Women of the La Guardia Administration.A reception honoring the women of the La Guardia municipal administration held at the Hotel Brevoort in Greenwich Village, 1937. Wagner and La Guardia Archives.
Archive for the ‘Public Organizations’ Category
Computers
August 16, 2011
“Melba Roy heads the group of NASA mathematicians, known as “computers,” who track the Echo satellites. Roy’s computations help produce the orbital element timetables by which millions can view the satellite from Earth as it passes overhead.” NASA. Image # : 64-H-2487. Date : 01/01/1964
Elmer Staats
July 27, 2011
Postal Clerks, 1923
June 21, 2011
“[F]ive postal clerks testing the Gehring Mail Distributing Machine in the city post office building in Washington, D.C.” 1923. Smithsonian Institution
Dr. Frances Kelsey
June 5, 2011
“President John F. Kennedy presents the President’s Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service to Dr. Frances Kelsey in August, 1962, for her role in protecting the public health and averting catastrophic birth defects across the U.S. by refusing to approve the drug thalidomide.” US FDA History.
Harvey Wiley’s Division of Chemistry
May 18, 2011
“Harvey Wiley, Chief Chemist of the Department of Agriculture’s Division of Chemistry (third from the right) with his staff, not long after he joined the division in 1883. Wiley’s scientific expertise and political skills were a key to passage of the 1906 Food and Drugs Act and the creation of FDA.” US Food and Drug Administration History.
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