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| Date: | 07 22 1946 |
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| Description: | Members of the American Pharmaceutical Association Council visit the old Apothecary Shop exhibit at the Smithsonian. |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Robert Fischelis and H.A.B. Dunning examine the War Memorial at the American Pharmaceutical Association Headquarters building. |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | President Harry S. Truman and Secretary of State George C. Marshall. After World War II President Truman appointed Marshall as his special emissary to Chi... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Harry S. Truman in the oval office standing behind his desk. |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Eleanor Roosevelt at a foreign policy committee meeting at the Americans for Democratic Action convention. Along with John Kenneith Galbraith, Hubert Humph... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Eleanor Roosevelt and national co-chair Leon Henderson (right) at a dinner sponsored by the Union for Democratic Action (later Americans for Democratic Act... |
| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | Donald M. Nelson, chairman of the War Production Board, speaks to W.O. Maxwell of the Consumer Relations Department and chairman of the Exhibitors' Committ... |
| Date: | 02 28 1944 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the crowd and exhibits at the opening night of the First National Labor-Management Production Exposition. |
| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | Major General Lucius D. Clay, Director of Material, U.S. Army, examines a scale model of the 57-millimeter gun at the International Harvester exhibit at th... |
| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | Charles E. Wilson, Executive Vice Chairman of the War Production Board and formerly president of General Electric Company, and Lieutenant General William S... |
| Date: | 01 06 1945 |
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| Description: | President Franklin D. Roosevelt smiles as he concludes his 1945 radio state of the nation address. |
| Date: | 09 03 1942 |
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| Description: | First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt speaking from a podium to an international youth assembly. The original caption indicates that she told the audience that thei... |
| Date: | 09 18 1947 |
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| Description: | A summons issued by the United States House of Representatives for Alvah Bessie to appear before the Un-American Activities Committee to testify. |
| Date: | 03 22 1945 |
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| Description: | At the annual dinner of the White House Correspondents Association, President Franklin Roosevelt congratulates Raymond Brandt, the winner of the Clapper Aw... |
| Date: | 02 10 1946 |
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| Description: | Admiral William D. Leahy, the personal representative of President Truman, greets former Prime Minister Winston Churchill at the Washington D.C. airport. L... |
| Date: | 08 14 1945 |
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| Description: | A large group of federal employees celebrating the 10th anniversary of the signing of the Social Security Act. Left to right standing: Evelyn S. Selecma... |
| Date: | 08 14 1945 |
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| Description: | Arthur J. Altmeyer, taking the oath of office on reappointment as Chairman of the Social Security Board, Term 1945-51. Mrs. Sarah H. Napier is the Notary P... |
| Date: | 07 15 1946 |
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| Description: | Back row from left to right: William Mitchell, Asst. Executive Director; Leona MacKinnon, Secretary to the Board; Oscar Powell, Executive Director. Front... |
| Date: | 08 13 1948 |
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| Description: | The 13th anniversary of the Social Security Act of August 14, 1935 is observed by its first Executive Director, Frank Bane, (left) now Director of the Coun... |
| Date: | 12 14 1946 |
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| Description: | Menu, mounted on board, for a dinner of the Gridiron Club. Features a background menu image (by Clifford Berryman?) of a victorious elephant in boxing shor... |
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