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Washington, D.C. Feb., 1943. Volunteer student nurse's aides at Freedmen's Hospital for Negroes
1. Washington, D.C. Feb., 1943. Volunteer student nurse's aides at Freedmen's Hospital for Negroes

Smith, Roger

Keywords:

    African Americans; Community Service; Employment; Freedmen's Hospital (Washington, D.C.); Nursing; People; Photographic Prints; Washington (D.C.)
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First lady inspects war workers' homes. On an inspection tour of federal dormitories for war workers in Washington, D.C., on May 18, Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt visited four projects erected for Negroes and expressed herself as highly pleased with the accomodations. At Wake and Midway Halls, she was greeted by Samuel Plato, building contractor, who had just turned the buildings over to the government. Mr. Plato is shown with Mrs. Roosevelt and Miss W. Gertrude Brown, resident manager of Wake Hall. The two buildings, opened last month for more than 800 Negro women war workers, were formally dedicated by Mrs. Roosevelt
2. First lady inspects war workers' homes. On an inspection tour of federal dormitories for war workers in Washington, D.C., on May 18, Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt visited four projects erected for Negroes and expressed herself as highly pleased with the accomodations. At Wake and Midway Halls, she was greeted by Samuel Plato, building contractor, who had just turned the buildings over to the government. Mr. Plato is shown with Mrs. Roosevelt and Miss W. Gertrude Brown, resident manager of Wake Hall. The two buildings, opened last month for more than 800 Negro women war workers, were formally dedicated by Mrs. Roosevelt

Smith, Roger

Keywords:

    District Of Columbia; Safety Film Negatives; United States; Washington (D.C.)
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Answering call for volunteer nurses aides. The call for 100,000 volunteer nurses aides to relieve the acute shortage of graduate nurses is answered by Negro housewives and mothers throughout the country. At Freedmen's Hospital in Washington, D.C. where an eighty-hour training courses has been in progress since last October. Volunteers begin practical training in the central dressing room. Photo shows Mrs. Louis Lucas (left) and Miss Susie Freeman (right) wrapping bandages
3. Answering call for volunteer nurses aides. The call for 100,000 volunteer nurses aides to relieve the acute shortage of graduate nurses is answered by Negro housewives and mothers throughout the country. At Freedmen's Hospital in Washington, D.C. where an eighty-hour training courses has been in progress since last October. Volunteers begin practical training in the central dressing room. Photo shows Mrs. Louis Lucas (left) and Miss Susie Freeman (right) wrapping bandages

Smith, Roger

Keywords:

    District Of Columbia; Safety Film Negatives; United States; Washington (D.C.)
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First lady inspects war workers homes. On an inspection tour of federal dormitories for war workers in Washington, D.C. on May 18, Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt visited four projects recently erected for Negroes. Shown greeting the First Lady at George Washington Carver Hall, residential hotel for Negro men, is Hillyard Robinson, architect who designed the building. Looking on is W. Spurgeon Burke, resident manager of both Carver Hall and the Lucy Slowe Hall, residential hotel for Negro women war workers
4. First lady inspects war workers homes. On an inspection tour of federal dormitories for war workers in Washington, D.C. on May 18, Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt visited four projects recently erected for Negroes. Shown greeting the First Lady at George Washington Carver Hall, residential hotel for Negro men, is Hillyard Robinson, architect who designed the building. Looking on is W. Spurgeon Burke, resident manager of both Carver Hall and the Lucy Slowe Hall, residential hotel for Negro women war workers

Smith, Roger

Keywords:

    District Of Columbia; Safety Film Negatives; United States; Washington (D.C.)
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From National Youth Administration (NYA) to Washington navy yard. Beginning as a helper at $4.56 a day in the Washington navy yard, Miss Juanita E. Gray graduate trainee of the National Youth Adminstration War Production and Training Center now earns $45 a week. More than 300 NYA trained Negro women are now working in the Washington navy yard and scores are being added monthly
5. From National Youth Administration (NYA) to Washington navy yard. Beginning as a helper at $4.56 a day in the Washington navy yard, Miss Juanita E. Gray graduate trainee of the National Youth Adminstration War Production and Training Center now earns $45 a week. More than 300 NYA trained Negro women are now working in the Washington navy yard and scores are being added monthly

Smith, Roger

Keywords:

    District Of Columbia; Safety Film Negatives; United States; Washington (D.C.)
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From National Youth Administration to Washington navy yard. Under the direction of Cicil M. Coles, NYA foreman, Miss Juanita E. Gray learns to operate a lathe machine at the Washington, D.C. National Youth Adminstration War Production and Training Center. This former domestic worker is one of the hundreds of Negro women trained at this center
6. From National Youth Administration to Washington navy yard. Under the direction of Cicil M. Coles, NYA foreman, Miss Juanita E. Gray learns to operate a lathe machine at the Washington, D.C. National Youth Adminstration War Production and Training Center. This former domestic worker is one of the hundreds of Negro women trained at this center

Smith, Roger

Keywords:

    District Of Columbia; Safety Film Negatives; United States; Washington (D.C.)
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From NYA to Washington Navy Yard. Under the direction of Cecil M. Coles, NYA foreman Miss Juanita E. Gray learns to operate a lathe machine at the Washington, D.C. National Youth Administration War Production and Training Center. This former domestic worker is one of hundreds of Negro women trained at this center
7. From NYA to Washington Navy Yard. Under the direction of Cecil M. Coles, NYA foreman Miss Juanita E. Gray learns to operate a lathe machine at the Washington, D.C. National Youth Administration War Production and Training Center. This former domestic worker is one of hundreds of Negro women trained at this center

Smith, Roger

Keywords:

    District Of Columbia; Safety Film Negatives; United States; Washington (D.C.)
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Joined Staff Of Attorney-General Biddle. The distinction of being the first Negro to become a member of the Trial Bureau of the Department of Justice goes to Martin A. Martin of Danville, Virginia who was sworn in on May 31, 1943. Photo shows Mrs. Nellie G. Plumley, Appointment Clerk, administering the oath. In the background is Attorney Oliver Hill of Richmond, Virginia, a friend of Mr. Martin and Frank Coleman, Special Assistant to Attorney-General Biddle. Mr. Martin also has the rank of Special Assistant
8. Joined Staff Of Attorney-General Biddle. The distinction of being the first Negro to become a member of the Trial Bureau of the Department of Justice goes to Martin A. Martin of Danville, Virginia who was sworn in on May 31, 1943. Photo shows Mrs. Nellie G. Plumley, Appointment Clerk, administering the oath. In the background is Attorney Oliver Hill of Richmond, Virginia, a friend of Mr. Martin and Frank Coleman, Special Assistant to Attorney-General Biddle. Mr. Martin also has the rank of Special Assistant

Smith, Roger

Keywords:

    District Of Columbia; Safety Film Negatives; United States; Washington (D.C.)
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Latest addition to War Housing Program
9. Latest addition to War Housing Program

Smith, Roger

Keywords:

    Carpenters; Defense Industry; Labor Housing; War Work; Washington (D.C.)
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Luncheon for Liberian Presidential party. His Excellency, Edwin Barclay, President of the Republic of Liberia, was feted by Negro civic, social, professional and educational leaders Saturday, May 29, 1943 at a luncheon at the Lucy Diggs Slowe Hall in Washington, D.C. President-elect W.V.S. Tubman, President Barclay and Dr. Emmet J. Scott, chairman of the committee on invitation are shown drinking a toast to the President of the United States. The toast was proposed by the President of Liberia
10. Luncheon for Liberian Presidential party. His Excellency, Edwin Barclay, President of the Republic of Liberia, was feted by Negro civic, social, professional and educational leaders Saturday, May 29, 1943 at a luncheon at the Lucy Diggs Slowe Hall in Washington, D.C. President-elect W.V.S. Tubman, President Barclay and Dr. Emmet J. Scott, chairman of the committee on invitation are shown drinking a toast to the President of the United States. The toast was proposed by the President of Liberia

Smith, Roger

Keywords:

    District Of Columbia; Safety Film Negatives; United States; Washington (D.C.)
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Luncheon for Liberian Presidential party. His Excellency, Edwin Barclay, President of the Republic of Liberia, was feted by Negro civic, social, professional and educational leaders Saturday, May 29, 1943 at a luncheon at the Lucy Diggs Slowe Hall in Washington, D.C. Shown (left to right) at the President's table are Frederick Hibbard, State Department; Brigadier General Benjamin O. Davis, United States Army military aide to President Barclay; W.V.S. Tubman, President-elect of Liberia; President Barclay; Dr. Ennet J. Scott, chairman of the committee on invitation; and Captain Alford Russ, chief of the Liberian frontier forces
11. Luncheon for Liberian Presidential party. His Excellency, Edwin Barclay, President of the Republic of Liberia, was feted by Negro civic, social, professional and educational leaders Saturday, May 29, 1943 at a luncheon at the Lucy Diggs Slowe Hall in Washington, D.C. Shown (left to right) at the President's table are Frederick Hibbard, State Department; Brigadier General Benjamin O. Davis, United States Army military aide to President Barclay; W.V.S. Tubman, President-elect of Liberia; President Barclay; Dr. Ennet J. Scott, chairman of the committee on invitation; and Captain Alford Russ, chief of the Liberian frontier forces

Smith, Roger

Keywords:

    District Of Columbia; Safety Film Negatives; United States; Washington (D.C.)
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Luncheon for Liberian president's party. His Excellency, Edwin Barclay, President of the Republic of Liberia, was feted by Negro civic, social, professional and educational leaders Saturday, May 29, 1943 at a luncheon at the Lucy Diggs Slowe Hall in Washington, D.C. Shown at the president's table (seated, left to right) are: Brigadier General Benjamin O. Davis, U.S. Army military aide to President Barclay; W.V.S. Tubman, President-elect of Liberia; President Barclay; Dr. Emmet J. Scott, Chairman of the Committee on Invitation; and Captain Alford Russ, chief of the Liberian frontier force. Standing (left to right) are Stanley Woodward, Frederick Hibbard and Henry S. Villard, State Department; and Walter F. Walker, Liberian Consul General at New York
12. Luncheon for Liberian president's party. His Excellency, Edwin Barclay, President of the Republic of Liberia, was feted by Negro civic, social, professional and educational leaders Saturday, May 29, 1943 at a luncheon at the Lucy Diggs Slowe Hall in Washington, D.C. Shown at the president's table (seated, left to right) are: Brigadier General Benjamin O. Davis, U.S. Army military aide to President Barclay; W.V.S. Tubman, President-elect of Liberia; President Barclay; Dr. Emmet J. Scott, Chairman of the Committee on Invitation; and Captain Alford Russ, chief of the Liberian frontier force. Standing (left to right) are Stanley Woodward, Frederick Hibbard and Henry S. Villard, State Department; and Walter F. Walker, Liberian Consul General at New York

Smith, Roger

Keywords:

    District Of Columbia; Safety Film Negatives; United States; Washington (D.C.)
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Manning Office of War Information's "nerve center." A new field of employment was opened to Negroes recently when six colored girls were given skilled jobs in the Teletype room of the Office of War Information. The young women, trained by OWI at the American Telephone and Telegraph School in Washington, D.C., operate machines which receive and send official war information to all parts of the country. Miss Emma Brown is shown operating an ASR teletype machine in the News Bureau, OWI
13. Manning Office of War Information's "nerve center." A new field of employment was opened to Negroes recently when six colored girls were given skilled jobs in the Teletype room of the Office of War Information. The young women, trained by OWI at the American Telephone and Telegraph School in Washington, D.C., operate machines which receive and send official war information to all parts of the country. Miss Emma Brown is shown operating an ASR teletype machine in the News Bureau, OWI

Smith, Roger

Keywords:

    District Of Columbia; Safety Film Negatives; United States; Washington (D.C.)
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Manning Office of War Information's "nerve center." A new field of employment was opened to Negroes recently when six colored girls were given skilled jobs in the Teletype room of the Office of War Information. The young women, trained by OWI at the American Telephone and Telegraph School in Washington, D.C., operate machines which receive and send official war information to all parts of the country. Miss Harriette Thorne is shown operating an ASR teletype machine in the Bureau of Publications and Graphics
14. Manning Office of War Information's "nerve center." A new field of employment was opened to Negroes recently when six colored girls were given skilled jobs in the Teletype room of the Office of War Information. The young women, trained by OWI at the American Telephone and Telegraph School in Washington, D.C., operate machines which receive and send official war information to all parts of the country. Miss Harriette Thorne is shown operating an ASR teletype machine in the Bureau of Publications and Graphics

Smith, Roger

Keywords:

    District Of Columbia; Safety Film Negatives; United States; Washington (D.C.)
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Manning Office of War Information's "nerve center." A new field of employment was opened to Negroes recently when six colored girls were given skilled jobs in the teletype room of the OWI. The young women, trained by OWI at the American Telephone and Telegraph School in Washington, D.C., operate machines which receive and send official war information to all parts of the country. Miss Esther V. Myers is shown at a receiving machine in the teletype room of the Bureau of Publications and Graphics while Miss Shirley K. Conway dispatches news on an ASR machine
15. Manning Office of War Information's "nerve center." A new field of employment was opened to Negroes recently when six colored girls were given skilled jobs in the teletype room of the OWI. The young women, trained by OWI at the American Telephone and Telegraph School in Washington, D.C., operate machines which receive and send official war information to all parts of the country. Miss Esther V. Myers is shown at a receiving machine in the teletype room of the Bureau of Publications and Graphics while Miss Shirley K. Conway dispatches news on an ASR machine

Smith, Roger

Keywords:

    District Of Columbia; Safety Film Negatives; United States; Washington (D.C.)
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Manpower storage is so acute in Washington, D.C. that for the first time in history, Negro women are now employed as gardners in the rose garden of the Botanical Gardens--one of the beauty spots of the nation's capital
16. Manpower storage is so acute in Washington, D.C. that for the first time in history, Negro women are now employed as gardners in the rose garden of the Botanical Gardens--one of the beauty spots of the nation's capital

Smith, Roger

Keywords:

    District Of Columbia; Nitrate Negatives; United States; Washington (D.C.)
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Marian Anderson mural dedicated. Marian Anderson, noted contralto, sings a Negro spiritual at the dedication of a mural commemorating her free public concert on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on Easter Sunday, 1939. The dedication was held in the Department of Interior Auditorium before a distinguished audience on January 6, 1943. On the platform, (L to R) are Charles Houston, acting Dean of Howard University Law School, who presented the mural; Secretary of Interior Harold Ickes who accepted it for the government, and Oscar Chapman, Assistant Secretary of Interior
17. Marian Anderson mural dedicated. Marian Anderson, noted contralto, sings a Negro spiritual at the dedication of a mural commemorating her free public concert on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on Easter Sunday, 1939. The dedication was held in the Department of Interior Auditorium before a distinguished audience on January 6, 1943. On the platform, (L to R) are Charles Houston, acting Dean of Howard University Law School, who presented the mural; Secretary of Interior Harold Ickes who accepted it for the government, and Oscar Chapman, Assistant Secretary of Interior

Smith, Roger

Keywords:

    District Of Columbia; Nitrate Negatives; United States; Washington (D.C.)
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Marian Anderson mural dedicated. Marian Anderson, noted contralto, sings "The Star Spangled Banner" at the dedication of a mural commemorating her free public concert on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on Easter Sunday, 1939. The dedication was held in the Department of Interior Auditorium before a distinguished audience on January 6, 1943. Miss Anderson is holding a bouquet of roses presented to her by Negro high school cadets who served as ushers at the ceremony. Secretary of Interior Ickes accepted the mural for the government
18. Marian Anderson mural dedicated. Marian Anderson, noted contralto, sings "The Star Spangled Banner" at the dedication of a mural commemorating her free public concert on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on Easter Sunday, 1939. The dedication was held in the Department of Interior Auditorium before a distinguished audience on January 6, 1943. Miss Anderson is holding a bouquet of roses presented to her by Negro high school cadets who served as ushers at the ceremony. Secretary of Interior Ickes accepted the mural for the government

Smith, Roger

Keywords:

    District Of Columbia; Nitrate Negatives; United States; Washington (D.C.)
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New recruits of WAACS sworn in. Part of a class of sixteen young women sworn into the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps by Major Ina M. McFadden, recruiting officer for the Washington Military District, Thursday evening, January 7, at a public ceremony at the Cordoza High School. Those sworn into the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps and now awaiting call to active duty are: Misses Neppie Stoker Anderson, Joye Pamela Arnold, Elizabeth Orlean Garrett, Juanita Greene, Elsie Givens, Farieta Hall, Lillie B. Harrison, Marie Humphrey, Nancy McCall, Evelyn F. Overton, Isabelle Peterson, Mittie Lee Thomas, Grace Elizabeth Thompson, Jeanne Cecelia Webster, Catherine Geneva Brown and Ernestine Louise Woods. A drive for 150 Negro recruits from the Military District of Washington is now in progress, Major McFadden announced
19. New recruits of WAACS sworn in. Part of a class of sixteen young women sworn into the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps by Major Ina M. McFadden, recruiting officer for the Washington Military District, Thursday evening, January 7, at a public ceremony at the Cordoza High School. Those sworn into the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps and now awaiting call to active duty are: Misses Neppie Stoker Anderson, Joye Pamela Arnold, Elizabeth Orlean Garrett, Juanita Greene, Elsie Givens, Farieta Hall, Lillie B. Harrison, Marie Humphrey, Nancy McCall, Evelyn F. Overton, Isabelle Peterson, Mittie Lee Thomas, Grace Elizabeth Thompson, Jeanne Cecelia Webster, Catherine Geneva Brown and Ernestine Louise Woods. A drive for 150 Negro recruits from the Military District of Washington is now in progress, Major McFadden announced

Smith, Roger

Keywords:

    District Of Columbia; Safety Film Negatives; United States; Washington (D.C.)
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[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Luncheon for Liberian Presidential party. His Excellency, Edwin Barclay, President of the Republic of Liberia, was feted by Negro civic, social, professional and educational leaders Saturday, May 29, 1943 at a luncheon at the Lucy Diggs Slowe Hall in Washington, D.C. President-elect W.V.S. Tubman, President Barclay and Dr. Emmet J. Scott, chairman of the committee on invitation are shown drinking a toast to the President of the United States. The toast was proposed by the President of Liberia]
20. [Untitled photo, possibly related to: Luncheon for Liberian Presidential party. His Excellency, Edwin Barclay, President of the Republic of Liberia, was feted by Negro civic, social, professional and educational leaders Saturday, May 29, 1943 at a luncheon at the Lucy Diggs Slowe Hall in Washington, D.C. President-elect W.V.S. Tubman, President Barclay and Dr. Emmet J. Scott, chairman of the committee on invitation are shown drinking a toast to the President of the United States. The toast was proposed by the President of Liberia]

Smith, Roger

Keywords:

    District Of Columbia; Safety Film Negatives; United States; Washington (D.C.)
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