Browse Items (37 total)

AngMoKio, Yosemite National Park, AngMoKio, 7-Sep

Yosemite National Park is an American national park located in the western Sierra Nevada of Central California, bounded on the southeast by Sierra…

Tags: California, Environment, Park, United States, Yosemite

Pennsylvania Art WPA, Volunteers Needed at Once!, Library of Congress, ca. 1941-43

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. Margaret Mead,…

Tags: Democracy, Home Front, Military Front, Nationalism, Posters, United States, World War II

US Senate, United States Senate, US Senate, None

Oath of Office:"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and…

Tags: Elected Office, Legislature., Oath, United States, US Senate

Hayden Hayden, United Service Organizations, Pritzker Military Museum and Library, Unknown

World War II era poster of a smiling soldier and nurse. Supporting America’s troops was the first mission of the USO. In 1941, as it became clear that…

Tags: FDR, Military, Posters, Salvation Army, United Service Organization, United States, USO, World War II, WWII, YWCA

First photo: Taylor, Charles Jay, 1855-1929. Second photo: Carl Mydans., U.S. Taxation, Public Tax Worker Circa 1936-1938, Library of Congress, First photo: 1894. Second photo: 1936

Throughout history, every organized society had some form of government. In free societies, the goals of government have been to protect individual…

Tags: 16th Amendment, Civil War, Income Tax, Public Tax Worker, Revenue, United States

US UNICEF, The US Fund for UNICEF, UNICEF USA, 1946

The U.S. Fund for UNICEF supports UNICEF's work, and other efforts in support of the world's children, through fundraising, advocacy and education in…

Tags: Child Welfare, Children, UNICEF, United Nations, United States, US Fund

Bureau of Justice Statistics, The United States Criminal Justice System, Bureau of Justice Statistics, None

The flowchart of the events in the criminal justice system (shown in the diagram) updates the original chart prepared by the President's Commission on…

Tags: Criminal Justice, Criminal Justice System, Juvenile Justice, Law Enforcement, United States

The Naval Criminal Investigative Service, The Naval Criminal Investigative Service, The Naval Criminal Investigative Service, None

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Tags: Felonies, Law Enforcement, Marines, Naval Criminal Investigative Service, Navy, NCIS, United States

Harris & Ewing, photographer, Tax expert favors incentive taxation, 1942, Library of Congress, 1942

Lovell Parker after resignation

Tax expert favors incentive taxation. Washington, D.C., Dec. 12. Lovell Parker, who resigned last year after…

Tags: Business, Incentive Taxation, Lovell Parker, Senate Finance Subcommittee, Taxes, United States

George Washington, State of the Union Address, Library of Congress, January 8 1791

From Wikipedia: The State of the Union Address (sometimes abbreviated to SOTU) is an annual message delivered by the President of the United States to…

Tags: Budget, Economy, President, State of the Union, United States, US Congress