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- Collection: United States History, 1914-1945
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Horse-power farming machine in the Palouse in the 1920's
Farming was extremely labor-intensive and still relied heavily on human and horse-power. An organized harvesting/threshing team in the 1920's required 120 men and 320 mules and horses. Teams moved from farm to farm as the crops ripened. Few farmers…
Photograph of the 1946 colloquium on the Super at Los Alamos. 1946
Photograph of the 1946 colloquium on the Super at Los Alamos. Front row left to right: Norris Bradbury, John Manley, Enrico Fermi and J.M.B. Kellogg. Second row left to right: Colonel Oliver G. Haywood, unknown, Robert Oppenheimer, Richard Feynman,…
Fat-Man
The bomb used on the Us at the end of the war
US Border Patrol, 1927
El Paso, Texas, 1927. U.S. Immigration Service Border Patrol inspectors in formation in front of the Border Patrol's first training facility in Camp Chigas.
Oppenheimer and Groves examine the remains of one the bases of the steel test tower
In September 1945, many participants returned to the Trinity Test site for news crews. Here Oppenheimer and Groves examine the remains of one the bases of the steel test tower.
B-17 Production, Boeing Seattle
Boeing B-17Es under construction. This is the first released wartime production photograph of Flying Fortress heavy bombers at one of the Boeing plants, at Seattle, Wash.
Immigration Act of 1924 is signed by President Calvin Coolidge.
Newspaper article headline reads, 'Immigration Bill is Signed by President; Japanese Ban Becomes Effective on July 1.
Al Capone Mugshot on January 7th, 1939
On October 18, 1931, Capone was convicted after trial and on November 24, was sentenced to eleven years in federal prison, fined $50,000 and charged $7,692 for court costs, in addition to $215,000 plus interest due on back taxes. The six-month…
B-Reactor at Hanford Nuclear Reservation
North facing exterior of B-Reactor at Hanford Nuclear Reservation.
Dred Scott Newspaper Article, March 7th, 1857.
This image shows an article published in a paper after the Dred Scot Decision in 1857. It is cropped where the newspaper title itself is not visible.
Seattle Times Port Shortage due to strike
The Seattle Times warns of shortages in this headlined article of May 10, 1934, shortly after the strike began
Section of the Seattle Daily Times, Do Women Work Only for Pin Money? by Nell Ray Clarke. March 13, 1932
Section of the Seattle Daily Times, Do Women Work Only for Pin Money? March 13, 1932
VIEW OF THE UNTANKING TOWER FACADE, LOOKING SOUTH - Bonneville Power Administration Chehalis Substation, Untanking Tower, State Route 603, West of Interstate 5, Napavine, Lewis County, WA
The untanking tower at the Chehalis Substation of the Bonneville Power Administration, Napavine, WA.
The sopranos television poster
television poster
Mafia Media
Magazine Cover
Mafia Media Magazine
Magazine cover
Scar Face Movie Poster
Movie Poster
Al Capone Bootlegging Quote
Mafia quote
Mafia video game representations
Picture
The Untouchables
Picture
The Godfather Movie Poster
The Godfather movie poster
Mrs. Roosevelt Asks for Tolerance
Eleanor Roosevelt asks for tolerance from the Japanese.
Orange County Immigrant Workers, 1920s
Citrus workers at the Hewes ranch in Tustin in the 1920s. Click for larger version.
Opposition to Executive Order 9066
This is a letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt from attorney General Biddle to plea with Franklin not to go through with the Executive Order.
Nanking's Silence
Newspaper Clipping
Handle with care!
"Cartoon shows two pairs of hands grasping for an Atom Bomb, one with a sleeve bearing a star and a cufflink reading "US," the other with a hammer and sickle. Probably drawn after President Truman announced in September 1949 that the Soviet Union had…
"That immigration problem again!" 1921
Political Cartoon from 1921 showing disapproval of immigration to the United States.