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[Project for a circular arcade. Perspective rendering]

[Project for a circular arcade. Perspective rendering]

Sketch plan of arcade on verso. Item conserved and/or rehoused. See Supplementary Material for prior mats and mounts. Kenneth H. Walker Collection. Gift; Kenneth H. Walker; 1999; (DLC/PP-2000:029). Unprocessed... More

[Monument à la trinité (project). Perspective elevation. Rendering]

[Monument à la trinité (project). Perspective elevation. Rendering]

Original architectural drawing from Hunt's time in Paris, showing a design for a church or memorial building in the Beaux-Arts style. Gift; American Institute of Architects / American Architectural Foundation;... More

[Union League Club, New York City (project). Elevation. Rendering] / R. M. Hunt, architect.

[Union League Club, New York City (project). Elevation. Rendering] / R...

Gift; American Institute of Architects / American Architectural Foundation; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:100) Forms part of: The AIA/AAF Collection (Library of Congress) Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 2010:100, 78.958.

New York City - improved project of a covered atmospheric elevated railway for city transit, by Dr. R.H. Gilbert

New York City - improved project of a covered atmospheric elevated rai...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1871 March 18, p. 1.

[African American school children at work on a craft project]

[African American school children at work on a craft project]

No. 352. In album: "Public Schools - 7th Division." Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).

Women's Press Club skit instructs future first ladies on how to get along. Washington, D.C., March 11. America's next first lady, whoever she may be, was last night instructed on how to be successful in a skit presented by the Women's National Press Club during an annual stunt party. The skit runs through different satiric phases of women in national politics and ends with the president being offered the job of president of Mars with the biggest WPA project yet--to fix up a wireless so that Mrs. Roosevelt can wire her column back to earth. Wives of practically every contendor for the presidental nomination were guests, and Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt spoke off-the-record to the members and guests. 1 - Mrs. Smith goes to Washington as a new senator, and learns her first lessons from the taxi driver who picks her up at Union Station. '..Don't you keep a letter file-keep an incinerator, Senator.' Driver, Katherine Wilson of the Des Moines Register and Tribune; Mrs. Smith, Emma Budbee, N.Y. Herald-Tribune

Women's Press Club skit instructs future first ladies on how to get al...

A black and white photo of a man and a woman. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Washington, D.C., Dec. 6. Henry G. Alsberg, Director of the Federal Writers' Project, today told the House Committee Investigating Un- American Activities that he experienced some difficulty with communists on the New York Project, but added that the trouble had been eliminated and the program now was running smoothly

Washington, D.C., Dec. 6. Henry G. Alsberg, Director of the Federal Wr...

A black and white photo of two men sitting at a table. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Snoqualmie Falls Hydroelectric Project, Elevator House, .5 mile north of Snoqualmie, Snoqualmie, King County, WA

Snoqualmie Falls Hydroelectric Project, Elevator House, .5 mile north ...

Significance: Construction of the Snoqualmie Falls Hydroelectric Project began in 1898 near the falls of the falls of the Snoqualmie River. It was the first power plant successfully constructed completely under... More

Shoshone Falls Hydroelectric Project, Tunnel and Penstock, North Bank of Snake River, at West end of Intake, Tipperary Corner, Jerome County, ID

Shoshone Falls Hydroelectric Project, Tunnel and Penstock, North Bank ...

Significance: The concrete-lined tunnel was among the first, if not the first, permanent components of the Shoshone Falls Project. Begun in 1901, it took more than three years and several changes of ownership b... More

Senator Francis G. Newlands, on the far right, with Representative Franklin W. Mondell of Wyoming, and L.H. Taylor, project engineer for the state of Nevada, standing on the newly completed headworks of Derby Diversion Dam, just after speaking at the dedication of the dam, June 17, 1905

Senator Francis G. Newlands, on the far right, with Representative Fra...

Illus. in: The Bureau of Reclamation : Origins and Growth to 1945, v. 1 / William D. Rowley. Denver, Colorado : U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation, 2006, p. 121 (3.16)

Childs-Irving Hydroelectric Project, Childs System, Sally May-Purple Mountain Siphon, Forest Service Road 708/502, Camp Verde, Yavapai County, AZ

Childs-Irving Hydroelectric Project, Childs System, Sally May-Purple M...

Survey number: HAER AZ-65-N Building/structure dates: 1908 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1920 Subsequent Work

Childs-Irving Hydroelectric Project, Irving System, Penstock Pipe, Forest Service Road 708/502, Camp Verde, Yavapai County, AZ

Childs-Irving Hydroelectric Project, Irving System, Penstock Pipe, For...

Survey number: HAER AZ-65-F Building/structure dates: 1908 Initial Construction

Childs-Irving Hydroelectric Project, Childs System, Flume Tunnel No. 2, Forest Service Road 708/502, Camp Verde, Yavapai County, AZ

Childs-Irving Hydroelectric Project, Childs System, Flume Tunnel No. 2...

Survey number: HAER AZ-65-L Building/structure dates: 1908 Initial Construction

Salt River Project, Arryona - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Salt River Project, Arryona - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain...

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[Salt River Project, Arizona. Cushong, or, fat Hen, a laborer on the Salt River Project, with two mules]

[Salt River Project, Arizona. Cushong, or, fat Hen, a laborer on the S...

National Photo Company Collection. No. 2675. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Sacaton Indian Reservation. Indian plowing his land. Salt River Project]

[Sacaton Indian Reservation. Indian plowing his land. Salt River Pro...

National Photo Company Collection. No. 2674. Public domain photograph - historical image of Arizona, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Salt Cove, Salt River Project, [Arizona]

Salt Cove, Salt River Project, [Arizona]

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Salt River Project, [Arizona] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Salt River Project, [Arizona] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public doma...

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Shoshone Project, Wyoming - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Shoshone Project, Wyoming - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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

Shoshone Project - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Shoshone Project - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Picryl description: Public domain image of field, irrigation, agriculture, water, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Salt River Project, Ariz. - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Salt River Project, Ariz. - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Picryl description: Public domain image of field, irrigation, agriculture, water, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Salt River Project, [Arizona] - Public domain monumental decor photograph

Salt River Project, [Arizona] - Public domain monumental decor photogr...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a dry desert landscape, sand, sky, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Salt River Project, Ariz. Apache Indians

Salt River Project, Ariz. Apache Indians

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Salt River Project Arizona; desert before cultivation; Camel Back Mountain in background

Salt River Project Arizona; desert before cultivation; Camel Back Moun...

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Salt River Project, Phoenix, Ariz.

Salt River Project, Phoenix, Ariz.

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MINIDOKA PROJECT. U.S. RECLAMATION BUREAU. MINIDOKA DESERT IN 1905, BEFORE IRRIGATION

MINIDOKA PROJECT. U.S. RECLAMATION BUREAU. MINIDOKA DESERT IN 1905, BE...

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GUNNISON RIVER PROJECT. U.S. RECLAMATION BUREAU. CANAL UNDER 2000 FEET WATER TO UNCOMPHAGRE VALLEY

GUNNISON RIVER PROJECT. U.S. RECLAMATION BUREAU. CANAL UNDER 2000 FEET...

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RECLAMATION, BUREAU OF. TRUCKEE-CARSON PROJECT, NEVADA; CANAL CARRYING TRUCKEE RIVER TO RESERVOIR

RECLAMATION, BUREAU OF. TRUCKEE-CARSON PROJECT, NEVADA; CANAL CARRYING...

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ROOSEVELT DAM, ARIZONA. SALT RIVER PROJECT OF BUREAU OF RECLAMATION. DEDICATION SCENE

ROOSEVELT DAM, ARIZONA. SALT RIVER PROJECT OF BUREAU OF RECLAMATION. D...

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MINIDOKA PROJECT. U.S. RECLAMATION BUREAU. MINIDOKA DESERT ON YEAR AFTER IRRIGATION BY GOVERNMENT

MINIDOKA PROJECT. U.S. RECLAMATION BUREAU. MINIDOKA DESERT ON YEAR AFT...

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

RECLAMATION, BUREAU OF. TIETON CANAL, YAKIMA VALLEY PROJECT, WASHINGTON 12 MILES LONG

RECLAMATION, BUREAU OF. TIETON CANAL, YAKIMA VALLEY PROJECT, WASHINGTO...

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MINIDOKA PROJECT. U.S. RECLAMATION BUREAU. MINIDOKA DAM, ONE MILE LONG. POWER PLANTIN DISTANCE, MINIDOKA, IDAHO

MINIDOKA PROJECT. U.S. RECLAMATION BUREAU. MINIDOKA DAM, ONE MILE LONG...

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Reclamation built Lahontan Dam on the Newlands Project between 1911 and 1915 - this is the left spillway overflowing

Reclamation built Lahontan Dam on the Newlands Project between 1911 an...

Illus. in: The Bureau of Reclamation : Origins and Growth to 1945, v. 1 / William D. Rowley. Denver, Colorado : U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation, 2006, p. 232 (4.29).

Arrowrock Dam, Boise irrigation project

Arrowrock Dam, Boise irrigation project

Bain News Service photograph. No. 3656-14. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

Salt River Project, [Arizona] 400 acres of sugar beets [...] desert land

Salt River Project, [Arizona] 400 acres of sugar beets [...] desert la...

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

Salt River Project, [Arizona], Cushong or Fat Hen[,] Indian laborer

Salt River Project, [Arizona], Cushong or Fat Hen[,] Indian laborer

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Salt River Project. Arizona. Grove near Camel Back Mountian

Salt River Project. Arizona. Grove near Camel Back Mountian

Picryl description: Public domain image of field, irrigation, agriculture, water, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Salt River Project, [Arizona] Sacator Indian Reservation

Salt River Project, [Arizona] Sacator Indian Reservation

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

Shoshone Falls Hydroelectric Project, Skidway, North Bank of Snake River, immediately North/Northeast of the 1921 Powerhouse, Tipperary Corner, Jerome County, ID

Shoshone Falls Hydroelectric Project, Skidway, North Bank of Snake Riv...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a hydroelectric dam, industrial facility, power generation, water cascade, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Langston Housing Project. Buildings along sidewalk at Langston Housing Project

Langston Housing Project. Buildings along sidewalk at Langston Housing...

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

[Project for a store façade (Mercier Frères). Elevation and section]

[Project for a store façade (Mercier Frères). Elevation and section]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commercial building, downtown, shopping center, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Project for a store façade (Mercier Frères). Elevation, section, and details]

[Project for a store façade (Mercier Frères). Elevation, section, and ...

Identified as French in the Walker Collection inventory. Mercier Frères eventually had branches in Geneva and Dallas as well as Paris. Street address number in drawings is "77." Item conserved and/or rehoused.... More

Langston Housing Project. General view of building at Langston Housing Project II

Langston Housing Project. General view of building at Langston Housing...

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

Langston Housing Project. Rear of building at Langston Housing Project

Langston Housing Project. Rear of building at Langston Housing Project

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

Thompson Falls Hydroelectric Project, Chicken House, On island between Forebay Channel & ClarkFord River, Thompson Falls, Sanders County, MT

Thompson Falls Hydroelectric Project, Chicken House, On island between...

Significance: It represents vernacular outbuildings built for practical uses, without concern for architectural style. Such outbuildings were common in residential areas. Survey number: HAER MT-90-B Building/... More

Langston Housing Project. General view of Langston Housing Project

Langston Housing Project. General view of Langston Housing Project

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

[Project for a store façade (Mercier Frères). Horizontal sections (?)]

[Project for a store façade (Mercier Frères). Horizontal sections (?)]

Identified as French in the Walker Collection inventory. Mercier Frères eventually had branches in Geneva and Dallas as well as Paris. Street address number in drawings is "77." Kenneth H. Walker Collection. G... More

Langston Housing Project. Back yard at Langston Housing Project

Langston Housing Project. Back yard at Langston Housing Project

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

BOISE PROJECT. RECLAMATION SERVICE, U.S. ARROWCOCK DAM

BOISE PROJECT. RECLAMATION SERVICE, U.S. ARROWCOCK DAM

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a road works, construction, excavation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Project for a store façade (Mercier Frères). Elevation, section, and plan]

[Project for a store façade (Mercier Frères). Elevation, section, and ...

Identified as French in the Walker Collection inventory. Mercier Frères eventually had branches in Geneva and Dallas as well as Paris. Street address number in drawings is "77." Item conserved and/or rehoused.... More

Thompson Falls Hydroelectric Project, Garage, On road to powerhouse, Thompson Falls, Sanders County, MT

Thompson Falls Hydroelectric Project, Garage, On road to powerhouse, T...

Significance: It represents vernacular outbuildings built for practical uses, without concern for architectural style. Such outbuildings were common in residential areas. Survey number: HAER MT-90-C Building/... More

Langston Housing Project. Elevated view of Langston Housing Project complex

Langston Housing Project. Elevated view of Langston Housing Project co...

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

Langston Housing Project. General view of building at Langston Housing Project I

Langston Housing Project. General view of building at Langston Housing...

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

Charley Lawson, one of the 4 H Club Members who has been raising wool, explains to a visitor a new project the Club boys are interested in. Instead of selling the wool at 20 cents a pound, they get 3 times as much and their friends can buy real wool cloth at a reasonable price. This is wool the boys are turning in, and some of the finished woolen cloth hangs in the background. State 4 H Fair at Charleston, West Virginia. Oct. 1921. Location: Charleston, West Virginia / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Charley Lawson, one of the 4 H Club Members who has been raising wool,...

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

Austin Curtis and his pig project. He is a young colored boy living near the West Virginia. Collegiate Institute, the State Colored Agri. College. Location: Charleston [vicinity], West Virginia / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Austin Curtis and his pig project. He is a young colored boy living ne...

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

Austin Curtis and his pig project. He is a young colored boy living near the West Virginia. Collegiate Institute, the state colored agri. college. Location: Charleston [vicinity], West Virginia / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Austin Curtis and his pig project. He is a young colored boy living ne...

Picryl description: Public domain image of cow, cattle, livestock, farm animals, agriculture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Henry Ford (right) & Secy. of War Weeks (left) talking over the Muscle Shoals Project. In Secy's office in the War Dept.

Henry Ford (right) & Secy. of War Weeks (left) talking over the Muscle...

A black and white photo of a group of men. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Kerckoff Dam on San Joaquin River, part of power project in the Sierra Nevada Mts., Calif. / photographed, copyrighted and sold by Philip Brigandi, Los Angeles, Cal.

Kerckoff Dam on San Joaquin River, part of power project in the Sierra...

Stereograph showing view from elevated vantage point of the Kerckoff Dam and spillway. J262183 U.S. Copyright Office. Series: The California Missions and the State of California. Irrigation 10. No. (176). Copy... More

Langston Housing Project. General view of building at Langston Housing Project I

Langston Housing Project. General view of building at Langston Housing...

Public domain photograph of midcentury American architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Langston Housing Project. General view of building at Langston Housing Project II

Langston Housing Project. General view of building at Langston Housing...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential building, house, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Langston Housing Project. Buildings along sidewalk at Langston Housing Project

Langston Housing Project. Buildings along sidewalk at Langston Housing...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a commercial or residential multi-story building, condominium, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Louis Justement, architect. Air view of apartment project

Louis Justement, architect. Air view of apartment project

Public domain photograph of apartment building, architectural plan, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Langston Housing Project. Back yard at Langston Housing Project

Langston Housing Project. Back yard at Langston Housing Project

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historical landmark building, courtyard, 17th, 18th, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Langston Housing Project. Elevated view of Langston Housing Project complex

Langston Housing Project. Elevated view of Langston Housing Project co...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an ancient city, historic place, stone buildings architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Langston Housing Project. Rear of building at Langston Housing Project

Langston Housing Project. Rear of building at Langston Housing Project

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Hurley inaugurates construction work at tomb of unknown soldier. Secretary of War Patrick J. Hurley broke the ground to start construction of approaches to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetary. Plans for the work were selected as the result of a nationwide competition and the $416,000 project was begun at this time for the purpose of relieving unemployment in the vicinity of Washington, Left to right in the photograph: Col. Arthur Woods, chairman of President Hoover's Committee on unemployment; Secretary Hurley; General Douglas MacArthur, new chief of staff of the U.S. Army, and Maj. General J.L.DeWitt, quarter-master general. 12/19/30

Hurley inaugurates construction work at tomb of unknown soldier. Secre...

A group of men standing next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Langston Housing Project. General view of Langston Housing Project

Langston Housing Project. General view of Langston Housing Project

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Planning motor car expedition across Asia. Georges-Marie Haardt of Paris will head a scientific party which will start shortly on an expedition which will cover 13,500 miles in Asia, including previously unexplored sections. The expedition will travel in special caterpillar-drive equipped motor cars. Haardt came to Washington to complete arrangements for the National Geographic Society to participate in the project. In the photograph, left to right: Dr. John Oliver La Gorce, vice president of the Society; Haardt; Dr. Gilbert Grosvenor, president of the Society, and Maynard Owen Williams, the Society's correspondent who will accompany the expedition, 12/3/30

Planning motor car expedition across Asia. Georges-Marie Haardt of Par...

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[Stadium ("National Stadium Project"), Washington, D.C. Site plan. Sketch]

[Stadium ("National Stadium Project"), Washington, D.C. Site plan. Ske...

Facsimile scan provided for: Unbuilt Washington, National Building Museum, Washington, D.C., Nov. 2011-May 2012.

[Stadium ("National Stadium Project"), Washington, D.C. Bird's-eye view rendering]

[Stadium ("National Stadium Project"), Washington, D.C. Bird's-eye vie...

Facsimile scan provided for: Unbuilt Washington, National Building Museum, Washington, D.C., Nov. 2011-May 2012.

[Stadium ("National Stadium Project"), Washington, D.C. Plan. Sketch]

[Stadium ("National Stadium Project"), Washington, D.C. Plan. Sketch]

Facsimile scan provided for: Unbuilt Washington, National Building Museum, Washington, D.C., Nov. 2011-May 2012.

Dams under construction. Watts Bar Dam, shown here under construction, has a semi-outdoors type powerhouse with an enormous gantry crane (to the right of the picture) for installation and removal of units. The project is further distinguished by a control building which is entirely removed from the hydro plant, being located some 120 feet higher on top of a steep cliff and with direct connection to the switchyard behind. The windowless left wing of the control building houses the control room; the tower-like structure in the back accomodates air conditioning, restrooms, etc. The glass wall, upper level, contains the reception room with a broad semi-circular overlook terrace, the story below the terrace devoted to offices

Dams under construction. Watts Bar Dam, shown here under construction,...

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Employee housing. One of the permanent houses in the construction village at Norris. At each project enough types were used to permit taking advantage of site slopes, views, and exposure to breeze. In keeping with the climate all houses have ample screened porches, usually one for dining (as on the lower right) connecting with the kitchen, and one for sitting or sleeping (as the one on the upper floor) connecting with the bedrooms

Employee housing. One of the permanent houses in the construction vill...

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Wheeler Dam and powerhouse. General view showing four generators of the semi-outdoor type installed. Space is left for addition of four more. Navigation lock in distance, bulkhead section, spillway and power plant following left to right. Terrace in front of top story of control buildings for visitors' inspection of the project

Wheeler Dam and powerhouse. General view showing four generators of th...

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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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Chickamauga Dam and powerhouse. Two views of visitors' reception room which overlooks Chickamauga Lake from a slight platform at one end, and contains reception desk and entrance to elevator and stairs. Map in mural form over reception desk is used by guard in explaining location and significance of project. Switchyard can be seen through glazed doors of vestibule; on opposite side, entire wall underneath the dedication test (1936-Built for the People of the United States of America-1940) consists of glass and opens view of generator hall to visitors

Chickamauga Dam and powerhouse. Two views of visitors' reception room ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a living room, salon, office, late 19th-century interior, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Wheeling Project, 1976, Wheeling, Ohio County, WV

Wheeling Project, 1976, Wheeling, Ohio County, WV

Significance: The Wheeling area was first settled in 1769 by Colonel Ebenezer Zane. On May 4, 1836 Wheeling was incorporated as a city. During the second quarter of the nineteenth century Wheeling became the ... More

Pickwick Dam. Light concrete stair with galvanized mesh railing on Pickwick project. Note that light comes from flush controllens fixtures recessed into concrete

Pickwick Dam. Light concrete stair with galvanized mesh railing on Pic...

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Visitors' buildings. Partial view of interior of one of the twin buildings shown on photographs numbers 1986, 1983. This room serves as the guard station and also as reception room where the features of the project and the progress of the TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) are explained to visitors before they are taken on inspection trips

Visitors' buildings. Partial view of interior of one of the twin build...

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Employee housing. One of the house types at the construction village at Wheeler, Alabama. Most early house types of the TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) were more or less in harmony with local traditional building design to minimize avoiding conflict with strongly held prejudices, but improvements in detail and a closer approach to thoroughly modern concepts were sought for and attained on each subsequent project

Employee housing. One of the house types at the construction village a...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential building, house, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Visitors' building on the east abutment of Norris Dam constructed of cinder concrete blocks with stucco finish. Guard booth under center canopy controls central hall of structure and project parking space in front; also has view of terrace on opposite side. Wings house refreshment counter, a store of the cooperative merchandising organization for local handicraft products and in the windowless extremities of the wing, visitors' toilets

Visitors' building on the east abutment of Norris Dam constructed of c...

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The cafeteria for construction employees of the Norris project was an attempt to produce a dignified architectural effect out of simple and, in part, unfinished local materials. After construction of the project it has been converted to other uses and is now in its tenth year of service

The cafeteria for construction employees of the Norris project was an ...

Original Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) number: 2117. Title and other information from caption sheet entry. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; ... More

Miscellaneous design. A view of the Anderson County art center, a simple, homespun institution which represented the first formal recognition of area in the East Tennessee hill country. Exhibits were supplied generally by the Federal Art Project, although the work of local craftsmen, amateur artists, and school children was exhibited as often as possible

Miscellaneous design. A view of the Anderson County art center, a simp...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a school, preschool, children, education, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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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Norris Dam and powerhouse. View of reception room at the TVA's (Tennessee Valley Authority) first project which was experimental and somewhat small compared to visitors' traffic in peacetime. Guard sits behind special desk with raised rim, used by visitors when they register. Large window behind guard looks out over switchyard and over route taken by visitors upon completion of their inspection trip

Norris Dam and powerhouse. View of reception room at the TVA's (Tennes...

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Demountable employee housing. Group of construction workers' houses, built on demountable principle, on a dam construction project in North Carolina. Some of these houses are on their third location since they were first built in Alabama and hauled approximately 300 miles in sections

Demountable employee housing. Group of construction workers' houses, b...

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Chickamauga Dam and powerhouse. Two views of visitors' reception room which overlooks Chickamauga Lake from a slight platform at one end, and contains reception desk and entrance to elevator and stairs. Map in mural form over reception desk is used by guard in explaining location and significance of project. Switchyard can be seen through glazed doors of vestibule; on opposite side, entire wall underneath the dedication test (1936-Built for the People of the United States of America-1940) consists of glass and opens view of generator hall to visitors

Chickamauga Dam and powerhouse. Two views of visitors' reception room ...

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The cafeteria for construction employees of the Norris project was an attempt to produce a dignified architectural effect out of simple and, in part, unfinished local materials. After construction of the project it has been converted to other uses and is now in its tenth year of service

The cafeteria for construction employees of the Norris project was an ...

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Demountable employee housing.This brand new type of housing accommodation was developed through several intermediate steps and experiments in prefabrication, in answer to the TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority's) need for housing for temporary use on construction projects in remote localities. The scheme permits fabrication at a distance from the job (about 600 miles in this instance), thus reducing dependence on overtaxed accommodations at the construction project. After completion of the project, the demountable housing is quickly removed elsewhere. Some of the earlier TVA demountables have been moved three times from project to project. The design shown here is particularly light in weight due to full use of the recently developed stressed-skin system of plywood construction. It is built largely of weatherproof plywood. The large bay across the front greatly enhances the size of the living room. The trailer houses, on the basis of experience to date, are entirely competitive in cost with traditionally constructed housing of the same floor area. On account of being constructed in shops rather than in the field, they are produced with much closer tolerances, considerably better finish, and with equipment designed and constructed with greater detail and superior utilization of space

Demountable employee housing.This brand new type of housing accommodat...

Original Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) number: K 1860. Title and other information from caption sheet entry. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division... More

Norris Dam and powerhouse. View of reception room at the TVA's (Tennessee Valley Authority) first project which was experimental and somewhat small compared to visitors' traffic in peacetime. Guard sits behind special desk with raised rim, used by visitors when they register. Large window behind guard looks out over switchyard and over route taken by visitors upon completion of their inspection trip

Norris Dam and powerhouse. View of reception room at the TVA's (Tennes...

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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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Offutt Air Force Base, Looking Glass Airborne Command Post, Vehicle Refueling Station, Northeast of AGE Storage Facility at far northwest end of Project Looking Glass Historic District, Bellevue, Sarpy County, NE

Offutt Air Force Base, Looking Glass Airborne Command Post, Vehicle Re...

Survey number: HAER NE-9-H Building/structure dates: 1972 Initial Construction

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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General planning. In the reception room of Norris powerhouse the guide explains to a group of visitors the functioning of the project and will follow up by an explanation of the relation of the particular dam to the integrated system and to the general program of the TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority). See also comments relating to K 1132

General planning. In the reception room of Norris powerhouse the guide...

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Jewish colonies. Haifa Bay project. Building & sand tractors

Jewish colonies. Haifa Bay project. Building & sand tractors

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Pylon on the south shore of the Golden Gate Bridge project

Pylon on the south shore of the Golden Gate Bridge project

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Jewish colonies. Haifa Bay project. Building & sand tractors

Jewish colonies. Haifa Bay project. Building & sand tractors

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Jewish colonies. Haifa Bay project. Building & sand tractors

Jewish colonies. Haifa Bay project. Building & sand tractors

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Hightstown, New Jersey. Metal sheds at the Jersey Homesteads, a U.S. Resettlement Administration subsistence homestead project

Hightstown, New Jersey. Metal sheds at the Jersey Homesteads, a U.S. R...

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