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James K. Polk Papers: Series 6: Notes, circa 1831-1847; Subject file; Banks in United States; States
Board of Public Works, March 5, 1838

Board of Public Works, March 5, 1838

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James K. Polk Papers: Series 8: Miscellaneous, 1827-1884; Chronological file, 1827-1849; 1847, Feb. 16
James K. Polk Papers: Series 2, General Correspondence and Related Items, 1775-1849; 1848, Oct. 25-1849, Mar. 1
Outward Letter: Under Secretary, Public Works; Page 295
Outward Letter: Under Secretary, Public Works; Page 205
Mr J Knowles, Public Works: re Railways
Outward Letter: Under Secretary, Public Works; Page 279
Outward Letter: Under Secretary, Public Works; Page 586 & 587
Outward Letter: Under Secretary, Public Works; Page 517
Outward Letter: Under Secretary, Public Works; Page 518
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Outward Letter: Under Secretary, Public Works; Page 447
Outward Letter: Under Secretary, Public Works; Page 504
Outward Letter: Under Secretary, Public Works; Page 592
Outward letter: Minister of Public Works, Page 145 - 146
Outward letter: Minister of Public Works, Page 195 - 197
Outward letter: Minister of Public Works, Page 163
Outward letter: Minister of Public Works, Page 95
Outward letter: Minister of Public Works, Page 147 - 148
Outward letter: Minister of Public Works, Page 62
Exhibit chart showing streets & avenues of the cities of Washington and Georgetown, improved under the Board of Public Works, D.C. : Nov. 1st 1873 : gas mains.

Exhibit chart showing streets & avenues of the cities of Washington an...

Depths shown by soundings. Also shows block and ward numbers. Does not show gas mains in Georgetown. Includes notes. In printer's cartouche: 466. LC copy soiled, annotated in ink, mounted on cloth backing, and ... More

Outward letter: Minister of Public Works, Page 226
Outward letter: Minister of Public Works, Page 158 -160
Outward letter: Minister of Public Works,  Page 188 - 191
Exhibit chart showing streets & avenues of the cities of Washington and Georgetown, improved under the Board of Public Works, D.C. : Nov. 1st 1873 : sewers.

Exhibit chart showing streets & avenues of the cities of Washington an...

Depths shown by soundings. Also shows block and ward numbers. In printer's cartouche: 466. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy soiled, annotated in ink, laminated,... More

Outward letter: Minister of Public Works, Page 120 - 122
Exhibit chart showing streets & avenues of the cities of Washington and Georgetown, improved under the Board of Public Works, D.C. : Nov. 1st 1873 : water mains.

Exhibit chart showing streets & avenues of the cities of Washington an...

Depths shown by soundings. Also shows block and ward numbers. Includes notes. In printer's cartouche: 466. LC copy soiled, annotated in ink, laminated, mounted on cloth backing, and impressed with ownership sea... More

Outward letter: Minister of Public Works, Page 96
Outward letter: Minister of Public Works, Page 355
Outward letter: Minister of Public Works, Page 384
Outward letter: Minister of Public Works, Page 324
Outward letter: Minister of Public Works 18 June 1874, Page 345
Outward letter: Minister of Public Works 18 August 1874, Page 402
Outward letter: Minister of Public Works, Page 254 - 258
Outward letter: Minister of Public Works, Page 411
Outward letter: Minister of Public Works, Page 377
Outward letter: Minister of Public Works, Page 326
Outward letter: Minister of Public Works, Page 250
Outward letter: Minister of Public Works 4[?] March 1874, Page 288 -289
Outward letter: Minister of Public Works, Page 293
Pont St. Louis, Railroad bridge, France

Pont St. Louis, Railroad bridge, France

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Pont sur la Bidassoa, Railroad bridge, France

Pont sur la Bidassoa, Railroad bridge, France

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Pont de L'Orient, Railroad bridge, France

Pont de L'Orient, Railroad bridge, France

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Viaduc de Chaumont, Railroad bridge, France

Viaduc de Chaumont, Railroad bridge, France

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Viaduc du Pont du Jour, Railroad bridge, France

Viaduc du Pont du Jour, Railroad bridge, France

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Viaduc de l'Osse, Railroad bridge, France

Viaduc de l'Osse, Railroad bridge, France

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Pont d'Arcole à Paris, Railroad bridge, France

Pont d'Arcole à Paris, Railroad bridge, France

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Pont de L'Orient, Railroad bridge, France

Pont de L'Orient, Railroad bridge, France

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Pont de La Roche-Bernard, Railroad bridge, France

Pont de La Roche-Bernard, Railroad bridge, France

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Viaduc du Bellon, Railroad bridge, France

Viaduc du Bellon, Railroad bridge, France

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Viaduc sur l'Orb à Bédarieux, Railroad bridge, France

Viaduc sur l'Orb à Bédarieux, Railroad bridge, France

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Vue de Castelfranc, Railroad bridge, France

Vue de Castelfranc, Railroad bridge, France

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[Pavilion of the Ministry of Public Works, Paris Exposition, 1889]

[Pavilion of the Ministry of Public Works, Paris Exposition, 1889]

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Early Department of Public Works, Lancaster, Massachusetts

Early Department of Public Works, Lancaster, Massachusetts

Sanford B. Wilder is pictured here with the "Town Team," which was used jointly by the road and fire departments. This photograph was taken near the entrance of the North Village Cemetery about 1890. Courtesy o... More

Ickes commissions new general counsel of FEA. Washington, D.C., May 1. Administrator Harold Ickes presenting Abe Fortas, newly appointed General Counsel of the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works with his commission after Fortas was sworn into office today

Ickes commissions new general counsel of FEA. Washington, D.C., May 1....

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Federal Emergency Administration's General Counsel. Washington, D.C., May 1. A new informal photograph of Abe Fortas, General Counsel of the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works who was sworn into office today

Federal Emergency Administration's General Counsel. Washington, D.C., ...

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Nedläggning av kloakledning. Falköping, Sweden

Nedläggning av kloakledning. Falköping, Sweden

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New first Assistant to PWA administrator. Washington, D.C., Nov. 1. Howard A. Gray, of Chicago, enter former Director of Housing for PWA today was sworn in as Assistant Administrator of Public Works. Floyd Dodson, Chief Clerk of the Interior is on the left, Sec. of the Interior Harold Ickes on the right

New first Assistant to PWA administrator. Washington, D.C., Nov. 1. Ho...

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French Deputies pay tribute to America's unknown soldier. Washington, D.C., May 2. Deputies from the French Parliament, in this country to visit the New York World Fair, today paid tribute to America's unknown soldier at Arlington National Cemetery. Here we see M.M. Eduard Jonas, left, President of the Public Works and Transportation Committee, and Fourcault Pavant, as they place the wreath for the delegation

French Deputies pay tribute to America's unknown soldier. Washington, ...

A couple of men standing next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description The New York World's Fair was a large international expositio... More

City of Erie. Pennsylvania. General plan for the extension and improvement of the city

City of Erie. Pennsylvania. General plan for the extension and improve...

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Steel Rack West of Dry Dock 1 Reinforced Concrete Work by Public Works, Looking North, Yard Labor

Steel Rack West of Dry Dock 1 Reinforced Concrete Work by Public Works...

Photographs of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard

Mayor Walker of New York confers with Secretary Mellon and other members of Coolidge Cabinet. "Jimmie" Walker, the dapper Mayor of New York City, arrived in the National Capital today and immediately went into conference with Secretary of the Treasury Mellon and Postmaster General New and other high government officials regarding the proposed Federal appropriations for a new Federal court building in New York City and the removal of the present postoffice to a new site in the Metropolis. In the photograph, left to right: (sitting) Undersecretary of the Treasury Ogden L. Mills; Major Walker; Secretary Mellon; Attorney General Sargent; and Postmaster Joseph Johnson, New York City commissioner of Public Works; James A. Wetmore, acting supervising architect of the Treasury; Paul Block, newspaper publisher; Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Carl T. Schuneman; and First Assistant Postmaster General John H. Bartlett

Mayor Walker of New York confers with Secretary Mellon and other membe...

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Pioneers of the first New Bedford, MA Board of Park Commissioners and Board of Public Works

Pioneers of the first New Bedford, MA Board of Park Commissioners and ...

Pioneers of the first New Bedford, Massachusetts Board of Park Commissioners and Board of Public Works, from left to right: Charles S. Ashley, who became mayor; Daniel B. Leonard, city clerk; Mayor Morgan Rotch... More

TECHNICAL WORKS OF ARTS PROJECTS. FROM THE LEFT: EDWARD BRUCE, SECRETARY OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF FINE ARTS TO THE TREASURY; MRS. ROOSEVELT; L.W. ROBERT, JR., ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF TREASURY; FORBES WATSON, TECHNICAL DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS OF ART PROJECT

TECHNICAL WORKS OF ARTS PROJECTS. FROM THE LEFT: EDWARD BRUCE, SECRETA...

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Photograph of Artwork by Henry Glintenkamp 

Photograph of Artwork by Henry Glintenkamp 

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Take part in hearings. Sec. of Int. Harold L. Ickes, left, and Louis R. Glavis, Director of Inves. of the Int. Dept. and Public Works, confer during a recess in the Senate Investigation of the Virgin Islands administration. 7/2/35

Take part in hearings. Sec. of Int. Harold L. Ickes, left, and Louis R...

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Flooding - Wheaton, Ill. , August 11, 2010 --Kathy Allen, IEMA representative, Patrick Fisher and Vincent-Jay G. Laoang, P. E. , the Director of the Wheaton, IL Department of Public Works, looks at several  maps which show the areas in town that were flooded in late July.  FEMA is working with the Illinois Emergency Management Agency(IEMA) in assessing the amount of damage caused by floods which occurred in late July. Photo by Patsy Lynch/FEMA

Flooding - Wheaton, Ill. , August 11, 2010 --Kathy Allen, IEMA represe...

The original database describes this as: Title: FEMA assists IEMA with flood assessment Production Date: 08/11/2010 Caption: Wheaton, Ill. , August 11, 2010 --Kathy Allen, IEMA representative, Patrick Fisher... More

General Motors New Zealand Limited - Car number 37,575 comes off the Assembly line.  From the album: Tenth Anniversary Celebrations - General Motors New Zealand Limited

General Motors New Zealand Limited - Car number 37,575 comes off the A...

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Highlands Hammock State Park, 5931 Hammock Road, Sebring, Highlands County, FL

Highlands Hammock State Park, 5931 Hammock Road, Sebring, Highlands Co...

2014 Entry HALS Challenge: Documenting the Landscapes of the New Deal, Honorable Mention recipient. Significance: Highlands Hammock State Park is significant in the early twentieth-century history of Florida a... More

A better New York - movie film screenshot

A better New York - movie film screenshot

Shows WPA projects in New York State, including reservoir construction, improvement of parks and recreation facilities, and employment of trained technicians and clerical workers for the Bureau of Criminal Inve... More

Poinsett State Park , 6660 Poinsett Park Road, Wedgefield, Sumter County, SC

Poinsett State Park , 6660 Poinsett Park Road, Wedgefield, Sumter Coun...

Entry 2014 HALS Challenge: Documenting Landscapes of the New Deal, Honorable Mention recipient. Significance: Poinsett State Park gains its significance through its association with the Civilian Conservation Co... More

A better America - movie film screenshot

A better America - movie film screenshot

Shows WPA projects being carried out on a nation-wide level during the depression. Includes sewage disposal plants and sewer construction, medical services for the indigent, sewing rooms where women make garmen... More

Federal Emergency Administration's General Counsel. Washington, D.C., May 1. A new informal photograph of Abe Fortas, General Counsel of the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works who was sworn into office today

Federal Emergency Administration's General Counsel. Washington, D.C., ...

A black and white photo of a man sitting at a desk, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 19... More

McKinley Park, Bounded by Alhambra Boulevard, McKinley Boulevard, 35th Street, Park Way, 33rd Street, and H Street, Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA

McKinley Park, Bounded by Alhambra Boulevard, McKinley Boulevard, 35th...

Second Place Winner - 2017 HALS Challenge: Documenting City or Town Parks. Significance: McKinley Park is a significant cultural landscape as Sacramento's first park related to the American urban parks movement... More

Fort Clinch State Park, 2601 Atlantic Avenue, Fernandina Beach, Nassau County, FL

Fort Clinch State Park, 2601 Atlantic Avenue, Fernandina Beach, Nassau...

Addendum was an entry in the 2014 HALS Challenge: Documenting Landscapes of the New Deal, Honorable Mention recipient. Significance: Fort Clinch is one of the most well-preserved nineteenth-century forts in the... More

Florida Caverns State Park, 3345 Caverns Road, Marianna, Jackson County, FL

Florida Caverns State Park, 3345 Caverns Road, Marianna, Jackson Count...

2014 Entry HALS Challenge: Documenting the Landscapes of the New Deal, Honorable Mention recipient. Significance: Florida Caverns State Park is significant in the early twentieth-century history of Florida as o... More

Murals in Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall Building 249

Murals in Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall Building 249

Murals in Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall Building 249 are on display before the ribbon cutting ceremony Oct. 27, 2011. Building 249 was built in 1903, but the murals date to the 1950s. The building was recently... More

Village hall, Garden City, Long Island. Department of Public Works

Village hall, Garden City, Long Island. Department of Public Works

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Photograph of Accelerated Public Works (APW) Crew Releasing Red Pine Trees

Photograph of Accelerated Public Works (APW) Crew Releasing Red Pine T...

Original caption: APW crew releasing red pine trees from overtopping low quality hardwoods by girdling them. Note safety shields on shoes. Historic Photographs

Photograph of Accelerated Public Works (APW) Crew Releasing Red Pine Trees

Photograph of Accelerated Public Works (APW) Crew Releasing Red Pine T...

Original caption: APW crew releasing red pine trees from overtopping low quality hardwoods by girdling them. Note safety shields on shoes. Historic Photographs

Photograph of Accelerated Public Works (APW) Crew Releasing Red Pine Trees

Photograph of Accelerated Public Works (APW) Crew Releasing Red Pine T...

Original caption: APW crew releasing red pine trees from overtopping low quality hardwoods by girdling them. Note safety shields on shoes. Historic Photographs

Photograph of a  Natural Red Pine Stand Released and Pruned with Accelerated Public Works (APW) Funds

Photograph of a Natural Red Pine Stand Released and Pruned with Accel...

Original caption: Natural red pine stand released and pruned with APW funds. Historic Photographs

Photograph of Firebreak and Fireway

Photograph of Firebreak and Fireway

Original caption: Firebreak and Fireway, part of 19.75 miles of such construction through red and jack pine plantations and natural stands. Done with APW funds. Historic Photographs

Photograph of Forest Road Number 2345

Photograph of Forest Road Number 2345

Original caption: Forest Road #2345, Highway 32, to Junction Lookout, constructed as APW project, Salem Rd. Historic Photographs

Photograph of Accelerated Public Works (APW) Workers Painting District Ranger's Office Building

Photograph of Accelerated Public Works (APW) Workers Painting District...

Original caption: APW workers painting district ranger's office building -- part of rehabilitation work being done at this station. Historic Photographs

Photograph of Accelerated Public Works (APW) Workers Putting in Footings for a Beach Changehouse at Au Train Camp and Picnic Grounds

Photograph of Accelerated Public Works (APW) Workers Putting in Footin...

Original caption: APW workers putting in footings for a Beach Changehouse at Au Train camp and picnic grounds. Historic Photographs

Photograph of Stairway to Beach at Long Lake Picnic Grounds

Photograph of Stairway to Beach at Long Lake Picnic Grounds

Original caption: Stairway to beach at Long Lake Picnic Grounds. Constructed with APW funds. Historic Photographs

Photograph of Accelerated Public Works (APW) Workers Constructing a Nature Trail

Photograph of Accelerated Public Works (APW) Workers Constructing a Na...

Original caption: APW workers constructing a nature trail on Houston Rd. Historic Photographs

Photograph of Accelerated Public Works (APW) Constructed Boat Access at Lac Vieux Desert Campground

Photograph of Accelerated Public Works (APW) Constructed Boat Access a...

Original caption: APW constructed boat access at Lac Vieux Desert Campground. Historic Photographs

Photograph of Campground at Black Lake

Photograph of Campground at Black Lake

Original caption: Campground at Black Lake. Facilities expanded under APW program. Historic Photographs

Photograph of Accelerated Public Works (APW) Worker Sodding in Picnic Area

Photograph of Accelerated Public Works (APW) Worker Sodding in Picnic ...

Original caption: APW worker sodding in picnic area at Norway Beach Recreation Area. Historic Photographs

Photograph of Fireway Constructed with Accelerated Public Works (APW) Funds

Photograph of Fireway Constructed with Accelerated Public Works (APW) ...

Original caption: Fireway constructed with APW funds. Junction of FR 206 & 203. Historic Photographs

Photograph of Two and a Half Mile Nature Trail Constructed by Accelerated Public Works (APW) Workers

Photograph of Two and a Half Mile Nature Trail Constructed by Accelera...

Original caption: 2.5 mile nature trail constructed by APW workers. Trail begins and ends at Paddy Creek Camp and Picnic Area and offers public examples of multiple use in action. Historic Photographs

Photograph of Accelerated Public Works (APW) Workers Sodding a Picnic Area

Photograph of Accelerated Public Works (APW) Workers Sodding a Picnic ...

Original caption: APW workers sodding picnic area at Norway Beach Recreation Area. Historic Photographs

Photograph of Accelerated Public Works (APW) Workers Putting in Piling for a Dock at Clear Lake

Photograph of Accelerated Public Works (APW) Workers Putting in Piling...

Original caption: APW workers putting in piling for a dock at Clear Lake. Historic Photographs

Photograph of Newly Installed Water Pump at Black Lake Picnic Ground

Photograph of Newly Installed Water Pump at Black Lake Picnic Ground

Original caption: Newly installed water pump, Black Lake Picnic Ground. Area expanded to include camping --with APW funds. Historic Photographs

Photograph of Boat Access to Black Lake

Photograph of Boat Access to Black Lake

Original caption: Boat access to Black Lake; improved with APW funds, Hayward Rd. Historic Photographs

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