. Washington, D.C., Nov. 1. Rep. Robert Ramspeck, chairman of the House Civil Service Committee, was the first witness today as open hearings began before the special presidential committee established to study possible reforms in recruiting governmental legal help. In differing with Justice Felix Frankfurter, a member of the committee, Ramspeck said 'that he did not think the fact that a man graduates from Harvard, Yale, or Columbia or some other school should control his appointment.' In the photograph, left to right: Associate Justice Felix Frankfurter, Rep. Ramspeck, Justice Stanley F. Reed, chairman of the committee, and Attorney General Frank Murphy, also a member of the committee

As special presidential committee began public hearings on possible ci...

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No rift here. Washington, D.C., July 6. It was Jack and Kim today as Vice President Garner and PMG James A. Farley, Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, got together at the Capitol. The pair were as chummy as turtle doves despite the fact that the V.P. is said to be on the outside as far as President Roosevelt's affections are concerned

No rift here. Washington, D.C., July 6. It was Jack and Kim today as V...

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Respiratory quotient and loss in volume of expired air.- Dr. Henry C. Chapman called attention to the fact that the so-called "respiratory quotient", and originally defined by Pflüger as the ratio of the weight of the oxygen absorbed during insp

Respiratory quotient and loss in volume of expired air.- Dr. Henry C. ...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 240, Folder 3.

In fact, the vizier had hinted that the young sultan thought himself a genius

In fact, the vizier had hinted that the young sultan thought himself a...

Title on verso. (DLC/PP-1933:0131). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Sultan's Verses" by Tudor Jenks, St. Nicholas, 27:906 (Aug. 1900).

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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New 'Mosquito Boat' ready for action. Washington, D.C., June 19. The PT-9, first of the American Motor Torpedo Boats to be delivered to the U.S. Navy under the President's $15,000,000 experimental small craft program had a preview showing for the press today. The 'Mosquito Boat' and eight other ones will be based at the naval operating base, Norfolk, Virginia, where they will undergo service tests under various sea conditions to determine their capabilities and limitations. This is the same type of boat that the government is in the process of releasing to the British Navy. Chairman David L. Walsh of the Senate Naval Affairs Committee expressed indignation over the Navy's action in this respect in view of the fact that this government is trying to build up its own sea power

New 'Mosquito Boat' ready for action. Washington, D.C., June 19. The P...

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Nebraska Congressman reports to Indians of progress on compensation bill. Washington, D.C., July 5. Rep. Karl Stefans, of Nebraska today conferred with tribesmen of the Winnebago Reservation over his Indian bill to provide compensation for members of the Winnebago Tribe for lands which the Indians[?] were forced to leave in Wisconsin in 1863, despite the fact that the tribe had never fought against the U.S. Rep. Stefans points out that the Sioux Nation is now receiving compensation for its lands, and feels that Winnebagos should be compensated for their lands. Left to right: Frank Beaver, Chief of the Winnebago Tribal Council, Rep. Stefan, and William Davis, tribesman

Nebraska Congressman reports to Indians of progress on compensation bi...

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Peryle Woodson Letter-additional evidence required

Peryle Woodson Letter-additional evidence required

Peryle Woodson Letter-additional evidence required Text transcription: IN REPLY PLEASE REFER TO Valentine 08975 “C” HH 1 x 703434 4-114 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GENERAL LAND OFFICE WASHINGTON November 12, 19... More

Washington, D. C. April 1906. Mr. [blank]. Dear Sir: In view of the fact that Caleb Powers, the noted Kentucky political prisoner, is to be again tried in the State courts for the fourth time, charged with complicity in the killing of William Go

Washington, D. C. April 1906. Mr. [blank]. Dear Sir: In view of the fa...

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 23, Folder 12.

Children of night superintendent, in Dickson Mill, Laurinburg, N.C. (1) Bessie Moore - runs 4 sides. Has worked two years nights. (2) Frank (smallest). Doffs. Has worked 2 yrs. nights. (3) George (largest). Looked 12 years old. Doffs--3 years of night work, was proud of the fact that he could write his name. Mother said they rather work nights because they had to put in fewer hours then. Sunday, Dec. 6, 1908. Witness, Sara R. Hine. Location: Laurinburg, North Carolina / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Children of night superintendent, in Dickson Mill, Laurinburg, N.C. (1...

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Merely recognizing a fact / Ehrhart., Political Cartoon

Merely recognizing a fact / Ehrhart., Political Cartoon

Illustration shows a large businessman labeled "Centralized Wealth" using candle snuffs labeled "Control of Credit, Control of Bank Deposits, Control of Transportation, Control of Public Utilities, Control of F... More

Shrimp-pickers in Peerless Oyster Co. Photo taken just as they stood. On other side of the shed, still younger children were working. Out of sixty working (only half were there) I counted fifteen apparently under twelve years old. Some three, four, and five years old were picking too. Parents acknowledged ages and fact that they worked some. Boss said they went to work at 3:00 A.M., and would quit about 3 or 4 P.M. Location: Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.

Shrimp-pickers in Peerless Oyster Co. Photo taken just as they stood. ...

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Simultaneous-like he became conscious of the fact that the footlight favorites were no longer worthy of him

Simultaneous-like he became conscious of the fact that the footlight f...

(DLC/PP-1933:0112). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "New Fables in Slang" by George Ade, Cosmopolitan, 53:701 (Oct. 1912).

Family of J. W. Lott at West. The father and three oldest children (two of them under legal age) work regularly in the Brazos Valley Cotton Mill. Charlie is thirteen years old. Family Record said he was born March 12, 1900. Mattie is fourteen years old. Family Record says born November 14, 1898. Both of them have been working in a cotton mill at Laurel, Miss., for one year. Been working here for two weeks. Have steady jobs. Get about $1.25 a day. Charlie was put right to work in spite of the fact that he is in very bad shape physically. Probably malaria. The other worker is sixteen. Location: West, Texas.

Family of J. W. Lott at West. The father and three oldest children (tw...

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Be sure to read this notice. Special attention is called to the fact that the doors of Convention Hall ... will be opened at 7 o'clock on the evening of the address, and will be closed at 8:15. The closing of the doors at 8:15 is necessary in or

Be sure to read this notice. Special attention is called to the fact t...

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 208, Folder 16a.

11 year old daughter of Mr. Schneider. She and her 7 year old sister are kept out of school to work in the beets in spite of the fact that the father owns a farm of 250 acres, and he boasted last year that he had made $10,000 from the proceeds of this farm. Location: Fort Morgan [vicinity], Colorado / L.W. Hine.

11 year old daughter of Mr. Schneider. She and her 7 year old sister a...

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Sailors' & Soldiers' Tobacco Fund. It is a significant fact that almost every letter from the front contains a request for "something to smoke" / designed by Frank Brangwyn, A.R.A.

Sailors' & Soldiers' Tobacco Fund. It is a significant fact that almos...

Poster showing soldiers smoking outside a damaged church, as other soldiers march by. Contributions gratefully received by Hon. Sec., Central House, Kingsway, London, W.C.

The fact that he had a solid gold front tooth made him peculiarly attractive

The fact that he had a solid gold front tooth made him peculiarly attr...

(DLC/PP-1934:0009). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Her First Marrying" by Una Hunt, Scribner's magazine, 58:247 (Aug. 1915).

Pulling and Topping Beets. A sample of "Economic Need". Part of the family of Jacob Walker, a prosperous beet raiser near Sterling. His 6, 8 & 10 yr. old children are kept out of school and worked, in spite of the fact that he owns 225 acres of land here worth several hundred dollars an acre. Father, mother and seven children work. Walker moved here from Neb[raska] 8 yrs. ago. They work hard and continuously. See also photos 4033-4 and 5. Location: Sterling [vicinity], Colorado / Photo by Hine Oct. 22/15.

Pulling and Topping Beets. A sample of "Economic Need". Part of the fa...

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American Library Association - O through R - Interior of Library Room of "Y" hut. The secretary has just awakened to the fact that something was happening when the camera snapped. Camp Doniphan, Okla

American Library Association - O through R - Interior of Library Room ...

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Ceremonies - New York City - Demonstrations over premature peace rumors, New York, N.Y. Crowd of ship builders who paraded through the streets, celebrating, in spite of the fact that the Government had denied that Germany has signed the Armistice

Ceremonies - New York City - Demonstrations over premature peace rumor...

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"Fact and Fiction" [old man reading newspaper beside young woman reading book]

"Fact and Fiction" [old man reading newspaper beside young woman readi...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Color halftone reproduction of painting by Norman Rockwell. Illus. in: Leslie's illustrated weekly newspaper, vol. 124, no. 3201 (1917 Jan. 11), p. 33 ... More

Ceremonies - Liberations - Lorrain-Metz - Frederick III "down and out" in Metz. The former German emperor never was very popular in Metz and the fact that Germany had consented to the allies terms gave the loyal French inhabitants an opportunity to show just what they thought of him. The picture shows what the citizens of Metz did to the statue of Frederick III

Ceremonies - Liberations - Lorrain-Metz - Frederick III "down and out"...

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Airplanes - Accidents - On October 6, 1919, Lieutenant Chanles B. Austin, A. S., left France Field, canal zone, for Washington, D.C., a flight of 2439 miles, 1350 of which would be over-sea flying. After ten hours battling wind and storm Lieutenant Austin was forced to return to France Field. In spit of the fact that the propeller of Lieut. Austin's machine was made of laminated walnut, the hardest wood known, and further strengthened by being covered with doped fabric, such as used on the wings of airplanes, the propeller did not stand up under the battle with wind and storm

Airplanes - Accidents - On October 6, 1919, Lieutenant Chanles B. Aust...

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Ceremonies - New York City - Demonstrations over premature peace rumor, New York, N.Y. Shipworkers paraded through the streets carrying the Kaiser's "coffin", in spite of the fact that the Government had denied that Germany had signed the Armistice

Ceremonies - New York City - Demonstrations over premature peace rumor...

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Camouflage - Miscellaneous - Shows one of the gun emplacements and the system of casemating. The floor of the casemate is below normal water level, and is concreted. Note the strength of the vertical supports, and also the fact that the wheels of the gun rest on wood. Experience has proved that continual firing of material resting on concrete deteriorates material with great rapidity

Camouflage - Miscellaneous - Shows one of the gun emplacements and the...

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American Library Association - ALA - European - French - Scene at A.T.S. Salvage Office. Drive reading a book found by him. This is not a pose, the man being unconscious of the fact his picture was being taken. St. Nazaire, France

American Library Association - ALA - European - French - Scene at A.T....

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Present rail wage same as in 1920 when under government control, fact finding committee told. Washington, D.C., Oct. 8. Present railroad wages are on approximately the same level as in 1920 when the roads were controlled by the government, Bert M. Jewell, President of the A.F. of L.'s railway employees, told President Roosevelt's fact finding board today. He contended that because railroad workers have made "little or no progress" in improving their wages rates since then, they should now be called upon to accept the 15 percent reduction demanded by the carriers, 10/8/38

Present rail wage same as in 1920 when under government control, fact ...

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The fact is, Mr. Breith, Ellen has eloped

The fact is, Mr. Breith, Ellen has eloped

No accession number. Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Blindness" by Dana Burnet, Ladies home journal, 37:16 (March 1920).

Federal fact finding coal commission authorized by Congress held first organization mtg. Oct. 18. The commission composed of 7 members incl. former vice-pres. Marshall will make sweeping investigation of bituminous and authracite industries with view to prevention of strikes. Left to right: Judge Samuel Auschules of Aurora, Ill., George Otis, [...]h, Thomas R. Marshall, John Hays Hammond, Chas. P. [...] and Clark Howell

Federal fact finding coal commission authorized by Congress held first...

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Fact Finding, Committee Interior Dept., 10/15/23

Fact Finding, Committee Interior Dept., 10/15/23

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Fact Finding, Committee Interior Dept., [10/15/23]

Fact Finding, Committee Interior Dept., [10/15/23]

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Radio inspectors now on the job. Watch out for the ------ Radio inspectors will get you! Broadcasting stations that do not keep on their own wave LE may expect to receive a hurry call from a person resembling a physician with a medical case---In fact, however, he is RA Inspector with a portable frequency indicator. This device designed by the Radio Laboratory of the Bureau of Standards

Radio inspectors now on the job. Watch out for the ------ Radio inspec...

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Tells Dies group youth congress is communist front organization. Washington, D.C., Nov. 29. William G. Ryan, of Milwaukee today told the Dies Committee that Communist Party members regard it as a generally accepted fact that the American Youth Congress is controlled by the Communist Party. Ryan, a former member of the Communist Party, said that he served 17 months with the Abraham Lincoln Brigade in Spain and then 'escaped'

Tells Dies group youth congress is communist front organization. Washi...

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Representatives of American Youth Congress testify at Dies hearing. Washington, D.C., Nov. 30. Three members of the American Youth Congress, left to right: Jack R. McMichael, Chairman of the Congress; William W. Hinckley, former Chairman; and Joseph Cadden, Executive Secretary, testified before the Dies Committee that their organization had not been 'penetrated by communists.' Hinckley revealed that his organization was conducting a nationwide campaign to petition Speaker Bankhead to discontinue the Dies Committee. Rep. Joe Starnes, acting Chairman of the Dies Subcommittee, told the witnesses that neither he nor his committee cared what the witnesses thought of the committee--that he only wanted to hear statements founded on fact

Representatives of American Youth Congress testify at Dies hearing. Wa...

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Chickamauga Dam and powerhouse. One of the headquarters buildings of farmers' cooperatives which distribute TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) power. With comfortable lounges, meeting rooms, and up-to-snuff shops, garages and offices, such buildings become centers of interest in the small towns in which they are located (quoted from previously written caption). Headquarters building of the rural power distribution cooperative at Shelbyville, Tennessee (see general comments under K 2382). In the design of these structures a certain degree of uniformity is observed to express the fact that they are parts of a nationwide system. The symbol REA stands for Rural Electrification Administration which by engineering, financing, and general guidance promotes rural electrical cooperatives throughout the United States and its territories. Each design is individually developed, however, from the special requirements of the organization and with attention to location and site characteristics

Chickamauga Dam and powerhouse. One of the headquarters buildings of f...

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Trade pacters. Wash. D.C. Prime Minister William MacKenzie King, of Canada, left, and U.S. Minister Norman Armous, arrive in Washington to take part in the signing of the Canadian-U.S. trade pact. Armour and MacKenzie King have been working on this pact since the Canadian elections. Details were concluded when the Prime Minister recently visited Washington. The importance of the treaty may be judged by the fact that Canada is the second largest foreign customer for U.S. goods, 11/15/35

Trade pacters. Wash. D.C. Prime Minister William MacKenzie King, of Ca...

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Tax cut is seen after White House parley. Washington, D.C., Aug.13. A prediction that taxes will not be increased within the next year and may in fact, be "slightly reduced," was made today by congressional tax leaders following a last-minute conference with President Roosevelt at the White House just before the Chief Executive left on his flood control inspection tour. Rep. Robert L. Doughton, North Carolina, chairman of the House Means Commitee, and Senator Pat Harrison, Miss., chairman of the Senate Finance Commitee, are shown leaving the White House after the conference

Tax cut is seen after White House parley. Washington, D.C., Aug.13. A ...

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Agriculture Secretary prepares speeches with use of dictaphone. Washington, D.C., Sept. 20. Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace dispenses with the services of a stenographer and instead uses a dictaphone when preparing his speeches. In fact, he seldom uses a stenographer even when dictating [...] picture was made today, 9/20/37

Agriculture Secretary prepares speeches with use of dictaphone. Washin...

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Herbert Enoch's before R.R. fact finding commission

Herbert Enoch's before R.R. fact finding commission

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C.I.O. Chief luncheon guest of president Washington, D.C., May 20. John L. Lewis, C.I.O. Head, arriving at the White House today where he was a luncheon guest of President Roosevelt. While the chief executive said Lewis did not come to the White House to confer on political matters, significance, however, was attached to the fact that the meeting follows by three days the defeat of Lewis backed candidates in Pennsylvania's primaries last Tuesday, 5/20/38

C.I.O. Chief luncheon guest of president Washington, D.C., May 20. Joh...

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Sage advice. Washington, D.C., Feb. 2. Senator Key Pittman, Veteran from Nevada and Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, discusses with the youthful Republican Senator Henry Cabor Lodge, of Massachusetts, the amendment he (lodge) has proposed to the Neutrality Act which would make the U.S. Neutral in fact as well in theory. Senator Lodge is also a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, 2/2/38

Sage advice. Washington, D.C., Feb. 2. Senator Key Pittman, Veteran fr...

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Missouri Senator opposes rail wage cut. Washington, D.C., Oct. 14. Senator Harry Truman, of Missouri, today joined Senator Burton K. Wheeler in opposing the proposed rail wage cut as both appeared before the President's fact finding board at the Capitol. He contended the cut will not save the present financial situation of the railroads, 10/14/38

Missouri Senator opposes rail wage cut. Washington, D.C., Oct. 14. Sen...

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Improvements impossible unless rail wage cut - fact finding committee told. Washington, D.C., Oct. 7. Charles Donnelly, President of the Northern Pacific Railroad, today told the fact finding committee that it would be impossible for any railroad to spend money for improvements under present conditions. He urged approval of the wage cut, 10738

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Missouri Senator opposes rail wage cut. Washington, D.C., Oct. 14. Senator Harry Truman, of Missouri, today joined Senator Burton K. Wheeler in opposing the proposed rail wage cut as both appeared before the President's fact finding board at the Capitol. He contended the cut will not save the present financial situation of the railroads, 10/14/38

Missouri Senator opposes rail wage cut. Washington, D.C., Oct. 14. Sen...

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President's fact finding committee on threatened rail strike begin hearings. Washington, D.C., Sept. 30. President Roosevelt's fact finding committee, recently names to investigate the threatened railroad strike, began open hearings at the Capitol today. Pictured, left to right: Harry A. Millis, Walter P. Stacy, Chairman, and James M. Landis, 9/30/38

President's fact finding committee on threatened rail strike begin hea...

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Improvements impossible unless rail wage cut - fact finding committee told. Washington, D.C., Oct. 7. Charles Donnelly, President of the Northern Pacific Railroad, today told the fact finding committee that it would be impossible for any railroad to spend money for improvements under present conditions. He urged approval of the wage cut, 10/7/38

Improvements impossible unless rail wage cut - fact finding committee ...

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Wage reductions are necessary, N.Y. Central Prexy tells fact finding board. Washington, D.C., Oct. 6. Wage reductions are necessary to enable railroads to balance their budgets and meet competition, F.E. Williamson, President of the N.Y. Central Railroad, told President's fact finding board today. He added that unbalanced budgets tend to divert business to competing industries and increase railroad unemployment. Williamson declared that the New York Central's deficit for the first eight months of this year was $20,500,000. The largest ever incurred for a similar period, 10/6/38

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15 percent wage cut for rail employees necessary, Counsel tells fact finding board. Washington, D.C., Sept. 30. Testifying at the initial hearing of President Roosevelt's fact finding committee today J. Carter Fort, Chief Counsel for the Carriers Joint Conference Committee declared that a 15 percent wage cut for 900,000 railroad employees is necessary to save railroads from disaster. Rail employees have threatened a general walkout if the cut if put into effect. Seated are members of the fact-finding committee pictured left to right: Harry A. Millis, Walter P. Stacy, Chairman and James M. Landis, 9/30/38

15 percent wage cut for rail employees necessary, Counsel tells fact f...

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Fewer jobs unless railroads get proper share of traffic, fact finding commission told. Washington, D.C., Oct. 3. A.F. Cleveland, Traffic Vice President of the Association of American Railroads, today told President Roosevelt's fact finding commission that unless railroads obtain their proper share of traffic, there will be fewer jobs. Cleveland, supporting the rail carriers' proposal for a 15 percent wage cut; said that the Railroad Industry "is no longer even a semi-monopoly," 10/3/38

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Former Cleveland Mayor argues against proposed rail wage cut. Washington, D.C., Oct. 17. Roy T. Miller, former Mayor of Cleveland, today argues against the proposed rail wage cut for the brotherhood of locomotive engineers before the President's fact finding board. He declared that the only argument offered by the railroad Presidents in support of their demand for the cut was "it's the wise thing to do" and "at no time did any of them say it was the just thing to do". He criticized sharply the dividends the Railroads declared in 1931, 1932, and 1933, 10/17/38

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Disputes rail labor figures on employees' incomes. Washington, D.C., Oct. 4. Railroad management representatives today disputed before President Roosevelt's fact finding board figures presented by Labor as to the annual income of rail employees. J. Elmer Monroe, Statistician of the Bureau of Railway Economics, Association of American Railroads, asserted that the average earnings of railroad employees who worked at some time during each of the 12 months in 1937 was $1785. He challenged the claim advanced by the employees that the average was only $1,115, 10/4/38

Disputes rail labor figures on employees' incomes. Washington, D.C., O...

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TVA foes join in attempt to force inquiry. Washington, D.C., Mar. 14. Foes of the Tennessee Valley Authority pooled forces today in an attempt to override administration opposition and obtain a Congressional investigation of the power agency. Senators William H. King (D.) of Utah, right, and H. Style Bridges, (R) of New Hampshire, said that President's Roosevelt's intervention Friday in the feud between TVA Chairman Morgan and his codiretors, Lilienthal and Harcourt Morgan had settled nothing, despite the fact that the President told the Directors to settle their dispute or resign, 3/14/38

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John Hay of fact finding committee

John Hay of fact finding committee

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Fact finding board vetoes 15 percent rail wage cut. Washington, D.C., Oct. 29. Reporting to President Roosevelt today, the emergency fact-finding board announced they had rejected the demand of Railway Management for a 15 percent wage cut affecting 960,000 workers. Left to right - Dean James M. Landis, of the Harvard Law School; Chief Justice Walter Stacy, of North Carolina; and Dr. Harry A. Millis of the University of Chicago, 10-29-38

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Whispered advice. Washington, D.C., Oct. 14. Senator Harry Truman (right) of Missouri, who today opposed the proposed rail wage cut before the President's fact finding board, gets a bit of last minute information from Max Lowenthal, counsel for the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee. In contending the cut will not save the situation, Truman told the board that railroad labor is the most efficient in the country and expressed the belief that the men are not overpaid, 10/14/38

Whispered advice. Washington, D.C., Oct. 14. Senator Harry Truman (rig...

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Fact finding board Chairman intent as he hears final argument on wage cut. Washington, D.C., Oct. 17. Chief Justice Walter P. Stacy; chairman of the president's fact finding board, ponders as he listens to final argument by Charles MacKay, counsel for 18 railroad labor organizations, non labor's opposition to the railroads demand for a 15 percent cut in wages. The boards findings will go to President Roosevelt with recommendations by Oct. 27, 10/17/38

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President's Emergency Board at R.R. hearing, Fact Finding Board

President's Emergency Board at R.R. hearing, Fact Finding Board

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Rail wage cut would be blow to our present recovery. Washington, D.C., Oct. 14. Senator Burton K. Wheeler, Democrat of Montana and Chairman of the Senate Interstate Committee, today told the President's fact finding board that a wage reduction in the railroad industry "would be a blow to our present recovery." He expressed the opinion that the country as a whole would benefit if there were no cut, 10/14/38

Rail wage cut would be blow to our present recovery. Washington, D.C.,...

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A girl of six who has full charge of her boy brother. Great Western Sugar Company's beet sugar workers' colony at Hudson, Colorado. It is due to the fact that her mother "works outside somewhere"

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Appears before Roosevelt fact finding committee. Washington, D.C., Oct. 7. H.A. Enoch's, Chairman of the Carrier's Joint Conference Committee, today traced the history of collective bargaining of rail unions with the carriers. He asserted that since the 15 percent wage reduction notice was served on the unions, "our employees have refused to face the facts". "We have offered to submit the dispute to an arbitration board, whose decision, by law, is binding," Enoch's said. "The employees refused arbitration. Instead, they took a strike vote." that is why we are here today, 10/7/38

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Rail wage cut would be blow to our present recovery. Washington, D.C., Oct. 14. Senator Burton K. Wheeler, Democrat of Montana and Chairman of the Senate Interstate Committee, today told the President's fact finding board that a wage reduction in the railroad industry "would be a blow to our present recovery". He expressed the opinion that the country as a whole would benefit if there were no cut, 10/14/38

Rail wage cut would be blow to our present recovery. Washington, D.C.,...

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Reports to Senate Finance Committee on taxation of salaries. Washington, D.C., Feb. 21. Chairman Prentiss M. Brown of Special Senate Committee asserted today that justification of reciprocal state and federal taxation of salaries lies in a just distribution of the tax load. In reporting to Senate Finance Committee Senator Brown said "the main justification for this tax lies in the fact that it is unjust to lay a burden on one class and not lay a tax on another," 2-21-39

Reports to Senate Finance Committee on taxation of salaries. Washingto...

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Life begins at 70. Washington, D.C., Feb. 3. Retired from the Bureau of Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of Interior, after 33 years of service, Mrs. Isabelle Haggett at 75 is now a co-ed at George Washington University, proving the old adage 'one is never to old to learn' still holds good. She retired from the government service in 1933 at the age of 70. Her worried expression in this photograph can be attributed to the fact she is now boning for the mid-year exams in English Romantic Poetry, 2-3-39

Life begins at 70. Washington, D.C., Feb. 3. Retired from the Bureau o...

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'I AM A RETAILER...IN FACT EVERYONE HERE BUT HENRY MORGANTHAU, JR., IS A RETAILER. HE'S A WHOLESALER!' WASHINGTON, D.C. MAY 22 PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT MOTORED OVER TO THE MAYFLOWER HOTEL HERE TONIGHT TO DINE WITH [...] THE AMERICAN RETAIL FEDERATION AND TO MAKE A SPEECH. [...] OPENED HIS SPEECH WITH THE ABOVE STATEMENT AND THEN [...]CHED IN ON A TALK UPON HIS VIEWS OF BUSINESS

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"Office politics" suggested as official is unable to account for presence of employee. Washington, D.C., March 30. The old cry of 'Office politics' was raised today as the subject of a Senatorial Investigation. Miss Bertha Longergan, Miss Margaret Stanley and Howard P. Locke are pictured at the hearing as pricipal witnesses. Miss Longergan, who described herslf as 'one of the older war horses' in her section, having served there for 18 years, and had worried herself into an appendictomy due to what she charged 'juggling' of her efficiency rating which was given as fair, while Miss Stanley's had been 'good' and 'excellent'. Miss Stanley does not have a civil service Rating, and it was brought out that she is doing work which is suposed to be done by stenographers with civil service ratings. Mr. Locke was unable to account for this fact, and denied that he had told Miss Lonergan that something might be done about her rating if she would not testify at the hearings. Mr. Locke is a Justice Department Attorney and says he also attends to 'certain personnel matters'. 3-30-39

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Bill to ban beer advertising on radio not necessary of desirable. Sturgis. Washington, D.C., March 31. Testifying on a proposed bill to ban beer advertising on the radio, Wesley Strugis, Director of the Distilled Spirits Institute, today told the Senate Interstate Commerce Subcommittee that the bill is "Neither necessary nor desirable" he urged the bill not be reported despite the fact that members of the Hard Liquor Industry voluntarily abandoned radio advertising two years ago. 3-31-39

Bill to ban beer advertising on radio not necessary of desirable. Stur...

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An American town and its way of life, Southington, Conn. The Memorial Day parade moving down the main street. The small number of spectators is accounted for by the fact that the town's war factories did not close. The town hall is in the left foreground. May 23 to May 30

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An American town and its way of life, Southington, Conn. The Memorial Day parade moving down the main street. The small number of spectators is accounted for by the fact that the town's war factories did not close. The town hall is in the left foreground. May 23 to May 30

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Charlotte Greenwood proves her agility despite the fact that she's near the half-century mark / World Telegram photo by Al Ravenna.

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School teachers and pupils in Negro rural school. This year, despite the fact the white school received free books, none arrived for the Negros. The teacher was so afraid of losing her job that she would not make any inquiries about the books and the children were sharing the few books some could buy. Creek County, Oklahoma

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

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

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Farm workers unloading their car and moving into tent in which they will live at the FSA (Farm Security Administration) migratory labor camp mobile unit. Wilder, Idaho. Tents are floored. The fact that sanitary facilities are available, hot and cold running water for bathing and laundry work, showers and laundry tubs, community building for entertainment and a trailer clinic are a part of the camp make it a better place to live than perhaps the tents would indicate

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Farm workers unloading their car and moving into tent in which they will live at the FSA (Farm Security Administration) migratory labor camp mobile unit. Wilder, Idaho. Tents are floored. The fact that sanitary facilities are available, hot and cold running water for bathing and laundry work, showers and laundry tubs, community building for entertainment and a trailer clinic are a part of the camp make it a better place to live than perhaps the tents would indicate

Farm workers unloading their car and moving into tent in which they wi...

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Poster, 'The Air Force Needs Men!'

Poster, 'The Air Force Needs Men!'

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Southington, Connecticut. An American town and its way of life. The Memorial Day parade moving down the main street. The small number of spectators is accounted for by the fact that the town's factories did not close

Southington, Connecticut. An American town and its way of life. The Me...

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