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A picture of one of the many farm labor camps throughout the Pacific Northwest, that were initiated by the Farm Security Administration in the same region.

May 5, 1938, Pierce County officials signed a deed passing the title of Tacoma Field, 900 acres of land with buildings, to the War Department to be used as part of a giant airbase to defend the Pacific Northwest.

Chairman of the House Naval Affairs Committee, December 1931 to January 1947, then chairman of the Armed Services Committee.

Stephanie St. Clair, mobster in Harlem

After the war, a movie about the Japanese-American 442nd Regimental Combat Team was made

A photo depicting the aftermath of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima city

A photo of the devastation caused to Nagasaki from the atomic bomb.

President Harry S. Truman addressing a joint session of Congress asking for $400 million in aid to Greece and Turkey. This speech became known as the "Truman Doctrine" speech.

An aerial photo of the mushroom cloud rising above Hiroshima, minutes after the atomic bombing.

An Ohio liquor store runs a sale before going out of business the day before the prohibition took effect in the state.

Marshall Plan

Al Capone has been affiliated with multiple crimes in the past, specifically in money laundering, illegal distribution of narcotics, and of course, tax evasion.

The Seattle Times warns of shortages in this headlined article of May 10, 1934, shortly after the strike began

A pamphlet questioning the democratic legitimacy of legislation modeled after that which created the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), c. 1950.

Regarding Al Capone's incarceration, he was needed for classification among his peers in order to clarify the "star ranking" of the inmate.

Al Capone's criminal record in 1932. Despite a litany of charges, he ended up being nabbed for tax evasion. (FBI/U.S. Bureau of Prisons)

The untanking tower at the Chehalis Substation of the Bonneville Power Administration, Napavine, WA.

An aerial shot of the Grand Coulee Dam from June 14, 1941.

Ma Barker-Barker Gang

Virginia Hill

A Mexican mother is photographed with her children.

Closing words of Franklin Roosevelt's Speech preceding America's entry to WWII

An Italian immigrant family arrives at Ellis Island at the height of immigration in the United States

Map that show the route of Japanese territory I Asia 1942

Houses and city roads in rubble

A photograph of a young David Bohm during the late 1930's.