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Mr. Jefferson's last letter. The following letter is supposed to be the last production of the pen of the illustrious Thomas Jefferson, It was written to the Mayor of Washington, in reply to an invitation to attend the celebration of the Jubilee

Mr. Jefferson's last letter. The following letter is supposed to be th...

Printed on satin.; Imprint 2. 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 153, Folder 1.

Phrenology. This original and novel production on phrenology. by Ezra Ripley, is intended to set forth the character and tendency of the organs of the brain (when excited), and in a style and manner which can not fail to convey to the mind of th

Phrenology. This original and novel production on phrenology. by Ezra ...

On verso: Filed April 6, 1854. 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 121, Folder 22a.

Washington, D.C., Dec. 6. A.F. of L. Head William Green and Davod Dubinsky, President of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union, attended last night's opening performance of 'Pins and Needles,' the stage production of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union

Washington, D.C., Dec. 6. A.F. of L. Head William Green and Davod Dubi...

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Brass industrialist tells Monopoly Committee they 'follow the leader and pray for profit.' Washington, D.C., May 9. H.L.Randall, President of the Riverside Metal Co., left, and John Coe, Jr., Vice President of the American Brass Co., on the right, witnesses before the Monopoly Committee's hearings on the beryllium industry today. Senator Joseph O'Mahoney, Co-chairman of the Committee, asking about the relation of price and production costs, received from Randell in reply, 'We follow the price set by the leader and pray that we will make a profit.' Coe denied that his firm set prices for others to follow. O'Mahoney mentioned that certain beryllium allow products had increased in price when raw materials were cheap, and Coe countered that his firm had lost from $10,000 to $20,000 annually over a period of years while they were developing beryllium processes

Brass industrialist tells Monopoly Committee they 'follow the leader a...

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Ickes urges government control of oil. Washington, D.C., Nov. 10. Secretary of Interior Harold Ickes commended to a House Interstate Commerce Subcommittee today the Cole Petroleum Conservation Bill as a means to avert breakdown of state oil control before such an event occurs. The Cole Bill would authorize federal control over oil production with a view to preventing waste

Ickes urges government control of oil. Washington, D.C., Nov. 10. Secr...

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French manufacturer talks tanks with President Roosevelt. Washington, D.C., June 11. Louis Renault, prominent French auto manufacturer, leaving the White House today after a conference with President Roosevelt on war material production. Renault said he was interested chiefly in mass production of tanks, and his discussion with Mr. Roosevelt was a prelude to conferences during the next few days with leading American industrialists. His interpreter said he would probably see William S. Knudsen and Henry Ford

French manufacturer talks tanks with President Roosevelt. Washington, ...

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[Flag] Two things the country needs Less waste. More production. What the people save and what the people make are the means of winning the war. Keep work moving stopping or delaying work helps the enemy. Department of Commerce. Office of the Se

[Flag] Two things the country needs Less waste. More production. What ...

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Scene from "Bonds of Interest" Spanish costume drama. Theatre Guild's first production April 14, 1919 with Rollo Peters (first director of Guild), Helen Westley (Board of Managers) and Edna St. Vincent Millay, poet

Scene from "Bonds of Interest" Spanish costume drama. Theatre Guild's ...

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Miscellaneous subjetcs. Cast of theatrical production

Miscellaneous subjetcs. Cast of theatrical production

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President of Socony-Vacuum Co. attacks bill to separate production, refining, and transportation of oil products. Washington, D.C., June 21. John A. Brown, President [...] Socony-Vacuum Co. Inc., told a House Judiciary subcommittee today that a bill by Rep. Vincent [...] to 'divorce' production, refining, and transportation of petroleum products from the marketing of them was 'senseless.' The bill aimed at possible monopolies resulting from all units of distribution of petroleum products by one company. 'From the standpoint of the consumer and retailer, this proposal is a harmful and uneconomic infringement on the freedom of buying,' he said

President of Socony-Vacuum Co. attacks bill to separate production, re...

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Proposed House bill would ruin small oil companies, Kentucky oil executive tells House Committee. Washington, D.C., June 23. Testifying against a proposed House bill that would divorce production, refining and marketing processes in the oil industry, Paul G. Blazer, President of the Ashland Oil and Refining Co. of Kentucky, told the House Judiciary Committee that passage of such a bill would ruin a company like his. He said his company was a small concern but was completely integrated

Proposed House bill would ruin small oil companies, Kentucky oil execu...

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Oil companies have no desire to create monopoly, House Judiciary Committee told. Washington, D.C., June 23. W.S. Farish, President of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, said before the House Judiciary Committee today that there is keen competition among oil companies and that major companies have no desire to create a monopoly. Farish joined other oil company executives in condemning before the committee a bill to divorce production, refining, and marketing processes of the oil industry

Oil companies have no desire to create monopoly, House Judiciary Commi...

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Dr. W. Thurnheer of Swiss Legation & Sec. Wallace at Beltsville, [Md.], farm with production hens, 8/18/24

Dr. W. Thurnheer of Swiss Legation & Sec. Wallace at Beltsville, [Md.]...

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Gov. Gifford Pinchot, 4th from left, as he appeared before the Senate Committee on Agric. and Forestry on March 28, to urge passage of a bill introduced by Sen. McNary to provide for the protection of Forest lands, the reforestation of dewooded areas, the extension of Nat'l Forests to provide continuous production of timber. Around the table, left to right: Senators J.B. Kendrick, of Wyo., Jos. E. Randsdell, of La., William L. Day, official stenographer, Gov. Pinchot, Sen. George W. Norris of Neb., Chmn. Chas. L. McNary of Ore. and Arthur Capper of Kansas

Gov. Gifford Pinchot, 4th from left, as he appeared before the Senate ...

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Freezing of Japan's credits may popularize cotton stockings for milady. Washington, D.C., July 26. It appears that the U.S. Department of Agriculture's efforts to improve cotton stockings and thereby popularize the wearing of them as a means of disposing of surplus long-staple cotton, will bear fruit now that Japan's assets have been frozen in the U.S. Japan furnishes most of the silk used in the stockings manufactured in this country and at the present time, according to reports, there is only about two and a half month's supply left. Trade between the U.S. and Japan no doubt will be hard hit because of the difficulty of making payments. Nylon production is also slow so the ladies will probably be wearing cotton stockings by the end of the year or else go barelegged. In this picture, David H. Young, Agriculture Department fabric technician, is shown examining one of the cotton stockings which they are trying to popularize

Freezing of Japan's credits may popularize cotton stockings for milady...

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Marco Millions. American Theatre Guild production, 1927-1928 starring Alfred Lunt

Marco Millions. American Theatre Guild production, 1927-1928 starring ...

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Marco Millions. American Theatre Guild production, 1927-1928 starring Alfred Lunt

Marco Millions. American Theatre Guild production, 1927-1928 starring ...

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The first refrigerator. First electric refrigerator produced in a large eastern plant is shown as it rolled from the assembly line on October 15, 1928. Between that date and the end of civilian refrigerator production for the duration the company built 4,523,665 of them

The first refrigerator. First electric refrigerator produced in a larg...

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Mary of Scotland. American Theatre Guild production, 1933-1934. Starring Helen Hayes as Mary and Helen Mencken as Queen Elizabeth

Mary of Scotland. American Theatre Guild production, 1933-1934. Starri...

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Mary of Scotland. American Theatre Guild production, 1933-1934. Starring Helen Hayes as Mary and Helen Mencken as Queen Elizabeth

Mary of Scotland. American Theatre Guild production, 1933-1934. Starri...

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Miscellaneous collection of photographs of aircraft production

Miscellaneous collection of photographs of aircraft production

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Scene from "Porgy and Bess," 1935-1936. Theater Guild production

Scene from "Porgy and Bess," 1935-1936. Theater Guild production

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War production committees and boards

War production committees and boards

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Butadiene production. One of the four butadiene units at the Institute plant at Institute, West Virginia

Butadiene production. One of the four butadiene units at the Institute...

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Miscellaneous collection of photographs of aircraft production

Miscellaneous collection of photographs of aircraft production

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Idiot's Delight. American Theatre Guild production, 1935-1936, starring Alfred Lunt and Lynne Fontanne

Idiot's Delight. American Theatre Guild production, 1935-1936, starrin...

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Negro men and women work side by side on the production lines at the Saint Louis, Missouri plant of the Airplane Division of the Curtiss-Wright Corporation. The male inspector in the rear checks the accuracy of the completed work of the women in the foreground

Negro men and women work side by side on the production lines at the S...

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Miscellaneous collection of photographs of aircraft production

Miscellaneous collection of photographs of aircraft production

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Miscellaneous collection of photographs of aircraft production. C-87 Liberator Express transport, left side close-up view

Miscellaneous collection of photographs of aircraft production. C-87 L...

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Control laboratory. Shown here are the distillation units in the control laboratory where various tests are made in the production of butadiene

Control laboratory. Shown here are the distillation units in the contr...

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War production committees and boards

War production committees and boards

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Miscellaneous collection of photographs of aircraft production. All over shot B-24. San Diego

Miscellaneous collection of photographs of aircraft production. All ov...

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War production committees and boards

War production committees and boards

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Miscellaneous collection of photographs of aircraft production

Miscellaneous collection of photographs of aircraft production

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Miscellaneous collection of photographs of aircraft production

Miscellaneous collection of photographs of aircraft production

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Miscellaneous collection of photographs of aircraft production

Miscellaneous collection of photographs of aircraft production

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Miscellaneous collection of photographs of aircraft production

Miscellaneous collection of photographs of aircraft production

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Idiot's Delight. American Theatre Guild production, 1935-1936, starring Alfred Lunt and Lynne Fontanne

Idiot's Delight. American Theatre Guild production, 1935-1936, starrin...

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Miscellaneous collection of photographs of aircraft production

Miscellaneous collection of photographs of aircraft production

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Butadiene and styrene production. Butadiene units (in the foreground) and styrene units (in the background) which produce the two basic chemicals for the production of Buna S Rubber at the Institute plant at Institute, West Virginia

Butadiene and styrene production. Butadiene units (in the foreground) ...

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Miscellaneous collection of photographs of aircraft production

Miscellaneous collection of photographs of aircraft production

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Miscellaneous collection of photographs of aircraft production

Miscellaneous collection of photographs of aircraft production

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Duquoin High School auditorium - "Leaning on Letty", the famous comedy success--A stage production / A.G.

Duquoin High School auditorium - "Leaning on Letty", the famous comedy...

Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of "Leaning on Letty" at the Du Quoin High School auditorium, showing an abstract face. Date stamped on verso: Sep 27 1938. Work Projects Administration Poster Co... More

[Artillery production] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

[Artillery production] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Farmer signing agreement with farmers' production cooperative. Coos County, New Hampshire

Farmer signing agreement with farmers' production cooperative. Coos Co...

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The Federal Theater Div. of W.P.A. presents a stage production "Mad hopes" 3 act comedy by Romney Brent.

The Federal Theater Div. of W.P.A. presents a stage production "Mad ho...

Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of "Mad Hopes" at the Waterloo Theater, showing a man and a woman wearing evening attire, holding cigarettes, conversing. Date stamped on verso: Jul 8 1937. Work ... More

[Artillery production] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

[Artillery production] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Warns U.S. of crop shortage, Washington, D.C. Aug. 12. The country will be faced with the worst crop shortage in years during 1936, according to Joseph A. Becker, chairman of the crop reporting board of the Department of Agriculture. Shortage of corn will be the worst since 1881 and potatoes will also be scarce. Becker's potato chart shows a decrease of the million bushels planted in 1936 compared to the production in 1925, which was also a lean year. This means you eaters who number spuds among your favorite dishes, will have to be content with 2.7 bushels per person this year

Warns U.S. of crop shortage, Washington, D.C. Aug. 12. The country wil...

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[Artillery production] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

[Artillery production] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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[Artillery production] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

[Artillery production] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Farmer signing agreement with farmers' production cooperative. Coos County, New Hampshire

Farmer signing agreement with farmers' production cooperative. Coos Co...

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[Artillery production] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

[Artillery production] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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One of the reasons why this region has proven itself unsuited to crop production is the short growing season. Utah

One of the reasons why this region has proven itself unsuited to crop ...

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Cotton state Solons present demands for enactment of farm program to president. Washington, D.C., Aug 5. Led by Senator Ellison D. "Cotton Ed" Smith, of South Carolina, a delegation of congressmen from the cotton states called on President Roosevelt today and presented their demands for enactment of a farm program before congressional adjournment. After the conference a spokesman for the group told reporters he felt the president would make stabilization loans under existing discretionary powers, probably through the Commodity Credit Corporation, on all basic commodities if given "definite assurances" that a farm production control program would be enacted early next session. In the picture, left to right: Rep. William R. Poage, Texas; Rep. John J. Sparkman, Ala.; Senator Ellison D. Smith, S.C.; Rep. Rene L. De Rouen, LA.; Rep. Lyndon Johnson, Tex.; Rep. Aaron Lane Ford, Miss. and Rep. Clyde Garrett, Texas, 8/5/37

Cotton state Solons present demands for enactment of farm program to p...

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Baltimore, Maryland. The "work" cards, by means of which constant check is kept on what is being done with each block of Social Security Account Applications, are punched in the Production and Control Section. Each hole in each "work" or peration, card represents a letter or a numeral. When translated, these give necessary pertinent data for the daily permenent work records of the Social Security Board Records Office in Baltimore. The photograph above shows a worker in the Production and Control Section of the Records Office punching "work", or operation cards

Baltimore, Maryland. The "work" cards, by means of which constant chec...

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Starch from sweet potatoes is latest. Washington D.C. June 28. After three years of chemical research and commercial starch production, the Bureau of Chemistry and Soils of the U.S. Department of Agriculture has discovered a method of manufacturing starch from sweet potatoes; the resultant product beign used in cotton mills, adhesive factories, commercial laundries and in the making of "sticky" for postage stamps. The new government sweet potato starch factory is located at Laurel, Miss. shown in this photograph is Dr. Henry G. Knight, Cheif of the Bureau of Chemistry and Soils, is in charge of the experts responsible for haloing the common vegetable. 6/28/37

Starch from sweet potatoes is latest. Washington D.C. June 28. After t...

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Baltimore, Md. The 'work' cards, by means of which constant check is kept on what is being done with each block of social security account applications, are punched in the Production and Control Section. Each hole in each 'work' or operation card represents a letter or a numeral. When translated, these give necessary pertinent data for the daily and permanent work records of the Social Security Board Records Office in Baltimore, Maryland. The photograph above shows a worker in the Production and Control Section of the Records Office punching 'work' on operation cards

Baltimore, Md. The 'work' cards, by means of which constant check is k...

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Production of lumber like this makes heavy demands on Florida pine forests. Withlacoochee Land Use Project

Production of lumber like this makes heavy demands on Florida pine for...

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

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

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House agriculture committee decides on new production control plan. Washington, D.C., Nov. 16. A production control plan based on [...] instead of marketing quotas as asked by Secretary Wallace was decided on by the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Cotton. Rep. Hampton P. Fuller subcommittee chairman, (center) proposed the which received full endorsement of Chairman Marvin Jones of the full committee. Left to right: Rep. Clifford R. Hope, Republican of Kansas and minority leader on Agriculture Committee; Rep. Hampton Fulmer of South Carolina; and Rep. Marvin Jones, 11-16-37

House agriculture committee decides on new production control plan. Wa...

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Exactly what happens to each of the millions of Social Security Account applicants during each working shift is recorded daily. At any minute of the day or night it is possible to locate any application through the records maintained in the production and control section of the Social Security Board Records Office. This is the nerve center of the "greatest bookkeeping job in the world". The photograph above shows workers in the records office running off daily production report, which accurately pictures details of the ebb and flow of each of the several operations necessary to set up an individual ledger account for each worker and the various indexes prepares to insure acccuracy and ready reference.

Exactly what happens to each of the millions of Social Security Accoun...

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Hollywood starlet arrives to participate in National Airmail Week. Washington, D.C., May 15. Miss Marion Weldon, Paramount starlet, waves a greeting to the throng as she arrived at Washington Airport today to participate in National Airmail Week as a representative of the film city. Miss Weldon was selected for the honor by the 22 pilots and stunt men who appeared with her in the forthcoming Paramount technicolor production "Men with Wings," 5/15/38

Hollywood starlet arrives to participate in National Airmail Week. Was...

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A Federal Theatre production festival of American dance featuring "An American exodus"

A Federal Theatre production festival of American dance featuring "An ...

Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of a festival of American dance featuring "An American Exodus" with choreography and direction by Myra Kinch and music by Manuela Galea at the Belasco, a Federal ... More

A sharp questioner. Washington, D.C., Dec. 15. Hugh L. Cox, who as Special Assistant to the Attorney General is acting as one of the counsel for Joint Monopoly Committee, is proving a shrewd questioner at the daily hearings. Cox, left, is pictured quizzing J.H. McNash of Hazel-Atlas Glass Container Co. regarding a statement that the Ball Fruit Jar Co. wished to make some agreement to restrict the Hazel-Atlas production of fruit jars, 12/15/38

A sharp questioner. Washington, D.C., Dec. 15. Hugh L. Cox, who as Spe...

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Hollywood starlet arrives to participate in National Airmail Week. Washington, D.C., May 15. Miss Marion Weldon, Paramount starlet, waves a greeting to the throng as she arrived at Washington Airport today to participate in National Airmail Week as a representative of the film city. Miss Weldon was selected for the honor by the 22 pilots and stunt men who appeared with her in the forthcoming Paramount technicolor production "Men with Wings," 5/15/38

Hollywood starlet arrives to participate in National Airmail Week. Was...

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A black and white photo of a man with a shovel, Arkansas. Farmers during Great Depression.

A black and white photo of a man with a shovel, Arkansas. Farmers duri...

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Blonde airmail package for the Postmaster General. Washington, D.C., May 18. Postmaster General James A. Farley, signs for a package of lovliness sent, via airmail, from the former airmail pilots who are taking part in the Paramount production of "Men With Wings" a story of the history of the air mail. The package happens to be Miss Marion Weldon, who is in Washington taking part in National Airmail week, and is also starred in "Men with Wings," 5/18/38

Blonde airmail package for the Postmaster General. Washington, D.C., M...

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Hollywood star arrives to participate in celebration of National Airmail Week. Washington, D.C., May 15. A typical Hollywood reception was accorded Miss Marion Weldon, Paramount starlet, as she arrived in Washington today to represent the movie city in participating in National Airmail Week. Miss Weldon will appear in the forthcoming Paramount Technicolor Production "Men With Wings" shortly to be released. She was chosen for the honor of representing Hollywood during National Airmail by the 22 pilots and stunt men who are in the production with her. Miss Jean O'Connell, daughter of Ambrose O'Connell, Executive Assistant to the Postmaster General, is pictured presenting a bouquet of flowers to the star. Others in the picture are, left to right: Charles W. Stark, U.S. Chamber of Commerce; Harlee Branch, Asst. Postmaster General; Senaotr William Gibbs McAdoo of California; Ambrose O'Connell, and Walter Hartley, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, 5/15/38

Hollywood star arrives to participate in celebration of National Airma...

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Superior chickens goal of government experts. Beltsville, MD, Jan. 19. In the future if your chicken, whether it's fried a la Maryland, baked or prepared any other style, is more succulent and of better flavor credit will be due the experts at Uncle Sam's Department of Agriculture experimental farm here. They are striving daily to breed a superior type of bird, superior in meat quality, egg production and growth. During the experiments a careful check is kept on each egg from the time it leaves the nest until it hatches a baby chick. The egg is numbered to correspond wit the one on the leg band of the hen; then a daily record is kept of both the dam and the sire until the fourth generation, 1/19/38. A flock of the pedigree fowls which are mothered like children by the government experts

Superior chickens goal of government experts. Beltsville, MD, Jan. 19....

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Before Senate Unemployment Committee. Washington, D.C., Jan. 13. F.G. Tryon, of the market statistics unit of the National Bituminous Coal Commission, who told the Senate Committee on Unemployment that four years of rising production and employment in the soft coal industry from 1933 to 1937 left it still short of levels maintained prior to 1923, 1/14/38

Before Senate Unemployment Committee. Washington, D.C., Jan. 13. F.G. ...

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PMG Farley receives airmail plane model. Washington, D.C., May 18. Postmaster General James A. Farley, receives from Miss Marion Weldon, Paramount Starlet who is playing in the Paramount production "Men with Wings" a model of the De Haviland Liberty plane used twenty years ago for carrying airmail, sent from Hollywood as a gift from William Wellman, producer-director of "Men With Wings" a history of air mail. Miss Weldon is also taking part in National Airmail week here in Washington, 5/18/38

PMG Farley receives airmail plane model. Washington, D.C., May 18. Pos...

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Senatorial Aid. Washington, D.C., May 15. Senator William Gibbs McAdoo, of California, comes to the aid of Miss Marion Weldon, Paramount starlet, as she searches for her beauty aids before greeting the throng on her arrival at Washington Airport today. Miss Jean O'Connell, daughter of Ambrose O'Connell, Executive Assistant to the Postmaster General, is pictured in the center. Miss weldon is here to participate in National Airmail Week as a representative of Hollywood, and honor for which she was selected by the 22 pilots and stunt men who are appearing in with her in the forthcoming Paramount technicolor production "Men with Wings," 5/15/38

Senatorial Aid. Washington, D.C., May 15. Senator William Gibbs McAdoo...

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Hits Borah-O'Mahoney licensing bill. Washington, D.C., March 22. Edward Clark, Texas Secretary of State, protested before a Senate Judiciary Committee today that the Borah-O'Mahoney liscencing bill was a thinly veiled attempt to control production rather than to regulate interstate commerce. The bill, he said, is but seeking a legal way to do an illegal act, 3/22/38

Hits Borah-O'Mahoney licensing bill. Washington, D.C., March 22. Edwar...

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One of the substations supplying the enormous quantities of electric power needed in steel production. Clairton, Pennsylvania

One of the substations supplying the enormous quantities of electric p...

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Cleaning vats used in production of syrup from sorghum, Lake Dick Project, Arkansas

Cleaning vats used in production of syrup from sorghum, Lake Dick Proj...

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Whispered advice. Washington, D.C., March 31. As the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee opened hearings today on the bill just introduced by Senator Guy M. Gillette (seated) to divorce the marketing of petroleum from the refining production and transportation, P.E. Hadlick, Secretary of the National Oil Marketers Association, whispers a bit of information into the Senator's ear. Hadlick was one of the first witnesses to testify in favor of the bill, 3/31/38

Whispered advice. Washington, D.C., March 31. As the Senate Judiciary ...

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Screen starlet assists D.C. Postmaster in planting memorial tree to airmail pilots. Washington, D.C., May 16. Within the shadow of the U.S. Capitol, Miss Marion Weldon, Paramount starlet, with the assistance of D.C., Postmaster Vincent Burke, plants a Deodor Tree on the city postoffice grpunds as a memorial to the airmail pilots who have lost their lives. Representing Hollywood in observing national Airmail Week, Miss Weldon, who has just finished work on the forthcoming Paramount Technicolor production "Men with Wings", brought the tree to Washington as a gift of the Altedena, Calif. Chamber of Commerce, 5/16/38

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Air conditioned hen house is latest. Washington, D.C., Aug. 9. Biddy increases the production of eggs in an air-conditioned hen house, U.S. Department of Agriculture experts have discovered after extensive experiments. The first temperature controlled maternity ward for hens has just been put into operation at the governmental experimental farm here. The hens have voiced their approval by laying more frequently; also a more uniform egg. R.B. Nestler poultry expert, is pictured as he removes the eggs from the automatic chute in the new room. Note the air conditioning apparatus on the ceiling, 8/9/38

Air conditioned hen house is latest. Washington, D.C., Aug. 9. Biddy i...

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Movie star before senate committee. Washington, D.C., April 3. The S.R.O. sign was hung out today at the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee Hearing as Robert Montgomery, movie star, appeared to express his opposition to a bill designed to prohibit "Block booking" and "Blind selling" two trade practices which curb the discretion that a movie house owner has in selecting pictures to be shown in his community. Speaking as a former President of the Screen Actors Guild, Montgomery told the Committee that the Guild and their lawyers have come to the very definite conclusion that if the bill should become a law it would cut in half the production schedules of the Motion Picture Industry. 4-3- 39

Movie star before senate committee. Washington, D.C., April 3. The S.R...

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Time of Your Life. American Theatre Guild production, 1939-1940 with Eddie Dowling, Julie Haydon, Gene Kelly, and Charles de Sheim

Time of Your Life. American Theatre Guild production, 1939-1940 with E...

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Back into production go these carloads of scrap metal, Allegheny Ludlum Steel[e] Corp., Brackenridge, Pennsylvania The melting of alloy steels for defense work requires that steel mill scrapyards such as this be constantly filled. The overhead magnet deposits the scrap in a loader which carries it to the open-hearth furnace. About 50 per cent scrap steel is used in open-hearth production

Back into production go these carloads of scrap metal, Allegheny Ludlu...

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Production of B-24 bombers and C-87 transports, Consolidated Aircraft Corp., Fort Worth, Texas. Cabbie Coleman, former housewife, works at western aircraft plant. Installing of oxygen racks above the flight deck

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Time of Your Life. American Theatre Guild production, 1939-1940 with Eddie Dowling, Julie Haydon, Gene Kelly, and Charles de Sheim

Time of Your Life. American Theatre Guild production, 1939-1940 with E...

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Salinas Valley, California. Large scale, commercial agriculture. This single California county (Monterey) shipped 20,096 carlots of lettuce in 1934, or forty-five percent of all carlot shipments in the United States. In the same year 73.8 percent of all United States carlot shipments were made from Monterey County, Imperial Valley, California (7,797 carlots) and Maricopa County, Arizona (4,697). Production of lettuce is largely in the hands of a comparatively small number of grower-shippers, many of whom operate in two or all three of these Counties. Labor is principally Mexican and Filipino in the fields, and white American in the packing sheds. Many workers follow the harvests from one valley to the other, since plantings are staggered to maintain a fairly even flow of lettuce to the Eastern markt throughout the year

Salinas Valley, California. Large scale, commercial agriculture. This ...

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Citrus growers predict bumper crop for 1938-39. Washington, D.C., Oct. 18. Representatives of the Citrus Industry in Florida, Texas, California, and Arizona met today at the Department of Agriculture to analyze production and marketing prospects for oranges and grapefruit and consider steps which each area may take to improve conditions. The growers predict an all-time record for growth of oranges and grapefruit will be set in 1938-39. Pictured, left to right, are: F.H. Holland, Mission, Texas, Chairman of the Growers Industry Committee; L.H. Kramer, President Florida Citrus Growers Association; H.A. Lynn of Riverside, Cal.; and W.W. Pickrell, President Arizona Citrus Growers Association, 10/18/38

Citrus growers predict bumper crop for 1938-39. Washington, D.C., Oct....

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Salinas Valley, California. Large scale, commercial agriculture. This single California County (Monterey) shipped 20,096 carlots of lettuce in 1934, or forty-five percent of all carlot shipments in the United States. In the same year 73.8 percent of all United States carlot shipments were made from Monterey County, Imperial Valley, California (7,797 carlots) and Maricopa County, Arizona (4,697). Production of lettuce is largely in the hands of a comparatively small number of grower-shippers, many of whom operate in two or all three of these counties. Labor is principally Mexican and Filipino in the fields, and white American in the packing sheds. Many workers follow the harvests from one valley to the other, since plantings are staggered to maintain a fairly even flow of lettuce to the Eastern market throughout the year

Salinas Valley, California. Large scale, commercial agriculture. This ...

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Helen Bray, who left school to become a mechanic at a western aircraft plant, is making an emplanage section on a new Consolidated transport, Consolidated Aircraft Corp., Fort Worth, Texas. This new ship, adapted from the B-24 bomber, is known as the C-87, carries one of the greatest human and cargo loads of any plane now in mass production

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Washington, Buena, Yakima County. Yakima Valley small town. A county which ranks fifth in the United States in value of agricultural production

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Mural: Petroleum Industry - Production, by Edgar Britton at the Department of Interior, Washington, D.C.

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Casting a billet from an electric furnace, Chase Brass and Copper Co., Euclid, Ohio. Modern electric furnaces have helped considerably in speeding the production of brass and other copper alloys for national defense. Here the molten metal is poured or cast from the tilted furnace into a mold to form a billet. The billet later is worked into rods, tubes, wires or special shapes for a variety of uses

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President of Socony-Vacuum Co. attacks bill to separate production, refining, and transportation of oil products. Washington, D.C., June 21. John A. Brown, President ... Socony-Vacuum Co. Inc., told a House Judiciary subcommittee today that a bill by Rep. Vincent ... to 'divorce' production, refining, and transportation of petroleum products from the marketing of them was 'senseless.' The bill aimed at possible monopolies resulting from all units of distribution of petroleum products by one company. 'From the standpoint of the consumer and retailer, this proposal is a harmful and uneconomic infringement on the freedom of buying,' he said

President of Socony-Vacuum Co. attacks bill to separate production, re...

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Salinas Valley, California. Large scale, commercial agriculture. This single California county (Monterey) shipped 20,096 carlots of lettuce in 1934, or forty-five percent of all carlot shipments in the United States. In the same year 73.8 percent of all United States carlot shipments were made from Monterey County, Imperial Valley, California (7,797 carlots) and Maricopa County, Arizona (4,697). Production of lettuce is largely in the hands of a comparatively small number of grower-shippers, many of whom operate in two or all three of these Counties. Labor is principally Mexican and Filipino in the fields, and white American in the packing sheds. Many workers follow the harvests from one valley to the other, since plantings are staggered to maintain a fairly even flow of lettuce to the Eastern market throughout the year

Salinas Valley, California. Large scale, commercial agriculture. This ...

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Mural "Petroleum Industry: Production," by Edgar Britton at the Department of Interior Building, Washington, D.C.

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Mechanical cutting machine that increases coal production. Old Ben number eight mine. West Frankfort, Illinois (see 26980-D)

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Salinas Valley, California. Large scale, commercial agriculture. This single California County (Monterey) shipped 20,096 carlots of lettuce in 1934, or forty-five percent of all carlot shipments in the United States. In the same year 73.8 percent of all United States carlot shipments were made from Monterey County, Imperial Valley, California (7,797 carlots) and Maricopa County, Arizona (4,697). Production of lettuce is largely in the hands of a comparatively small number of grower-shippers, many of whom operate in two or all three of these Counties. Labor is principally Mexican and Filipino in the fields, and white American in the packing sheds. Many workers follow the harvests from one valley to the other, since plantings are staggered to maintain a fairly even flow of lettuce to the Eastern markey throughout the year

Salinas Valley, California. Large scale, commercial agriculture. This ...

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Careful records are kept of egg production. Hillview Cooperative. Osage Farms, Missouri

Careful records are kept of egg production. Hillview Cooperative. Osag...

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Salinas Valley, California. Large scale, commercial agriculture. This single California County (Monterey) shipped 20,096 carlots of lettuce in 1934, or forty-five percent of all carlot shipments in the United States. In the same year 73.8 percent of all United States carlot shipments were made from Monterey County, Imperial Valley, California (7,797 carlots) and Maricopa County, Arizona (4,697). Production of lettuce is largely in the hands of a comparatively small number of grower-shippers, many of whom operate in two or all three of these Counties. Labor is principally Mexican and Filipino in the fields, and white American in the packing sheds. Many workers follow the harvests from one valley to the other, since plantings are staggered to maintain a fairly even flow of lettuce to the Eastern market throughout the year

Salinas Valley, California. Large scale, commercial agriculture. This ...

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Busy stacks give evidence of all-out war production effort at a plant of Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corporation, Akron, Ohio

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Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation, Toledo, Ohio. Side view of a glass furnace melting the carefully compounded batch required for the production of Fiberglas thermal insulation being installed in the hulls of naval vessels now under construction

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Army truck manufacture (Dodge). An attractive young lady operating an ingenious machine contributes her share to defense production. With a specially designed "gun" this girl sprays cement inside a "U" shaped rubber channel into which the glass for the rear window of truck cabs is inserted. The rubber channel makes the window water-tight

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