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Visual Cues and Clues: Looking ON the Photo

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Photograph of Researcher in the Central Search Room of the National Archives Building. Moreover, sometimes you can track down the archival institution that houses a photo you found online or in a book by simply examining what markings you can find on it. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. 64-PR-20-1, NAID: 74228254.

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Working for the TVA

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Its goals were to “To improve the navigability and to provide for the flood control of the Tennessee River; to provide for reforestation and the proper use of marginal lands in the Tennessee Valley; to provide for the agricultural and industrial development of said valley…and for other purposes.”

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South African print market growth lagging behind African recovery

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Other factors, like stock constraints due to parts being out of stock at a manufacturing level, logistics and shipping delays, and the economic slowdown due to the power crisis and political instability, are all hampering the consistent upswing we’re seeing in the rest of Africa. Power is not the only limiting factor in South Africa.

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Documenting the Detroit Industry Murals

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The depictions of medical, agricultural, pharmaceutical, automotive, and chemical manufacturing workers and machinery caused controversy at a time when faith in industry was low due to the Depression. Many considered the paintings propaganda and local religious leaders wanted the murals destroyed.

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Queens of the Air: American Women Aviation Pioneers

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This post was co-written with Katherine Stinson , an Archives Specialist in the National Archives (NARA) Moving Image and Sound Branch. One of the joys of archives is discovering a research subject you never even knew was missing from your life. Local Identifier: 165-WW-429P-1281; National Archives Identifier: 45532836.

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Summer Road Trip: Chicago and Pittsburgh

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While we enjoy the modern cosmopolitan sights, it’s fun to remember the lengthy history of the city as an agricultural and industrial hub. The photographs in the American Unofficial Collection of World War I Photographs (165-WW NAID 533461 ) of people at work are fascinating: ( 165-WW-594A-2 : Shells manufactured for Ordnance Dept.;

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Student Societies of Amherst Academy & Their Questions

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Is the manufacturing interest of our Country more important than agriculture?”. Which ought most to be encouraged, Commerce or Manufacture?”. “Ought Emigration to be encouraged?”. Ought Foreign Emegration to be encouraged prohibited?”. Which is the greater Evil, Intemperance or Slavery?”. “Is Click to view slideshow.