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Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, March 14, 1940
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    • Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962.
    • Description: Letter to wife. Topics include inauguration of President Zachary Taylor; possible Cabinet appointments.
    • Parent Collections: Letters Home From Congress


    Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, April 5, 1940
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      • Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962.
      • Description: Letter to wife. Topics include death of Senator Josiah Evans (SC); Representative Justin Morrill; Kansas.
      • Parent Collections: Letters Home From Congress


      Warren R. Austin letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, September 26, 1940
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        • Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962.
        • Description: Letter to daughter and son-in-law. Topics include attendance at church meetings in the Representatives Hall in the Capitol and various chaplains and clergymen who preach there; regular attendance of Washington citizens, particularly blacks, at church meetings; plans to see Sabbath School scholars and black Sabbath School scholars 4th of July processions; death and funeral of Senator Samuel Southard (NJ); veto by President Tyler of Tariff Bill with provision postponing the distribution to the States of the proceeds of the sales of the public lands and return of bill to the House of Representatives with little chance of overriding the veto; Locofocos (Democrats) are against distribution and generally against protection, but despise Tyler.
        • Parent Collections: Letters Home From Congress


        Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, January 23, 1940
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          • Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962.
          • Description: Letter to daughter. Topics include social life of wives of congressmen; steam ship Princeton accident; Representative John Quincy Adams (MA); Representative Solomon Foot (VT); social life
          • Parent Collections: Letters Home From Congress


          Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, May 1, 1940
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            • Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962.
            • Description: Letter to wife. Topics include John Brown and proposed investigation of his supporters.
            • Parent Collections: Letters Home From Congress


            Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, May 6, 1940
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              • Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962.
              • Description: Letter to wife. Topics include health of Crafts family; social life and visiting etiquette; boarding houses.
              • Parent Collections: Letters Home From Congress


              Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, June 4, 1940
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                • Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962.
                • Description: Letter to wife. Topics include proposed raising of import duties on Canada.
                • Parent Collections: Letters Home From Congress


                Sewer Projects
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                  • Description: November 21, 1940. North End Sewer This view shows the operation of the Austin Excavator and is identical with the view shown in the previous picture except looking in the opposite direction (northerly).
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


                  Burlington: "Cooties" Club
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                    • Description: 1940s celebratory meal gathering of textile union at the mill on the corner of St. Paul and King Street, Burlington. Could these be members of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, Local 438 (CIO)? Looks to be Christmas as there are evergreen bows attached to the pillars and a tree at the far end. Crepe paper streamers decorate the ceiling.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


                    Cathedral Grammar School
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                      • Date Created: 1940
                      • Description: 1940 photo (printed backwards) of a math class at Cathedral Grammar School. Students stand at the blackboard working out math problems. Others sit at their desks reading their books. Art work hangs from the top of the blackboard. Photo #21.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs