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Treasure of Memories

Showcases personal historical artifacts like letters, old books, and coins, emphasizing nostalgia and family heritage.

A woman takes a handwritten old letter out of an opened old wooden box representing memories and family history.

Madrid, November 21, 2014. Interview with Miguel Tebar, director of the publishing house and Libreria la Libreria on the main street of Madrid. Archdc. Photo: Ignacio Gil.

Courtney Burns, director of the New York State Military Museum, examines the copper box time capsule discovered inside the cornerstone of the original section of the New York National Guards historic Harlem Armory during renovation work. The box, which was not known to be in the corner stone, contained documents pertaining to the 369th Harlem Hell Fighters or World War I fame, as well as documents of importance to the Black community in 1923 New York City.

Alcalá de Henares (Madrid), 12/18/2009. Regional Archaeological Museum. Time capsule found under the statue of Cervantes in the Plaza de las Cortes in Madrid. Dates from 1834. Photo: De San Bernardo. ARCHDC.

England, West Sussex, Chichester, 'Cathedral Interior, Multi Lingual Donorpoint Machine For Accepting Credit Or Debit Card Donations.'

Madrid, 5-13-2014. Interview with illustrator Joe Sacco. - Photo Ernesto Acute. Archdc.

madrid 08-10-2014 interview with the RAE academic Pedro Alvarez de Miranda on the occasion of the presentation of the new RAE dictionary photo jaime garcia archdc.

Artistic bookbinding Galvan, Cadiz, Region of Andalusia, Spain, Europe.

The concerns of asylum seekers, here on 25.1.1995 in Hagen, were dealt with by the Foreigners Authority, Germany, Europe

Morocco, Fes, Fes el-Bali medina, Calligrapher chisels Arabic script onto stone tablet (MR)

Antiques Market: Advertising From The 60s. Cremona. Italy

England,London,Imperial War Museum,Exhibit of WWII German Enigma Decoding Machine

England, London, South Kensington, Science Museum, German Enigma Machine dated 1934

Madrid, 12/22/2017. Report on the headquarters of the Royal Spanish Academy. In the image, the Commission Rooms, where the fate of each word is debated. Photo: Ernesto Agudo archdc.

Israel, West Bank, Jericho, mosaic centre

Madrid 01-06-2004 Presentation by Jimenez de Parga of the annual report of the constitutional court photo Jaime Garcia.

Spain. Madrid. Exhibition of the electoral lists in the May Square, from 31 July to 15 August, 1890. Engraving, 1890. Colored.

Madrid, 04/02/2002. Interview with the writer José Hierro. Photo: Jaime García. Archdc.

Bibliotheca (library) sign

Scholar, old man with a valuable book an Islamic library in the historic centre, Chinguetti, Adrar Region, Mauritania, Africa

Madrid, 04/23/2024. Interview with architect Rafael de la Hoz. Photo: Ángel de Antonio. ARCHDC.

New Zealand, North Island, Hawkes Bay, Hastings, Sileni Estates Winery, wine awards

Madrid, 11/29/2023. Javier Roza, director of Mantequerías Arias. Photo: Tania Sieira. Archdc.

Barcelona, 10/05/2016. Interview with graphic designer Enric Huguet. Photo: Inés Baucells ARCHDC.

JESUS MATEO Y FRANCISCO BRINES EN LA PRESENTACION DEL LIBRO DE LAS PINTURAS DE ALARCON.

SPAIN - Valencia (district) - Valencia autonomous region - Valencia. La Lonja (Llotja); gothic medieval exchange stock; numismatic and stamps market of sundays

Madrid 01-06-2004 Presentation by Jimenez de Parga of the annual report of the constitutional court photo Jaime Garcia.

Uk, Britain, Gb, England, London, New British Library Billboard On Cafe Wall

Exhibit sign. London Design Biennale 2018, London, United Kingdom. Architect: Various , 2019.

Crossword puzzle

USA, California, San Francisco, bookshop's window display

France, Normandy, Basse-Normandie, Calvados, Caen, bookshop

Madrid, 06/07/2022. Interview with Grabriel Albiac, philosopher and ABC columnist. Photo: Ernesto Agudo. Archdc.

Barcelona, 03/05/2015. Interview with the writer Joan Margarit. Photo: Inés Baucells. Photo: Archdc.

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne previewing new Interior Museum exhibit, "The Vietnam Veterans Memorial: America Responds," commemorating the 25th anniversary of the dedication of the Memorial through photographs, drawings, and models illustrating the Memorial's creation as well as personal objects left at the Wall by the general public

MARTIN VILLA , RODOLFO. POLITICO ESPAÑOL . SANTA MARIA DEL PARAMO . 1934 - . FOTOGRAFIA EN LA JURA COMO MINISTRO , 1979.

Ireland, Co Wexford, New Ross, First Class passage costumed character reading letter inside 1845 emigrant ship Dunbrody

Madrid, 04/21/2021. Interview with Miguel Henrique Otero, director of the newspaper El Nacional. Photo: Isabel Permuy. ARCHDC.

Avila 7-10-2003 Meeting of the Fathers of the Constitution at the Gredos Parador to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the Creation of the Magna Carta photo Jaime Garcia Archdc.

Apollo 8 astronaut Jim Lovell poses for a picture with his flight plan from the mission during the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's Spirit of Apollo event commemorating the 50th anniversary of Apollo 8, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018 at the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, DC. Apollo 8 was humanity's first journey to another world, taking astronauts Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and William Anders to the Moon and back in December of 1968.

The Constitution and Bill of Rights Guarded by Policemen, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

Tarragona, 03/28/2023. Interview with writer Luis Goytisolo. Photo: Inés Baucells. Archdc.

Anefo photo collection. day Veren Parliamentary Survey Committee RSV; survey committee v.l.n.r. Van Dijk, Joekes, Tazelaar, Dis. March 19, 1984

President Barack Obama writes at his desk in the Oval Office 3/3/09. .

Lluís Solé i Sabarís ( Gavá, 1908 - Capellades, 1985. Geógrafo y geólogo español. Barcelona, 1981.

Interlibrary loan flow-chart ca. 1960s.

Office of the Secretary - Swearing-In for Gene Scalia, Solicitor of Labor

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Press Conference: United States Patent to Electronic Patent Filing

Madrid, March 24, 2025. Interview with writer Inger Enkvist. Photo: Ángel de Antonio. Archdc.

Alcalá de Henares (Madrid), 12/18/2009. Regional Archaeological Museum. Time capsule found under the statue of Cervantes in the Plaza de las Cortes in Madrid. Dates from 1834. Photo: De San Bernardo. ARCHDC.

Madrid, 11/30/2023. ABC Forum meeting for the Constitution. Photo: Tania Sieira. Archdc.

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, September 19, 2005, Jerry McManus shows his Red Cross emergency cash assistance card. McManus was forced from his home in New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina. He is in a union-run center set up to sign up hurricane victims for the Red Cross assistance. McManus says there was five or six feet of water in his home, and lots of mold. He is the retired business manager of Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 60.

North Carolina, Charlotte, The Billy Graham Library, library and chapel by the boyhood home of famous evangelist Billy Graham, books by Billy Graham

Madrid, 02/15/2024. HRH King Felipe VI sanctions the reform of article 49 of the Constitution accompanied by Jaime Alfonsín Alfonso and in the presence of Pedro Sánchez, Francina Armengol, Pedro Rollán, Cándido Conde Pumpido and Vicente Guilarte. Photo: Ignacio Gil. ARCHDC.

Ron Ranalli, DA civilian and retiree, takes time to read an article in the Stars & Stripes newspaper.

Sam Sianis at Chicago's Billy Goat Tavern

010416-D-2987S-001. Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Per statute, the Secretary of State is responsible for the Great Seal of the United States. As such, the Secretary countersigns certain documents that are signed by the President, such as Presidential commissions and ratification of treaties. Secretary Blinken countersigned the Presidential commissions for some of the other Cabinet members at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 9, 2021. Next, the Office of Presidential Appointments will seal these commissions, which authenticates the signatures. The Office of Presidential Appointments is the Keeper of the Great Seal of the United States on behalf of the Secretary of State. The Great Seal is located in the Exhibit Hall of the Harry S. Truman building.

Foreign Affairs Day 2005 ceremonies, speeches, award presentations. Events included a ceremony at the American Foreign Service Association's (AFSA) Memorial Plaque, in the Harry S. Truman Building's C Street Lobby, honoring foreign service officers who died in the line of duty. AFSA President John Limbert, Under Secretary for Political Affairs R. Nicholas Burns, and other officials delivered remarks, as three new entries on the plaque the names of James Mollen and Edward Seitz, of U.S. Embassy Baghdad, and John O'Grady, of U.S. Consulate in Brisbane were unveiled.

Madrid, 01/26/2009. Interview with Stella Rimington, author of the book "The Invisible". Photo: Ernesto Agudo ARCHDC.

Per statute, the Secretary of State is responsible for the Great Seal of the United States. As such, the Secretary countersigns certain documents that are signed by the President, such as Presidential commissions and ratification of treaties. Secretary Blinken countersigned the Presidential commissions for some of the other Cabinet members at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 9, 2021. Next, the Office of Presidential Appointments will seal these commissions, which authenticates the signatures. The Office of Presidential Appointments is the Keeper of the Great Seal of the United States on behalf of the Secretary of State. The Great Seal is located in the Exhibit Hall of the Harry S. Truman building.

The American Academy of Diplomacy's 15th Annual Diplomatic Awards Luncheon in the Benjamin Franklin Room, featuring speech by former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger on the contributions of the late Joseph Sisco. Also delivering remarks were Academy officers and award presenters including former U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union and France, Arthur Hartman; former U.S. Ambassador to Israel, Samuel Lewis; and former U.S. Ambassador to Hungary, Mark Palmer. Among those accepting writing awards were Washington Post diplomatic affairs correspondent Robin Wright; . 59 CF DS 15985 04_Am_Acd_Dipl_021.jpg

Madrid, 08/14/2018. Interview with Nikita Harwich. Photo: Isabel Permuy Archdc.

Senators Clinton and Bayh, Congressman McHugh, speak about a recent trip to Iraq and Afghanistan

Pacific Islands Tour: Visit of Secretary Dirk Kemmpthorne and aides to American Samoa, U.S. Territory

India, Uttarakhand state, Corbett National Park, guide showing guestbook with tiger drawing

021210-A-1526R-013. Base: Buenos Aires Country: Argentina (ARG)

DD-SC-02-07450. Base: Pentagon State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

2006 Family Heritage Awards Ceremony at the National Park Service's Ellis Island Immigration Museum in New York City, New York, with Acting Interior Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett among the speakers and former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, author Frank McCourt, advertising executive Shelly Lazarus, and major league baseball's Tommy Lasorda among the featured awardees

Office of the Secretary - Swearing-In for Gene Scalia, Solicitor of Labor Continued

Autorin Ellen Brombacher Mitglied des Bundessprecherrats der Kommunistischen Plattform (KPF) bei Buchlesung am 12.01.2023 in public library Magdeburg, Author Ellen Brombacher member of the Federal Spokesman's Council of the Communist Platform (KPF) at a book reading on January 12th, 2023 in the Magdeburg City Library

The American Academy of Diplomacy's 15th Annual Diplomatic Awards Luncheon in the Benjamin Franklin Room, featuring speech by former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger on the contributions of the late Joseph Sisco. Also delivering remarks were Academy officers and award presenters including former U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union and France, Arthur Hartman; former U.S. Ambassador to Israel, Samuel Lewis; and former U.S. Ambassador to Hungary, Mark Palmer. Among those accepting writing awards were Washington Post diplomatic affairs correspondent Robin Wright; . 59 CF DS 15985 04_Am_Acd_Dipl_003.jpg

Josep Maria Rovira Belloso en las "XLIII Jornades de qüetions pastorals".

Polish Foreign Minister Rau Signs the Guest Book

Iraqi Foreign Minister Dr. Fuad Hussein writes in the guestbook, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on July 23, 2021.

A card proclaims Berlin's freedom following the demolition of sections of the Berlin Wall. Base: Berlin Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Tom Shannon and Montenegro�s Foreign Minister Dr. Srdjan Darmanovi_ pose for a photo after the Under Secretary accepted Montenegro�s instrument of accession to the North Atlantic Treaty at a ceremony at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on June 5, 2017.

Santander 07-30-2002uimp in Santander presentation of the Uim medal of honor to Juan Antonio Barden.

Pompton Lakes, N.J., March 10, 2014 Councilman Michael Simone and Community Rating System (CRS) Co-Coordinators Elizabeth Brandsness and Barbara Padula are honored with a plaque recognizing the town of Pompton Lakes for participating in the CRS, a program administered by FEMA that provides lower insurance premiums under the National Flood Insurance Program. New Jersey Hurricane Sandy. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

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