Civic Life in the 20th Century

Images of urban settings including shops and streets during significant historical moments, reflecting community life and social issues.

Women's Suffrage Banner, Washington DC, USA, circa 1919

Floods 1955 , Floods, Streets, Civil defense. Records of the Office of Civil Defense and Defense Mobilization

"No Vacancy" sign hung out at tourist court. San Diego, California 1940. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , San Diego, California , San Diego County

Bulletin board on Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota. 1937. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Minnesota , Minneapolis, Minnesota , Hennepin County

Near Fresno, California. Migrants' tents are a common sight along the right of way of the Southern Pacific. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Fresno (Calif.), California , Fresno County, Internal migrants, Dust Bowl Era, 1931-1939

New Hampshire State Liquor Commission, Manchester, New Hampshire. Photographs. 1936-09. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Photograhs, Government Exhibit No. 54, DJ 20, National Archives at College Park - Archives II (College Park, MD). Paper. Class 146-1 (Communism) Case File Enclosures Relating to U.S. v. Judith Coplon (146-1-317)

Colorado, 1940. 1940. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Colorado

Information and Publications Maine, 1957 , Rescue work, Civil defense. Records of the Office of Civil Defense and Defense Mobilization

Women's Suffrage Banner, Washington DC, USA, circa 1919

Photograph, Government Exhibit No. 61C, DJ 52I, National Archives at College Park - Archives II (College Park, MD). Paper. Class 146-1 (Communism) Case File Enclosures Relating to U.S. v. Judith Coplon (146-1-317)

Hinkle's Bakery closed - Friday April 12 and Saturday April 13. No bakery products will be made, bought, or sold on those days - at the instance of the Federal Food Administrator for the District of Columbia. Failed to use the required amount of substitutes with wheat flour. J. Hinkle ca. 1918.

Saw Products: Dimensions - Pennsylvania. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

The street entrance to the Farm Security Administration office, Visalia, Tulare County, California. This farmer has come into town to discuss problems with the rural rehabilitation supervisor. 1938. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Visalia, California , Tulare County, United States. Farm Security Administration

Woman Suffrage Movement - Woman Suffrage Banner circa 1919.

Exterior, window display asking patrons to give books to the army and navy. Photographs. New York Public Library Archives. New York Public Library

... Capping, by Leslie Adkin.

Elsevier photo collection. One of the places in Korea, where c.a.r.e. goods are handed out. The other half of this post serves as a camp library. 1946. Korea

Elsevier photo collection. Elections 1946. Advertising column (Peperbus) election posters Amsterdam. 8, 1946. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Photo collection Government information service. Very unclear / dark. undated. The Hague, South Holland

Miscellaneous, souvenir of Hawthorne 'House of Seven Gables' , Houses, Authors, Souvenirs, Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864. Frank Cousins Glass Plate Negatives Collection

Photograph, Government Exhibit No. 19, DJ 14, 1949 - 1950. National Archives at College Park - Archives II (College Park, MD). Paper. Class 146-1 (Communism) Case File Enclosures Relating to U.S. v. Judith Coplon (146-1-317)

Photograph, Government Exhibit No. 24, DJ 41, 1949 - 1950. National Archives at College Park - Archives II (College Park, MD). Paper. Class 146-1 (Communism) Case File Enclosures Relating to U.S. v. Judith Coplon (146-1-317)

Anefo photo collection. Assignment company Kinsbergen Oosteinde. June 20, 1950

, Mariahilfer Straße - Zika restaurant, postcard, Unknown

Photograph, Government Exhibit No. 57B, DJ 52F, 1949 - 1950. National Archives at College Park - Archives II (College Park, MD). Paper. Class 146-1 (Communism) Case File Enclosures Relating to U.S. v. Judith Coplon (146-1-317)

Palm Garden. 1939. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. text. Menus. Rare Book Division

Madrid, 12/28/1976. Transfer of the belongings of the Presidency of the Government. The furniture and office supplies were transferred from Castellana 3 to the Palacio de La Moncloa.

Photograph, Government Exhibit No. 50, DJ 31, 1949 - 1950. National Archives at College Park - Archives II (College Park, MD). Paper. Class 146-1 (Communism) Case File Enclosures Relating to U.S. v. Judith Coplon (146-1-317)

Blancard, Hippolyte (1843 - D.1924), Exhibition of 1889. English dairy, 7th arrondissement, Paris. (Dummy title), 1889. Platinum draw. Carnavalet museum, history of Paris.

Beer tavern, Peoria, Illinois 1938. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Notice to celery workers, Sanford, Florida 1937. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Dodges Auction, Jacksonville, Fla. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1870. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Florida, Jacksonville (Fla.), African Americans, Brewing industry, Cigar industry, Auctions, Oyster industry

Cafe with Two Entrances Marked "White" and "Colored", near Tobacco Market, Durham, North Carolina, USA, Jack Delano, U.S. Office of War Information/U.S. Farm Security Administration, May 1940

Photograph, Government Exhibit No. 60I, DJ 52I, 1949 - 1950. National Archives at College Park - Archives II (College Park, MD). Paper. Class 146-1 (Communism) Case File Enclosures Relating to U.S. v. Judith Coplon (146-1-317)

Hunt's Point, Mr. Peter Silie's photo exhibit. Photographs. 1956. New York Public Library Archives. New York Public Library

Southern Pacific. 1946. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. text. Menus. Rare Book Division

"Rural planning and development; a study of rural conditions and problems in Canada" (1917)SS Newfoundland with Capt. W. Kean, captain at time of 1914 sealing disaster

Caldwell's Grocery Limited, circa 1930, by William Oakley. F B Butler/Crown Studios Collection. Gift of Frederick B Butler, 1971.

Small town tackle store. Ohio. 1938. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

New York City. Post office, Lower East Side. Photographs. 1936. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Manhattan (New York, N.Y.), Lower East Side (New York, N.Y.)

Man reading a newspaper next to sign reading "U.S. property, no trespassing", Battery, New York City, New York, USA, Angelo Rizzuto, Anthony Angel Collection, May 1952

New York City. Post office, Lower East Side. Photographs. 1936. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Manhattan (New York, N.Y.), Lower East Side (New York, N.Y.)

Old horse sign in Manchester, New Hampshire.. Photographs. 1936-10. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Contract No. 80, High Level Distribution Reservoir, Weston, Olive F. Thornton Residence, photo no. 24, high level distribution reservoir, Weston, Mass., Jul. 20, 1939

Anefo photo collection. Passion games 1950 b. Passion games. November 18, 1949

New York City. Post office, Lower East Side. Photographs. 1936. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Manhattan (New York, N.Y.), Lower East Side (New York, N.Y.)

Bulletin donated to U.S. Food Administration by Foster & Kleiser ca. between 1910 and 1935.

Photo collection prints Anefo Rousel. Series Print Anefo RVD Own Without Caption. Collection of photo collection prints Anefo Rousel, photo number 157-0700. 1956

Ice for sale. Harlingen, Texas. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , Harlingen, Texas , Cameron County

Exterior View of Shattered Glass Windows at the Pinney School. Original Caption: "Shattered pains of glass at Pinney School." This item is a photograph of an exterior view of shattered windows at the Pinney School. This photograph was used as the Plaintiff's Exhibit No. 17 for the civil rights case Alice Lorraine Ashley, et al. v. School Board of Gloucester Co. and J. Walter Kenny, Division Superintendent.. Mid Atlantic Region (Philadelphia, PA). Photographic Print.

Attorneys and surveyors in front of their office, in Round Pond, Oklahoma Territory, Jan, 1894. Four months after the Cherokee Outlet Land Run, there was plenty of business sorting out conflicting land claims. The Round Pond (now Pond Creek) already had a location known as 'Court House Square' (BSLOC_2018_1_127)

Hurricane 'Betsy' - Puerto Rico - 8/12/1956 , Houses, Maintenance & repair, Civil defense. Records of the Office of Civil Defense and Defense Mobilization

Liberty, unincorporated, Scotts Run, West Virginia. 1935. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Chamber of Commerce sign. Drew, Mississippi. 1937 - 1937. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Mississippi , Drew, Mississippi , Sunflower County, Signs and signboards

Waste paper at the junkyard. New York City 1941. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

1970s New York signage

Real estate speculators try to induce people from nearby cities to settle unproductive land, Burlington County, New Jersey 1938. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Sign, Saw Pit, Colorado. 1940. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Colorado , Sawpit, Colorado , San Miguel County

Light commercials at evening (night) in Chicago, United States, 1936 photograph United States of America paper. photographic support. cardboard gelatin silver print night

Mississippi grocery store. 1937 - 1937. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Mississippi, Grocery stores

Real estate sign along the highway on which hundreds of drought refugees and migrant workers travel. Riverside County, California. 1937. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Riverside County, Signs and signboards, Dust Bowl Era, 1931-1939, Migration, Internal

Elsevier photo collection. An agent police office Royal Dutch Factory de Bont & Leyten. 1931. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Decorations and insurance policies in home of Mexican labor contractor. Robstown, Texas. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , Robstown, Texas , Nueces County

Photograph, Government Exhibit No. 33, DJ 23, 1949 - 1950. National Archives at College Park - Archives II (College Park, MD). Paper. Class 146-1 (Communism) Case File Enclosures Relating to U.S. v. Judith Coplon (146-1-317)

Anefo photo collection. Food provision: Wageningen. Food provision in the South of the Netherlands, immediately after the liberation (Venlo). Placard of food distribution where a woman accurately notes which new vouchers came out. March 1, 1945. Middelburg, Zeeland

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. Ansel Adams's Photographs of Japanese-American Internment at Manzanar.

Floods 1955 , Floods, Streets, Civil defense. Records of the Office of Civil Defense and Defense Mobilization

Anefo photo collection. Rijnmond elections 2 June, election boards in the Rijnmond area. May 31, 1965

Natchez, Mississippi. 1935. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Excursion Sign. Walker Evans (American, 1903 - 1975)

Ministry of Information Second World War Press Agency Print Collection

N.C. Co. General Store. Frank and Frances Carpenter collection , Gift; Mrs. W. Chapin Huntington; 1951, General stores,Alaska,Fairbanks,1890-1920, United States,Alaska,Fairbanks

J.E. Morris Piano warerooms, Danbury, Conn. A piano store with two men out front. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Connecticut, Fairfield County (Conn.), Storefronts, Danbury (Conn.)

I Am An American sign outside grocery store

Annisquam, autumn , Trees, Signs Notices, Flags. Samuel Chamberlain Photograph Negatives Collection

Annisquam, autumn , Trees, Signs Notices, Flags. Samuel Chamberlain Photograph Negatives Collection

Wanto Co. Grocery Store owned by Matsuda Family with "I Am An American" Sign hanging in Window, installed on December 8, a day after Japanese Pilots bombed Pearl Harbor, Dorothea Lange, U.S. War Relocation Authority, March 1942

Newsboy's sack of papers, Montrose, Colorado. 1940. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Colorado , Montrose, Colorado , Montrose County

Sign on the high Texas great plains. Dawson County, Texas 1940. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , Dawson County

Photograph, Government Exhibit No. 81, DJ 50, 1949 - 1950. National Archives at College Park - Archives II (College Park, MD). Paper. Class 146-1 (Communism) Case File Enclosures Relating to U.S. v. Judith Coplon (146-1-317)

Photograph, Government Exhibit No. 58B, DJ 52G, National Archives at College Park - Archives II (College Park, MD). Paper. Class 146-1 (Communism) Case File Enclosures Relating to U.S. v. Judith Coplon (146-1-317)

Citizens' Committee of Warsaw. SK AD WRAKE VII at ul. Wolska 47 A; F.S. (Fl. Ca 1915); 1915 (1915-00-00-1915-00-00);

Photograph, Government Exhibit No. 59C, DJ 52H, 1949 - 1950. National Archives at College Park - Archives II (College Park, MD). Paper. Class 146-1 (Communism) Case File Enclosures Relating to U.S. v. Judith Coplon (146-1-317)

Nantucket fire box , Fire alarms. Edmund L. Mitchell Collection

Bar in west berlin, germany

Europe after the end of World War II was divided by an Iron Curtain: The separation of the American and Russian zones in Austria. 1946-49

687 Highland Ave , Signs Notices. Needham Building Collection

Election posters. Westmoreland, Pennsylvania. 1935 - 1942. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Washington Post sponsored scoreboard to report the action of the 1912 World Series between the Boston Red Sox and New York Giants in the years before broadcast radio. The board lists players names and scoring details wired into the newspaper from sports reporters at the game.

in philippines old dirty label of no entry signal concept

Shop window. L Street N.W., Washington, D.C. 1937. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. District of Columbia

Geology of Plimmerton-Pukerua area (and Hyde farm), 20 March 1948, by Leslie Adkin.

Floods 1955 , Doors & doorways, Signs Notices, Civil defense. Records of the Office of Civil Defense and Defense Mobilization

'Alert America' Convoy , Exhibitions, Civil defense. Records of the Office of Civil Defense and Defense Mobilization

Anefo photo collection. Rijksweg 12 on 12 April Open by Minister Korthals Reporting work. April 6, 1962

Annual report: with the constitution and by-laws for. Syrian Society of the City of New York. text. Pamphlets, Annual reports. 1893-05. General Research Division

Sign Painting. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Vintage Photograph. No trespassing sign in winter.

Barneys Market Club. 1955. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. text. Menus. Rare Book Division

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