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Missouri Valley, IA, gelatin silver print

Missouri Valley, IA, gelatin silver print

H112662 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright claimant's address: Des Moines, IA. Copyright deposit; F. J. Bandholtz; July 1, 1908; DLC/PP-1908:43522.

Greetings from Twin Valley, Minn.

Greetings from Twin Valley, Minn.

Postcard shows corner view of two streets of commercial establishments in Twin Valley, Minn. H120375 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 1.

Yampa, Colo., Bear River Valley, Moffat Road

Yampa, Colo., Bear River Valley, Moffat Road

J134863 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; E. F. Sawdey & R. B. Hindmarsh; November 5, 1909.

Big Lost River Valley, Panoramic Photograph

Big Lost River Valley, Panoramic Photograph

J134621 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Trowbridge & Niver Co.; November 11, 1909. Photographer's address: Chicago.

Miami valley & camp, gelatin silver print

Miami valley & camp, gelatin silver print

H127901 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; West Coast Art Co.; June 1, 1909. Copyright claimant's address: Los Angeles, Cal. No. 361.

Penn Valley Park, Kansas City, Mo.

Penn Valley Park, Kansas City, Mo.

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Desolation Valley, Lake Tahoe, Panoramic Photograph

Desolation Valley, Lake Tahoe, Panoramic Photograph

J143547 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Harold A. Parker; July 25, 1910. Copyright claimant's address: Pasadena, California.

Rio Grande Valley, New Mex. - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Rio Grande Valley, New Mex. - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain...

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The Saco Valley from the Jones Estate, North Conway, N.H.

The Saco Valley from the Jones Estate, North Conway, N.H.

J146898 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; W. R. Merryman; October 25, 1910. Copyright claimant's address: 138 Cedar St., Haverhill, Mass. No. 3060.

Valley of the Winooski and Camels Hump Mt. [i.e. Mountain], Burlington, Vt.

Valley of the Winooski and Camels Hump Mt. [i.e. Mountain], Burlington...

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Salt River Valley, Arizonia - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Salt River Valley, Arizonia - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain...

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East Gunnison Valley, Utah, Panoramic Photograph

East Gunnison Valley, Utah, Panoramic Photograph

J148480 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; West Coast Art Co.; December 5, 1910. Copyright claimant's address: Los Angeles, Cal. No. 755.

Rio Grande Valley, New Mex. & Texas

Rio Grande Valley, New Mex. & Texas

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Nearly the entire force, Yooona [i.e., Yocona] Mills, Water Valley, Miss. Some of the smallest workers not in the photo. The three smallest ones in front row hang around and help some. Baby doesn't work, - yet. The rest are steady workers. (See Hine report for data about past earnings of this mill.) Location: Water Valley, Mississippi.

Nearly the entire force, Yooona [i.e., Yocona] Mills, Water Valley, Mi...

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Smallest boy is Dorris Fabanks[?], been working in Yocona Mill, Water Valley Miss., one year. Larger boy (brother) been there six years. Housing conditions bad. Location: Water Valley, Mississippi.

Smallest boy is Dorris Fabanks[?], been working in Yocona Mill, Water ...

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[All in photos worked (even smallest girl and boys) and they went to work at (noon) 12:45. Some of the following boys and girls mey be 14, many are not. John Gopen, 189 Elm St. Joseph Stonge, 73 King St. Billie Welch, 178 Union St. Tim Carroll, 310 Salem St. Michael Devine, 64 South Broadway. Jacob Black, 15 Bradford Bl. Binnie Greenfield, 281 Park St. Andrew Pomeroy, 76 South Broadway. Louis Gross, 39 Myrtle St. Arthur Davois, 244 Salem St. Joseph Latham[?], 165 Willow St. Salvatore Quatirtto, 48 Union St. Sam Gangi, 82 Pleasant Valley St.These two boys were about the youngest of the boys, others nearly as young.] Location: Lawrence, Massachusetts.

[All in photos worked (even smallest girl and boys) and they went to w...

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[All in photos worked (even smallest girl and boys) and they went to work at (noon) 12:45. Some of the following boys and girls mey be 14, many are not. John Gopen, 189 Elm St. Joseph Stonge, 73 King St. Billie Welch, 178 Union St. Tim Carroll, 310 Salem St. Michael Devine, 64 South Broadway. Jacob Black, 15 Bradford Bl. Binnie Greenfield, 281 Park St. Andrew Pomeroy, 76 South Broadway. Louis Gross, 39 Myrtle St. Arthur Davois, 244 Salem St. Joseph Latham[?], 165 Willow St. Salvatore Quatirtto, 48 Union St. Sam Gangi, 82 Pleasant Valley St.These two boys were about the youngest of the boys, others nearly as young.] Location: Lawrence, Massachusetts.

[All in photos worked (even smallest girl and boys) and they went to w...

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[All in photos worked (even smallest girl and boys) and they went to work at (noon) 12:45. Some of the following boys and girls mey be 14, many are not. John Gopen, 189 Elm St. Joseph Stonge, 73 King St. Billie Welch, 178 Union St. Tim Carroll, 310 Salem St. Michael Devine, 64 South Broadway. Jacob Black, 15 Bradford Bl. Binnie Greenfield, 281 Park St. Andrew Pomeroy, 76 South Broadway. Louis Gross, 39 Myrtle St. Arthur Davois, 244 Salem St. Joseph Latham[?], 165 Willow St. Salvatore Quatirtto, 48 Union St. Sam Gangi, 82 Pleasant Valley St.These two boys were about the youngest of the boys, others nearly as young.] Location: Lawrence, Massachusetts.

[All in photos worked (even smallest girl and boys) and they went to w...

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Nearly the entire force, Yooona [i.e., Yocona] Mills, Water Valley, Miss. Some of the smallest workers not in photo. The three smallest ones in front row hang around and help some. Baby doesn't work, - yet. The rest are steady workers. (See Hine report for data about past earnings of the mill.) Location: Water Valley, Mississippi.

Nearly the entire force, Yooona [i.e., Yocona] Mills, Water Valley, Mi...

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[All in photos worked (even smallest girl and boys) and they went to work at (noon) 12:45. Some of the following boys and girls mey be 14, many are not. John Gopen, 189 Elm St. Joseph Stonge, 73 King St. Billie Welch, 178 Union St. Tim Carroll, 310 Salem St. Michael Devine, 64 South Broadway. Jacob Black, 15 Bradford Bl. Binnie Greenfield, 281 Park St. Andrew Pomeroy, 76 South Broadway. Louis Gross, 39 Myrtle St. Arthur Davois, 244 Salem St. Joseph Latham[?], 165 Willow St. Salvatore Quatirtto, 48 Union St. Sam Gangi, 82 Pleasant Valley St.These two boys were about the youngest of the boys, others nearly as young. ]. Location: Lawrence, Massachusetts.

[All in photos worked (even smallest girl and boys) and they went to w...

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Nearly the entire force, Yooona [i.e., Yocona] Mills, Water Valley, Miss. Some of the smallest workers not in photo. The three smallest ones in front row hang around and help some. Baby doesn't work, - yet. The rest are steady workers. (See Hine report for data about past earnings of the mill.) Location: Water Valley, Mississippi.

Nearly the entire force, Yooona [i.e., Yocona] Mills, Water Valley, Mi...

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All in photos worked (even smallest girl and boys) and they went to work at (noon) 12:45. Some of the following boys and girls mey be 14, many are not. John Gopen, 189 Elm St. Joseph Stonge, 73 King St. Billie Welch, 178 Union St. Tim Carroll, 310 Salem St. Michael Devine, 64 South Broadway. Jacob Black, 15 Bradford Bl. Binnie Greenfield, 281 Park St. Andrew Pomeroy, 76 South Broadway. Louis Gross, 39 Myrtle St. Arthur Davois, 244 Salem St. Joseph Latham[?], 165 Willow St. Salvatore Quatirtto, 48 Union St. Sam Gangi, 82 Pleasant Valley St.These two boys were about the youngest of the boys, others nearly as young. Location: Lawrence, Massachusetts.

All in photos worked (even smallest girl and boys) and they went to wo...

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Hetch - Hetchy Valley, Sierra Nevada Mts., Calif.

Hetch - Hetchy Valley, Sierra Nevada Mts., Calif.

J163877 U.S. Copyright Office "Film No. 15, 1911" on front. Copyright claimant's address: Box 208, Santa Monica, Calif. Copyright deposit; Matt Ashby Wolfskill; December 26, 1911; DLC/PP-1911:44381.

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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Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes Griggs VC

Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes Griggs VC

The Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes is frequently overcast. This landscape is other worldly and reveals the tremendous power of the earth's forces. This entire valley was filled with ash over the course of one 60... More

Hood River Valley from Van Horn Butte

Hood River Valley from Van Horn Butte

J170208 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Slocoms Book & Art Store; June 12, 1912; DLC/PP-1912:44465. Copyright claimant's address: Hood River, Ore.

"Spider" Estes, fourteen year old doffer, been working in Guadalupe Valley Cotton Mills, one year. Violation of the law. Location: Cuero, Texas.

"Spider" Estes, fourteen year old doffer, been working in Guadalupe Va...

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Fourteen year old spinner in Brazos Valley Cotton Mill at West. Violation of the law. Matty Lott runs six sides. See family group and their story. Location: West, Texas.

Fourteen year old spinner in Brazos Valley Cotton Mill at West. Violat...

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Family of J. W. Lott at West. The father and three oldest children (two of them under legal age) work regularly in the Brazos Valley Cotton Mill. Charlie is thirteen years old. Family Record said he was born March 12, 1900. Mattie is fourteen years old. Family Record says born November 14, 1898. Both of them have been working in a cotton mill at Laurel, Miss., for one year. Been working here for two weeks. Have steady jobs. Get about $1.25 a day. Charlie was put right to work in spite of the fact that he is in very bad shape physically. Probably malaria. The other worker is sixteen. Location: West, Texas.

Family of J. W. Lott at West. The father and three oldest children (tw...

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Fourteen year old spinner in a Brazos Valley Cotton Mill at West. Violation of the law. Matty Lott runs six sides. See family group and their story. Location: West, Texas.

Fourteen year old spinner in a Brazos Valley Cotton Mill at West. Viol...

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Fourteen year old spinner in a[?] Brazos Valley Cotton Mill at West. Violation of the law. Matty Lott runs six sides. See family group and their story. Location: West, Texas.

Fourteen year old spinner in a[?] Brazos Valley Cotton Mill at West. V...

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This is the attendance at the Minto Valley School on December 6. Compare with photograph 4001 taken October 21 - 6 weeks after school opened with only six children attending. Location: Sterling [vicinity], Colorado / L.W. Hine.

This is the attendance at the Minto Valley School on December 6. Compa...

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[This is the attendance at the Minto Valley School on December 6. Compare with photograph 4001 taken October 21 - 6 weeks after school opened with only six children attending.] Location: [Sterling vicinity, Colorado] / L.W. Hine.

[This is the attendance at the Minto Valley School on December 6. Comp...

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Making flower boxes in carpenter-shop. Pauls Valley Training School. See 4833-4842. Location: Pauls Valley, Oklahoma / Lewis W. Hine.

Making flower boxes in carpenter-shop. Pauls Valley Training School. S...

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One of the boys disking the ground on the farm. Pauls Valley Training School. See 4833-4842. Location: Pauls Valley, Oklahoma / Lewis W. Hine.

One of the boys disking the ground on the farm. Pauls Valley Training ...

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Making bread. Pauls Valley Training School. See 4833-4842. Location: Pauls Valley, Oklahoma / Lewis W. Hine.

Making bread. Pauls Valley Training School. See 4833-4842. Location: ...

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Cabinet work. Pauls Valley Training School. See 4833-4842. Location: Pauls Valley, Oklahoma / Lewis W. Hine.

Cabinet work. Pauls Valley Training School. See 4833-4842. Location: ...

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Reference prints, 1919-1920, numbers 2133-2377. Waterwheel on river or lake II; View of valley over split rail fence

Reference prints, 1919-1920, numbers 2133-2377. Waterwheel on river or...

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Shenandoah Valley, Virginia. Hairpin curve on Route 39

Shenandoah Valley, Virginia. Hairpin curve on Route 39

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Mountain scenes. View of mountain across valley

Mountain scenes. View of mountain across valley

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Skyline Drive. View into valley from Skyline Drive

Skyline Drive. View into valley from Skyline Drive

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House in Spring Valley. Exterior of house in Spring Valley

House in Spring Valley. Exterior of house in Spring Valley

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

House at 4900 Glenbrook Rd., Spring Valley. Exterior of house at 4900 Glenbrook Rd. II

House at 4900 Glenbrook Rd., Spring Valley. Exterior of house at 4900 ...

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House at 4900 Glenbrook Rd., Spring Valley. Exterior of house at 4900 Glenbrook Rd. I

House at 4900 Glenbrook Rd., Spring Valley. Exterior of house at 4900 ...

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House at 4900 Glenbrook Rd., Spring Valley. Exterior of house at 4900 Glenbrook Rd. III

House at 4900 Glenbrook Rd., Spring Valley. Exterior of house at 4900 ...

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Wallace greets new Assistant Secretary of Agriculture. Washington, D.C., Dec. 21. Secretary Henry A. Wallace congratulates Grover B. Hill of Gainesville, Texas, after he assumed his new post as Assistant Secretary of Agriculture today. Hill, formerly with the Tennessee Valley Authority, succeeds Harry L. Brown, resigned

Wallace greets new Assistant Secretary of Agriculture. Washington, D.C...

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New Assistant Secretary of Agriculture. Washington, D.C., Dec. 21. Grover B. Hill of Gainesville, Texas, who was today sworn in as Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, photographed at his desk shortly after the ceremony. Hill, who was formerly with the Tennessee Valley Authority, succeeds Harry L. Brown, resigned

New Assistant Secretary of Agriculture. Washington, D.C., Dec. 21. Gro...

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Proposes to Senate that S.E.C. [...]price for utility holdings TVA [...]Washington, D.C., Nov. 23. Appearing before the Congressional TVA Committee today, President [...]Wilkie of Commonwealth and Southern Corp., proposed that the S.E.C. determine a fair price for the utility holdings which the Tennessee Valley Authority seeks to purchase. He said if the TVA would agree to this, his company would abide by the valuation which the S.E.C. may finally set upon their properties

Proposes to Senate that S.E.C. [...]price for utility holdings TVA [.....

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Congressional TVA Committee. Washington, D.C., Nov. 23. Members of the Joint Congressional Committee Investigating Tennessee Valley Authority now conducting open hearings at the U.S. Capitol. Left to right - Rep. Graham A. Barden, Democrat of N.C., Senator H.H. Schwartz, Democrat of Wyoming, Chairman Vic Donahey, Democrat of Ohio, Senator-elect James Mead, Democrat of New York, and Rep. Thomas A. Jenkins, Republican of Ohio

Congressional TVA Committee. Washington, D.C., Nov. 23. Members of the...

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Aero-view of Valley Stream, Long Island 1924.

Aero-view of Valley Stream, Long Island 1924.

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Urge that Shenanhoah Valley be made National [...] members of the Shenanhoah Valley Association who a[...] Washington to urge that legislation be passed making [...] Valley a National Park. They were photographed at the [...] House. In the group, (left to right) G.F. Pollock, Pre[...] Park Association; H.J. Benchoff, Pres. Shenandoah Valley, Gov. Trinkle of Virginia; Rep. T.W. Harrison, State s[...] H.F. Bird and W.A. Ryan, Member Board of Direct[...]

Urge that Shenanhoah Valley be made National [...] members of the Shen...

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[Miss Katherine A. Young of Valley City, North Dakota, D.A.R. page, at the D.A.R. Auditorium, Washington, D.C.]

[Miss Katherine A. Young of Valley City, North Dakota, D.A.R. page, at...

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Charges TVA withheld certain documents from federal auditors. Washington, D.C., Nov. 28. Stuart V. Tulloss, Chief of the Division of Investigation of the Comptrollers Office, today charged before the Joint Congressional Committee Investigating the TVA that the TVA withheld certain documents from federal auditors. He read into the record a letter from acting Comptroller General Elliott to Committee Chairman Donahey, listing alleged interferences with the audit of Tennessee Valley Authority accounts

Charges TVA withheld certain documents from federal auditors. Washingt...

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School children march in parade to welcome Apple Blossom Festival time in Virginia. A scene at the parade in Winchester, Virginia, today when 10,000 school children marched to celebrate the opening of the Apple Bblossom Festival in the historic Shenandoah Valley. Miss Sue Pollard, daughter of the Governor of Virginia, was crowned "Queen of the Apple Blossoms"

School children march in parade to welcome Apple Blossom Festival time...

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House in Spring Valley. Exterior of house in Spring Valley

House in Spring Valley. Exterior of house in Spring Valley

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One of the TVA's (Tennessee Valley Authority) switchyards near Memphis, Tennessee. While such installations tend to be clearcut and orderly in the nature of their layouts, the TVA also puts particular stress on the minor buildings which occur in conjuction with them, as demonstations of architectural design generally applicable to smaller structures

One of the TVA's (Tennessee Valley Authority) switchyards near Memphis...

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Miscellaneous design. In the course of its construction programs, the TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) has occasion to design and construct many different types of buildings, always with an earnest effort to set examples which are within the ability of local residents or organizations to follow. This school at Fontana, erected for the children of TVA employees, is operated in collaboration with the North Carolina State Department of Education and a large portion of it will remain in permanent use,

Miscellaneous design. In the course of its construction programs, the ...

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Guntersville Dam and powerhouse. Closeup view of powerhouse. Note texture of concrete on electrical bay which is typical of most TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) projects. Pattern is produced by alternating directions of grain in adjoining form panels. Rough-sawn lumber is used to make grain more pronounced. Heavy texture conceals color and surface irregularities of concrete and will become particularly valuable as concrete ages. Office floor is above flood level and has continuous glass brick strip

Guntersville Dam and powerhouse. Closeup view of powerhouse. Note text...

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Bridges. Highway bridge across an arm of Norris Lake which has been developed by the TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority), with local cooperation, for recreational uses. Note that, as on all TVA bridges where view is of importance, the parapet consists of a solid portion and an open rail to permit good view

Bridges. Highway bridge across an arm of Norris Lake which has been de...

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Walnut Valley, Bacon's Castle vic., Surry County, Virginia

Walnut Valley, Bacon's Castle vic., Surry County, Virginia

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Norris Dam and powerhouse. Night view of Norris Dam with floodlighting. The more spectacular dams of the TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) are equipped to be floodlit at night and are popular excursion points. Pinpoint lights along top of dam are small lenses in back of the handrail bracket road lighting fixtures. Wet spots on dam are the result of small shrinkage cracks during initial years which later sealed themselves by the sediment contained in the water

Norris Dam and powerhouse. Night view of Norris Dam with floodlighting...

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Wheeler dam and powerhouse. Visitors' reception room in Wheeler control building. Windows on three sides and overlook terrace adjoining offer complete view of plant and surroundings. Fourth wall used for description of TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) program. Floor: gray-brown terrazo, divided into large squares by white metal strips. Wainscot, window sills, trim around doorway and curb at footlights brownish-red precast terrazo. Walls burlap covered, painted subdued tan. Windows aluminum. Ceiling and upper part of walls, plaster painted warm gray with warm off-white reflecting circles and cove across end (ceiling acoustic plaster). Lighting indirect. Lights in cove across end of room also throw downward, directed by lenses toward wall display and shielded by aluminum louvers. Behind curb inclined contol lens footlights and louver (aluminum) shielding air exhaust. Supply through ceiling grilles which border ceiling on two sides. Deep trim around doorway intended as shield while passing footlights. Display in gray, black and tan, keyed with general color scheme. Guard's desk of natural oak and ebomized birch, with raised ledge for visitor's registration

Wheeler dam and powerhouse. Visitors' reception room in Wheeler contro...

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Agriculture being still the predominant occupation in the Valley, the TVA's (Tennessee Valley Authority) programs included a demonstration of good agricultural practices. The barn shown here was built in the course of such programs and served the double purpose of demonstration and the provision of pasteurized milk for construction employees

Agriculture being still the predominant occupation in the Valley, the ...

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Refreshments concession inside the Norris visitors' building (compare with notes on K 1867). In the design of such facilities the TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) wanted to demonstrate simple, clean, efficient arrangements which at the time were not known or appreciated in the valley

Refreshments concession inside the Norris visitors' building (compare ...

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This photograph shows how the two halves of a trailer house, delivered individually, are assembled by simply rolling them together on previously prepared foundations which consist of a few posts driven into the ground connected by planks upon which the house halves roll by means of small wooden wheels. Each half is light enough to be towed behind a 3/4 ton truck or passenger car. They come fully equipped with all essential furniture and equipment, either built-in or stored inside during transport. They are connected to each other by a few bolts, while the roof sections meet in ridges over which a common cap is laid. The whole operation may take between one and three hours, including connection to previously prepared utilities. The section or halves measure 26' x 7'9," thus permitting highway transportation without special permits. Any number of sections can be combined. Two- and three-bedroom houses. Recreation buildings, bath houses, and even very large barracks, have been constructed by TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) on the same general plans but using more sections

This photograph shows how the two halves of a trailer house, delivered...

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Agriculture being still the predominant occupation in the Valley, the TVA's (Tennessee Valley Authority) programs included a demonstration of good agricultural practices. The barn shown here was built in the course of such programs and served the double purpose of demonstration and the provision of pasteurized milk for construction employees

Agriculture being still the predominant occupation in the Valley, the ...

Original Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) number: 2200. Title and other information from caption sheet entry. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; ... More

Another view of Cove Lake State Park with the inn in the foreground and some of the tourists' cabins in the back. Located on a main highway, both a restaurant and overnight cabins fill an important need of the tourist traffic which, in turn, is important to the valley. In addition, it has become a favorite point for local recreation. The standards of space layout, finish, furnishings, and service have performed as models for this area of the valley

Another view of Cove Lake State Park with the inn in the foreground an...

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Chickamauga Dam and powerhouse. One of the headquarters buildings of farmers' cooperatives which distribute TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) power. With comfortable lounges, meeting rooms, and up-to-snuff shops, garages and offices, such buildings become centers of interest in the small towns in which they are located (quoted from previously written caption). Headquarters building of the rural power distribution cooperative at Shelbyville, Tennessee (see general comments under K 2382). In the design of these structures a certain degree of uniformity is observed to express the fact that they are parts of a nationwide system. The symbol REA stands for Rural Electrification Administration which by engineering, financing, and general guidance promotes rural electrical cooperatives throughout the United States and its territories. Each design is individually developed, however, from the special requirements of the organization and with attention to location and site characteristics

Chickamauga Dam and powerhouse. One of the headquarters buildings of f...

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Another view of Cove Lake State Park with the inn in the foreground and some of the tourists' cabins in the back. Located on a main highway, both a restaurant and overnight cabins fill an important need of the tourist traffic which, in turn, is important to the valley. In addition, it has become a favorite point for local recreation. The standards of space layout, finish, furnishings, and service have performed as models for this area of the valley

Another view of Cove Lake State Park with the inn in the foreground an...

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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...

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General planning. Refrigerated barge designed and built by the TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) in collaboration with the University of Tennessee to encourage the fruit and vegetable freezing industry in the Valley and the marketing of its products over the inland waterways system. The architects of the Authority cooperated in the design of the superstructure which was erected on a standard steel barge. Sheathing is of T and G boards, roof of galvanized sheet metal. Glass-enclosed cabin at one end houses refrigerating machinery, at other end crew's quarters. Colors are light shades of grey, with upper and lower bands of superstructure in maroon. Visible part of windows is the screen frame; glazed sash is behind and its frame is painted black to eliminate its competetion with the screen frame and its...

General planning. Refrigerated barge designed and built by the TVA (Te...

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Walnut Valley, Bacon's Castle vic., Surry County, Virginia

Walnut Valley, Bacon's Castle vic., Surry County, Virginia

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Demountable employee housing. Because many construction projects are in remote localities where the need for housing exists only during the construction period, the TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) developed over a period of years its own method of prefabrication. Houses, recreation buildings, dormitories, washhouses, etc. have been constructed in three dimensional slices which are transported individually, fully equipped, and are coupled up on the site much like cars of a railroad train. Photograph shows one slice of a cabin, 7 1/2' x 22', in transit

Demountable employee housing. Because many construction projects are i...

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Miscellaneous design. In the course of reservoir construction the Authority occasionally floods out existing railroad lines which it replaces, together with their bridges and stations. This small station at Concord, Tennessee, is notable principally for its total deviation from usual practice for such structures in the Valley, chiefly in its clear cut plan, open shelter, light brick masonry, and the use of bright colors

Miscellaneous design. In the course of reservoir construction the Auth...

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

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

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Recreational structures. Another view of concession building near Chickamauga Dam (compare with K 2411). Grading and planting unfinished. Boat harbors are built by TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) on well-sheltered lake arms close to centers of population. Concession buildings serve as supply headquarters and also accommodate large numbers of visitors who come to watch fun

Recreational structures. Another view of concession building near Chic...

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Recreational structures. Big Ridge Lake. Diving tower, beach and bath house may be seen in the background. This forty-five acre body of water has proved an attractive recreation spot for thousands of visitors since it was first opened to the public in May 1934. Encircled by the 3,500 acres of wooded hills in Big Ridge Park, the resort is provided with a boathouse, bath house, a public lodge, nineteen modern vacation cabins and a beach with a specially constructed pool for children. Located on the eastern boundary of Norris reservoir about twenty-five miles northeast of Knoxville, Tennessee, the lake was formed by constuction of a small dam across one of the arms of the reservoir. This recreation area and the 3,800 acre Noris Park near Norris Dam were developed by the National Park Service and the CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) in cooperation with the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). This is one of many comparable parks on TVA reservoirs, most of which are in use and greatly enjoyed by tourists as well as residents of the surrounding area who previously had few, if any, outdoor opportunites for ourtdoor sport and recreation. The completion of other recreational parks has been prevented by the war

Recreational structures. Big Ridge Lake. Diving tower, beach and bath ...

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Employee housing. To accommodate construction personnel at projects, most of which are at some distance from population centers, the TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) built permanent housing where there were reasons to expect such communities to be permanent. Being the single owner of land and of structures, the Authority used such housing projects to demonstrate modern principles of town planning of which other federal housing programs and private enterprise made use subsequently. The photograph shows a scene in the town of Norris, Tennessee, adjacent to Norris Dam

Employee housing. To accommodate construction personnel at projects, m...

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Miscellaneous design. Libraries in rural areas are among the great needs of the Tennessee Valley. The one shown in this photograph was built and equipped with the assistance of work relief labor out of primitive local materials

Miscellaneous design. Libraries in rural areas are among the great nee...

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Picnic shelter, more or less typical of many such structures on TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) recreational properties. All were built with CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) or similar work relief assistance with local materials to minimize cash expense

Picnic shelter, more or less typical of many such structures on TVA (T...

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Visitors' buildings. Because the TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) system is owned by the public, visitors are encouraged to inspect the projects, and do so in large numbers. Many of them arrive after traveling long distances; therefore, restrooms and refreshment concessions are provided. The photograph shows such facilities at south end of Pickwick Landing Dam, divided between twin buildings which straddle the earthfill portion of the dam. The buildings front on an overlook terrace which connects with broad stairs to the lock operating deck below

Visitors' buildings. Because the TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) syst...

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Norris Dam and powerhouse. Night view of Norris Dam with floodlighting. The more spectacular dams of the TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) are equipped to be floodlit at night and are popular excursion points. Pinpoint lights along top of dam are small lenses in back of the handrail bracket road lighting fixtures. Wet spots on dam are the result of small shrinkage cracks during initial years which later sealed themselves by the sediment contained in the water

Norris Dam and powerhouse. Night view of Norris Dam with floodlighting...

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Bridges. Highway bridge near Soddy, Tennessee, where, in cooperation with work relief agencies and the governing body of the county, TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) developed an arm of Chickamauga Lake for recreational uses

Bridges. Highway bridge near Soddy, Tennessee, where, in cooperation w...

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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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Pickwick Dam. Downstream view of first two units of powerhouse. Intended for an eventual length of six, it has been extended to four units since photograph was taken. Assembly and repair bay surmounted by offices and reception facilities, in left end. Concrete shows ordinary formwork composed of tongue-and-groove boards, whereas most TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) projects make use of special formwork described in connection with Guntersville powerhouse

Pickwick Dam. Downstream view of first two units of powerhouse. Intend...

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General planning. This photograph is included in the series as a vivid document on the impingement of Twentieth Century technology upon the neglected and backward rural scene. The meter on the wall of the rural shack indicates that it now receives its share of electricity from the power carried overland by the huge TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) transmission line. TVA program must resolve the conflict between between modern and ancient ways of life so that individuals, similar to those which are shown in the picture, will be benefited

General planning. This photograph is included in the series as a vivid...

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This interesting combination of gauge house and navigation lightpole with service ladders and handrails developed into decorative features is typical of TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) navigation projects all up and down the river

This interesting combination of gauge house and navigation lightpole w...

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Drinking fountains are provided at engineering projects and recreational parks for visitors' convenience. This one was donated by the labor unions associated in the Tennessee Valley Workers' Council as a memorial to a labor relations official of the Authority after his death. The bronze dedication placque carries the favorite stanza of the deceased which reads as follows: "Mourn not the dead who in the cool earth lie, Dust unto dust, The calm sweet earth that mothers all who die, As all men must, But rather mourn the apathetic throng, The cowed and the meek, Who know the world's great anguish and its wrong, And dare not speak."

Drinking fountains are provided at engineering projects and recreation...

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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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One of the groups of tourists' cabins at Cove Lake State Park. The general appearance of the structures, as others built by the TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority), is more or less traditional because it was thought that too great a deviation in this remote area would prevent ready popular acceptance of the main principles of the demonstration

One of the groups of tourists' cabins at Cove Lake State Park. The gen...

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Bridges. Another bridge on the Norris freeway, designed as a continuous concrete structure, cantilevered past the abutments. The simplicity of TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) bridges contrasts with considerable detail and ornamentation on the standard types of most state highway departments. Photograph illustrates unspoiled rural character of surroundings which was attained by purchase of broad strips of land either side of road and, further contracts with abutting land owners giving them right to cultivate TVA-owned strip in exchange for prohibiting signboards on their own property

Bridges. Another bridge on the Norris freeway, designed as a continuou...

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Miscellaneous design. Another school built by the TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority), primarily for children of its own employees at Norris, Tennessee, but operated in combination with state authorities and made available to children of county residents. It is used as a model school in the state teachers' training program

Miscellaneous design. Another school built by the TVA (Tennessee Valle...

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Pleasant Valley, Easton, Talbot County, Maryland

Pleasant Valley, Easton, Talbot County, Maryland

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Edwin A. Fish, residence in Locust Valley, Long Island. Entrance court

Edwin A. Fish, residence in Locust Valley, Long Island. Entrance court

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Pleasant Valley, Easton, Talbot County, Maryland

Pleasant Valley, Easton, Talbot County, Maryland

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Pleasant Valley, Easton, Talbot County, Maryland

Pleasant Valley, Easton, Talbot County, Maryland

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Pleasant Valley, Easton, Talbot County, Maryland

Pleasant Valley, Easton, Talbot County, Maryland

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Pleasant Valley, Easton, Talbot County, Maryland

Pleasant Valley, Easton, Talbot County, Maryland

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Pleasant Valley, Easton, Talbot County, Maryland

Pleasant Valley, Easton, Talbot County, Maryland

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