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Washington, D.C. Guests attending a kitchen shower for the Walsh Club for war workers. Left to right, Mrs. Leon Henderson, Mrs. Warren Lee Pearson, Mrs. Jesse Jones, and Mrs. Henry Wallace

Washington, D.C. Mrs. James M. Landis, Mrs. Henry Wallace, and Mrs. Jesse Jones admiring gifts at the kitchen shower at the Walsh Club for war workers

Washington, D.C. Mrs. James M. Landis, Mrs. Henry Wallace, and Mrs. Jesse Jones admiring gifts at the kitchen shower at the Walsh Club for war workers

Washington, D.C. Two children, Grace Merle and Lyn Henderson, giving undivided attention to the entertainment at the kitchen shower at the Walsh Club for war workers

Washington, D.C. Two children, Grace Merle and Lyn Henderson, giving undivided attention to the entertainment at the kitchen shower at the Walsh Club for war workers

Washington, D.C. A few of the guests and entertainers attending the kitchen shower of the Walsh Club for war workers. Left to right: Mrs. Marion McGregor, in charge of publicity for music for the services; Brigadier General Stuart Godfrey; engineer officer with the Airborne Aviation Engineers; Mrs. Stuart Godfrey, chairman of music for the services; Sergeant Jack Knuppel; Corporal Charles Jackson; Corporal Leham Cheshire; and Sergeant Bob Shortmeyer

Washington, D.C. A few of the guests and entertainers attending the kitchen shower of the Walsh Club for war workers. Left to right: Mrs. Marion McGregor, in charge of publicity for music for the services; Brigadier General Stuart Godfrey; engineer officer with the Airborne Aviation Engineers; Mrs. Stuart Godfrey, chairman of music for the services; Sergeant Jack Knuppel; Corporal Charles Jackson; Corporal Leham Cheshire; and Sergeant Bob Shortmeyer

Washington, D.C., Mrs. James M. Landis, Mrs. James Forrestal, center, with the enlisted personnel of the Navy School of Music, who performed at the kitchen shower of the Walsh Club for war workers, and other artists who contributed their talent. Left to right: Mrs. Virginia Varney, singer; Thomas Parker, Dale McConnell, Golden Smith, Mrs. James Forrestal, Frank Gambel, Mrs. John Leavell, concert pianist, and Neil Darnell

Washington, D.C. Mrs. James M. Landis, Mrs. James Forrestal, center, with the enlisted personnel of the Navy School of Music, who performed at the kitchen shower of the Walsh Club for war workers, and other artists who contributed their talent. Left to right: Mrs. Virginia Varney, singer; Thomas Parker, Dale McConnell, Golden Smith, Mrs. James Forrestal, Frank Gambel, Mrs. John Leavell, concert pianist, and Neil Darnell

Washington, D.C. Guests attending a kitchen shower for the Walsh Club for war workers. Left to right, Mrs. Leon Henderson, Mrs. Warren Lee Pearson, Mrs. Jesse Jones, and Mrs. Henry Wallace

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[Assignment: 59-CF-DS-11872-04] Secretary's Open Forum session on the documentary film investigating Southeast Asian sex trafficking, "Trading Women." [Panel discussion in Loy Henderson Auditorium featured the film's narrator, actress Angelina Jolie; the film's writer-director, David Feingold; Under Secretary for Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky; and Ambassador-at-Large and Director of State's Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, John Miller. Panelists were introduced by Open Forum Chairman William Keppler.] [Photographer: Ann Thomas--State] [59-CF-DS-11872-04_O_F_5_25_04_068.jpg]

A black and white photo of a group of children. Office of War Information Photograph

New oversize trailer for war workers. Note modern floating axle on the new oversize bus trailer which holds 141 persons and may be the answer to the problem of transporting war workers to outlying defense plants. Designed and built by Office of Defense Transportation and War Production Board (WPB) officials with cooperation of private companies, the trailer rolls on eight standard truck size tires, with the usual six tires on the power unit. The truck trailer unit as a whole is fifty-five feet long

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Latest addition to D.C. War Housing Program. Mechanics laying pipe at Wake and Midway Halls, latest addition to the housing for war workers in Washington, D.C. The new buildings will house 1,000 Negro women war workers and is being completed by Samuel Plato, contractor

Jesse Jones to James Madison, April 27, 1811. Address by Cumberland Co., North Carolina Baptists.

Secretary Shaun Donovan at the Department of Justice, [where he joined] Attorney General Eric Holder, Jr. [and other federal, state, and local officials at a press conference announcing the Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force's new Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities Working Group. Among other dignitaries on hand, part of the Working Group, were the Security and Exchange Commission's Director of Enforcement, Robert Khuzami; Attorney General of New York, Eric Schneiderman; U.S. Attorney for the District of Colorado, John Walsh; and the Department of Justice's Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division, Tony West.]

War workers. Social activities. A sailor enjoys table tennis at the USO (United Service Organization) center in Washington, D.C.

A black and white photo of a woman and a child. Office of War Information Photograph

War workers' nursery. Every youngster who attends the Bella Vista Nursery School in Oakland, California must be inspected by Mrs. Elsie Curran, supervisor, before mingling with the other children. Here, five-year-old Ronnie Gold has her chest inspected

War workers. Social activities. Government girl hostesses at a United Service Organization (USO) center in Washington, D.C., entertain servicemen with Chinese checkers

[Assignment: 48-DPA-08-14-08_SOI_K_Border_Meet] Events at the 26th Annual Border Governors Conference in Hollywood, California, where Secretary Dirk Kempthorne [joined Governors from the four U.S. states bordering Mexico--California Governor, and Border Governors Association Chairman, Arnold Schwarzenegger; Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano; New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson; and Texas Governor Rick Perry--along with the respective Governors of the Mexican states of Baja California, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, Sonora, and Tamaulipas, as well as other present and former U.S. Cabinet Secretaries and their Mexican counterparts] [48-DPA-08-14-08_SOI_K_Border_Meet_DOI_6541.JPG]

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district of columbia washington dc safety film negatives washington guests kitchen shower kitchen shower walsh club walsh club war workers war workers leon henderson leon henderson warren lee pearson warren lee pearson jesse jones jesse jones henry wallace 1940s 40s united states history 1940 s library of congress