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The Declaration of Independence (July 4, 1776)

The Declaration of Independence (July 4, 1776)

Asher Brown Durand (American, Jefferson, New Jersey 1796–1886 Maplewood, New Jersey)

William Simons to George Coffin, 2 November 1825

William Simons to George Coffin, 2 November 1825

Joseph Miller to George Coffin, 19 March 1829

Joseph Miller to George Coffin, 19 March 1829

Joseph Miller to George Coffin, 23 April 1829

Joseph Miller to George Coffin, 23 April 1829

Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: Charles C. Hinchman to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, October 19, 1860 (Seeks money to get votes in New Jersey)

Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: C...

Seeks money to get votes in New Jersey

The great match at Baltimore, between the "Illinois Bantam" and the "Old Cock" of the white house

The great match at Baltimore, between the "Illinois Bantam" and the "O...

Second Democratic Convention meeting. The Illinois Bantam Stephen A. Douglas defeats James Buchanan, incumbent president, for the nomination but still faces a challenge from John C. Breckinridge of Kentucky. Th... More

President Lincoln and His Cabinet, with Lt. General Scott, in the Council Chamber at the White House

President Lincoln and His Cabinet, with Lt. General Scott, in the Coun...

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Christian Schussele - President Lincoln and His Cabinet

Christian Schussele - President Lincoln and His Cabinet

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Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: George D. Ruggles to Robert C. Buchanan, Saturday, October 31, 1863 (Recruitment in New Jersey)

Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: G...

Recruitment in New Jersey

Thomas Baldwin Peddie M.of C. of N.J. B.-Edinburgh, Scotland 1808. D-Newark, 1889 emigrated to America in 1833 - located in N.J. served 2 terms in state legislature. twice elected Mayor of Newark. M.C. 1877-1879

Thomas Baldwin Peddie M.of C. of N.J. B.-Edinburgh, Scotland 1808. D-N...

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[Lee DeForest, 1873-1961, full length, seated in front of small crowd, left profile; watching and listening to talking movie of himself; Newark, N.J.]

[Lee DeForest, 1873-1961, full length, seated in front of small crowd,...

Bain News Service. Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: Motion pictures History;... More

How the public domain has been squandered, map showing the 139,403,026 acres of the people's land - equal to 871,268 farms of 160 acres each, worth at $2 an acre, $278,806,052, given by Republican congresses to railroad corporations ; this is more land than is contained in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana

How the public domain has been squandered, map showing the 139,403,026...

America Transformed: Railroad infrastructure expanded from 31,000 miles in 1860 to 130,000 miles by the 1890s. To subsidize construction, the U.S. government gave over 140 million acres of public land to railro... More

TVA questioner. Washington, D.C., Dec. 1. Rep. Charles A. Wolverton, Republican of New Jersey and member of the Joint Congressional Committee Investigating TVA, is proving to be an adroit questioner of witnesses appearing now before the Committee at the Capitol

TVA questioner. Washington, D.C., Dec. 1. Rep. Charles A. Wolverton, R...

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W.S. Farish, President of Standard Oil of N.J. & W.T. Holliday, President of Standard Oil of Ohio

W.S. Farish, President of Standard Oil of N.J. & W.T. Holliday, Presid...

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New Senator from New Jersey. Washington, D.C., Dec. 12. William H. Smathers is the newly-elected United States Senator from New Jersey. A Democrat, Senator Smathers succeeds Senator W. Warren Barbour, a Republican, in the upper house of Congress

New Senator from New Jersey. Washington, D.C., Dec. 12. William H. Sma...

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New Senator from New Jersey. Washington, D.C., Dec. 12. William H. Smathers is the newly-elected United States Senator from New Jersey. A Democrat, Senator Smathers succeeds Senator W. Warren Barbour, a Republican, in the upper house of Congress

New Senator from New Jersey. Washington, D.C., Dec. 12. William H. Sma...

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N.J. Gould, Thomas W. Miller - Public domain portrait photograph

N.J. Gould, Thomas W. Miller - Public domain portrait photograph

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Editors "La Questione Sociale", Paterson New Jersey

Editors "La Questione Sociale", Paterson New Jersey

Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. General information about the George Grantham Bain Collection is availabl... More

State Department confers privately with House on amendments to Neutrality Act. Washington, D.C., June 5. Meeting today in executive session, the House Foreign Affairs Committee conferred with officials from the State Department on proposed amendments to the present neutrality laws. Left to right, seated: R. Walton Moore, State Department counselor, Chairman Sol Bloom, Green H. Hackworth, State Dept. legal advisor; standing: Carlton Savage, assistant to Moore, and Rep. Charles A. Eaton of N.J.

State Department confers privately with House on amendments to Neutral...

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Council of State Governments convenes. Washington D.C. Attorney General Homer S. Cummings was principal speaker today as the third General Assembly of the Council of State Goverments convened at the Mayflower Hotel. He is shown with delegates to the councils. Left to right: Commissioner William Ellis of New Jersey, Chairman of the Inter-State Commission on Social Security; Judge Richard Hartshorne of New Jersey; Attorney General Cummings, Governments and former Governor of Indiana; and Gov. Gordon Browning of Tennessee

Council of State Governments convenes. Washington D.C. Attorney Genera...

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Republican Convention Committee: Back row left to right, R.S. Williams (Ore.), E.C. Duncan (N.C.), A.I. Vorys (O.), F.W. Upham (Ill.), D.W. Mulvane (Kan.). Front row l to r, W.F. Stone (Md.), F. Murphy (N.J.), H.S. New (Ind.), W. Hayward (N.Y.), V. Rosewater (Neb.)

Republican Convention Committee: Back row left to right, R.S. Williams...

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Dickinson Hall, Princeton University, N.J.

Dickinson Hall, Princeton University, N.J.

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Nassau Hall, Princeton University, N.J.

Nassau Hall, Princeton University, N.J.

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Pres. Harding signing the Edge-Ansorge Resolution for the development of the New York Port along lines proposed by the joint commission of N.Y. and N.J. in the treaty entered into by the two states on April 30, 1921. The treaty looks to general relief from congestion the harbor and was endorsed by the War Department. Rep. Martin C. Ansorge, or New York, sponsor of the resolution is standing (third) from President Harding, with papers under arm

Pres. Harding signing the Edge-Ansorge Resolution for the development ...

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Chancellors and Vice-Chancellors of New Jersey, 1776 to 1908

Chancellors and Vice-Chancellors of New Jersey, 1776 to 1908

67011 U.S. Copyright Office. General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Brown, William S., co... More

Chancellors and vice-chancellors of New Jersey, 1776 to 1908

Chancellors and vice-chancellors of New Jersey, 1776 to 1908

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[Woodrow Wilson, full, seated in wicker chair on lawn of Prospect, his home at Princeton, N.J., facing left]

[Woodrow Wilson, full, seated in wicker chair on lawn of Prospect, his...

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2:15 P.M. Some of the "crew" at ferry, Jersey City, N.J. On extreme left, Sam, 10 yrs. old - "I've got to support the family," he said. Small boy on right centre his broth[er], William 12 years old. Behind him another brother, 14 years old. This last has trachoma, and was excluded from school because of it. Sam had it recently. Mother wants these children to work because they bother her. Sam and William have been selling 2 and 5 years respectively. Location: Jersey City, New Jersey.

2:15 P.M. Some of the "crew" at ferry, Jersey City, N.J. On extreme le...

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Woodrow Wilson, Democratic nominee for President, after his speech of acceptance delivered at Sea Girt, N.J.

Woodrow Wilson, Democratic nominee for President, after his speech of ...

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2:15 P.M. Some of the "crew" at ferry, Jersey City, N.J. On extreme left, Sam, 10 yrs. old - "I've got to support the family," he said. Small boy on right centre his brother, William 12 years old. Behind him another brother, 14 years old. This last has trachoma, and was excluded from school because of it. Sam had it recently. Mother wants these children to work because they bother her. Sam and William have been selling 2 and 5 years respectively. Location: Jersey City, New Jersey

2:15 P.M. Some of the "crew" at ferry, Jersey City, N.J. On extreme le...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 3220. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

SENATE, COMMITTEES. EDUCATION AND LABOR SUBCOMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE CONDITIONS IN THE PAINT CREEK DISTRICT OF WEST VIRGINIA. SOMETIMES CALLED 'STRIKE INV. COM.' SENATORS MARTINE OF NEW JERSEY; SHIELDS OF TENNESSEE; SWANSON OF VIRGINIA; BORAH OF IDAHO; KENYON OF IOWA

SENATE, COMMITTEES. EDUCATION AND LABOR SUBCOMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE CO...

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Wilson leaving Princeton, 10/19/15

Wilson leaving Princeton, 10/19/15

Photograph shows President Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924) boarding a train in Princeton, New Jersey where he went to cast a vote in favor of the Woman Suffrage Amendment on October 19, 1915. (Source: Flickr Common... More

Wilson at Princeton - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Wilson at Princeton - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows President Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924) with his fiancée Edith Bolling Galt (1872-1961) in Princeton, New Jersey where he went to cast a vote in favor of the Woman Suffrage Amendment on October 19... More

Wilson at Princeton, 10/15 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Wilson at Princeton, 10/15 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows President Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924) with his fiancée Edith Bolling Galt (1872-1961) in Princeton, New Jersey where he went to cast a vote in favor of the Woman Suffrage Amendment on October 19... More

Wilson at Princeton, 10/15 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Wilson at Princeton, 10/15 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows President Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924) in Princeton, New Jersey where he went to cast a vote in favor of the Woman Suffrage Amendment on October 19, 1915. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 1915)

A.C. Bedford - Public domain photograph, glass negative

A.C. Bedford - Public domain photograph, glass negative

Photograph shows Alfred Cotton Bedford who was elected President of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey in December 1916. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014)

Wilson at Princeton, 10/15 - Public domain portrait photograph

Wilson at Princeton, 10/15 - Public domain portrait photograph

Photograph shows President Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924) with his fiancée Edith Bolling Galt (1872-1961) in Princeton, New Jersey where he went to cast a vote in favor of the Woman Suffrage Amendment on October ... More

SHADOW LAWN, NJ. SUMMER WHITE HOUSE. NOTIFICATION CEREMONIES. GROUP OF PORTICO: UNIDENT.; TUMULTY; HOMER S. CUMMINGS; VANCE McCORMICK OF PA; HENRY MORGANTHAU; GOV. FIELDER OF NJ.; SEN. MARCUS COOLIDGE OF MA.; UNIDENT.

SHADOW LAWN, NJ. SUMMER WHITE HOUSE. NOTIFICATION CEREMONIES. GROUP OF...

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SHADOW LAWN, NJ. SUMMER WHITE HOUSE. NOTIFICATION CEREMONIES. GROUP OF PORTICO: UNIDENT.; TUMULTY; HOMER S. CUMMINGS; VANCE McCORMICK OF PA; HENRY MORGANTHAU; GOV. FIELDER OF NJ.; SEN. MARCUS COOLIDGE OF MA.; UNIDENT

SHADOW LAWN, NJ. SUMMER WHITE HOUSE. NOTIFICATION CEREMONIES. GROUP OF...

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NEW JERSEY GROUP AT WHITE HOUSE. SENATOR BILLY HUGHES; TOM BIRCH; GOVERNOR FIELDER; EDWARD GROSSCUP, JR.; JOSEPH P. TUMULTY

NEW JERSEY GROUP AT WHITE HOUSE. SENATOR BILLY HUGHES; TOM BIRCH; GOVE...

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Wilson notification, George Grantham Bain Collection

Wilson notification, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows President Woodrow Wilson at Shadow Lawn near Long Branch, New Jersey, where he was notified that the Democratic Party nominated him to be their candidate for reelection to the Presidency in the... More

Mrs. Margaret B. Laird, 34 Goldsmith Ave., Newark N.J. For four years treasurer N.J. Branch National Woman's Party--member of Contemporary Club Elected to New Jersey Assembly Nov. 1920

Mrs. Margaret B. Laird, 34 Goldsmith Ave., Newark N.J. For four years...

Title and information transcribed from item. Summary: Head-and-shoulders portrait of Margaret B. Laird, facing forward, with necklace.

PROGRESSIVES LEADERS CALL ON WILSON: JUDGE ALBERT R. NORTONI, ST. LOUIS; J. A. HOPKINS, NEW JERSEY; HENRY M. WALLACE, DETROIT; VANCE McCORMICK; WILSON; BAINBRIDGE COLBY, NEW JERSEY; MATTHEW HALE, MASSACHUSETTS; SEC. TUMULTY

PROGRESSIVES LEADERS CALL ON WILSON: JUDGE ALBERT R. NORTONI, ST. LOUI...

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PROGRESSIVES LEADERS CALL ON WILSON: JUDGE ALBERT R. NORTONI, ST. LOUIS; J. A. HOPKINS, NEW JERSEY; HENRY M. WALLACE, DETROIT; VANCE McCORMICK; WILSON; BAINBRIDGE COLBY, NEW JERSEY; MATTHEW HALE, MASSACHUSETTS; SEC. TUMULTY

PROGRESSIVES LEADERS CALL ON WILSON: JUDGE ALBERT R. NORTONI, ST. LOUI...

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Wilson notification - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Wilson notification - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows President Woodrow Wilson at Shadow Lawn near Long Branch, New Jersey, where he was notified that the Democratic Party nominated him to be their candidate for reelection to the Presidency in the... More

SENATORS. THOSE WHO HAD BEEN GOVERNORS: ARTHUR CAPPER OF KS; HENRY WILDER KEYS OF NH; WALTER EVANS EDGE OF NJ; STANLEY OF KY; WALSH OF MA.

SENATORS. THOSE WHO HAD BEEN GOVERNORS: ARTHUR CAPPER OF KS; HENRY WIL...

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British mission, George Grantham Bain Collection

British mission, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows the British delegates to the trade conference held in Atlantic City, New Jersey in October 1919 to discuss post World War I trade. Depicted are: Bailie John King (standing, far left), Frank Moo... More

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. COMMITTEES. NAVAL AFFAIRS. ON NAVY DEPT. STEPS. FRONT: RIORDAN, DANIEL JOSEPH, OF NY; BUTLER, THOMAS STALKER OF PA; SEC. JOSEPHUS DANIELS; PADGETT, LEMUEL PHILLIPS, OF TN, CHAIRMAN; BROWNING, WILLIAM JOHN, OF NJ; McARTHUR, CLIFTON NESMITH, OF OR. 2ND ROW: OLIVER, WILLIAM BACON, OF AL; VINSON OF GA; KELLY, PATRICK HENRY OF MI.;HICKS, FRED. C.OF NY; BRITTEN, FRED A. OF IL; DARROW, GEORGE P., OF PA; STEPHENS OF OH. 3RD ROW: UNIDENTIFIED

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. COMMITTEES. NAVAL AFFAIRS. ON NAVY DEPT. STE...

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GOVERNORS OF STATES. SENATORS WHO WERE GOVERNORS OF STATES WHEN ELECTED TO THE SENATE: ARTHUR CAPPER OF KS; HENRY WILDER KEYS OF NH; WALTER EVANS EDGE OF NJ; STANLEY OF KY; WALSH OF MA.

GOVERNORS OF STATES. SENATORS WHO WERE GOVERNORS OF STATES WHEN ELECTE...

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Clifton McArthur, W.C. Hawley, N.J. Sumiott, 2/21/23

Clifton McArthur, W.C. Hawley, N.J. Sumiott, 2/21/23

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Harding signing N.Y.- N.J. Harbor Bill, 8/23/21

Harding signing N.Y.- N.J. Harbor Bill, 8/23/21

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Committee on Elections of the Senate engaged in the counting of the Ford-Newberry vote. Tellers in the foreground of the picture are Senators Walter E. Edge of N.J. and Selden P. Spencer of Mo.

Committee on Elections of the Senate engaged in the counting of the Fo...

Vote to determine if Sen. T.H. Newberry would retain his Senate seat after a series of count cases on political corruption.

Oil companies have no desire to create monopoly, House Judiciary Committee told. Washington, D.C., June 23. W.S. Farish, President of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, said before the House Judiciary Committee today that there is keen competition among oil companies and that major companies have no desire to create a monopoly. Farish joined other oil company executives in condemning before the committee a bill to divorce production, refining, and marketing processes of the oil industry

Oil companies have no desire to create monopoly, House Judiciary Commi...

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National Disabled Soldiers and Sailors League of N.J., 9/13/23

National Disabled Soldiers and Sailors League of N.J., 9/13/23

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Secy. of Navy Curtis D. Wilbur was the guest of Senate Naval Affairs Committee luncheon. Left to right, front row: Senators O.E. Weller of Md., S.M. Shortridge of Calif., Henry C. Lodge of Massachusetts., Secy. Wilbur, and Frederick Hale of Maine. Left to right, back row: George W. Pepper of Pennsylvania, Tasker L. Oddie of Nev., Tasker L. Oddie of Nev., E.S. Broussard of La., C.A. Swanson of Virginia, Edward I. Edwards of N.J., and Royal S. Copeland of NY

Secy. of Navy Curtis D. Wilbur was the guest of Senate Naval Affairs C...

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First democrat in 24 Years. Washington D.C. Winner in the November elections Elmer H. Wene will be the first Democrat to represent the Second District of New Jersey since 1912. He defeated the veteran Solon Isaac Bacharach, of Alantic City. Wene comes from Vineland, N.J.

First democrat in 24 Years. Washington D.C. Winner in the November ele...

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Rep. elect Mary T. Norton of N.J., 12/4/24

Rep. elect Mary T. Norton of N.J., 12/4/24

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Rep. elect Mary T. Norton of N.J., [12/4/24]

Rep. elect Mary T. Norton of N.J., [12/4/24]

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Rep. elect Mary T. Norton of N.J. & Senator D.J. Walsh., 12/4/24

Rep. elect Mary T. Norton of N.J. & Senator D.J. Walsh., 12/4/24

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Looking after the red man. Members of the Board of Indian Commissioners, holding their annual meeting in Washington, make their report to President Coolidge and are photographed at the White House. Left to right in the group are: Samuel A. Eliot, Cambridge Massachusetts.; General Hugh L. Scott, Princeton, N.J.; Edgar E. Ayer, Chicago; Mrs. Flora Warren Seymour, Chicago; Malcolm McDowell, Secretary of the Board, Washington, D.C., and Daniel Smiley, Mohonk Lake, N.Y.

Looking after the red man. Members of the Board of Indian Commissioner...

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Congressional Medal presentation, Thomas Edison and Mina Edison with Messrs. Campbell, Mellon, and Hibben.

Congressional Medal presentation, Thomas Edison and Mina Edison with M...

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Interesting White House Caller Governor-elect Morgan F. Larson of New Jersey, a White House caller today

Interesting White House Caller Governor-elect Morgan F. Larson of New ...

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Congressman on Job for [...] Special Session of Congress, Members of the weaker sex were strongly represented when the special session of Congress opened at the Capitol today. Seven of the eight Congresswomen are shown in this picture made today with only Rep. Katherine Langley, of Kentucky, missing. In the front row, left to right: Rep. Pearl P. Oldfield, Arkansas; Rep. Mary T. Morton, New Jersey; Rep. Ruth Baker Pratt, New York; Back row, left to right: Rep. Ruth Bryan Owen, Florida; Rep. Edith Nourse Rogers, Massachusetts; and Rep. Florence Kahn, California

Congressman on Job for [...] Special Session of Congress, Members of t...

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Presentation of Glass House to Henry Ford. Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Mina Edison, Carolyn Edison are among those seated.

Presentation of Glass House to Henry Ford. Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, ...

This photo depicts the presentation of Henry Ford formally receiving the building for his museum in Dearborn, Michigan. This building was used for glassblowing at Thomas Edison's original Menlo Park, NJ laboratory.

Interesting White House Caller Governor-elect Morgan F. Larson of New Jersey, a White House caller today

Interesting White House Caller Governor-elect Morgan F. Larson of New ...

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Thomas Edison receiving a gold medal expressing the gratitude and affection of the electrical engineers and scientists of Argentina.

Thomas Edison receiving a gold medal expressing the gratitude and affe...

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Congressmen plan new quarters. Perhaps these three House leaders were planning the locations of their new offices as they looked over the model of the new House office building. But they will have a long wait before moving in, as work on the $22,000,000 building has just begun. Left to right: Rep. J. M. Garner of Texas, House Minority leader; Speaker Nicholas Longworth, and Rep. Isaac Bacherach of New Jersey, members of the House Office Building Commission. 11/29/30

Congressmen plan new quarters. Perhaps these three House leaders were ...

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[PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT WITH GROUP ...] AUGUST ROEMMELE, NEWARK, N.J.; FRANK B. STERNER, STATEN ISLAND, N.Y.; IN THE REAR CAN BE SEEN, WILLIAM A. BRINKMAN, LANCASTER, PA.; AND HARRY WENNINGER, WILMINGTON, DEL.

[PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT WITH GROUP ...] AUGUST ROEMMELE, NEWARK, N.J.; FR...

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Barber shop harmony. The following Representatives lifted their voices in sweet harmony as the House prepared to adjourn. Left to right: Rep. Lawrence E. Imhoff of Ohio, Rep. Edward A. Kenny of New Jersey, Rep. Joseph P. Monoghan of Mont., Rep. Edward C. Moran of Maine, Rep. Fred M. Vinson of Kt., Rep. Harry L. Haines of Pennsylvania, Rep. Otha D. Wearin of Iowa, Rep. Phil Ferguson of Okla

Barber shop harmony. The following Representatives lifted their voices...

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Wash. D.C. Cross examiner. Rep. Frederick R. Lehlbach (R. of N.J.) of the House Rules Lobby Investigation snapped as he fired questions regarding lobbying and vote influencing practices, at Thomas G. Corcoran, New Deal Brain Tester, who has been accused of using pressure on Rep. Ralph Brewster's vote on the recent Utility "death sentence." 7/10/35

Wash. D.C. Cross examiner. Rep. Frederick R. Lehlbach (R. of N.J.) of ...

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Barber shop harmony. The following Representatives lifted their voices in sweet harmony as the House prepared to adjourn. Left to right: Rep. Lawrence E. Imhoff of Ohio, Rep. Edward A. Kenny of New Jersey, Rep. Joseph P. Monoghan of Mont., Rep. Edward C. Moran of Maine, Rep. Fred M. Vinson of Kt., Rep. Harry L. Haines of Pennsylvania, Rep. Otha D. Wearin of Iowa, Rep. Phil Ferguson of Okla.

Barber shop harmony. The following Representatives lifted their voices...

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A group of men sitting around a wooden table, New Jersey. Farm Security Administration photograph

A group of men sitting around a wooden table, New Jersey. Farm Securit...

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New Senator from New Jersey. Washington, D.C., Dec. 12. William H. Smathers is the newly-elected United States Senator from New Jersey. A Democrat, Senator Smathers succeeds Senator W. Warren Barbour, a Republican, in the upper house of Congress

New Senator from New Jersey. Washington, D.C., Dec. 12. William H. Sma...

A black and white photo of a man sitting at a desk, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified data on the negative or negative sleeve. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. General infor... More

A group of men sitting around a wooden table, possibly related to: A meeting of the industrial committee, Jersey Homesteads Hightstown, New Jersey

A group of men sitting around a wooden table, possibly related to: A m...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More

A group of men sitting around a wooden table, New Jersey. Farm Security Administration photograph

A group of men sitting around a wooden table, New Jersey. Farm Securit...

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A meeting of the industrial committee, Jersey Homesteads Hightstown, New Jersey

A meeting of the industrial committee, Jersey Homesteads Hightstown, N...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

A group of men sitting around a wooden table, possibly related to: A meeting of the industrial committee, Jersey Homesteads Hightstown, New Jersey

A group of men sitting around a wooden table, possibly related to: A m...

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Opening of garment factory, Hightstown, N.J

Opening of garment factory, Hightstown, N.J

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

A meeting of the industrial committee, Jersey Homesteads Hightstown, New Jersey

A meeting of the industrial committee, Jersey Homesteads Hightstown, N...

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A group of men sitting around a wooden table, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photograph

A group of men sitting around a wooden table, Great Depression. FSA/OW...

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A group of men sitting around a wooden table, possibly related to: A meeting of the industrial committee, Jersey Homesteads Hightstown, New Jersey

A group of men sitting around a wooden table, possibly related to: A m...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More

Opening of garment factory, Hightstown, N.J.

Opening of garment factory, Hightstown, N.J.

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Career diplomats promoted. Washington D.C., July 22. James C. Dunn (right) has just been named to the newly created State Department post of Advisor on Political Relations, which Jay Pierrepont Moffat, (left) has been designated [...] succeed Dunn as Chief of the European Division [...] New post Dunn will be charged with supervision os relations with foreign states. Both Dunn of Newark, N.J., and Moffatt, who comes from [...] are career diplomats, 7/22/37

Career diplomats promoted. Washington D.C., July 22. James C. Dunn (ri...

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Executive Committee of the National Republican Committee. Washington, D.C., Sept. 23. The Executive Committee of the Republican National Committee held their first meeting to plan their campaigns for the Congressional Elections that are to be held in 1938. Left to right, seated are: Henry P. Fletcher of R.I., Mrs. Marjorie Scranton of PA., John Hamilton of Kansas, Chairman, Mrs. John E. Hillman of Colo., C.B. Goodspeed of Ill., Treasurer, and standing left to right: Joseph W. Martin, Jr. of Massachusetts., Mrs. Paul Fitzsimmons of R.I., Walter S. Hallanan of West. Virginia, [...]S. Harace B. Sayre of Okla., Robert P. Burroughs of New Hampshire, Ezra R. Whitla of Idaho, R.B. Creager of [...]kas, J. Will Taylor of Tenn., Earl Warren of Cal., [...]rison E. Spangler of IA., Daniel E. Pomeroy of N.J. 9/23/37

Executive Committee of the National Republican Committee. Washington, ...

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Speaker signs last minute bills. Washington D.C., Aug 21. Rep. John J. O'Connor New York, Chairman of the House Rules Committee, "shoots" Speaker Bankhead as he signs the last minute bills passed by the House before their adjournment tonight. Others in the picture are Rep. Mary T. [Norton] (left) of New Jersey; and Mrs. Bankhead, 8/21/37

Speaker signs last minute bills. Washington D.C., Aug 21. Rep. John J....

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New Senator from New Jersey and children. Washington, D.C., April 15. It was a happy lot of children who accompanied their father, William H. Smather, to Washington today to see him sworn in as Junior United States Senator from New Jersey. Senator Smather has been attending sessions of the state Senate, where he is the Representative of Atlantic County, until he was requested yesterday to take up his dutes in the National Senate by majority leader Joseph T. Robinson. The children in the group are, left to right: Polly, 15 years; Joseph B., 13 years; Jane, 19 years; Bill, 17 years; and Ben, 12 years, 4/15/1937

New Senator from New Jersey and children. Washington, D.C., April 15. ...

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PRESIDENT BECOMES HEAD OF AMERICAN CROSS OF HONOR SOCIETY. WASHINGTON, D.C. JUNE 23. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT TODAY BECAME HONORARY HEAD OF THE AMERICAN CROSS OF HONOR SOCIETY AND IS SHOWN RECEIVING AN HONORARY LIFE-SAVING MEDAL OF THE ORGANIZATION FROM RICHARD STOCKTON, NEWARK, NJ, SOCIETY PRESIDENT

PRESIDENT BECOMES HEAD OF AMERICAN CROSS OF HONOR SOCIETY. WASHINGTON,...

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PRESIDENT BECOMES HEAD OF AMERICAN CROSS OF HONOR SOCIETY. WASHINGTON, D.C. JUNE 23. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT TODAY BECAME HONORARY HEAD OF THE AMERICAN CROSS OF HONOR SOCIETY AND IS SHOWN RECEIVING AN HONORARY LIFE-SAVING MEDAL OF THE ORGANIZATION FROM RICHARD STOCKTON, NEWARK, NJ, SOCIETY PRESIDENT

PRESIDENT BECOMES HEAD OF AMERICAN CROSS OF HONOR SOCIETY. WASHINGTON,...

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PRESIDENT HOST TO GOVERNORS. WASHIINGTON, D.C. SEPTEMBER 16. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT WAS HOST AT A WHITE HOUSE LUNCHEON TODAY TO 17 STATE GOVERNORS, WHO CAME TO WASHIINGTON FROM THE ANNUAL GOVERNORS' CONFERENCE AT ATLANTIC CITY, NJ. THE PRESIDENT POSED WITH THE STATE EXECUTIVES FOLLOWING THE LUNCHEON

PRESIDENT HOST TO GOVERNORS. WASHIINGTON, D.C. SEPTEMBER 16. PRESIDENT...

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National Veteran's Employment Committee of the American Legion. Seated, L-R: Jack Crowley of Vermont, Nat'l Chairman of Vet. Emp. Comm.; Mrs. Ada Mucklestone of Ill., National Chairman of the American Legion Auxiliary; Paul H. Griffith, (D.C.), National Director of Re-Employment. Standing, L-R: [...], F. Regan of N.J.; William D. Reilly of Kansas; Roy S. Stockton of California; Spencer Boise of North Dakota; James W. Hammond of Kentucky; Harold P. Redden of Massachusetts. Attending conferences at the Hamilton Hotel about securing employment for World War Veterans

National Veteran's Employment Committee of the American Legion. Seated...

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Council of State Governments convenes. Washington D.C. Attorney General Homer S. Cummings was principal speaker today as the third General Assembly of the Council of State Goverments convened at the Mayflower Hotel. He is shown with delegates to the councils. Left to right: Commissioner William Ellis of New Jersey, Chairman of the Inter-State Commission on Social Security; Judge Richard Hartshorne of New Jersey; Attorney General Cummings, Governments and former Governor of Indiana; and Gov. Gordon Browning of Tennessee

Council of State Governments convenes. Washington D.C. Attorney Genera...

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Republican women leaders discuss 1938 election plans with G.O.P. Chairman. Washington, D.C., Aug. 11. Women members of the Republican National Committee from all parts of the country converged on Washington today for a conference with National Chairman John Hamilton. Plans for the party's 1938 election campaign were discussed. In the photograph, left to right: (seated) Mrs. Robert L. Hoyal, Ariz.; Mrs. Worthington Scranton, PA; Chairman Hamilton; Mrs. John E. Hillman, Colo.; and Mrs. Virginia White Speel, Dist. of Col. Standing left to right: Mrs. Grace B. Reynolds, Ind.; Mrs. Cara L. Ebert, W.Va.; Ms. Chris Carlson, Minn.; Mrs. Edna B. Conklin, N.J.; Mrs. Pearl Wates, Ala.; Mrs. Katherine Kennedy Brown, Ohio; Mrs. margaret A. Green, Massachusetts.; Mrs. Doris K. Reynolds, Wyo.; Miss Katheryn Byrne, Conn; and Miss Consuelo Northrop, VT, 8/11/37

Republican women leaders discuss 1938 election plans with G.O.P. Chair...

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First democrat in 24 Years. Washington D.C. Winner in the November elections Elmer H. Wene will be the first Democrat to represent the Second District of New Jersey since 1912. He defeated the veteran Solon Isaac Bacharach, of Alantic City. Wene comes from Vineland, N.J

First democrat in 24 Years. Washington D.C. Winner in the November ele...

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Protest seating of Milton. Washington, D.C., Jan. 24. Labor's Non-Partisan League today filed a protest with the Senate against the seating of John Milton, appointed to the seat vacated by Gov. A. Harry Moore of New Jersey. In the photograph, left to right: Louis Friday, Clerk to Vice President Garner who accepted the protest; Carl Hoederman, Chairman of New Jersey Non-Partisan League; and E.L. Oliver, Vice President of National Labor Non-Partisan League, 1/24/38

Protest seating of Milton. Washington, D.C., Jan. 24. Labor's Non-Part...

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TVA questioner. Washington, D.C., Dec. 1. Rep. Charles A. Wolverton, Republican of New Jersey and member of the Joint Congressional Committee Investigating TVA, is proving to be an adroit questioner of witnesses appearing now before the Committee at the Capitol

TVA questioner. Washington, D.C., Dec. 1. Rep. Charles A. Wolverton, R...

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Wage-Hour conferees discuss compromise bill. Washington, D.C., June 6. Impromptu conferences such as this one, were frequently seen in the halls of the Capitol today as Senate and House Wage-Hour conferees discussed the drafting of compromise bill. Pictured, left to right: Rep. Mary T. Norton, of New Jersey; Rep. Robert Ramspeck of Georgia; [...] Allen J. Ellender, of Louisiana; and Senator [Claude] Pepper, of Florida, 6/6/38

Wage-Hour conferees discuss compromise bill. Washington, D.C., June 6....

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Movie Industry pledges cooperation with the government. Washington, D.C., June 25. At a conference with President Roosevelt today, a group of motion picture company executives, led by Will Hays, emphasized the desire of the industry to cooperate with the government. In the front row, left to right: Darney Balaban, Paramount; Harry Chon, Columbia Pictures; Nicholas M. Schenck, Lowe's; Will Hays, and Leo Spitz, RKO. artists; Sidney Kent, 20th Century Fox; N.J. Blumberg, Universal; and Albert Warner, Warner Bros., 6/25/38

Movie Industry pledges cooperation with the government. Washington, D....

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TVA congressional investigators hold first meeting. Washington, D.C., April 27. With their membership now complete, The Joint Congressional Committee to investigate the Tennessee Valley Authority met today for the first time. They laid plans to round up their staff of lawyers, investigators, and clerks, some of whom will probably go south to do preliminary work. In the photo, left to right: (seated) Sen. Lynn Frazier, (R) North Dakota; Sen. Vic Donahey, (D) of Ohio, Chairman; Sen. James J. Davis, (R) Penna.; and Rep. Thomas A. Jenkins, (R) Ohio. Standing, left to right: Rep. Charles A. Wolverton, (R) New Jersey; Rep. William J. Driver, (D) Arkansas; Sen. H.H. Schwartz, (D) Wyoming; Rep. R. Ewing Thomason, (D) Texas; and Rep. James M. Mead, (D) New York, Co-Chairman, 4/27/38

TVA congressional investigators hold first meeting. Washington, D.C., ...

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Curtain for Dies Committee. Washington, D.C., Dec. 15. Probably the most criticized congressional investigation in many years came to an end today when Chairman Martin Dies brought down his gavel to signalize the House Committee Investigating Un-American Activities is adjourned. Pictured as the final hearing closed are, left to right, seated: Rep. Harold G. Mosier, Ohio-Chairman Martin Dies. and Rep. J. Parnell Thomas of New Jersey. Standing, left to right: Rep. John J. Dempsey of New Mexico; Ree. Stripling, Secretary to the committee, and John Metcalf, Chief Investigator, 12/18/38

Curtain for Dies Committee. Washington, D.C., Dec. 15. Probably the mo...

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Principals in wage-hour amendments controversy. Washington, D.C., July 25. Seeking speedy action at this session of Congress, the House Rules Committee at a special session today agreed to further attempt to compromise proposals of opposing faction in the proposed amendments to the wage-hour law. Left to right: wage-hour administrator Elmer Andrews; Rep. Graham A. Barden, Democrat of North Carolina; Rep. Mary T. Norton, Democrat of New Jersey and Rep. Adolph Sabath of Illinois, Acting Chairman of the Rules Committee. Andrews, Rep. Norton and Rep. Barden appeared before the Committee in Executive region, 7/26/39

Principals in wage-hour amendments controversy. Washington, D.C., July...

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