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A close up view of a US Air Force B-2 Spirit Bomber from 509th Bomb Wing, Whiteman AFB, MO being refueled by the boom and refueling arm of a KC-10 Extender aircraft. The image was taken from the Boom Operators position

A close up view of a US Air Force B-2 Spirit Bomber from 509th Bomb Wi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Whiteman Air Force Base State: Missouri (MO) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Chuck Reger Release Status: Rel... More

Brooklyn, N.Y., Dec. 4, 2012 -- Local Red Hook resident Danielle Jackson paints the stoop at her house after being impacted by Hurricane Sandy. State and federal officials encourage people affected by the disaster to register for assistance immediately  by calling toll-free 800-621-FEMA (3362) or TTY 800-462-7585.  The toll-free line is in operation from  6 a.m. to midnight (CDT) until further notice.   Registration can be accomplished anytime at www.disasterassistance.gov or with a smartphone at http://m.fema.gov. Multilingual operators are available and for information on programs in multiple languages visit www.fema.gov/all-languages.  Jocelyn Augustino/FEMA

Brooklyn, N.Y., Dec. 4, 2012 -- Local Red Hook resident Danielle Jacks...

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Primrose Hill, July 11th. 1842. Rules and regulations drawn up and agreed to by a committee chosen by a vote of the miners and laborers of the district of Minersville, to settle the dissatisfaction and difficulties existing between the operators

Primrose Hill, July 11th. 1842. Rules and regulations drawn up and agr...

Coal mines- wages.; Unions. 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 154, Folder 10.

The original four operators of the United States Military Telegraph Corps The figure standing is Samuel M. Brown. Those in the front row, reading from left to right, are David Strouse, David Homer Bates and Richard O'Brien.

The original four operators of the United States Military Telegraph Co...

Title from published copy of photograph found with ambrotype. Case: leather, geometric design. Note inside case: Harrisburg, April 27th, 1861. Forms part of: Ambrotype/Tintype photograph filing series (Library ... More

[U.S. military telegraph operators in front of Petersburg, Virginia]

[U.S. military telegraph operators in front of Petersburg, Virginia]

Seven men posed in camp. Civil War Photograph Collection. No. 478.

Richmond, Virginia. Military operators at headquarters

Richmond, Virginia. Military operators at headquarters

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Richmond, Virginia. Military telegraph operators, American Civil War Glass Negative.

Richmond, Virginia. Military telegraph operators, American Civil War G...

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Principals in coal dispute at White House. Washington, D.C., May 9. A conference marking the first time the president has intervened in a labor dispute since he called together the CIO and the AF of L in an attempt to mediate their fight, met today at the White House to try to settle differences between labor and soft coal operators. Left to right: CIO's John L. Lewis, Van A. Bitner, representing the miners, Philip Murray, for the miners, W.L. Robinson, for the operators, John A. Owens, for the Miners, and L.C. Gunter, for the operators. The back row is unidentified

Principals in coal dispute at White House. Washington, D.C., May 9. A ...

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Operators at Father's Point - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Operators at Father's Point - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain...

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Confer with President Roosevelt. Washington, D.C., May 17. Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins and Dr. John R. Steelman, Chief of the mediation service, leaving the White House today after a conference with President Roosevelt. Secretary Perkins insisted that the Harlan, Kentucky, situation was not discussed at the meeting. She did announce at the same time, however, that John L. Connor of the Department of Labor Conciliation Service, had been ordered to Harlan County in an effort to assist settlement of the struggle between the United Mine Workers and Harlan operators

Confer with President Roosevelt. Washington, D.C., May 17. Secretary o...

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Labor Department and CIO at President's coal dispute conference. Washington, D.C., May 9. As the two month old labor dispute of the coal fields moved from New York to the National Capitol today, when the president made a move to settle the differences in the role of mediator, John L. Lewis, President of the C.I.O., charging responsibility for the dispute upon the Labor Department and the administration, Francis Perkins, Secretary of Labor and James Dewey, Labor Department conciliator blaming the operators, all entered the White House this morning to try to settle the dispute before an acute shortage of coal occurs

Labor Department and CIO at President's coal dispute conference. Washi...

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Operators at their levers handling converters and ladles, steel works, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

Operators at their levers handling converters and ladles, steel works,...

H66574 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 6542. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[U.S. Census Bureau machines and operators]

[U.S. Census Bureau machines and operators]

Photo copyrighted by Waldon Fawcett. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

Barclay telegraph instruments. Showing instruments on stand with women operators. One handling the receiving tape

Barclay telegraph instruments. Showing instruments on stand with women...

Photograph shows three women working together in an office; one operating the teletypewriter, the other writing, and another handling the receiving tape. Copyright 1908 by John Robert Schmidt, Cincinnati, Ohio.... More

[U.S. Census Bureau machines and operators]

[U.S. Census Bureau machines and operators]

Photo copyrighted by Waldon Fawcett. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

[U.S. Census Bureau machines and operators]

[U.S. Census Bureau machines and operators]

Photo copyrighted by Waldon Fawcett. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

[U.S. Census Bureau machines and operators]

[U.S. Census Bureau machines and operators]

Photo copyrighted by Waldon Fawcett. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

[U.S. Census Bureau machines and operators]

[U.S. Census Bureau machines and operators]

Photo copyrighted by Waldon Fawcett. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

[New York (City) Police Dept., 1909: telephone operators (men) lined up at police headquarters switchboard]

[New York (City) Police Dept., 1909: telephone operators (men) lined u...

Photo by Bain News Service, N.Y.C. Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: Shelf.

[Marconi wireless school, New York.  Operators copying messages transmitted from ships at sea]

[Marconi wireless school, New York. Operators copying messages transm...

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TELEPHONE OPERATORS - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

TELEPHONE OPERATORS - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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American Red Cross - Soliciting Funds - Personal Appeal - American Red Cross Campaign, Nashville, Tenn. Girls act as elevator operators to help the drive

American Red Cross - Soliciting Funds - Personal Appeal - American Red...

Date Taken: 05/0/1918 Photographer: C.P.I. American Red Cross - Soliciting Funds - Personal Appeal

Chemical Warfare Service - Equipment - Manufacturing gas mask containers.  Skilled operators putting the finishing operations on containers.  Plant of Rosenwasser Bros., Inc., Long island City, New York

Chemical Warfare Service - Equipment - Manufacturing gas mask containe...

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Colleges and Universities - California State Normal School - Los Angeles, California State Normal School in the war.  Blacksmith shop.  "Fighting Mechanics" oxy-acetylene operators

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

Photographer: H.W. Mansfield Colleges and Universities - California State Normal School Public domain photograph related to the United States in World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Pi... More

Chemical Warfare Service - Drills - Masks - Manufacturing gas mask containers.  Sewing machine operators working on gas mask containers, in the plant of Rosenwasser Bros., Inc., Long Island City, New York

Chemical Warfare Service - Drills - Masks - Manufacturing gas mask con...

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Colleges and Universities - Miscellaneous - Teaching future radio operators

Colleges and Universities - Miscellaneous - Teaching future radio oper...

Original Caption: Teaching future radio operators. Miss Elise Owen instructing a radio class of selected men of Class A. at the Murray Hill Evening Trade School, N.Y. City. When the men obtain a minimum speed o... More

Airplanes - Manufacturing Plants - The valve action already assembled is placed idn position by two operators. Willys-Overland. Co. N.Y

Airplanes - Manufacturing Plants - The valve action already assembled ...

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Colleges and Universities - California State Normal School - Los Angeles, California State Normal School in the war.  "Fighting Mechanics" radio operators learning the code to send and receive

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

Photographer: H.W. Mansfield Colleges and Universities - California State Normal School Public domain photograph related to the United States in World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Pi... More

Colleges and Universities - Sioux City High School - Training Detachment, Sioux City High School, July 15 to September 15, 1918.  Class of telegraph operators learning to send and receive messages

Colleges and Universities - Sioux City High School - Training Detachme...

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Colleges and Universities - University of Arkansas - Radio operators, Buzzer practice.  University of Arkansas

Colleges and Universities - University of Arkansas - Radio operators, ...

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Colleges and Universities - Clemson - Clemson College, South Carolina.  Radio Operators, Training Detachment.  S.A.T.C

Colleges and Universities - Clemson - Clemson College, South Carolina....

Date Taken: 1918 Colleges and Universities - Clemson Public domain photograph related to the United States in World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Women Operators (Bench Work) - U.S. National Archives Public Domain photograph

Women Operators (Bench Work) - U.S. National Archives Public Domain ph...

Original caption: Women Operators (Bench Work) 1918. Photographs Public domain photograph of laboratory, scientist, work of US government, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Women Operators, Bench Work - World War One photograph from National Archives

Women Operators, Bench Work - World War One photograph from National A...

This photograph depicts women operators performing bench work at the Waterntown Arsenal. Photographs

Railroads. Railroad signal and switch operators I

Railroads. Railroad signal and switch operators I

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Railroads. Railroad signal and switch operators II

Railroads. Railroad signal and switch operators II

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[Telephone/radio operators?] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

[Telephone/radio operators?] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domai...

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Coal operators in conference with Hoover. L. to r.: S.L. Yerkes, Frank Nelson, Erskine Ramsay and J.A. Norman

Coal operators in conference with Hoover. L. to r.: S.L. Yerkes, Frank...

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Miners & operators at White House, 7/1/22

Miners & operators at White House, 7/1/22

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World War ace at air safety conference. Washington D.C. Appearing at the Air Safety Conference today at the Department of Commerce, Eddie Rickenbacker, famous World War Ace and now a prominent air line official, proposed that a special review board be established to study causes of air crashes in which a conflict of opinion arises between airline operators and the Bureau of Air Commerce Rickenbacker made the Proposal after viewing a Chart Displayed by Gene Vidal, Air Commece Director, Listing the Primary Cause of 16 of 27 Accidents as Due to "Pilot's Error" Director Vidal (right) Agreed with Rickenbacker, Adding, However, that he was not Speaking for the Department but for himself.

World War ace at air safety conference. Washington D.C. Appearing at t...

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Boy Scout Jamboree switchboard. Washington D.C June 29. Boy Scouts who are attending the worlds Jamboree in Washington wont have any trouble calling Mom and Pop back home, three operators working shifts of three each are on duty day and night to take care of the 25,000 Boy Scouts who will attend the Jamboree.

Boy Scout Jamboree switchboard. Washington D.C June 29. Boy Scouts who...

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Adding prize winner. Washington D.C. In a speed and accuracy contest for adding machine operators last night, William A. Offutt of the Washington Loan and Trust Company, was declared winner over a field of 30 contestants. The contest was sponsored by the Washington Chapter, American Institute of Banking

Adding prize winner. Washington D.C. In a speed and accuracy contest f...

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Sheaffer fountain pen factory, Ft. Madison, Iowa. Line of nib grinders and their operators

Sheaffer fountain pen factory, Ft. Madison, Iowa. Line of nib grinders...

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Memorial Bridge. Memorial Bridge operators

Memorial Bridge. Memorial Bridge operators

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Chickamauga Dam and powerhouse. Main control room and partial view of balcony in front of it (compare with end wall in K 2304). Large glass panels permit observation by visitors and view of plant by control room operators. Ceiling of control room is assymmetric barrel vault with acoustic tile surface; all light is indirect from reflectors above low soffit along front of room. In more recent installations, control equipment is gray instead of black to reduce eye fatigue by lessening contrast

Chickamauga Dam and powerhouse. Main control room and partial view of ...

The Chickamauga Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Tennessee River in Chattanooga, Tennessee. It is one of nine dams in the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) system, and was completed in 1940. The dam is named af... More

Fontana Dam in the mountains of North Carolina, famous for their scenery, will be one of the biggest of the Authority's projects, being over 500 feet tall. (As it is under construction, no photographs are available but a general perspective view is attached in two copies, one of the prints being glossy but the other having better contrast for reproduction.) The downstream face of the powerhouse is developed in part as a gigantic show window. Considerable recreational and tourist development is expected for the vicinity, the Smoky Mountains National Park being next-door neighbor of the project. Visitors will be reveived at the upper level in a small structure marked by the flagpole towrd the right, from where a steep cogwheel car, used also by the operators and for the transportation of minor items, will give access to the powerhouse

Fontana Dam in the mountains of North Carolina, famous for their scene...

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Chickamauga Dam and powerhouse. Main control room and partial view of balcony in front of it (compare with end wall in K 2304). Large glass panels permit observation by visitors and view of plant by control room operators. Ceiling of control room is assymmetric barrel vault with acoustic tile surface; all light is indirect from reflectors above low soffit along front of room. In more recent installations, control equipment is gray instead of black to reduce eye fatigue by lessening contrast

Chickamauga Dam and powerhouse. Main control room and partial view of ...

The Chickamauga Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Tennessee River in Chattanooga, Tennessee. It is one of nine dams in the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) system, and was completed in 1940. The dam is named af... More

Dams under construction. The operation building for the navigation lock at Watts Bar has been completed ahead of the rest of the project to permit the passage of river transport during construction. The left wing contains control machinery on the first floor and the commanding officer's work space on the second. The center of the upper level is a sheltered observation space for visitors who are received and accommodated in the right wing of the structure, and for access to the right end of the roof. All lock operation buildings are designed for maximum view of the lock chamber and the up- and downriver approaches by the operators and the public

Dams under construction. The operation building for the navigation loc...

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Attacks Guffey Bill. J. Van Norman, Counsel for the Operators' committee opposing the Guffey Coal bill, tells a sub-committee of the House Ways and Means Committee that the proposed legislation is unconstitutional. 6/21/35

Attacks Guffey Bill. J. Van Norman, Counsel for the Operators' committ...

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Hackers' feeling hurt. William A. Roberts, seated in center, peoples Counsel in Washington D.C., warned Shriners in convention here against being overcharged, taxi drivers declare, and it hurt the hackers' feelings. So, they struck for higher rates and goot them. This conference between the People Counsel and cab operators was photographed as a compromise increase was agreed upon. 6/20/35

Hackers' feeling hurt. William A. Roberts, seated in center, peoples C...

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Defendants. Joseph Weaver, left, head of the Bureau of Navigation and Steamboat Inspection, and Secretary of Commerce Daniel C. Roper, photographed at the Senate Commerce committee where Ewing Y. Mitchell, ousted assistant Secretary of Commerce, charged that steamboat inspectors accepted "gratuities" from ship operators. He alleged "graft," 6/21/35

Defendants. Joseph Weaver, left, head of the Bureau of Navigation and ...

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Some of the operators at the Jersey Homesteads garment factory working at their machines for union wages and under union conditions. Hightstown, New Jersey

Some of the operators at the Jersey Homesteads garment factory working...

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Some of the operators in the cooperative garment factory at Jersey Homesteads, Hightstown, New Jersey

Some of the operators in the cooperative garment factory at Jersey Hom...

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A black and white photo of a group of people sewing. War Production FSA/OWI Photograph

A black and white photo of a group of people sewing. War Production FS...

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Operators of the loading machine at logging camp near Effie, Minnesota

Operators of the loading machine at logging camp near Effie, Minnesota

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In spotlight at U.S. Maritime commission hearing. Washington, D.C. Aug. 23. The U.S. Maritime Commission opened a general hearing on maritime labor conditions in an attempt to determine methods of avoiding costly industrial disputes which have hampered the American Merchant Marine and discouraged investment of Capital in shipbuilding. Among the first to be heard were, left to right, John W. Meal, of Marine Cooks and Stewards Association of the Pacific Coast; Mervyn Rathbone, President of the American Radio Telegraphists Association; and Francis J. Goodall, National Maritime Union of Cooks and Stewards. Rathbone told the commission that minimum wages fixed by the government become the maximum rates paid by ship operators. Many telegraphists have thrown out of work [...] the adoption of the automatic alarm system appro[...] [...] F.C.C., Rathbone also told the commission. 8/23/37

In spotlight at U.S. Maritime commission hearing. Washington, D.C. Aug...

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Logs left in the woods by logging operations, illustrating the great waste of timber accompanying private ownership and exploitation. It was common practice for operators to buy a forty-acre tract of timberland and steal timber from adjacent lands. Wisconsin

Logs left in the woods by logging operations, illustrating the great w...

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Poor memory. Washington, D.C., April 30. Testifying before the Senate Civil Liberties Committee today, George S. Ward, Secretary of the Harlan County (Ky.) Coal Operators Association, said he had been "very careful" not to know what his "chief deputy" did with the association's expense money. The "chief deputy," Ben Unthank, has been missing since the Committee investigators, armed with subpoenas, began searching for him two months ago. The Committee is investigating labor-conditions in "bloody" Harlan County, 4/30/1937

Poor memory. Washington, D.C., April 30. Testifying before the Senate ...

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Telephone operators. Littlefork, Minnesota

Telephone operators. Littlefork, Minnesota

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Admits "kicking back" part of salary. Washington, D.C., April 22. He "turned back" $75 of his $200 per month salary, Henry M. Lewis former Deputy Sheriff in Harlan County, Ky., told the Senate Civil Liberties Committee as it resumed its investigation of alleged terrorism in connection with Harlan County Coal Operators' efforts to resist union organization drives. The money was returned to Sheriff Theodore R. Middleton each month in 1935 and 1936. Lewis added that many of the men listed as drawing salaries from the Sheriff's office were not regarded as regular employees, and several of them worked for coal companies, 4/22/1937

Admits "kicking back" part of salary. Washington, D.C., April 22. He "...

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Before Senate Civil Liberties Committee. Washington, D.C., April 15. Testifying before the Senate Civil Liberties Committee today, George S. Ward, Secretary of the Harlan County, Ky., Coal Operators Association, said his organiziation had doubled its assessment on member coal companies three times in the past four years during periods of union mine organization drives. The annual income for the organization from company members is between $60,000 and $70,000 and is derived from an ordinary assessment of 1/2 cent per ton levied on coal produced, 4/15/1937

Before Senate Civil Liberties Committee. Washington, D.C., April 15. T...

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CONGRATULATIONS FOR RADIO AMATEURS. WASHINGTON, D.C. JANUARY 20. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT PERSONALLY THANKED THE AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS OF WASHINGTON TODAY FOR THEIR HELP IN RECEIVING CONGRATULATORY MESSAGES FOR HIM ON THE INAUGURATION. IN THE PHOTOGRAPH, L TO R: JAMES L. HOLMES, ELIZABETH ZANDONONI, C.M. GODFREY, EPPA DARNE, LIEUT. J.H. NICHOLSON, R.E. MACOMBER, AND ROY C. CORDERMAN

CONGRATULATIONS FOR RADIO AMATEURS. WASHINGTON, D.C. JANUARY 20. PRESI...

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12- Foot Free-Flight Tunnel. NASA public domain image colelction.

12- Foot Free-Flight Tunnel. NASA public domain image colelction.

Description: .12-Foot Free-Flight Tunnel under construction: The free-flight wind tunnel is a steel sphere 60 feet in diameter and can be supplied with air compressed up to two or more atmospheres in which the ... More

Utility operators meet Roosevelt. Washington, D.C., Jan. 11. President Roosevelt and western private utility operators today discussed elimination of duplicating utility facilities and creation of investor confidence in the industry, the President conferred with, left to right: John Carpenter, President of the Texas Light and Power Co., Dallas, Tex.; Daniel C. Green, of the Central Service Corp. of Chicago; and A.B. West, Head of the Nevada-California Electric Corp. The discussion was one of the series he is holding with public utility officials in an effort to revive utility expenditures and pour billions of dollars into trade channels, 1/11/38

Utility operators meet Roosevelt. Washington, D.C., Jan. 11. President...

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The utmost precision is required of these operators who are cutting and drilling parachute packs in an eastern factory, Manchester, Conn. Their work is under constant close supervision. Pioneer Parchute Company

The utmost precision is required of these operators who are cutting an...

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Principals in coal dispute at White House. Washington, D.C., May 9. A conference marking the first time the president has intervened in a labor dispute since he called together the CIO and the AF of L in an attempt to mediate their fight, met today at the White House to try to settle differences between labor and soft coal operators. Left to right: CIO's John L. Lewis, Van A. Bitner, representing the miners, Philip Murray, for the miners, W.L. Robinson, for the operators, John A. Owens, for the Miners, and L.C. Gunter, for the operators. The back row is unidentified

Principals in coal dispute at White House. Washington, D.C., May 9. A ...

A black and white photo of a group of men, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. Gener... More

Streetcar operators talking in terminal, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Streetcar operators talking in terminal, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

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Operator of spool winding machine making knot. When spindles run out these knots are made with machine in her left hand. The small machine costs sixty-five dollars and replaces ten to fifteen operators. Laurel mills, Laurel, Mississippi

Operator of spool winding machine making knot. When spindles run out t...

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12 Foot Free-Flight Wind Tunnel

12 Foot Free-Flight Wind Tunnel

Description: The 12 Foot Free-Flight Wind Tunnel is a steel sphere 60 feet in diameter and can be supplied with air compressed up to two or more atmospheres in which the operators will work. A decompression cha... More

A group of men standing outside of a building. Great Depression FSA photogpraph

A group of men standing outside of a building. Great Depression FSA ph...

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Stand of pine with rotting logs which were cut and left by mine operators when they were cutting timber for mine and mill construction

Stand of pine with rotting logs which were cut and left by mine operat...

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Old house in Silverton, Colorado. This was the type of house built by mine and mill operators in the early mining days and indicates that the owners felt that the mining operations would be of a permanent nature

Old house in Silverton, Colorado. This was the type of house built by ...

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Old house in Silverton, Colorado. This was the type of house built by mine and mill operators in the early days. The type of house built in the early days indicates that the owners felt that the mining operations would be one of a permanent nature

Old house in Silverton, Colorado. This was the type of house built by ...

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Card Punch Operators Working on Population Cards, Negro Section

Card Punch Operators Working on Population Cards, Negro Section

Original caption: Card punch operators working on population cards, Negro Section. Approximately 328,341,293 cards in 151 forms were punched for the decennial census. Photographs Documenting the Sixteenth Decen... More

Card Punch Operators Working on Agricultural Cards, Population and Housing Cards Carried 45 Columns,  All Other Cards Carried 80 Columns

Card Punch Operators Working on Agricultural Cards, Population and Hou...

Photographs Documenting the Sixteenth Decennial Census

Card Punch Operators Working on Population Cards

Card Punch Operators Working on Population Cards

Original caption: Card Punch Operators working on population cards. A total of 2,400 punchers were employed and 1,859 punch machines of all types were used in the 1940 Census Photographs Documenting the Sixteen... More

The foremen and tractor operators of the Woodman Potato Company at lunch.  Near Caribou, Maine

The foremen and tractor operators of the Woodman Potato Company at lun...

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Tailing pit of active gold mine in the valley of the Animas River, San Juan County, Colorado. Ranchers and farmers who want to use water for irrigation in the lower valley have always attempted to force the mine and mill operators to keep the tailings from polluting the streams; however, without much success

Tailing pit of active gold mine in the valley of the Animas River, San...

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The Sunnyside mill with general managers now abandoned. There is still gold ore here but the best has been taken out and now the lower grades which are expensive to process do not attract the mine and mill operators

The Sunnyside mill with general managers now abandoned. There is still...

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The Candelarias are large sheep operators at Concho, Arizona

The Candelarias are large sheep operators at Concho, Arizona

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The Candelarias are large sheep operators at Concho, Arizona

The Candelarias are large sheep operators at Concho, Arizona

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In the left foreground are four operators at telephones, one connected with the first aid center, one with the decontamination squads, one with the disaster units and the fourth with the emergency service division. There is a twenty-six watt transmitter and receiver to maintain communcations with units in the field. Two of the operators to the right receive calls and note information for the general public, while one operator handles both incoming and outgoing business calls. This demonstration board was set up at the huge October civilian defense show in Madison Square Garden, New York

In the left foreground are four operators at telephones, one connected...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Detroit, Michigan. Class for telephone operators at the Crowley-Milner department store

Detroit, Michigan. Class for telephone operators at the Crowley-Milner...

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Civilian protection. Section of the report center in New York City. Large signs readily identify the operators in constant touch with the telephone, electric, gas and water services. Others are connected to emergency food and housing units and the police and fire alarm systems

Civilian protection. Section of the report center in New York City. La...

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Linotype operators of the Chicago Defender, Negro newspaper. Chicago, Illinois

Linotype operators of the Chicago Defender, Negro newspaper. Chicago, ...

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Telephone operators at Aberdeen proving grounds. Aberdeen, Maryland

Telephone operators at Aberdeen proving grounds. Aberdeen, Maryland

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Leaving this tire builder's hands, this finished carcass is rolled away to the vacuum expanding machines, or to storage until these machine operators are ready for it. Since the rubber throughout the carcass is not yet cured, the tire is still somewhat soft and squashy. Firestone (General Tires), Akron, Ohio

Leaving this tire builder's hands, this finished carcass is rolled awa...

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Telephone operators at Aberdeen proving grounds. Aberdeen, Maryland

Telephone operators at Aberdeen proving grounds. Aberdeen, Maryland

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In the left foreground are four operators at telephones, one connected with the first aid center, one with the decontamination squads, one with the disaster units and the fourth with the emergency service division. There is a twenty-six watt transmitter and receiver to maintain communcations with units in the field. Two of the operators to the right receive calls and note information for the general public, while one operator handles both incoming and outgoing business calls. This demonstration board was set up at the huge October civilian defense show in Madison Square Garden, New York

In the left foreground are four operators at telephones, one connected...

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Tank armor production. Abrasive cleaning operators who prepare mill plates for processing into tank armor must wear protective clothing of heavy rubber. Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation. Farrell, Pennsylvania

Tank armor production. Abrasive cleaning operators who prepare mill pl...

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Women in war. Machine gun production operators. She carries a torch for the men of America's armed forces! Blonde, twenty-one-year-old Elne Nigholm brazes bolt latch releases for the Army's machine guns in a Midwest plant which has been converted from the manufacture of spark plugs to production of war materials. Two thousand women now work in this plant, with more to be added as production increases. A.C. Spark Plugs

Women in war. Machine gun production operators. She carries a torch fo...

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Study in concentration. Apprentice at an eastern arsenal, operates an engine lathe under the watchful eye of an instructor. Many such study operators are being trained for the war program

Study in concentration. Apprentice at an eastern arsenal, operates an ...

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Production. Machine guns of various calibers. High-speed lathe operators in the plant of a large manufacturer of firearms perform precision operations on the barrels of machine guns. The plant also employs many women in turning out vital weapons for the armed forces

Production. Machine guns of various calibers. High-speed lathe operato...

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Kern County, California. The McKee brothers, owners and operators of the Tugsten Chief Mine and mill

Kern County, California. The McKee brothers, owners and operators of t...

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Conversion. Auto parts to artillery shells. A drilling operation on the noses of artillery shells is performed with speed and efficiency in a converted Midwest auto plant. Continuous conveyers feed the shells to the operators to ensure steady production

Conversion. Auto parts to artillery shells. A drilling operation on th...

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Women aircraft workers. One of the hundreds of photogenic drill press operators who are turning out parts for Uncle Sam's fighting planes in a West Coast airplane factory

Women aircraft workers. One of the hundreds of photogenic drill press ...

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De Land pool. Babcock airplane plant. Interior of the Babcock plant at De Land, Florida. When the Japanese struck Pearl Harbor, this was a dormant airplane plant. It was revived as a community project. Businessmen of De Land pooled their machines and resources, used this plant as a prime contractor to obtain war work, and now are producing over two-million dollars worth of war equipment in it. These motor repair racks, being turned out on a production schedule engineers termed "impossible" two months ago, are being built by former clerks, auto-mechanics and small shop operators who were caught by the impact of the war on their peacetime businesses

De Land pool. Babcock airplane plant. Interior of the Babcock plant at...

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Women in war. Machine gun production operators. One of 2,000 women currently employed in a Midwest war plant, this young Negro worker has proven a competent and earnest machine operator. She processes gun parts in this plant which has been converted from the production of spark plugs to machine guns. A.C. Spark Plugs

Women in war. Machine gun production operators. One of 2,000 women cur...

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Conversion. Floor waxer plant. These bench operators of a small Eastern floor-waxing equipment company are working on defense production, all but the worker at left. He's completing assembly of one of the few waxing machines left in the factory. Floorola Products Inc., York, Pennsylvania

Conversion. Floor waxer plant. These bench operators of a small Easter...

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Sergeant Carl Hardy, twenty, of Shelby, North Carolina, stalking a tank on maneuvers with the Second Army in middle Tennessee. The simulated twenty-nine pound TNT statchel charge laid on the bogey of the light tank will "wreck" it, and possibly "kill" the four operators within

Sergeant Carl Hardy, twenty, of Shelby, North Carolina, stalking a tan...

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Conversion. Floor waxer plant. No more floor polishers will be produced by this small Eastern manufacturing company, whose entire resources are being converted to defense Production. Bench workers will henceforth be women, if the owner's plans are realized, so that his male operators can be released for heavy-duty machine work. Floorola Products Inc., York, Pennsylvania

Conversion. Floor waxer plant. No more floor polishers will be produce...

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