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A table shewing the value of any number of dollars, from 1 to 10,000, at seven shillings and six-pence. [Philadelphia] Zachariah Poulson, jun. 1778.

A table shewing the value of any number of dollars, from 1 to 10,000, ...

Imprint 3; Not in Evans; Not in Hildeburn; Printers ornament. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection... More

Know all men by these presents, that we are held and firmly bound to Esq; treasurer of the United States of America in Congress assembled, in the penalty of twenty thousand Spanish milled dollars, or other money equivalent thereto, to be paid to

Know all men by these presents, that we are held and firmly bound to E...

Blank form filled out in mss. for Josiah Shackford, Marian Woodbury Langodn and John Parker dated Aug. 29 1782.; On verso: Privateer Bond. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: ... More

... An act authorizing the loan of one million of dollars. Philadelphia: Printed by Francis Childs and John Swaine, 1794].

... An act authorizing the loan of one million of dollars. Philadelphi...

Caption title: At head of title: Third Congress of the United States: at the first session, begun and eld at the City of Philadelphia, in the state of Pennshlvania, on Monday, the second of December, one thousa... More

... An act to authorize the officers of the Treasury to audit and pass the account ofthe late Edward Blanchard, deceased ... [Followed by] An act authorizing a loan of two million of dollars. [Philadelphia: Printed by Childs and Swaine, 1794.].

... An act to authorize the officers of the Treasury to audit and pass...

Caption title: At head of title: Third Congress of the United States: at the second session, begun and held at the City of Philadelphia, in the state of Pennsylvania, on Monday the third of November, one thousa... More

Philadelphia, November 20, 1801. Elegant family Bible. Price seven dollars. Just published by Mathew Carey. an elegant edition of the Bible. in large quarto. [Philadelphia, Mathew Carey, 1801].

Philadelphia, November 20, 1801. Elegant family Bible. Price seven dol...

Prospectus.; Elegant family Bible.; Imprint 3. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 150... More

A handbill has been circulated this morning by a set of men who, to accomplish their objects, stop at no means however villainous. They represent that I am indebted to the United States the sum of 880, 452 dollars, 97 cents, as Quarter-Master Ge

A handbill has been circulated this morning by a set of men who, to ac...

2582 E 21.; 12 Jy 46 Rec. 7-18-46.; $25.00.; On verso: 2582E21 12 Jy 46 Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemer... More

Lexington lottery, second class. Authorized by law of the state of Virginia. This ticket, on payment of five dollars, will entitle the bearer to such prize as may be drawn to its number, if demanded within twelve months. Subject to a education o

Lexington lottery, second class. Authorized by law of the state of Vir...

4 tickets. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 181, Folder 25.

Five hundred dollars reward. Proclamation, by the deputy-mayor of the City of New York. Whereas there is reason to apprehend that the fire on Wednesday night, the 1st instant, in Cheapside Street, was the effect of design ... offer a reward of f

Five hundred dollars reward. Proclamation, by the deputy-mayor of the ...

2101 F 26 29 My 46.; Rec. 6-21-46.; $10.00.; On verso: 2101E26 29 My 46. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemer... More

500 dollars reward. Stop thief. Last night between ten & eleven o'clock, absconded from the schooner John of New-York, lying at Rockets a negro man named Jack Alford ... Ezra Sampson, Jr. Richmond, July 7, 1810.

500 dollars reward. Stop thief. Last night between ten & eleven o'cloc...

Imprint 2.; Reward.; On folder : M.C. # 09-82-038. 378. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Por... More

Cash in hand, occassioned by the capture of the British Packet Swallow. by Commodore Rodgers, with 260,000 dollars, in gold and silver on board. Boston printed by Nathaniel Coverly, Jun. Corner Theatre-Alley [1813].

Cash in hand, occassioned by the capture of the British Packet Swallow...

Positive Photostat.; War of 1812 ballad.; Verse. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 5... More

Table shewing the amount of principal (on the calculation of 100 dollars) redeemed at certain quarter-yearly periods until its final extinction, by the United States, of their stock bearing an interest of six per cent. per annum, arising from th

Table shewing the amount of principal (on the calculation of 100 dolla...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 228, Folder 40.

50 dollars reward. Ran away from the subsriber, living in Prince George's County, near the Governor's Bridge, on the 26th of December, a bright mulatto boy, named Daniel ... Richard Duckett. March 30, 1826.

50 dollars reward. Ran away from the subsriber, living in Prince Georg...

... The U. States bank will pay on demand five dollars in panic, distress, or famine at their office of discount in the U. S. Senate Chamber, Washington City ... [Washington, D. C. June 10, 1834.].

... The U. States bank will pay on demand five dollars in panic, distr...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 231, Folder 5.

100 dollars reward. Ran away from the subscriber, living near Charlestown, Jefferson County, Virginia, on the night of the 4th instant two negro men Robert & Lewis ... John Lock. October 6, 1834. Charlestown: Printed at the Virginia Free Press O

100 dollars reward. Ran away from the subscriber, living near Charlest...

Title.; Reward. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 186, Folder 26.

5 dollars reward! Broke out, on the night of the 15th instant, from the pasture of Major C. W. Hunter, Alton 1 yoke of oxen! ... Alton. Printed at the "Telegraph" office May 16, 1840.

5 dollars reward! Broke out, on the night of the 15th instant, from th...

75 dollars reward! Escaped from the Alton penitentiary, on the 20th inst. two convicts, Isaac Bell and Wm. B. Ledbetter ... Isaac Greathouse, Warden Illinois penitentiary. Alton, 23d May, 1842.

75 dollars reward! Escaped from the Alton penitentiary, on the 20th in...

Imprint 2.; Reward. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 17, Folder 20.

An ordinance, authorising a loan of forty thousand dollars ... [Richmond, n. d.].

An ordinance, authorising a loan of forty thousand dollars ... [Richmo...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 188, Folder 31.

Fifty dollars will be given for any information as to the scoundrel who published to the world a notice, purporting to have been written by the managers of the Washington circus, in which I was made the subject of ridicule and circulated by some

Fifty dollars will be given for any information as to the scoundrel wh...

On verso: 47. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 209, Folder 27.

Know all men by these presents, that we of the county of in the of and county of in the of are held and firmly bound unto the United States of America, in the full and just sum of dollars, money of the United States, to which payment well and tr

Know all men by these presents, that we of the county of in the of and...

Page Order: Leaflet Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 200, Folder 13.

The Susquehanna Canal lottery. Positively to commence drawing on the 26th of next month (August) ... two prizes of 20,000 dollars each, and six floating capital prizes. Tickets, halves quarters & eights for sale at Robinson's State lottery-offic

The Susquehanna Canal lottery. Positively to commence drawing on the 2...

Know all men by these presents, that we are held and firmly bound unto His Excellency Governor or Chief magistrate of the Commonwealth of Virginia, in the just and full sum of two thousand dollars; for the payment. ... [License to stem or manufa

Know all men by these presents, that we are held and firmly bound unto...

Tobacco. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. 3 duplicate copies Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 188, Folder 39. Copy scanned: 1

[Poster offering fifty dollars reward for the capture of a runaway slave Stephen.]

[Poster offering fifty dollars reward for the capture of a runaway sla...

Negative Photostat.; Reward. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 1, Folder 12.

200 dollars reward! Frank Camper, sallow complexion with black hair and hazel eyes ... Escaped from the penitentiary in Washington City this morning about 6 12 o'clock. Joseph Allemander ... A reward of $100 will be given for the sale del

200 dollars reward! Frank Camper, sallow complexion with black hair an...

Reward. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 201, Folder 32.

The grand national fight 2 against 1 fought on the 6th of Nov. 1856 for one hundred thousand dollars

The grand national fight 2 against 1 fought on the 6th of Nov. 1856 fo...

The familiar metaphor of the presidential contest as a boxing match is invoked once again. (For an earlier example see "Set to Between the Champion Old Tip and the Swell Dutchman of Kinderhook," no. 1836-12.) T... More

$200 reward! The sum of two hundred dollars will be paid for the arrest and return of William Wells, who escaped from the U. S. Penitentiary December 26, 1860 ... C. P. Sengstack, warden. [Washington, D. C. 1860].

$200 reward! The sum of two hundred dollars will be paid for the arres...

Reward. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 204, Folder 6.

$1,1000 reward. A reward of eleven hundred dollars is hereby offered for the apprehension and return to the United States penitentiary in the District of Columbia of the convicts, James Wilson, Major S. McDonald, George W. Johnson, and Jo

$1,1000 reward. A reward of eleven hundred dollars is hereby offered f...

$300 bounty $300. $200 dollars cash in advance, before leaving the city. The men will be mounted upon splendid chargers, and armed with fine sabres, Sharps rifles, and Colt's revolvers. $100 will be paid to each man w

$300 bounty $300. $200 dollars cash in advance, before leaving the cit...

Civil war posters. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 124, Folder 22.

15 dollars reward. Strayed or stolen, on Sunday evening the 17th instant, a large well-built bay horse, 16 hands high ... Any information leading to the recovery of the above property will be received and the said reward paid, by calling at hous

15 dollars reward. Strayed or stolen, on Sunday evening the 17th insta...

Reward. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 204, Folder 22.

The President, Directors & Co. of the Powow River Bank will pay five hundred dollars to bearer on demand. Salisbury, Massachusetts.

The President, Directors & Co. of the Powow River Bank will pay five h...

Print shows a railroad locomotive with fuel, freight, and passenger cars at top left, with buildings in the background. Circular design with large "D" and "Five Hundred Dollars" appears on lower left corner and... More

Letter of Jabez C. Woodman, Esq. enclosing three hundred dollars to the agent of the Sanitary Commission, and their reply. Portland, Nov. 26th, 1863.

Letter of Jabez C. Woodman, Esq. enclosing three hundred dollars to th...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 27, Folder 18.

$500 reward. The subscribers, Selectmen of Reading, in behalf of said town, hereby offer a reward of five hundred dollars to any person who shall give information that may lead to the detection and conviction of the person or persons who

$500 reward. The subscribers, Selectmen of Reading, in behalf of said ...

Reward. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 70, Folder 19.

$200.00 reward! The subscribers, Selectmen of Reading, in behalf of said Town, hereby offer a reward of two hundred dollars, for the detection and conviction of the person or persons who took seven cases of shoes from the store of Caleb D

$200.00 reward! The subscribers, Selectmen of Reading, in behalf of sa...

Reward. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 71, Folder 13.

My dear Sir: In order to complete the Congregational church in this city thirty thousand dollars will be required ... O. O. Howard. Chairman building com. Washington, D. C. June 10, 1867.

My dear Sir: In order to complete the Congregational church in this ci...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. 2 duplicate copies Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 205, Folder 15a. Copy scanned: 1

The following notice has been sent to all bankers and brokers on this continent. United States notes, series of 1869. Two thousand notes, of ten dollars each, From No. H3,530,001*, to No. H 3,532,000* both inclusive, were stolen from the Treasur

The following notice has been sent to all bankers and brokers on this ...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 206, Folder 6.

Know all men: that we, the National savings bank of the District of Columbia ... are held and firmly bound unto the United States of America in the just and full sume of two hundred thousand dollars ... October 31, 1870.

Know all men: that we, the National savings bank of the District of Co...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 206, Folder 10.

[Eight Confederate bills ranging in value from five to one hundred dollars]

[Eight Confederate bills ranging in value from five to one hundred dol...

Copyright by William Lee, M.D. Plate II. Public domain photograph related to Confederate States of America, American Civil War, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

$200.00 reward! The subscribers, Selectmen of Reading, in behalf of said town, hereby offer a reward of two hundred dollars for the detention and conviction of the person or persons who set fire to the cabinet shop of George W. Grouard on

$200.00 reward! The subscribers, Selectmen of Reading, in behalf of sa...

Reward. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 75, Folder 3.

$300.00 reward! The subscribers, selectmen of Reading, in behalf of said town, hereby offer a reward of three hundred dollars for the detection and conviction of the person or persons who broke and entered the dwellings of Joseph S. Templ

$300.00 reward! The subscribers, selectmen of Reading, in behalf of sa...

Reward. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 75, Folder 17.

Doctor:- Has your attention been called to the fact, that in a license law now before the House committee, it is proposed to impose a license tax of twenty-five dollars on each physician and dentist in the District and a further tax on each priv

Doctor:- Has your attention been called to the fact, that in a license...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 206, Folder 50.

$500 - reward - $500. The subscribers, selectmen of the Town of Reading, in behalf of said town, hereby offer a reward of five hundred dollars for the detection and conviction of the person or persons who committed an assault on Ho

$500 - reward - $500. The subscribers, selectmen of the Town of Readin...

Printed on yellow paper. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. 3 duplicate copies Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 76, F... More

The saving properties of the solar system! The law of necessity the law of all laws. One thousand billion dollars sun for 25 cents. Six thousand years war with the natural laws. Editor, author and orator, Daniel Pratt, the great American travell

The saving properties of the solar system! The law of necessity the la...

Title. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 76, Folder 12.

$500 reward. The subscribers, Selectmen of Reading, in behalf of the town, hereby offer a reward of five hundred dollars for the detection and conviction of the person or persons who wilfully and maliciously set fire to the dwelling house

$500 reward. The subscribers, Selectmen of Reading, in behalf of the t...

On verso: MC# 09-82-038.138. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. 3 duplicate copies Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 76... More

$300 reward. The subscribers, Selectmen of Reading, in behalf of the town, hereby offer a reward of three hundred dollars for the arrest and conviction of the person who assaulted Miss Gertie Stimpson on Wednesday, March 11th, 1885 ... Se

$300 reward. The subscribers, Selectmen of Reading, in behalf of the t...

Reward.; Title. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 76, Folder 33.

$300 reward. The subscribers, Selectmen of Reading, in behalf of the town, hereby offer a reward of three hundred dollars for the detection and conviction of the person or persons who wilfully and maliciously set fire to the stable on Ell

$300 reward. The subscribers, Selectmen of Reading, in behalf of the t...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 76, Folder 34.

Sec. Chairman seemed bored at investment trust inquiry. Washington, D.C., Dec. 19. A little matter of expanding $3,182 in a heavy interest in companies with assets of a billion dollars, as told by one of the witnesses, did not seem to excite the interest of Chairman James M. Landis of Security and Exchange Commission, as he catches forty winks while attending a session of the Sec. Investment Trust Inquiry today

Sec. Chairman seemed bored at investment trust inquiry. Washington, D....

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Rep. Bloom presents sculptress with check from anonymous New Yorker to save home. Washington, D.C., Nov. 18. Early this week a reporter on a local paper discovered that Adelaide Johnson, sculptress, who created the Susan B. Anthony Sufferagist Group in the U.S. Capitol, was about to be evicted from her bare house. She had no means of moving several busts and statues which she had in the house and had set about destroying them. The matter was called to the attention of Rep. Sol Bloom of New York who investigated. An anonymous woman in New York sent a thousand dollars, and other amounts brought the total up to almost $2,000. Rep. Bloom arranged a suitable agreement with the realty company, and now Miss Johnson, shown here receiving the check, will be allowed to stay and continue her work. In the background is a bust of Susan B. Anthony

Rep. Bloom presents sculptress with check from anonymous New Yorker to...

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FCC told in B.C. programs cost 1000,000,000 million dollars yearly. Washington, D.C., Nov. 17. Testifying at the Federal Communications Investigation of Purported Monopolistic Practices in the Radio Industry today, John F. Royal, NBC Vice President in charge of programs, said the programs carried by NBC cost 1000,000,000 dollars annually. Royal said this figure included programs picked up from foreign stations

FCC told in B.C. programs cost 1000,000,000 million dollars yearly. Wa...

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Now therefore, in consideration of the premises and of each and every subscription to said object, the undersigned agrees to pay to the University of Chicago the sum of [blank] dollars in five semi-annual payments, as follows ... 1906.

Now therefore, in consideration of the premises and of each and every ...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 18, Folder 48a.

Sunday morning at Lynchburg Cotton Mill (Virginia) Ed Tolley, the smallest, said 15 years old, but that is very doubtful. Others in these three photos, Lucien Tolley, Herbert Aultico, Henry Daly, John Crawley. (See my report for addresses.) Most of these boys could not spell own name. All claimed to be over 14, but their disputes showed "These's a reason." They get from three to four dollars a week and some pay board. One said, "I get all over $2.60." Some were surely under twelve. All work. Lindsey Witt has been working there 2 years. Dewey Anderson, three years. M[y]ron Cole, some time. Location: Lynchburg, Virginia.

Sunday morning at Lynchburg Cotton Mill (Virginia) Ed Tolley, the smal...

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Sunday morning at Lynchburg Cotton Mill (Virginia) Ed Tolley, the smallest, said 15 years old, but that is very doubtful. Others in these three photos, Lucien Tolley, Herbert Aultico, Henry Daly, John Crawley. (See my report for addresses.) Most of these boys could not spell own names. All claimed to be over 14, but their disputes showed "These's a reason." They get from three to four dollars a week and some pay board. One said, "I get all over $2.60." Some were surely under twelve. All work. Lindsey Witt has been working there 2 years. Dewey Anderson, three years. Myron Cole, some time. Location: Lynchburg, Virginia.

Sunday morning at Lynchburg Cotton Mill (Virginia) Ed Tolley, the smal...

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Clarence Noel, 138 Main St., Indian Orchard. Doffer in Hodges Fibre Carpet Co. of Indian Orchard Mfg. Co. Said "made seven dollars last week." Location: Indian Orchard, Massachusetts.

Clarence Noel, 138 Main St., Indian Orchard. Doffer in Hodges Fibre Ca...

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Sunday morning at Lynchburg Cotton Mill (Virginia) Ed Tolley, the smallest, said 15 years old, but that is very doubtfull. Others in these three photos, Lucien Tolley, Herbert Aultico, Henry Daly, John Crawley. (See my report for addresses.) Most of these boys could not spell own names. All claimed to be over 14, but their disputes showed "These's a reason." They get from three to four dollars a week and some pay board. One said, "I get all over $2.60." Some were surely under twelve. All work. Lindsey Witt has been working there 2 years. Dewey Anderson, three years. Myron Cole, some time. Location: Lynchburg, Virginia.

Sunday morning at Lynchburg Cotton Mill (Virginia) Ed Tolley, the smal...

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Louis Gabriel, 123 4 Street, Washington, D.C., (13 yrs. old.), S.W., and brother Eddie (10 yrs. old) and Johnnie, 7 yrs. old. I found Louis and Eddie selling after midnight, April 17th, with about 50 papers left on their hands. "We got stuck". Eddie says he is often up until 10 or 12 P.M., and sometimes up at 4 A.M. Sunday. They said they make several dollars some days, "Wid de tips." The younger ones were very voluble about tips."I allus axes em fer nickels," Johnnie said. The 2 older boys, Louis and Eddie, are on probation at Juvenile Court. Family is well known to charities. Father taken into Court for non-support. Has deserted. April 19 at 1 A.M. I found Louis and Eddie still selling Extras. They said they made $3 to-night, but last night they, "got stuck bad." For three nights in succession they had been out selling until after midnight, as many others of their age had been. Location: Washington (D.C.), District of Columbia.

Louis Gabriel, 123 4 Street, Washington, D.C., (13 yrs. old.), S.W., ...

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Pulling and Topping Beets. A sample of "Economic Need". Part of the family of Jacob Walker, a prosperous beet raiser near Sterling. His 6, 8 & 10 yr. old children are kept out of school and worked, in spite of the fact that he owns 225 acres of land here worth several hundred dollars an acre. Father, mother and seven children work. Walker moved here from Neb[raska] 8 yrs. ago. They work hard and continuously. See also photos 4033-4 and 5. Location: Sterling [vicinity], Colorado / Photo by Hine Oct. 22/15.

Pulling and Topping Beets. A sample of "Economic Need". Part of the fa...

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"The first three!" Give till it hurts - they gave till they died War fund week--One hundred million dollars / / Kidder.

"The first three!" Give till it hurts - they gave till they died War f...

Poster showing three portraits of soldiers, captioned Hay, Enright, and Gresham, against an American flag. Form N.Y. 19 Second War Fund.

Hold up your end! War fund week - one hundred million dollars / W. B. King.

Hold up your end! War fund week - one hundred million dollars / W. B. ...

Poster showing a Red Cross nurse holding up one end of a stretcher, with the other end extended toward the viewer. Form N.Y. 18 Second War Fund.

"Shall we be more tender with our dollars than with the lives of our sons?" W.G. McAdoo, Secretary of the Treasury Buy a United States government bond of the 2nd Liberty Loan of 1917 / / Edwards & Deutsch Litho. Co. Chicago.

"Shall we be more tender with our dollars than with the lives of our s...

Poster showing a soldier with a flag and a sailor with a sign, "We depend on you." No. 4.

Keep this hand of mercy at its work one hundred million dollars : War fund week / / P.G. Morgan.

Keep this hand of mercy at its work one hundred million dollars : War ...

American Red Cross campaign poster promoting the war fund showing large arm coming down from the sky. Form N.Y. 17 Second War Fund. Issued(?) by: American Red Cross.

Monopoly Committee learns that five states hold 67 percent of U.S. savings. Washington, D.C., May 23. Dr. Donald Davenport, special economic consultant for the S.E.C., told the Monopoly Committee yesterday, with the aid of large charts, that New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Connecticut have 37.8 billions of dollars laid up in savings, this amount being 67 percent of the total savings of the United States

Monopoly Committee learns that five states hold 67 percent of U.S. sav...

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Bridges. Simple, dignified design in the construction of a footbridge in a small town, necessitated by backflooding of the town creek when it became part of a reservoir. This bridge, located at Murphy, North Carolina, received the annual award of the American Steel Institute for all bridges under two hundred thousand dollars for 1939

Bridges. Simple, dignified design in the construction of a footbridge ...

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Texas tenant farmer in Marysville, California, migrant camp during the peach season. 1927 made seven thousand dollars in cotton. 1928 broke even. 1929 went in the hole. 1930 still deeper. 1931 lost everything. 1932 hit the road. 1935, fruit tramp in California

Texas tenant farmer in Marysville, California, migrant camp during the...

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DALLAS, TEXAS TEACHER WINS TEN GRAND. TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF RADIO ESSAY CONTEST PRIZE MONEY GOES TO MISS MARGARET S. SPENCER, 37-YEAR-OLD DALLAS, TEXAS, SCHOOL TEACHER. THE CONTEST WAS AN OUTGROWTH OF A SERIES OF RADIO TALKS BY MRS. FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT. FROM THE LEFT: MRS. P.H. DEFFENDAHL, ST. LOUIS, SECOND PRIZE WINNER; MRS. ROOSEVELT; MISS SPENCER, THE WINNER, AND ROGER SELBY, OWNER OF [...] SHOE COMPANY SPONSORING THE RADIO TALKS

DALLAS, TEXAS TEACHER WINS TEN GRAND. TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF RA...

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The giant "King Crab" of the Bering Sea, which before the war supplied a substantial amount of the canned crab meat which the Japanese sold to the United States, will be canned commercially by Americans for the first time this year. Prior to the war the Japanese were taking the "King Crab" in sight of American territory, canning it on floating canneries, and shipping it to the United States for sale. In one pre-war year alone we imported 10,720,000 pounds of crab meat valued at 4,582,000 dollars from Japan and ninety-five percent of our canned crab meat came from this source

The giant "King Crab" of the Bering Sea, which before the war supplied...

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Two dollars a mile on China airmail. PMG James A. Farley, left, receives a bid from Warren Juan Trippe, President of Pan American Airways, for $2 a mile for an 800 pound loan of mail from San Francisco to China. The route is via Honolulu and Manila covering 16,000 miles. 10/21/35

Two dollars a mile on China airmail. PMG James A. Farley, left, receiv...

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The giant "King Crab" of the Bering Sea, which before the war supplied a substantial amount of the canned crab meat which the Japanese sold to the United States, will be canned commercially by Americans for the first time this year. Prior to the war the Japanese were taking the "King Crab" in sight of American territory, canning it on floating canneries, and shipping it to the United States for sale. In one pre-war year alone we imported 10,720,000 pounds of crab meat valued at 4,582,000 dollars from Japan and ninety-five percent of our canned crab meat came from this source

The giant "King Crab" of the Bering Sea, which before the war supplied...

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Mexican quarter of Los Angeles. One quarter mile from City Hall. Area has been condemned and will be torn down shortly to make space for the new Union Railroad station. Average rent is eight dollars

Mexican quarter of Los Angeles. One quarter mile from City Hall. Area ...

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El Monte federal subsistence housing. Three-room house. Seventeen dollars and seventy cents rent applied on purchase. Father: carpenter. California

El Monte federal subsistence housing. Three-room house. Seventeen doll...

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El Monte federal subsistence homesteads. Seventeen dollars and seventy cents rent to apply on purchase of three-room house. California

El Monte federal subsistence homesteads. Seventeen dollars and seventy...

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El Monte federal subsistence homesteads. Four in family. Three-room house, seventeen dollars and seventy cents rent to apply on purchase. Father's occupation: carpenter. Earns seventy dollars a month. California

El Monte federal subsistence homesteads. Four in family. Three-room ho...

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New barn which rehabilitation built with loan of four hundred and fifty dollars. Old barn in background. Ada County, Idaho

New barn which rehabilitation built with loan of four hundred and fift...

A black and white photo of a man on a tractor spraying water, New Jersey. Farm Security Administration photograph

A black and white photo of a man on a tractor spraying water, New Jers...

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El Monte Federal subsistence homesteads. One hundred homes, each with three quarters of an acre land, all occupied. Average family income, eight hundred dollars per annum

El Monte Federal subsistence homesteads. One hundred homes, each with ...

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San Fernando federal subsistence homesteads. Forty homes, all occupied, each with nearly an acre of ground. Average income eight hundred dollars yearly. California

San Fernando federal subsistence homesteads. Forty homes, all occupied...

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San Fernando federal subsistence homesteads. Forty homes all occupied, each with nearly an acre land. Average yearly income eight hundred dollars. California

San Fernando federal subsistence homesteads. Forty homes all occupied,...

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San Fernando Federal Subsistence Homesteads. Forty homes, each with three quarters of an acre land. Average family income eight hundred dollars per annum. All of the homes are occupied

San Fernando Federal Subsistence Homesteads. Forty homes, each with th...

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El Monte federal subsistence homesteads. One hundred homes. All occupied, each with nearly an acre of ground. Average yearly income eight hundred dollars. California

El Monte federal subsistence homesteads. One hundred homes. All occupi...

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El Monte federal subsistence housing. 100 homes all occupied. Each with nearly an acre. Average yearly income eight hundred dollars. California.

El Monte federal subsistence housing. 100 homes all occupied. Each wit...

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Migrant family from Oklahoma in Texas. A family of six alongside the road. An example of how they fall between the relief agencies. The father, aged thirty-five, is an intelligent fellow, a painter by trade. Advanced tuberculosis, victim of an occupational disease. Ineligible for WPA (Works Progress Administration), rated as totally disabled. As a state charge under Oklahoma relief standards, the family were told the maximum relief would be seven dollars every two weeks. They lost their home, their furniture, took to the road a year ago and when the photographs were made they were found to be without money, shelter, and without food for the four children

Migrant family from Oklahoma in Texas. A family of six alongside the r...

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El Monte federal subsistence homesteads. Four-bedroom house. Eight in family, six boys, aged one to fourteen. Father is conductor (streetcar), one hundred dollars monthly. Pays sixteen dollars and twenty cents a month rent on purchase. California

El Monte federal subsistence homesteads. Four-bedroom house. Eight in ...

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El Monte federal subsistence homesteads. 100 homes. All occupied, each with nearly an acre. Average yearly income eight hundred dollars. California

El Monte federal subsistence homesteads. 100 homes. All occupied, each...

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El Monte federal homesteads. One hundred occupied homes, each with nearly an acre. Average yearly income eight hundred dollars. California

El Monte federal homesteads. One hundred occupied homes, each with nea...

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El Monte federal subsistence homesteads. One hundred homes, all occupied, each with three quarters of an acre land. Average family income, eight hundred dollars per annum

El Monte federal subsistence homesteads. One hundred homes, all occupi...

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El Monte federal subsistence homesteads. One hundred homes, all occupied, each with three quarters of an acre land. Average family income, eight hundred dollars per annum

El Monte federal subsistence homesteads. One hundred homes, all occupi...

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Shack in "Little Oklahoma." Lots 50 x 150, cost one hundred and twenty to two hundred dollars. Bought on hope and sold on promises. No work since last fall. A few get relief and "welfare," but they say they are not eligible in California

Shack in "Little Oklahoma." Lots 50 x 150, cost one hundred and twenty...

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Mexican quarter of Los Angeles. One quarter mile from City Hall. Areas have been condemned and will be torn down shortly to make space for the new Union Railroad station. Average rental eight dollars. Some of the houses have plumbing

Mexican quarter of Los Angeles. One quarter mile from City Hall. Areas...

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Oklahoma migrant, Texas. An example of how they fall between the relief agencies. The father, aged thirty-five, is an intelligent fellow, a painter by trade. Advanced tuberculosis, victim of an occupational disease. Ineligible for WPA (Works Progress Administration), rated as totally disabled. As a state charge under Oklahoma relief standards, the family were told the maximum relief would be seven dollars every two weeks. They lost their home, their furniture,

Oklahoma migrant, Texas. An example of how they fall between the relie...

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Migrant family in Kern County. This family was sent back at the state line by Los Angeles police. Refused entrance into California, and it was only after they had wired back to Arkansas to borrow fifty dollars cash to show at the border that they were permitted to enter

Migrant family in Kern County. This family was sent back at the state ...

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A black and white photo of a tractor plowing a field, New Jersey. Farm Security Administration photograph

A black and white photo of a tractor plowing a field, New Jersey. Farm...

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Luke Weldon, small farmer, and his son using ancient Buick (transformed by cutting down the chassis) as improvised tractor. Automobile bought in second hand car lot. Cost fifteen dollars. New Bridgeton, New Jersey

Luke Weldon, small farmer, and his son using ancient Buick (transforme...

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San Fernando federal subsistence homesteads. Forty occupied homes, each with nearly an acre. Average yearly income eight hundred dollars

San Fernando federal subsistence homesteads. Forty occupied homes, eac...

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Housing. Los Angeles. Within five minutes walk of City Hall. Rent eight dollars to twelve dollars monthly

Housing. Los Angeles. Within five minutes walk of City Hall. Rent eigh...

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Negro tenant family who barely lives on the earnings of fifty dollars a year. They pay a standing rent. There are five children working; ages from seven to fourteen. The older children cultivating, the younger children hoeing and chopping. Eutaw, Alabama

Negro tenant family who barely lives on the earnings of fifty dollars ...

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El Monte federal subsistence homesteads. Two-bedroom house, three in family. Girl eleven. Father truck driver. Earns ninety-five dollars monthly, pays fifteen dollars and twenty cents rent to apply on purchase. California

El Monte federal subsistence homesteads. Two-bedroom house, three in f...

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Mission District. San Francisco, California. Rent twenty to twenty-two dollars a month for three or four rooms

Mission District. San Francisco, California. Rent twenty to twenty-two...

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Two men working on a tractor in a field, New Jersey. Farm Security Administration photograph

Two men working on a tractor in a field, New Jersey. Farm Security Adm...

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Background photo for Hightstown project. The present home of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Solomon and family, 133 Avenue D, New York City. This family is included in the first unit of thirty-five families to be resettled at Hightstown in July, 1936. For four very small rooms in tenement they pay eighteen dollars monthly

Background photo for Hightstown project. The present home of Mr. and M...

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Consumers, near Price, Utah. Company housing. Rent approximately eight dollars monthly in Utah coal town

Consumers, near Price, Utah. Company housing. Rent approximately eight...

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El Monte federal subsistence homesteads. One hundred occupied homes, each with three quarters of an acre. Average yearly income eight hundred dollars. California

El Monte federal subsistence homesteads. One hundred occupied homes, e...

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Housing. City of Los Angeles. Within five minutes walk of City Hall. Rent eight dollars monthly

Housing. City of Los Angeles. Within five minutes walk of City Hall. R...

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El Monte federal subsistence homesteads Four-bedroom house. Eight in family, six boys ages one to fourteen, California. Father is streetcar conductor, one hundred dollars a month. Pays sixteen dollars and twenty cents a month rent to apply on purchase

El Monte federal subsistence homesteads Four-bedroom house. Eight in ...

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