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| Date: | 08 14 1935 |
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| Description: | President Franklin D. Roosevelt about to sign the Social Security Act of 1935. |
| Date: | 1934 |
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| Description: | An original lithograph promoting Washington, D.C. as "the city that every American should know," and to get there by way of train travel. The poster depict... |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | An original lithograph promoting Washington, D.C., and the Pennsylvania Railroad through artist N.C. Wyeth's depiction of the 1798 construction of the firs... |
| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | Journalist Ruth Finney, one of the few women journalists who covered hard news in Washington D.C. Finney was married to columnist Robert S. Allen, but cont... |
| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | Snapshot of a break in the deliberations during the famous Roosevelt "Court Packing Case." Journalist Robert S. Allen, who was covering the story, can be s... |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | An International D-246-F truck outfitted with a Jaeger 3 1/2 cubic yard concrete mixer parks at a construction site. Boards and cinder blocks are piled in ... |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | An International D-246-F truck owned by Transit Mixed Concrete Company Inc. parked beneath a bridge. The truck is outfitted with a Jaeger 3 1.2 cubic yard ... |
| Date: | 06 08 1934 |
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| Description: | Arthur J. Altmeyer taking the oath as Assistant Secretary of Labor. Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins stands on the left, and Samuel Gompers on the right,... |
| Date: | 05 1937 |
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| Description: | In the U.S. Supreme Court Room, after hearing the Court hand down its decisions upholding the constitutionality of the old age insurance and unemployment i... |
| Date: | 09 14 1935 |
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| Description: | From left to right: Arthur J. Altmeyer, John G. Winant, and Vincent M. Miles at the first meeting of the Social Security Board. |
| Date: | 08 14 1935 |
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| Description: | President Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act. Surrounding him are: Robert L. Doughton, Senator Barkley, Senator Wagner, Congressman John Dingell, Secr... |
| Date: | 02 24 1939 |
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| Description: | Arthur J. Altmeyer (center), Chairman of the Social Security Board, pictured as he appeared before the Senate Unemployment and Relief Committee. Altmeyer e... |
| Date: | 03 31 1939 |
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| Description: | The conference concerned the pending bill to improve the Social Security Act. From left to right, all sitting: Senator James F. Byrnes, Chairman of the Sen... |
| Date: | 03 20 1939 |
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| Description: | Leaving the White House after their Social Security conference with President Roosevelt are (left to right): John Hanes, Undersecretary of the Treasury; Ar... |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | From left to right: George Bigge, Arthur Altmeyer, Chairman, and Ellen Woodward in an early meeting of the Social Security Board. |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | Arthur Altmeyer, Ellen Woodward and George Bigge in an early meeting of the Social Security Board. |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | Arthur Altmeyer, Ellen Woodward and George Bigge in an early meeting of the Social Security Board. |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | Rafael Trujillo, dictator of the Dominican Republic sharing a toast with Senator Theodore Green, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. |
| Date: | 01 19 1938 |
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| Description: | Two men are seated next to each other. Caption reads: "Washington, Jan. 19.--Visiting his brother, Representative Thomas R. Amlie, Democrat, of Wisconsin, ... |
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