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Social Security workers in the new offices established in Baltimore, Maryland. Nov. 11, 1936.





Social Security Board ready to operate. 1936 map shows figures representing an approved state plan by which Federal-State coo...
Social Security Board ready to operate. 1936 map shows figures representing an approved state plan by which Federal-State cooperation is now providing financial assistance to needy aged, dependent children, needy blind, and unemployed. Nov. 14, 1936.





Eunice Shriver receives a signing pen from her brother, President John Kennedy. He called her the No. 1 lobbyist for the $355...
Eunice Shriver receives a signing pen from her brother, President John Kennedy. He called her the No. 1 lobbyist for the $355 million bill he just signed. It would will combat mental retardation through improved maternal and infant care. Oct. 24, 1963.





President Lyndon Johnson signs a $102 billion education bill at the White House today. It authorized a five-year program of f...
President Lyndon Johnson signs a $102 billion education bill at the White House today. It authorized a five-year program of federal grants and loans for construction of public and private higher education academic facilities. It was LBJ's first ceremonial signing of legislation. Dec. 16, 1963.





Initiation of Social Security in 1936. Employers application for Social Security. The employer's application for identificati...
Initiation of Social Security in 1936. Employers application for Social Security. The employer's application for identification number, to be filled out by employers and to be returned to the local postmaster not later than Nov. 21, 1936.





A caravan SUVs driving on a dirt road during The Kembara Mahkota Johor is an annual royal motorcycle tour program held by the...
A caravan SUVs driving on a dirt road during The Kembara Mahkota Johor is an annual royal motorcycle tour program held by the state government of Johor, Malaysia under the direction of the Crown Prince of Johor





Experimental solar energy system in 2008, is part of a U.S. government technology research at Sandia National Laboratory.





Social Security number tattooed onto an arm. Jeon Reese Roofener, a Memphis engineer, figures it to be a good identification ...
Social Security number tattooed onto an arm. Jeon Reese Roofener, a Memphis engineer, figures it to be a good identification mark. 'In case, I go crazy and get amnesia or somp'n like.' Jan. 14, 1937.





Guatemalan President Jacobo Arbenz Guzman in 1954. His 1952 land reform program threatened wealthy families and the United Fr...
Guatemalan President Jacobo Arbenz Guzman in 1954. His 1952 land reform program threatened wealthy families and the United Fruit Company. He was deposed in a CIA covert action and eventually Colonel Carlos Castillo Armas became President in a military government.





A caravan SUVs driving on a dirt road during The Kembara Mahkota Johor is an annual royal motorcycle tour program held by the...
A caravan SUVs driving on a dirt road during The Kembara Mahkota Johor is an annual royal motorcycle tour program held by the state government of Johor, Malaysia under the direction of the Crown Prince of Johor





Mexican agricultural laborers arriving in Stockton, California, to harvest beets in May 1943. Wartime labor shortages were me...
Mexican agricultural laborers arriving in Stockton, California, to harvest beets in May 1943. Wartime labor shortages were met by the government sponsored Bracero program which regulated temporary laborers from Mexico.





Vicuna (Vicugna vicugna) round-up, long exploited for its extremely fine wool, wild herds are corralled and shorn in a govern...
Vicuna (Vicugna vicugna) round-up, long exploited for its extremely fine wool, wild herds are corralled and shorn in a government management program involving indigenous Andean tribes, Pampa Galeras National Reserve, Peru





Governor Bill Clinton greets patient at a nurse's job training program at the Maxine Waters Employment Preparation Center in ...
Governor Bill Clinton greets patient at a nurse's job training program at the Maxine Waters Employment Preparation Center in 1992, So. Central, LA





President John F. Kennedy speaks to a gathering of media and employees at Site 3 during a 1962 visit. Others seen are Vice-Pr...
President John F. Kennedy speaks to a gathering of media and employees at Site 3 during a 1962 visit. Others seen are Vice-President Lyndon B. Johnson; Dr. Robert R. Gilruth; and James E. Webb, NASA Administrator. In his speech, President Kennedy outlines the reasons for increased funding for the space program and his commitment to putting a man on the moon.





Clerks at the Farm Credit Administration working on Civilian Resource Conservation CCC Program reports. 1937.





First Federal Home Owners Loan Corporation office (HOLC) opens. HOLC was a New Deal agency established in 1933 under Presiden...
First Federal Home Owners Loan Corporation office (HOLC) opens. HOLC was a New Deal agency established in 1933 under President Franklin Roosevelt. Its purpose was to refinance home mortgages currently in default to prevent foreclosure. The Detroit branch as the first to open it's doors on July 13, 1933.





A caravan SUVs driving on a dirt road during The Kembara Mahkota Johor is an annual royal motorcycle tour program held by the...
A caravan SUVs driving on a dirt road during The Kembara Mahkota Johor is an annual royal motorcycle tour program held by the state government of Johor, Malaysia under the direction of the Crown Prince of Johor





A caravan of trucks and SUVs on The Kembara Mahkota Johor, an annual royal motorcycle tour program held by the state governme...
A caravan of trucks and SUVs on The Kembara Mahkota Johor, an annual royal motorcycle tour program held by the state government of Johor, Malaysia under the direction of the Crown Prince of Johor





Solar car on the road during the SUNRAYCE 1995 race of experimental solar vehicles from Indianapolis to Golden, Colorado in J...
Solar car on the road during the SUNRAYCE 1995 race of experimental solar vehicles from Indianapolis to Golden, Colorado in June 1995. The winning vehicle, entered by Massachusetts Institute of Technology averaged a speed of 37.23 miles per hour.





Information technology installed in the Social Security Department. A worker at of the automatic card sorters as it was being...
Information technology installed in the Social Security Department. A worker at of the automatic card sorters as it was being operated. Nov. 27, 1936.





Mexican agricultural laborers arriving in Stockton, California, to harvest of beets in May 1943. Wartime labor shortages were...
Mexican agricultural laborers arriving in Stockton, California, to harvest of beets in May 1943. Wartime labor shortages were met by the government sponsored Bracero program which regulated temporary laborers from Mexico.





Attorney General Robert Kennedy surrounded by African American children. He was visiting a summer reading program in Harlem a...
Attorney General Robert Kennedy surrounded by African American children. He was visiting a summer reading program in Harlem at the Morningside Community Center, in Manhattan. Aug. 14, 1963.





Retired senior citizens carrying pro-Medicare signs, picket outside the Hotel Americana during the American Medical Associati...
Retired senior citizens carrying pro-Medicare signs, picket outside the Hotel Americana during the American Medical Association's 114th annual convention in 1965. The AMA opposed Medicare, saying it would lead to socialized Medicine and encouraged their members to reject participation in the program.





Four newly designed solar power collection dishes at Sandia National Laboratory in 2009. The new dishes are designed for high...
Four newly designed solar power collection dishes at Sandia National Laboratory in 2009. The new dishes are designed for high-volume production, ease of maintenance, and could be in commercial service by 2010.





Mexican agricultural laborers arriving in Stockton, California, displaying flags of the United States and Mexico. The were ad...
Mexican agricultural laborers arriving in Stockton, California, displaying flags of the United States and Mexico. The were admitted under the government sponsored Bracero program which regulated temporary laborers from Mexico to ease wartime labor shortages. May 1943.





´I Survived Cash For Clunkers´ decal on an old pickup truck, North Carolina, USA. Cash for Clunkers refers to a U.S. governme...
´I Survived Cash For Clunkers´ decal on an old pickup truck, North Carolina, USA. Cash for Clunkers refers to a U.S. government rebate program that provided financial incentives for Americans to trade their old vehicles for newer, more fuel efficient models.





1965 Social Security Tax Hike. The increase boosted the maximum yearly tax to $277.20, a hike of 59% over the previous maximu...
1965 Social Security Tax Hike. The increase boosted the maximum yearly tax to $277.20, a hike of 59% over the previous maximum. Thirty-five cents of each $100 taxable for Social Security in 1966 went to Medicare. NOTE: $277 in 1966 inflates to $1,610 in 2012.





Detail Showing Obelisk with Amon and a Pharaoh from Sculptural Program of the Great Temple of Amon





Government issued payment card for purpose of purchasing digital converter box for analog television sets





Vicuna (Vicugna vicugna) annual round-up, long exploited for its extremely fine wool, wild herds are corralled and shorn in a...
Vicuna (Vicugna vicugna) annual round-up, long exploited for its extremely fine wool, wild herds are corralled and shorn in a government management program involving indigenous Andean tribes, Pampa Galeras National Reserve, Peru





Republican presidential candidate Richard Nixon speaking with a clenched fist on April 20, 1968. He pledged he 'would not joi...
Republican presidential candidate Richard Nixon speaking with a clenched fist on April 20, 1968. He pledged he 'would not join the parade of candidates offering billion dollar programs to solve social problems, even if it costs me the election'.





A patient identification card to legally obtain marijuana through the Arizona Medical Marijuana Program was issued by the Ari...
A patient identification card to legally obtain marijuana through the Arizona Medical Marijuana Program was issued by the Arizona Department of Health Services in Tucson, Arizona, USA In November 2010, voters passed the Arizona Medical Marijuana Act, als. A patient identification card to legally obtain marijuana through the Arizona Medical Marijuana Program was issued by the Arizona Department of Health Services in Tucson, Arizona, USA In November 2010, voters passed the Arizona Medical Mariju





View from a motorcycle during The Kembara Mahkota Johor, an annual royal motorcycle tour program held by the state government...
View from a motorcycle during The Kembara Mahkota Johor, an annual royal motorcycle tour program held by the state government of Johor, Malaysia under the direction of the Crown Prince of Johor





The first Social Security checks are mailed. Guy Allen, an officer of the Treasury Department (wearing jacket) supervises the...
The first Social Security checks are mailed. Guy Allen, an officer of the Treasury Department (wearing jacket) supervises the mailing by the Post Office of thousands of old age insurance checks. Jan. 1, 1940.





Solar car on the road during the SUNRAYCE 1999 race of experimental solar vehicles from Washington, D.C. to Orlando Florida i...
Solar car on the road during the SUNRAYCE 1999 race of experimental solar vehicles from Washington, D.C. to Orlando Florida in June 1999. The race suffered from cloudy days, with the winning vehicle averaging a speed of 25.3 miles per hour.





Governor Bill Clinton greets patient at a nurse's job training program at the Maxine Waters Employment Preparation Center in ...
Governor Bill Clinton greets patient at a nurse's job training program at the Maxine Waters Employment Preparation Center in 1992, So. Central, LA





Cuban refugee family in Miami, Florida in 1966. From 1965 through 1972, Cuba allowed 250,000 people to leave Cuba, leaving th...
Cuban refugee family in Miami, Florida in 1966. From 1965 through 1972, Cuba allowed 250,000 people to leave Cuba, leaving their homes and assets behind. The U.S. government supported the 'Freedom Flights' and eased the refugees adjustments until the program was cancelled by Cuba in 1972.





Selecting Press Photos of Neptune,Jet Propulsion Laboratory media expert Jurrie van der Woude selects and captions press phot...
Selecting Press Photos of Neptune,Jet Propulsion Laboratory media expert Jurrie van der Woude selects and captions press photos of Neptune taken from Voyager 2's encounter with the planet. | Location: near Pasadena, California, USA.





Initiation of Social Security in 1936. Employees application for Social Security. This form must be filled out by all employe...
Initiation of Social Security in 1936. Employees application for Social Security. This form must be filled out by all employees classified under the Soc. Sec. Act and must be submitted to the local postmaster not later than Dec. 5th, 1936





Helen Campbell, a wireless operator was recruited by the National League for Women's Service, a World War I government progra...
Helen Campbell, a wireless operator was recruited by the National League for Women's Service, a World War I government program to use women to fill jobs vacated by men drafted into the military. 1917.





A patient identification card to legally obtain marijuana through the Arizona Medical Marijuana Program was issued by the Ari...
A patient identification card to legally obtain marijuana through the Arizona Medical Marijuana Program was issued by the Arizona Department of Health Services in Tucson, Arizona, USA In November 2010, voters passed the Arizona Medical Marijuana Act, als. A patient identification card to legally obtain marijuana through the Arizona Medical Marijuana Program was issued by the Arizona Department of Health Services in Tucson, Arizona, USA In November 2010, voters passed the Arizona Medical Mariju





Senior citizens in Washington. They are waving petitions to the House Ways and Means Committee in support of Pres. Johnson's ...
Senior citizens in Washington. They are waving petitions to the House Ways and Means Committee in support of Pres. Johnson's recommended 20% social security increase. May 25, 1967.





Detail Showing Figures in Sunk-Relief from the Sculptural Program of the Temple of Isis at Philae





Odyssey Sea Launch launches commercial space payloads and satellites at sea from the Equator, Long Beach Harbor, California, ...
Odyssey Sea Launch launches commercial space payloads and satellites at sea from the Equator, Long Beach Harbor, California, USA





The Solar Two Power Plant used heliostats or motorized mirrors to track the sun and continuously concentrate sunlight onto a ...
The Solar Two Power Plant used heliostats or motorized mirrors to track the sun and continuously concentrate sunlight onto a receiver near the top of the central tower. The tower was filled with a molten salt mixture that collects and stores thermal energy. Solar Two operated from 1996 to 1999.





Voyager 2 Scientists Discussing Triton Images,NASA scientists including astronomer Carl Sagan discuss the images of Neptune's...
Voyager 2 Scientists Discussing Triton Images,NASA scientists including astronomer Carl Sagan discuss the images of Neptune's moon Triton that were taken by the Voyager 2 probe. | Location: near Pasadena, California, USA.





A sign that reads “Govts. Don’t create wealth, they confiscate and give it to the lazy and the poor”





A hand holding a map during The Kembara Mahkota Johor, an annual royal motorcycle tour program held by the state government o...
A hand holding a map during The Kembara Mahkota Johor, an annual royal motorcycle tour program held by the state government of Johor, Malaysia under the direction of the Crown Prince of Johor





GOP Congressional leaders charged that Pres. Johnson's anti-poverty program shows the 'arrogance of power'. Rep. Gerald Ford ...
GOP Congressional leaders charged that Pres. Johnson's anti-poverty program shows the 'arrogance of power'. Rep. Gerald Ford (left) and Sen. Everett Dirksen, speak in front of a sign designed for Television. June 2, 1966.





Social Security files. 5,000 filing cabinets will be used to keep the records of the Social Security Administration. Nov. 27,...
Social Security files. 5,000 filing cabinets will be used to keep the records of the Social Security Administration. Nov. 27, 1936.





John Muir advocated conservation programs adopted by President Theodore Roosevelt, who in 1903 accompanied Muir on a camping ...
John Muir advocated conservation programs adopted by President Theodore Roosevelt, who in 1903 accompanied Muir on a camping trip to the Yosemite region. In 1908 the government established the Muir Woods National Monument in Marin County, California.





SPD Chairman Kurt Beck during the IFA with Markus Schaechter, ZDF director, Berlin, Germany





Democratic Presidential candidate, Franklin Roosevelt, speaks to a crowd of over 10,000 at Butte, Montana. FDR pledged Montan...
Democratic Presidential candidate, Franklin Roosevelt, speaks to a crowd of over 10,000 at Butte, Montana. FDR pledged Montana miners to review US monetary policy, and in 1934 he established a silver purchase program in which the U.S. Treasury would buy all newly mined silver. Sept 20, 1932.





Fist and last pages of the 1968 Civil Rights. The law prohibited discrimination concerning the sale, rental, and financing of...
Fist and last pages of the 1968 Civil Rights. The law prohibited discrimination concerning the sale, rental, and financing of housing based on race, religion, national origin, or sex. It is also known as the Fair Housing Act of 1968. April 11, 1968.





Space Shuttle Endeavour and Crew,The crew of STS-61, on a mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope. From left to right, K...
Space Shuttle Endeavour and Crew,The crew of STS-61, on a mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope. From left to right, Kathy Thornton, Story Musgrave, Ken Bowersox, Claude Nicollier, Dick Covey, Tom Akers, and Jeff Hoffman.





Billboard about the National Program of Regularization of Foreigners, Buenos Aires, Argentina





President Lyndon Johnson in conversation the Tom Fletcher family of Inez, Kentucky. The Fletcher family of 8 children earned ...
President Lyndon Johnson in conversation the Tom Fletcher family of Inez, Kentucky. The Fletcher family of 8 children earned only $400 last year. Fletcher is an unemployed saw mill worker. April 24, 1964.





The Mother and child Health Program in Sarawak is run by the government with U.N. help. The supplies come from UNICEF and the...
The Mother and child Health Program in Sarawak is run by the government with U.N. help. The supplies come from UNICEF and the experts from the World Health Organization. Bornean girls are trained as ward nurses for the hospitals and midwives. 1951.





Developing TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) electric transmission lines as part of Franklin Roosevelt's 'New Deal' rural elec...
Developing TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) electric transmission lines as part of Franklin Roosevelt's 'New Deal' rural electrification.
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