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Background imageUnited States Historical Event Collection: Franklin Roosevelt Signing the Emergency Banking Act

Franklin Roosevelt Signing the Emergency Banking Act
THE NEW DEAL LEGISLATION WAS ENACTED AT GREAT SPEED. AS SOON AS THE SPECIAL SESSION OF CONGRESS PASSED A BILL (IN SEVEN AND ONE HALF HOURS), ROOSEVELT SIGNED IT

Background imageUnited States Historical Event Collection: State Department at Washington

State Department at Washington

Background imageUnited States Historical Event Collection: Completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad

Completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad
Railroad workers celebrate at the driving of the Golden Spike Ceremony in Utah on May 10

Background imageUnited States Historical Event Collection: Homestead Strike

Homestead Strike
(Original Caption) 1892-The homestead strike, 1892. Pinkertons leaving the barges after surrendering, escorted by armed Union men. Engraving by W.P. Snyder, after photograph by Dabbs, 7/16/1892

Background imageUnited States Historical Event Collection: George Weiss

George Weiss, named the new General Manager of the Yankees, replacing Larry MacPhail, who was retiring. Image also shows Del Webb and Bob topping co-owners of the Yankees

Background imageUnited States Historical Event Collection: Virginia Hill Testifying Before a Senate Committee

Virginia Hill Testifying Before a Senate Committee
Virginia Hill, girlfriend of Las Vegas mobster Ben "Bugsy Siegel, testifies before the Kefauver organized crime hearings in New York

Background imageUnited States Historical Event Collection: Wall Street, Half Past Two O'Clock

Wall Street, Half Past Two O'Clock
CAFFERTY: VIEW OF WALL STREET WITH STOCK EXCHANGE TRADERS

Background imageUnited States Historical Event Collection: Signing of the United States Constitution

Signing of the United States Constitution
(Original Caption) The signing of the United States Constitution in 1787. Undated painting by Stearns

Background imageUnited States Historical Event Collection: Shay's Rebellion

Shay's Rebellion
(Original Caption) Shay's Rebellion (1786-87): Mob of discontents seizing Massachusetts court house. Undated engraving

Background imageUnited States Historical Event Collection: The Homestead Strike At Carnegie Steel

The Homestead Strike At Carnegie Steel
(Original Caption) Picture shows the Homestead Strike of 1892. a shield was used by strikers at Carnegie Steel Works showing a chain to anchor cannon. Drawn by G.W. Peters after a photograph

Background imageUnited States Historical Event Collection: Penn's Treaty with the Indians by Edward Hicks

Penn's Treaty with the Indians by Edward Hicks
William Penn's treaty with the Indians. Painting bu Hicks. ORIGINAL CAPTION BPA 2 #5130

Background imageUnited States Historical Event Collection: Coal Strike in West Virginia

Coal Strike in West Virginia
Red Jacket, West Virginia, Coal miners wives holding children

Background imageUnited States Historical Event Collection: Coal Strike in West Virginia

Coal Strike in West Virginia
Four members of the posting guard at Williamstown

Background imageUnited States Historical Event Collection: Coal Strike in West Virginia

Coal Strike in West Virginia
Red Jacket, West Virginia. Miner and wife with 5 children outside of tent

Background imageUnited States Historical Event Collection: Coal Strike in West Virginia

Coal Strike in West Virginia
Scene in West Virginia during a coal strike

Background imageUnited States Historical Event Collection: Sid Hatfield

Sid Hatfield of Matewan, West Virginia, now under indictment for his part in shooting

Background imageUnited States Historical Event Collection: Coal Strike in West Virginia

Coal Strike in West Virginia
Red Jacket, West Virginia. View of tent colony of striking miners

Background imageUnited States Historical Event Collection: Coal Strike in West Virginia

Coal Strike in West Virginia
Posting guard during miners strike

Background imageUnited States Historical Event Collection: Coal Strike in West Virginia

Coal Strike in West Virginia
Posting guard at Williamstown, West Virginia during a coal strike

Background imageUnited States Historical Event Collection: Aviators After Record Breaking Flight

Aviators After Record Breaking Flight
Photo shows left to right front, Bert Acosta, C.D

Background imageUnited States Historical Event Collection: Hands in the New Deal

Hands in the New Deal
These are the hands which guide the New Deal. Powerful hands of a big man

Background imageUnited States Historical Event Collection: San Francisco Riots

San Francisco Riots
Of these two men seriously wounded during the San Francisco waterfront riots on July 5, one later died

Background imageUnited States Historical Event Collection: San Francisco Riots

San Francisco Riots
Moving of cargoes from docks by the Industrial Association as an effort to break the San Francisco Longshoremen

Background imageUnited States Historical Event Collection: Franklin and Elliott Roosevelt Lunching with Katharine Hepburn

Franklin and Elliott Roosevelt Lunching with Katharine Hepburn
(Original Caption) President Roosevelt receives an offer of another helping of fish chowder from his son, Elliott, who recently applied for a year's training in the Army Air Corps

Background imageUnited States Historical Event Collection: Willkie Tours England

Willkie Tours England
Wendell L. Willkie is fitted with a gas mask in the home office by Herbert Morrison, the Home Secretary, while Malcolm MacDonald looks on. Under Willkie?s arm is a steel e helmet

Background imageUnited States Historical Event Collection: Conscientious Objectors Working with Log Cutting Machinery

Conscientious Objectors Working with Log Cutting Machinery
(Original Caption) Cascade Locks, Oregon: Where Conscientious Objectors Do Their Bit. At Wyeth, near here, is one of the two camps for conscientious objectors west of the Rocky Mountains

Background imageUnited States Historical Event Collection: More Yanks Arrive in Italy

More Yanks Arrive in Italy
Charging ashore and ready for battle are elements of the 36th Division from Texas and Southern Oklahoma. They are storming a beach in Italy

Background imageUnited States Historical Event Collection: More Yanks Arrive in Italy

More Yanks Arrive in Italy
Charging ashore and ready for battle are elements of the 36th Division from Texas and Southern Oklahoma. They are storming a beach in Italy

Background imageUnited States Historical Event Collection: Mail Arrives from Home

Mail Arrives from Home
These Japs, nearly all of full Japanese descent, were Hawaiian bred and are now fighting in their own unit with the U.S. Infantry forces somewhere in Italy

Background imageUnited States Historical Event Collection: Truman Makes Initial Speech

Truman Makes Initial Speech
President Harry S. Truman, before a battery of microphones, addresses joint session of Congress for the first time as Chief Executive

Background imageUnited States Historical Event Collection: Daniel Ortega Speaking Against Reagan Administration

Daniel Ortega Speaking Against Reagan Administration
(Original Caption) Managua, Nicaragua: Junta Coordinator Commander Daniel Ortega told a group of U.S

Background imageUnited States Historical Event Collection: Rosa Parks Standing in Front of Mural

Rosa Parks Standing in Front of Mural
Rosa Parks, 72, poses with mural at the Dexter Avenue Martin Luther King Memorial Church which depicts the Civil Rights Movement after holding a news conference. Mrs

Background imageUnited States Historical Event Collection: Sen. John Glenn

Sen. John Glenn, D-Ohio, adjusts his tie prior to the start of the Senate Ethics Committee hearings on the Keating Five 11/15

Background imageUnited States Historical Event Collection: Copy of the New York Weekly Journal

Copy of the New York Weekly Journal
The New York Weekly Journal was begun by John Peter Zenger in 1732. Zenger opposed the official views disseminated in the New York Gazette and was tried for libel in 1735

Background imageUnited States Historical Event Collection: The Louisiana Outrages: A Street Barricade Guarde by White Leaguers Illustration

The Louisiana Outrages: A Street Barricade Guarde by White Leaguers Illustration
An illustration from Harper's Weekly, October 10, 1874

Background imageUnited States Historical Event Collection: Illustration of William Penn and Native Americans Making Treaty

Illustration of William Penn and Native Americans Making Treaty
(Original Caption) William Penn making his treaty with the Indians under the famous, old "Treaty Elm, " now marked by monument in northeast Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Background imageUnited States Historical Event Collection: Wall Street, Half Past Two O'Clock

Wall Street, Half Past Two O'Clock
WALL ST. DURING 1857 PANIC.UNDATED ILLUSTRATION

Background imageUnited States Historical Event Collection: Illustration of a Fight During Shays's Rebellion

Illustration of a Fight During Shays's Rebellion
Engraving depicting a brawl between a Massachusetts government supporter and a rebel, during Shays's Rebellion (1786-87). Undated color illustration

Background imageUnited States Historical Event Collection: Color Engraving of The Homestead Strike by W.P. Synder

Color Engraving of The Homestead Strike by W.P. Synder
(Original Caption) Illustration from Harper's Weekly depicting the Homestead Strike of 1892. Shows Pinkertons, escorted by armed union men, leaving the barges after surrendering

Background imageUnited States Historical Event Collection: Lithograph by George H. Walker After The Witch Number 3 by J.E. Baker

Lithograph by George H. Walker After The Witch Number 3 by J.E. Baker
Witch trial in Salem, Massachusetts. Lithograph by George H. Walker. Undated

Background imageUnited States Historical Event Collection: Mason and Slidell Removed from the Trent Lithograph

Mason and Slidell Removed from the Trent Lithograph
M.M. Mason and Slidell on board the "Trent, " by Captain Wilks, commander of the "San Jacinto." Engraving, 1861

Background imageUnited States Historical Event Collection: Illustration with Thomas Jefferson Approving the Louisiana Purchase

Illustration with Thomas Jefferson Approving the Louisiana Purchase
(Original Caption) USA: Thomas Jefferson signing the Louisiana Purchase papers

Background imageUnited States Historical Event Collection: Washington Watching Man Sign Constitution

Washington Watching Man Sign Constitution
(Original Caption) Painting depicting the signing of the United States Constitution. George Washington watches from his desk as a delegate signs the document. Other delegates observe the proceedings

Background imageUnited States Historical Event Collection: Blood on the Blair House Steps

Blood on the Blair House Steps
A Blair House employee scrubs blood from the Blair House steps and walk after White House police shot down two gunmen who opened fire on the President's official residence

Background imageUnited States Historical Event Collection: Guard doubled at President's home

Guard doubled at President's home
Extrordinary measures were taken to protect President Truman after a suicidal attempt by two Puerto Rican fanatics to shoot their way into the Blair House

Background imageUnited States Historical Event Collection: Virginia Hill Testifying at Senate Hearing

Virginia Hill Testifying at Senate Hearing
Virginia Hill, girlfriend of Las Vegas mobster Ben "Bugsy Siegel, testifies before the Kefauver organized crime hearings in New York

Background imageUnited States Historical Event Collection: Virginia Hill Relaxing Inside a Car

Virginia Hill Relaxing Inside a Car
Virginia Hill, girlfriend of Las Vegas mobster Ben "Bugsy Siegel, in her automobile after testifying before the Kefauver organized crime hearings in New York

Background imageUnited States Historical Event Collection: Virginia Hill Testifying Before Senate Committee

Virginia Hill Testifying Before Senate Committee
Virginia Hill, girlfriend of Las Vegas mobster Ben "Bugsy Siegel, laughs as she testifies before the Kefauver organized crime hearings in New York

Background imageUnited States Historical Event Collection: Virginia Hill Testifying Before Senate Committee

Virginia Hill Testifying Before Senate Committee
Virginia Hill, girlfriend of Las Vegas mobster Ben "Bugsy Siegel, testifies before the Kefauver organized crime hearings in New York

Background imageUnited States Historical Event Collection: Mushroom Cloud from Atomic Test

Mushroom Cloud from Atomic Test
A mushroom cloud rises from a nuclear weapon test during Operation TUMBLER-SNAPPER. Over two thousand Marines witnessed the event, which was conducted in 1952 at the Nevada Proving Ground

Background imageUnited States Historical Event Collection: Crowd Cheers Robert Taft Nomination at Republican National Convention

Crowd Cheers Robert Taft Nomination at Republican National Convention
(Original Caption) 7/11/1952-Chicago, Illinois- Taft banners block the aisles at the peak of the noisy demonstration for the Ohio Senator in Convention Hall as his name was placed in the nomination

Background imageUnited States Historical Event Collection: Richard and Pat Nixon at Republican National Convention

Richard and Pat Nixon at Republican National Convention
(Original Caption) 7/12/1952- Chicago, IL: Happy duo. Flashing happy smiles, Senator and Mrs. Richard M

Background imageUnited States Historical Event Collection: Arthur H. Dean

Arthur H. Dean is negotiating with the Communists at Panmunjom in an attempt to set up a Korean Peace Conference

Background imageUnited States Historical Event Collection: Dwight Eisenhower Taking Oath Of Office

Dwight Eisenhower Taking Oath Of Office
Dwight Eisenhower (center right) takes the oath of office from Chief Justice Fred Moore Vinson (center left)

Background imageUnited States Historical Event Collection: Cowboy Doing a Trick with a Lasso

Cowboy Doing a Trick with a Lasso
Expertly tossed by cowboy Monte Montana, a lariat falls neatly over President Dwight D. Eisenhower as he watches the colorful inaugural parade that followed his taking the oath of office

Background imageUnited States Historical Event Collection: Leon JM Kamin Admits Red Ties and Refuses to Name Others at the Risk of Being Cited for Contempt

Leon JM Kamin Admits Red Ties and Refuses to Name Others at the Risk of Being Cited for Contempt
A research worker at Harvard University admitted his communist ties when called as first witness by Sen. Joseph McCarthy, as he opened a two day hearing on reds in Massachusetts

Background imageUnited States Historical Event Collection: Lt.Col. John P. Stapp's Rocket Sled From 632 MPH to Stop in 1.5 Seconds

Lt.Col. John P. Stapp's Rocket Sled From 632 MPH to Stop in 1.5 Seconds
This photo was made during the test, announced by the Air Force yesterday, in which Lt. Col. John P

Background imageUnited States Historical Event Collection: Ralph Abernathy Gesturing at Meeting

Ralph Abernathy Gesturing at Meeting
(Original Caption) 2/27/1956-Montgomery, AL-Rev. Ralph D

Background imageUnited States Historical Event Collection: Rosa Parks Sits At the Front of A Bus in Alabama

Rosa Parks Sits At the Front of A Bus in Alabama
12/21/1956-Montgomery, AL-Rosa Parks, 43, sits in the front of a city bus here, December 21, as a Supreme Court ruling, which banned segregation on the city's public transit vehicles took effect

Background imageUnited States Historical Event Collection: Crowd Gathered Outside Central High School in Little Rock

Crowd Gathered Outside Central High School in Little Rock
A crowd of onlookers gathers to watch as Federal troops stand guard while African American students join White students in front of Central High School, in Little Rock, Arkansas

Background imageUnited States Historical Event Collection: Mayor Woodrow Mann Stating Support for Desegregation

Mayor Woodrow Mann Stating Support for Desegregation
Woodrow Mann, mayor of Little Rock

Background imageUnited States Historical Event Collection: Black Girl Stops To Look At Withdrawal

Black Girl Stops To Look At Withdrawal
Passing the Central High School here, September 21st, a black teenage girl stops to look following the removal of National Guard troops

Background imageUnited States Historical Event Collection: Little Rock Students Talking After First Day of Integration

Little Rock Students Talking After First Day of Integration
(Original Caption) 9/25/1957- Little Rock, AK- Elated after spending their first full day at Little Rock Central High

Background imageUnited States Historical Event Collection: Military Jeeps Outside Desegregated Central High School

Military Jeeps Outside Desegregated Central High School
Federal troops in military jeeps stand guard while African American students join White students in front of Central High School, in Little Rock, Arkansas

Background imageUnited States Historical Event Collection: Army Jeeps Escort Station Wagon with African American Students

Army Jeeps Escort Station Wagon with African American Students
(Original Caption) 9/26/1957-Little Rock AR: Jeeps front and back of Army Station wagon convoy nine Negro students down West 28th St. here Sept. 26th to classes at Central High School

Background imageUnited States Historical Event Collection: Armed Federal Troops on Guard at Central High School

Armed Federal Troops on Guard at Central High School
Federal troops stand guard in front of Central High School, in Little Rock, Arkansas, after Federal courts ordered the enforcement of desegregation laws

Background imageUnited States Historical Event Collection: Black Students Walking to Integrated School

Black Students Walking to Integrated School
(Original Caption

Background imageUnited States Historical Event Collection: Little Rock Students Walking Past National Guard

Little Rock Students Walking Past National Guard
The group of nine African American students walk past members of the National Guard as they use a side door to enter Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas

Background imageUnited States Historical Event Collection: Black Students Escorted By Troops

Black Students Escorted By Troops
African-American students attending Little Rock Central High School are escorted to a waiting Army station wagon for their return home after classes, 3rd October 1957

Background imageUnited States Historical Event Collection: Black Students With Soldiers Escorting

Black Students With Soldiers Escorting
(Original Caption) 10/11/1957-Little Rock, AR: The grim face of the soldier who guards her forms a strange contrast to the smiling face of this Negro girl

Background imageUnited States Historical Event Collection: Students Watching African American Students Escorted

Students Watching African American Students Escorted
A few weeks after the desegregation of Little Rock's Central High School, only six of the nine African American students are escorted into the school, the other three reporting in sick

Background imageUnited States Historical Event Collection: Russell Bufalino

Russell Bufalino, of Kingston, Pennsylvania appears before the legislative watch dog committee during hearings in the Capitol on the Apalachin, New York, crime congress

Background imageUnited States Historical Event Collection: School Superintendent Speaking on Desegregation Threat

School Superintendent Speaking on Desegregation Threat
(Original Caption) 1/20/1958-Little Rock, AR: Little Rock Superintendent of Schools Virgil T

Background imageUnited States Historical Event Collection: Ernest Green Wearing Cap and Gown

Ernest Green Wearing Cap and Gown
Eighteen-year-old Ernest Green, one of the nine African American students to integrated Central High School, prepares for graduation

Background imageUnited States Historical Event Collection: Thurgood Marshall and Little Rock Students

Thurgood Marshall and Little Rock Students
Lawyer Thurgood Marshall and civil rights activist Daisy Bates join several members of the "Little Rock Nine", the first students to integrate Central High School

Background imageUnited States Historical Event Collection: Students Shown at White House

Students Shown at White House
(Original Caption) 8/26/1958-Washington

Background imageUnited States Historical Event Collection: Picket New Hampshire Tourist Office

Picket New Hampshire Tourist Office
Carrying signs, pickets demonstrate in front of the new office of the New England Tourist Bureau at Rockefeller Center, May 10th

Background imageUnited States Historical Event Collection: President Kennedy Under Stress During Berlin Crisis

President Kennedy Under Stress During Berlin Crisis
President John F. Kennedy wipes the sweat from his brow while addressing the nation via television concerning the Berlin Crisis

Background imageUnited States Historical Event Collection: President John Kennedy Making a Statement in Oval Office

President John Kennedy Making a Statement in Oval Office
From the Oval Office, President John F. Kennedy makes a statement on the crisis in Berlin, declaring that the United States will defend its rights there by force if necessary

Background imageUnited States Historical Event Collection: President John F. Kennedy at His Desk

President John F. Kennedy at His Desk
President John F. Kennedy addresses the nation concerning the crisis in Berlin, announcing a military expansion to thwart the Soviet threat there

Background imageUnited States Historical Event Collection: President Kennedy at Press Conference During Berlin Crisis

President Kennedy at Press Conference During Berlin Crisis
President John F. Kennedy answers questions about the crisis in Berlin at a press conference. He reiterated his desire for a peaceful solution to the conflict

Background imageUnited States Historical Event Collection: West Berliners Crowd at Brandenburg Gate

West Berliners Crowd at Brandenburg Gate
A crowd of West Berlin residents gathers on square in front of Brandenburg Gate as Communist German soldiers and militiamen construct road blocks and barbed wire fences on border here August 13

Background imageUnited States Historical Event Collection: President John Kennedy and Lucius Clay

President John Kennedy and Lucius Clay
President John F. Kennedy (right) meets with General Lucius Clay in the Oval Office to give him final instructions on his Berlin mission

Background imageUnited States Historical Event Collection: Teenagers Protesting School Integration

Teenagers Protesting School Integration
(Original Caption) Birmingham, Alabama: Confederate flag-waving students join in singing Dixie to accompaniment of trumpet as they demonstrate outside West End High School here, September 10



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