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Florence duomo city building. A view of a city from the top of a building

Florence duomo city building. A view of a city from the top of a build...

Architecture stock photograph: The view from the top of the tower / A view of a city from the top of a building.

Area city centre architecture building. A view of a city at night from the top of a hill

Area city centre architecture building. A view of a city at night from...

Architecture stock photograph: A view of the city at night / A view of a city at night from the top of a hill.

Three Gods of Good Fortune Visit the Yoshiwara; or “Scenes of Pleasure at the Height of Spring”

Three Gods of Good Fortune Visit the Yoshiwara; or “Scenes of Pleasure...

Public domain reproduction of artwork, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

View of the Bosporus, taken from the Height of Beykoz to the northwest, with the Aqueduct of Justinian in the background

View of the Bosporus, taken from the Height of Beykoz to the northwest...

Public domain image of 17th-18th century art, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Eight-foot mercury barometer and water pumping demonstration from four-story house proving law that height of fluids raised by suction or pressure varies inversely to its specific gravity]

[Eight-foot mercury barometer and water pumping demonstration from fou...

Public domain image of a historic building, 16th-17th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Gabion, a cylinder basket, open at both ends, about three feet wide, and as much in height

Gabion, a cylinder basket, open at both ends, about three feet wide, a...

Print shows a gabion. Caption continues: They serve in sieges to carry on the approaches under cover, when they come pretty near the fortification. Illus. in: A new military, historical, and explanatory dictio... More

鳥文斎栄之筆　 三幅神吉原通い図巻 「全盛季春遊戯」|Three Gods of Good Fortune Visit the Yoshiwara; or “Scenes of Pleasure at the Height of Spring”

鳥文斎栄之筆　 三幅神吉原通い図巻 「全盛季春遊戯」|Three Gods of Good Fortune Visit the Yoshiw...

Public domain photo of Asian art painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Gigantic Whale: The Greenland Whale (or Baloena Musculus)

Gigantic Whale: The Greenland Whale (or Baloena Musculus)

Public domain scan of a whale, sea animal, marine life, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Washington, April 16, 1833 Sir: You are hereby notified to attend the musters of Captain Francis A. Dickins Company M.D. C. for the current year, on the 3rd Mondays in May and October, at ten o'clock, on the first height south of the Tiber on 12

Washington, April 16, 1833 Sir: You are hereby notified to attend the ...

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 195, Folder 5.

The Washington National Monument, in the city of Washington base of the Pantheon, 250 feet diameter. Height, 100 feet. Height of obelisk, 500 feet. The loftiest monument on earth to a nation's greatest benefactor. The tribute of a grateful people to "The Father of his Country" Gihon, SC. ; C. Sherman, printer, Philadelphia ; Rob. Mills, arch't. ; J. Sartain, delt

The Washington National Monument, in the city of Washington base of th...

Engraving showing the Washington Monument as designed by Robert Mills. Includes printed inscription: "Earnestly recommended to the favor of our countrymen" with signatures of Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore, J... More

Appeal in behalf of the Washington national monument. The voters of Washington are informed that the monument now being erected in this City, to the memory of the "Father of his Country", has reached the height of 154 feet, and has cost about {d

Appeal in behalf of the Washington national monument. The voters of Wa...

Washington national monument. 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 34.

View from the "Dead Rabbit" barricade in Bayard Street, taken at the height of the battle by our own artist, who, as spectator, was present at the fight

View from the "Dead Rabbit" barricade in Bayard Street, taken at the h...

View of fight between two gangs, the "Dead Rabbits" and the "Bowery Boys" in the Sixth Ward, New York City. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 4, (1857 July 18), p. 108.

Washington National Monument proposed height in dotted lines, 485 ft. Completed, shown by dark lines, 174 ft. Stone terrace, 25 ft. high, diameter 200 ft.

Washington National Monument proposed height in dotted lines, 485 ft. ...

Print showing a drawing of Washington Monument half completed with dotted lines representing the proposed height. Drawing possibly drawn by Fred D. Stuart.

Tom Sayers, champion of England born at Pimlico near Brighton, Sussex 1826, height 5 ft. 8 inches, lowest feichting weight 10 st. 10 lbs / / lith. by Cameron & Walsh, 32 & 34 John St., N.Y.

Tom Sayers, champion of England born at Pimlico near Brighton, Sussex ...

Print shows Tom Sayers, full-length portrait, facing right, in boxing stance. Includes list of fights with opponent's name and date of bout. 680 U.S. Copyright Office. Entered according to Act of Congress in t... More

John C. Heenan, champion of America born in West Troy, New York, May 2, 1835, height 6 ft. 1 1/2 inch, fighting weight from 180 to 185 lbs / / from photograph in attitude taken by Gillis & Johnson, 156 Broadway, New York ; lith. by Cameron & Walsh, 32 & 34 John St., N.Y.

John C. Heenan, champion of America born in West Troy, New York, May 2...

Print shows a full-length portrait of John Carmel Heenan, in boxing stance. 774 U.S. Copyright Office. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1860 by Wm. Carland, in the Clerk's Office of the Distri... More

Battery commanding the approach to Washington on the height of ------- Ridge near the relay house

Battery commanding the approach to Washington on the height of -------...

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Height, B - State: District of Columbia - Year: 1865

Height, B - State: District of Columbia - Year: 1865

Papers Relating to Citizens

The Sentinels; height 315 ft; Mammoth Grove, Calaveras County

The Sentinels; height 315 ft; Mammoth Grove, Calaveras County

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 875. LOT subdivision subject: Calaveras Big Trees. This record contains unverified old data from c... More

No. 15. Cañon de Chelle [Chelly]. Walls of the Grand Cañon about 1200 feet in height.

No. 15. Cañon de Chelle [Chelly]. Walls of the Grand Cañon about 1200...

Public domain photograph of Grand Canyon National Park, mountains, nature, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Grand Canyon of the Arkansas. Royal Gorge, walls 1500 feet in height

Grand Canyon of the Arkansas. Royal Gorge, walls 1500 feet in height

No. 138. Part of series: Colorado Views. 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 an... More

Roman Catholic Church, Plaza of Guadaloupe, Guadaloupe Co., Colorado. Built not many years since of adobes. Dimensions, length 120 feet; width 60 feet; height 25 feet. Grave yard in the foreground surrounded by an abode wall about 6 feet in height

Roman Catholic Church, Plaza of Guadaloupe, Guadaloupe Co., Colorado. ...

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Paris france places of interest. The eiffel tower is tall and has a clock on it

Paris france places of interest. The eiffel tower is tall and has a cl...

Architecture stock photograph: The eiffel tower in paris, france / The eiffel tower is tall and has a clock on it.

Paris france landmark. The eiffel tower is lit up at night

Paris france landmark. The eiffel tower is lit up at night

Architecture stock photograph: The eiffel tower at night / The eiffel tower is lit up at night.

Upper section of El-Khazne. Close side view, taken from precarious hazardous height

Upper section of El-Khazne. Close side view, taken from precarious haz...

Public domain photograph of a landmark building, world heritage site, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bird's eye view of Los Angeles taken from balloon, height 1500 ft.

Bird's eye view of Los Angeles taken from balloon, height 1500 ft.

Copyright deposit; J. W. Austin; April 15, 1902. Public domain image of Los Angeles buildings, city, cityscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Height and Light in Bourges Cathedral

Height and Light in Bourges Cathedral

Public domain photograph of 3d object, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

[Flight 82: Wilbur piloting at a considerable height, flying a distance of 2 3/4 miles in 5 minutes and 4 seconds, almost four circles of the field at Huffman Prairie, the best and longest flight of the year; Dayton, Ohio]

[Flight 82: Wilbur piloting at a considerable height, flying a distanc...

Title based on: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 58. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy i... More

Festival Hall (height 200 ft.) and Central Cascade (Fall 90 ft.) from base of Western Casade, World's Fair, St. Louis, 1904

Festival Hall (height 200 ft.) and Central Cascade (Fall 90 ft.) from ...

H50969 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 5807. Public domain photograph of monument, historic place, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Side view of flight 45, Orville flying to the left at a considerable height; Huffman Prairie, Dayton, Ohio]

[Side view of flight 45, Orville flying to the left at a considerable ...

Title from: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 59. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy in LO... More

[Flight 41: Orville flying to the left at a height of about 60 feet; Huffman Prairie, Dayton, Ohio]

[Flight 41: Orville flying to the left at a height of about 60 feet; H...

Title based on: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 59. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy i... More

[Flight 41: Orville flying to the left at a height of about 60 feet; Huffman Prairie, Dayton, Ohio]

[Flight 41: Orville flying to the left at a height of about 60 feet; H...

Title based on: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 59. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy i... More

[Flight 41: Orville flying to the left at a height of about 60 feet; Huffman Prairie, Dayton, Ohio]

[Flight 41: Orville flying to the left at a height of about 60 feet; H...

Title based on: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 59. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy i... More

[Flight 41: Orville flying to the left at a height of about 60 feet; Huffman Prairie, Dayton, Ohio]

[Flight 41: Orville flying to the left at a height of about 60 feet; H...

Title based on: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 59. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy i... More

The Great Tree Wawona, Height 260 Ft., Diameter 28 Ft., Mariposa Grove, Calif.

The Great Tree Wawona, Height 260 Ft., Diameter 28 Ft., Mariposa Grove...

3 people in horse-drawn wagon coming through cut in tree; 5 women standing alongside the tree; man with camera on tripod in foreground. Stereo by William Rau, copyrighted by E.W. Kelley. Sold only by Universal ... More

[Front view of flight 41, Orville flying to the left at a height of about 60 feet; Huffman Prairie, Dayton, Ohio]

[Front view of flight 41, Orville flying to the left at a height of ab...

Title from: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 59. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy in LO... More

Frederick H. Evans - Height and light in Bourges Cathedral, France

Frederick H. Evans - Height and light in Bourges Cathedral, France

This record contains unverified data from shelflist card. Layered mount with embossed monogram, "FHE," in lower right. Signed and inscribed in ink on back of mount.

Trinity River at its height, Dallas, Tex.

Trinity River at its height, Dallas, Tex.

H113204 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; H. Clogenson; July 8, 1908.

George Brown. Measures a little over 50 inches in height. See also photo #748. Location: Manchester, New Hampshire.

George Brown. Measures a little over 50 inches in height. See also pho...

Picryl description: Public domain image of boy workers, child labor, working children, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Three of the youngest boys working in Holden, Leonard Co., Bennington, Vt. Said they work [i.e., would] continue to work after summer vacation. Louis Godbout (right hand end) 132 Lincoln Street. John Friedman, (Tallest) 120 Lincoln St., Joe Lacroiz, (Second in height) 110 Lincoln St. Location: Bennington, Vermont.

Three of the youngest boys working in Holden, Leonard Co., Bennington,...

Picryl description: Public domain image of boy workers, child labor, working children, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Enlistment in the regular army. Height now reduced to normal standard for infantry of the line.

Enlistment in the regular army. Height now reduced to normal standard ...

Text continues: Conditions till further orders: Height - 5 ft. 3 ins. and upwards. Chest - 34 1/2 ins at least. Age - 19 to 38 years. Poster is text only. 5th November, 1914. W 7532-3692 50,000 11/14 HWV.

Measuring height of grain on government farm, Fairbanks Alaska - Frank G. Carpenter collection

Measuring height of grain on government farm, Fairbanks Alaska - Frank...

Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter collection (Library of Congress). Gift; Mrs. W. Chapin Huntington; 1951. Title transcribed from caption accompanying item.

[Picking strawberries on Clagett and Covington farm. They will have 500 pickers in the height of the season. Not many young workers yet.] Location: [Bowling Green vicinity, Kentucky] / L.W. Hine.

[Picking strawberries on Clagett and Covington farm. They will have 50...

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[Picking strawberries on Clagett and Covington farm. They will have 500 pickers in the height of the season. Not many young workers yet.] Location: [Bowling Green vicinity, Kentucky]. / L.W. Hine.

[Picking strawberries on Clagett and Covington farm. They will have 50...

Picryl description: Public domain image of boy workers, child labor, working children, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Picking strawberries on Clagett and Covington farm. They will have 500 pickers in the height of the season. Not many young workers yet.] Location: [Bowling Green vicinity, Kentucky]. / L.W. Hine.

[Picking strawberries on Clagett and Covington farm. They will have 50...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Kentucky, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Picking strawberries on Clagett and Covington farm. They will have 500 pickers in the height of the season. Not many young workers yet.] Location: [Bowling Green vicinity, Kentucky] / L.W. Hine.

[Picking strawberries on Clagett and Covington farm. They will have 50...

Picryl description: Public domain image of working farmers, agriculture, farm, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Picking strawberries on Clagett and Covington farm. They will have 500 pickers in the height of the season. Not many young workers yet.] Location: [Bowling Green vicinity, Kentucky] / L.W. Hine.

[Picking strawberries on Clagett and Covington farm. They will have 50...

Picryl description: Public domain image of boy workers, child labor, working children, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Picking strawberries on Clagett and Covington farm. They will have 500 pickers in the height of the season. Not many young workers yet.] Location: [Bowling Green vicinity, Kentucky]. / L.W. Hine.

[Picking strawberries on Clagett and Covington farm. They will have 50...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a farm, farmer, agriculture, early 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Picking strawberries on Clagett and Covington farm. They will have 500 pickers in the height of the season. Not many young workers yet. Location: Bowling Green [vicinity], Kentucky / L.W. Hine.

Picking strawberries on Clagett and Covington farm. They will have 500...

Public domain photograph of Great Depression, farm, farmer, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Picking strawberries on Clagett and Covington farm. They will have 500 pickers in the height of the season. Not many young workers yet.] Location: [Bowling Green vicinity, Kentucky] / L.W. Hine.

[Picking strawberries on Clagett and Covington farm. They will have 50...

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[Picking strawberries on Clagett and Covington farm. They will have 500 pickers in the height of the season. Not many young workers yet.] Location: [Bowling Green vicinity, Kentucky] / L.W. Hine.

[Picking strawberries on Clagett and Covington farm. They will have 50...

Picryl description: Public domain image of girl workers, child labor, working children, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Ceremonies - Demobilization - Fifth Avenue, choked with people as never before, welcomes the homecoming of men who smashed the Hindenburg line. A view of Avenue, when the parade was at its height, as seen from twenty-third street, looking north

Ceremonies - Demobilization - Fifth Avenue, choked with people as neve...

Photographer: International Film Service Ceremonies - Demobilization Public domain photograph related to the United States in World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Favorable working position for this kind of physical defect. Foot properly supported. Care should be taken to have chair properly adjusted to height of desk or bench. Need for advice of examining physician. See 4659, 4660 + 4662.] Location: [Boston, Massachusetts] / Lewis W. Hine.

[Favorable working position for this kind of physical defect. Foot pro...

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Airplanes - Types - Thomas-Morse Type MB-3 single seater Fighter, equipped with 30 H.P. Hispano-Suiza engine. Length overall - 20ft.; spread, 26 ft.; height, 9 ft.11 in.; total weight loaded, 2050lbs. Fuel and oil capacity for 3 hours flight at full speed. Thomas-Morse Aircraft Corporation, Ithaca, N.Y

Airplanes - Types - Thomas-Morse Type MB-3 single seater Fighter, equi...

Photographer: Thomas-Morse Aircraft Corp. Airplanes - Types Public domain photograph related to the United States in World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Favorable working position for this kind of physical defect. Foot properly supported. Care should be taken to have chair properly adjusted to height of desk or bench. Need for advice of examining physician. See 4659, 4660 + 4662. Location: Boston, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Favorable working position for this kind of physical defect. Foot prop...

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Airplanes - Historical - Loop the loop at height of 2,000 feet. Lt. Ballough making his famous loop the loop. Keystone View Co

Airplanes - Historical - Loop the loop at height of 2,000 feet. Lt. Ba...

Photographer: Keystone View Co. Airplanes - Historical Public domain photograph related to the United States in World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Airplanes - Types - Fastest aeroplane in the world. Side view of the new Curtiss plane built for the Navy. This plane can develop a speed of 160 miles faster than any other machine in the world. It is 32 feet wide, 34 feet long, 10 feet high and can carry a useful load of over half a ton. It has attained a height of 12,500 feet in 10 minutes. This plane is equipped with a Model K, 12 cylinders, 400 H.P. Engine

Airplanes - Types - Fastest aeroplane in the world. Side view of the n...

Photographer: Western Newspaper Union Airplanes - Types Public domain photograph of aircraft engine, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Airplanes - Manufacturing Plants - Manufacture of airplanes by the Dayton-Wright Airplane Co., Dayton, Ohio. Power House equipped to furnish 1000 H.P. The stack is 250 feet in height

Airplanes - Manufacturing Plants - Manufacture of airplanes by the Day...

Photographer: Dayton-Wright Airplane Co. Airplanes - Manufacturing Plants Public domain photograph related to the United States in World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Airplanes - Types - Fastest aeroplane in the world. Front view of the new Curtiss Aeroplane built for the Navy. This machine is the fastest in the world and capable of making 160 miles per hour, 15 miles per hour faster than the speed attained by any other machine in the world. It can climb to a height of 12,500 feet in 10 minutes. It is equipped with a Curtiss Model K, 121 cylinder 400 H.P. Engine. It can carry a load of 1,000 lbs. It is 32 feet wide, 34 feet long and 10 feet high

Airplanes - Types - Fastest aeroplane in the world. Front view of the ...

Photographer: Western Newspaper Union Airplanes - Types Public domain photograph of aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Airplanes - Types - England's largest flying boat. Great Britain possession of greatest flying boat in existence. It is triplane type with a wingspan of 123 feet and a fuselage 60 feet. The height from keel to ringpost is 27 1/2 feet and the weight is almost twelve tons. Five Rolls-Royce "Eagle 8" engines furnish motive power. Central News Service

Airplanes - Types - England's largest flying boat. Great Britain posse...

Photographer: Central News Service Airplanes - Types Public domain photograph of experimental aircraft, prototype, aviation design and development, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Excavations. Wady Ghazzeh (south of Gaza). Wady Ghazzeh mounds. Excavated area showing height of debris above ancient town

Excavations. Wady Ghazzeh (south of Gaza). Wady Ghazzeh mounds. Excava...

Public domain photograph, 1930s-1940s Jerusalem, Palestine, History of Israel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Swinging from peak to peak. Aerial tramways have proved to be the most efficient means of transportation in many parts of Montenegro. This shows an aerial tramway rebuilt under American direction after its distinction by the Austrians. It was used by the American Red Cross to transport its relief supplies from the bay of Cattare into the hinterland. At one point this cable tram reaches a height of 3,000 feet. Below can be seen an American Red Cross car making the ascent up Jacob's Ladder, the only road across the mountains, covering a distance of ten miles to reach a height of 3,000 feet

Swinging from peak to peak. Aerial tramways have proved to be the most...

Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card. Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: ARC Paris Office. Group title: Montenegro (Transportation) On caption card: 12885... More

[New York City Deputy Police Commissioner John A. Leach, right, watching agents pour liquor into sewer following a raid during the height of prohibition]

[New York City Deputy Police Commissioner John A. Leach, right, watchi...

Title devised by Library staff using information from photo slug. Photo was marked with a grease pencil during editing for publication. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Co... More

Logging in Cascade Mtns.: piles 132 feet long used in the trestle - height 107 feet to top of rails

Logging in Cascade Mtns.: piles 132 feet long used in the trestle - he...

J252602 U.S. Copyright Office Photo copyrighted by Darius Kinsey, Seattle. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Trestles; Lumbering Wash.; Shelf.

Sailing from Genoa. Hundreds of Italians are waving bon voyage to relatives off to the Land of Opportunity, the U.S.A. On the S.S. Conte Verde a new luxurious Italian express steamer of the Lloyd Sabaudo Co. two extra propeller blades are carried. This one [text missing] ; Showing the height of the propeller blade on the S.S. Conte Verde. Mr. Carpenter in the picture.

Sailing from Genoa. Hundreds of Italians are waving bon voyage to rela...

On page: no. 1568 (top image), no. 1570 (bottom left image) and no. 1571 (bottom right image) Text under image no. 1568: "Same as 1565". Text under image no. 1570: "Same as 1569". In album: European pictures (... More

Probably the smallest plane in the world. Built by Edw. F. Allen of Wash, D.C., who was formerly test pilot for Army Air Service during the world war. Plane is equipped with 9 horsepower motorcycle engine and weighs only 205 lbs. with wing spread of 27 ft. Mr. Allen, in cockpit, flies it often and recently attained height of 1800 ft. capable of making 63 mph

Probably the smallest plane in the world. Built by Edw. F. Allen of Wa...

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Aeroplane attacking troops from low height at Vierzy during Soissons attack / L. Jonas, 1927.

Aeroplane attacking troops from low height at Vierzy during Soissons a...

Print shows German airplane firing on Allied troops at Vierzy, France, during World War I. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Copyright by Wendell Westover.

Dr. Eleanor Hunt. Dr. Hunt measuring boy's height

Dr. Eleanor Hunt. Dr. Hunt measuring boy's height

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British Military Camp at klm. 41, Lubban-Nablus Rd. British troops on observation post with rifles, machine-guns & flare-lights, view looking toward Sinjel from height above Lubba[n]

British Military Camp at klm. 41, Lubban-Nablus Rd. British troops on ...

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Iraq. Oil wells and camp of the Iraq Petroleum Company. (5 miles S. of Kirkuk). Kirkuk District. An oil driller. Showing full height of drill tower

Iraq. Oil wells and camp of the Iraq Petroleum Company. (5 miles S. of...

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[Iraq. Oil wells and camp of the Iraq Petroleum Company. (5 miles S. of Kirkuk). Kirkuk District. An oil driller. Showing full height of drill tower]

[Iraq. Oil wells and camp of the Iraq Petroleum Company. (5 miles S. o...

Public domain photograph, 1930s-1940s Jerusalem, Palestine, History of Israel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Picryl description: Public domain image related to industrialrevolution, oil industry history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Picryl description: Public domain image related to industrialrevolutio...

Picryl description: Public domain image related to an industrial revolution, industry history, factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Chickamauga Dam and powerhouse. Hall off reception room which gives access to a good view of the tailrace through a window, thus making it possible for visitors to observe all essential parts of the project (generator hall, switchyard, reservoir, tailrace) from either the reception room or the hall. It also gives access to the elevator, the main stair, toilets, and to a promenade roof deck over the lower electrical bay of the powerhouse (foor at end). The decreasing height of the ceiling was necessitated by structural considerations ad was exploited for effect. Floor is terrazzo; walls, glazed structural tile; ceiling, plaster

Chickamauga Dam and powerhouse. Hall off reception room which gives ac...

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Visitors' overlook building at Kentucky Dam. This structure is in the form of an open shed because the other functions of TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) visitors' buildings being accommodated in the nearby construction village, there was need for shelter only at this point. Since the project is in a hot climate, ample ventilation is promoted by the open front, a balustrade height opening toward the back underneath the display and grilles to ventilate the roof space. Most of the displays are arranged as transparencies, with natural illumination during the day, and with floodlights used as substitutes during the night

Visitors' overlook building at Kentucky Dam. This structure is in the ...

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Chickamauga Dam and powerhouse. Hall off reception room which gives access to a good view of the tailrace through a window, thus making it possible for visitors to observe all essential parts of the project (generator hall, switchyard, reservoir, tailrace) from either the reception room or the hall. It also gives access to the elevator, the main stair, toilets, and to a promenade roof deck over the lower electrical bay of the powerhouse (foor at end). The decreasing height of the ceiling was necessitated by structural considerations ad was exploited for effect. Floor is terrazzo; walls, glazed structural tile; ceiling, plaster

Chickamauga Dam and powerhouse. Hall off reception room which gives ac...

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Demountable employee housing. Three-bedroom war workers' house constructed in five slices. On this project, where the houses went into an existing community in Alabama to provide housing for employees of chemical and metallurgical industries of the TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority), the local desire for traditional appearance was accommodated by the use of a pitched roof. Each side of the roof is hinged at the eaves and is laid down, during transport, over the ceiling to bring overall height within normal highway clearances

Demountable employee housing. Three-bedroom war workers' house constru...

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New craze for idle-rich ... aerial golf. With not enough hazards in an ordinary game of golf, and not enough adventure in flying, some genius has invented aerial golf. The rules are quite simple. There are nine holes, each one an airport near Washington. The play flies to the first airport, tee #1 and from a minimum height of 500 feet, drops the ball, attached to a parachute, to the nearest pit or hole, indicated by a red flag at the airport. He then lands his plane, finds his ball and proceeds as in every game of golf, to hit the ball into the hole with his golf clubs. This done, he tunes up his plane and flies to the next airport or tee #2 and repeats. Every player is required to carry a score-keeper. Photo shows three girls, prominent in Washington Society absorbed in a game of aerial golf, they are (l to r) [...]

New craze for idle-rich ... aerial golf. With not enough hazards in an...

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Topping off a spar mast for the high lead logging operation. This tree was two hundred fifty feet high. The high climber is topping it off at a height of one hundred eighty-five feet. Washington

Topping off a spar mast for the high lead logging operation. This tree...

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Washington, D.C. Mrs. Mary McLeod Bethune, President of the National Council of Negro women, presenting certificates to hostesses for USO duty, at the Phyllis Wheatley YWCA on Rhode Island Avenue. Facing the camera is Miss Dorothy Height, Director of the YWCA

Washington, D.C. Mrs. Mary McLeod Bethune, President of the National C...

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Alfred Bordeaux Hay - Compare Height to Car

Alfred Bordeaux Hay - Compare Height to Car

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A group of men standing on a train track - FSA / Office of War Information Photograph

A group of men standing on a train track - FSA / Office of War Informa...

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Rockefeller Center, New York City The observation roofs are in reality commodious promenades overlooking the vast city from a height of 850 feet / / Mophochrom - Irving Browning - natural color.

Rockefeller Center, New York City The observation roofs are in reality...

Print shows people looking at New York City from the top of Rockefeller Center. Accession box no. PR 06 CN 038, Box 17, New York New York City Skyscrapers

Radio waves high flyers, Washington, D.C., Oct. 1. Experiments conducted by H.W. Wellex at the radio station of the Carnegie Institution have proven that radio waves travel a distance of 80 miles heavenword before they are reflected back to earth. Traveling like lightning as they ascend in to the ionosphere the radio impulses have to be measured in 10,000ths of second to accurately check the height reached before they return to the radio set

Radio waves high flyers, Washington, D.C., Oct. 1. Experiments conduct...

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A black and white photo of a group of people. Great Depression FSA photogpraph

A black and white photo of a group of people. Great Depression FSA pho...

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Begins training for hog-calling contest. Washington, D.C. June 9. Interest is at fever height in Louisiana for the coming hog-calling contest at the Capitol between Rep. Robert L. Mouton; of Louisiana, and Rep. Otha D. Wearin, of Iowa. So much so that Governor Richard Leche of the bayou state made a special trip, bearing a live porker; to assist Rep. Mouton in his pre-contest training. The contest is the result of a controversy between the two solons of the merits of the hog callers of their respective states. In the photograph, left to right: Theodora Olivier, neice and secretary to Rep. Mouton; Governor Leche, and Rep. Mouton. 6/9/37

Begins training for hog-calling contest. Washington, D.C. June 9. Inte...

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Piling sandbags along the levee during the height of the flood. Cairo, Illinois

Piling sandbags along the levee during the height of the flood. Cairo,...

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A black and white photo of men working on a building, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photograph

A black and white photo of men working on a building, Great Depression...

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Photoelectric ray to determine flying ceiling. Washington, D.C., June 15. To permit a ground observer to determine at what height flying is safe during days of fog and heavy overcast, Miss Elizabeth M. Zandonini, of the Radio Section staff of the Bureau of Standards, is shown with the balloon transmitting equipment. A photoelectric cell measuring light brightness is used to control the pitch of the radio signal transmitted from the balloon as it ascends. A graphical frequency recorder plots the pitch and hence [...] a measure of the light brightness as a function [...] height. The experiments are carried on for the U.S. [...]

Photoelectric ray to determine flying ceiling. Washington, D.C., June ...

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Smallest member A.E.F. pickets Capitol. Washington, D.C., May 26. The world's smallest "doughboy", Nicholas Casele, of Newark, N.J., began to picket the U.S. Capitol today and announced he would continue until congress grants him a medal as compensation for his allged illegal draft into the army. Casele served more than a year overseas, fighting in seven major battles. He contends the draft law provided for a minimum height 5 feet 3 inches and 110 pounds of weight while scaled only 4 feet 10 inches and weighed only 104 pounds, 5/26/37

Smallest member A.E.F. pickets Capitol. Washington, D.C., May 26. The ...

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A black and white photo of a baseball player getting ready to bat, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photograph

A black and white photo of a baseball player getting ready to bat, Gre...

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A group of men standing on top of a dirt field, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photograph

A group of men standing on top of a dirt field, Great Depression. FSA/...

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Piling sandbags along the levee during the height of the flood. Cairo, Illinois

Piling sandbags along the levee during the height of the flood. Cairo,...

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Beauty contest winners visit the White House. Washington, D.C., Aug. 4. Marvin McIntyre, Secretary to the President greets Miss Dorothy Parker, of Washington, DC, winner of the beauty contest held in Washington annually. 18yrs old, she weighs 112lbs, and is 5 feet, 4 inches, in height, Miss Parker, will compete for the title of Miss America in Atlantic City Labor Day, 8/4/38

Beauty contest winners visit the White House. Washington, D.C., Aug. 4...

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Add automatic river gauge. After dialing the Potomac River Gauge, A.L. King, U.S. Weather Bureau observer, waits for the first buzz, then sets his stop watch which continues until the buzz signal is again heard then he stops the watch. The time interval between the two signals is converted into the gauge height by dividing the number of seconds in the interval by 30 as gauge height above a field zero point is represented 8/30 seconds for each vertical foot of water, 4/9/38

Add automatic river gauge. After dialing the Potomac River Gauge, A.L....

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Members of Civil Aeronautics Authority inspect latest aid to airplane pilots. Washington, D.C., Oct. 10. An instrument which gives airplane pilots their height above the ground over which the plane is flying was demonstrated today to members of the Civil Aeronautics Authority by officials of the Western Electric Co. and the United Airlines. Claimed to be the first successful altimeter showing terrain clearance, the new device operates by radio, using the shortest wave ever employed for aviation, officials of the companies stated. In the photograph, left to right: Col. Sumter Smith, Peter C. Sandrette, Supt. of the United Airline's communication laboratory who was in charge of the demonstration; and Thomas Hardin. Smith and Hardin are members of the Civil Aeronautics Authority, 10/10/38

Members of Civil Aeronautics Authority inspect latest aid to airplane ...

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Photoelectric ray to determine flying ceiling. Washington, D.C., June 15. To permit a ground observer to determine at what height flying is safe during days of fog and heavy overcast, Miss Elizabeth M. Zandonini, of the Radio Section staff of the Bureau of Standards, is shown with the balloon transmitting equipment. A photoelectric cell measuring light brightness is used to control the pitch of the radio signal transmitted from the balloon as it ascends. A graphical frequency recorder plots the pitch and hence ... a measure of the light brightness as a function ... height. The experiments are carried on for the U.S. ...

Photoelectric ray to determine flying ceiling. Washington, D.C., June ...

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Squatter washing face in abandoned warehouse, Carutherville, Missouri. This warehouse was used during the height of the river steamboat era as passenger and freight station

Squatter washing face in abandoned warehouse, Carutherville, Missouri....

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Westley, California. Migrant family in Farm Security Administration camp. Unable to obtain work in pea fields because of labor surplus in height of season

Westley, California. Migrant family in Farm Security Administration ca...

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And fall. Washington, D.C., April 9. Weather Bureau observers stationed along the principal rivers of the United States soon will be able to follow the rise and fall of nearby river merely by picking up a telephone and dialing a given number. Preliminary trials for the last few months here show that a new automatic sound river gauge effectively and economically supplies the facts weathermen need in forecasting floods and supplying other information on river conditions for many interests. More weather bureau stations will install the new gages as fast as possible. (1)A river gauge on the Potomac River in the Capitol, where formerly a U.S. Weather Bureau Scientist had to go to this gauge box to take a reading on the river's height, all he has to do now is to pick up his telephone, dial the number of Potomac River, listen for a gong, then a buzz and at last another buzz, and then he will know whether the river is rising or falling, 4/9/38

And fall. Washington, D.C., April 9. Weather Bureau observers statione...

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"Miss Washington" Washington, D.C., Aug. 4. Miss Dorothy Parker has been selected as Miss Washington and will compete for the title of "Miss America" at the Atlantic City beauty pageant to be held during Labor Day week. 18 Years old, she weighs 112 pounds and is 5 feet, 4 inches in height. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. Albert Parker of Washington, 8/4/38

"Miss Washington" Washington, D.C., Aug. 4. Miss Dorothy Parker has be...

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Future may see hens lay eggs of different colors through experiments of government experts. Washington, D.C., April 7. Joseph's coat of many colors may now be duplicated in the poultry laboratory where hens paint their own eggs over a range of hues from pearly white, through the various shades of brown, to sky blue. These experiments are in progress at the National Agricultural Research Center, Beltsville, Maryland. In this picture is shown Charles A. Denton, Junior Chemist, measuring the width, circumference and height of the white of a colored egg to determine the amount of albumen present. 4-7-39

Future may see hens lay eggs of different colors through experiments o...

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