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The underground railroad / Chas. T. Webber.

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New Deal Needlework Designed and Executed by Eleanor B. Roosevelt 1940

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New Deal Needlework Designed and Executed by Eleanor B. Roosevelt 1940

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New Deal needlework designed and executed by Eleanor B. Roosevelt / picture by Eleanor B. Roosevelt.

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1 page (album) : photographic print with typescript. | Page from scrapbook showing two photographs: (1) "The Order of Adventurers" weekly radio program with Adm. Richard Byrd, Felix Reisenberg, Roy Chapman Andrews, [Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.]; (2) needlework depicting a hairy scorpion with the head of a skull; the scorpion holds in each claw a skull and bone; the words "The New Deal" is stitched underneath it; "ebr 1940" is also stitch into the design.

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Title

Life and Death of an American

Names

Genre

Notes

- Scanned one of two

- Maxine Elliott's Theatre

- From Federal Theatre Project Collection (Production Records, Playbills File, 1934-1939). Collection of over 2,000 programs, heralds, handbills, and other announcements of FTP productions on different sized-and colored-paper, and in various formats from one mimeographed sheet to professionally printed multi-paged programs.

Extent

Online Format

IIIF Presentation Manifest

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The Library of Congress is not aware of any copyright in the materials in the Federal Theatre Project collection. Generally speaking, works created by U.S. Government employees, including for the Federal Theatre Project, are not eligible for copyright protection in the United States. The Library of Congress has no objection to their international use. Accordingly, such works are free to use and reuse.

However, the Library of Congress has not specifically analyzed whether every item in the Federal Theatre Project Collection is a U.S. government work. Rights assessment is your responsibility.

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Beatrice Welles
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Beverly Hills, CA 90211-2915
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Credit Line: Library of Congress, Music Division, Federal Theatre Project Collection.

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Sklar, George. Life and Death of an American. , . Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/musftpplaybills.200221009/.

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Sklar, G. Life and Death of an American. , . [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/musftpplaybills.200221009/.

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Sklar, George. Life and Death of an American. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/musftpplaybills.200221009/>.

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Playbill. 8 1/2 in X 11 in | Scanned one of two Maxine Elliott's Theatre From Federal Theatre Project Collection (Production Records, Playbills File, 1934-1939).

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Breaker boys, Woodward Coal Mines, Kingston, Pa. 1900

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Breaker boys, Woodward Coal Mines, Kingston, Pa. 1900

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Credit Line: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Detroit Publishing Company Collection.
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Reproduction Number: LC-D401-11590 (b&w film copy neg.) LC-DIG-det-4a07285 (digital file from original)

Call Number: LC-D4-11590 [P&P]

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Breaker boys, Woodward Coal Mines, Kingston, Pa.

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No known restrictions on publication. For more information, see Harris & Ewing Photographs - Rights and Restrictions Information Rights Advisory:http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/140_harr.html

Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-hec-45096 (digital file from original negative)

Call Number: LC-H234- A-9879 [P&P]

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The Library of Congress does not own rights to material in its collections. Therefore, it does not license or charge permission fees for use of such material and cannot grant or deny permission to publish or otherwise distribute the material.

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And Afterall the Philippines are only the Stepping Stone to China 1900

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And Afterall the Philippines are only the Stepping Stone to China 1900

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https://visualizingcultures.mit.edu/civilization_and_barbarism/gallery/pages/cb28-038_1900_mar21__2d597b.htm

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 Roy Takeno (Editor) and group reading Manzanar paper [i.e. Los Angeles Times]Manzanar Relocation Center, California 1943

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 Roy Takeno (Editor) and group reading Manzanar paper [i.e. Los Angeles Times]Manzanar Relocation Center, California 1943

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Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on reproduction.

Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ppprs-00006 (b&w digital file from original neg.) LC-A35-T01-4-M-5-Bx (b&w film dup. neg.)

Call Number: LC-A35-4-M-5-Bx [P&P]

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Roy Takeno (Editor) and group reading Manzanar paper [i.e. Los Angeles Times] in front of office, Yuichi Hirata, Nabuo Samamura, Manzanar Relocation Center, California

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1 negative : safety film ; 4 x 5 in. | Three men, two reading newspapers, standing in front of Office of Reports, Free Press.

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Mining Life in California 1857 Chinese Miners

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Mining Life in California 1857 Chinese Miners

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Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication.

Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-130289 (b&w film copy neg.)

Call Number: Illus. in AP2.H32 1857 (Case Y) [P&P]

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Mining life in California--Chinese miners

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1 print : wood engraving. | Chinese gold miners eating and attending to their hair among tents in camp.

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September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001--Children's drawings

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September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001--Children's drawings

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September 11, 2001 Documentary Project collection (AFC 2001/015), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

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Funerary box, CE 400-700 Mayan Civilization

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Funerary box, CE 400-700 Mayan Civilization

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Creation of the Fifth Sun Festival Aztec Mythology 1980

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Creation of the Fifth Sun Festival Aztec Mythology 1980

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Title

Creation of the Fifth Sun Festival.

Summary

The creation of the fifth sun is an important element in Aztec mythology about the origins of the world. This photograph from Mexico of a festival celebrating the creation of the fifth sun shows musicians in costume wearing distinctive headdresses. The photograph is from the collection of the Columbus Memorial Library of the Organization of American States (OAS), which includes 45,000 photographs illustrative of life and culture in the Americas. Many of the photographs were taken by prominent photographers on OAS missions to member countries. The OAS was established in April 1948 when 21 countries of the western hemisphere adopted the OAS Charter, in which they reaffirmed their commitment to the pursuit of common goals and respect for each other's sovereignty. Since then, the OAS has expanded to include the countries of the English-speaking Caribbean as well as Canada. The predecessor organization to the OAS was the Pan American Union, founded in 1910, which in turn grew out of the International Union of American Republics, established at the First International Conference of American States in 1889-90.

Created / Published

Mexico : Organization of American States, 1980.

Headings

- Mexico

- 1980

- Aztec mythology

- Aztecs

- Clothing and dress

- Drums

- Festivals

- Indians of Mexico

- Indigenous peoples

- Music

- Musical instruments

- Musicians

- Parades and processions

Notes

- Title devised, in English, by Library staff.

- Original resource extent: 8 x 10 inches; black and white photograph.

- Original resource at: Columbus Memorial Library, Organization of American States.

- Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

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Chicago citation style:

Creation of the Fifth Sun Festival. Mexico, 1980. Mexico: Organization of American States. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021669797/.

APA citation style:

(1980) Creation of the Fifth Sun Festival. Mexico, 1980. Mexico: Organization of American States. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021669797/.

MLA citation style:

Creation of the Fifth Sun Festival. Mexico: Organization of American States. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021669797/>.

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