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Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, July 10 1940
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    • Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962.
    • Description: Letter to wife. Topics include health of son Samuel P. Crafts; health of members of Congress; votes on admitting Missouri to the United States with slaves failed by three and six votes on successive days.
    • Parent Collections: Letters Home From Congress


    Sewer Projects
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      • Date Created: 1940-02-23
      • Description: February 23, 1940. This view shows a section of the North End Sewer in front of the Arthur residence just north of Thayer School. The depth of the sewer at this point is approximately sixteen feet. The Austin excavator is being used loading the excavated materials into trucks and dumping it form back filling as fast as the sheeting is pulled with the universal power crane. A No. 160 Ingersol-Rand Air Compressor is being used for breaking through the frost in advance of the trencher and for driving the wood sheeting.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


      Sewer Projects
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        • Date Created: 1940-02-23
        • Description: February 23, 1940. This view shows the construction of the North End Sewer in front of the George Farrington and the Ralph Thayer residence opposite the entrance to the Burlington Rendering Company's plant. This section of the project is a 15" sewer being constructed entirely with hand labor, using sledge hammers and wedges for excavating through the frost. The Universal Crane used for pulling sheeting and handling materials on the job can be seen in the distance where the excavator is being used for installing the 18" pipe. The depth of the sewer at this location is approximately 12 to 13 feet.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


        Burlington Streets: Pine St.
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          • Date Created: 1940-02-23
          • Description: February 23, 1940. WPA Project No. 665-12-1-38, Street Improvements - Pine Street This view shows the excavation practically completed on Pine Street between Flynn Ave and Ferguson Ave ready for the sand cushion and telfold base. Some of this excavation is being done by hand labor using wedges and sledge hammers as shown in the foreground and the remainder is being done with the aid of Paving Breakers and a No. 105 Ingersol-Rand Air compressor. Excavation on this block was from 20"-24" in depth in hard frost, the frost going to a depth of approximately five feet. St. Anthony's Church seen to the left.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


          Houses - Unidentified - Interiors
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            • Date Created: 1940
            • Description: 1940s photo of a beautiful high style chest of drawers as seen in the living room photos of mcalB09F23i07 and i08. Is this Empire style?
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


            WCAX Radio
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              • Date Created: 1940s
              • Description: 1940s WCAX radio announcer / broadcaster.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


              Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, August 27, 1940
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                • Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962.
                • Description: Letter to wife. Topics include bill for encouragement of domestic manufactures.
                • Parent Collections: Letters Home From Congress


                Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, September 4, 1940
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                  • Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962.
                  • Description: Letter to wife. Topics include visit of General Lafayette to Congress and the United States; Crafts' opinion that the House will select John Quincy Adams as President.
                  • Parent Collections: Letters Home From Congress


                  Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, September 7, 1940
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                    • Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962.
                    • Description: Letter to wife. Topics include social life of Washington, DC; typical day for Crafts.
                    • Parent Collections: Letters Home From Congress


                    Warren R. Austin letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, November 20, 1940
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                      • Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962.
                      • Description: Letter to daughter and son-in-law. Topics include attendance at a church meeting in the Representatives Hall in the Capitol with a eulogy for Rev. Cookman, a former chaplain of Congress who was lost on the steamship President; Senate debate on the Tariff Bill and the unlikelihood that it will be altered much from the version passed in the House; expected veto of the Tariff Bill by President Tyler; Locofoco (Democrat) opposition to the Tariff Bill; treaty between United States and Great Britain.
                      • Parent Collections: Letters Home From Congress