‘The Arts’ Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. https://www.loc.gov/photos/?q=millard+owen+sheets 30.8.20

change of topic. Secretary of the Interior #HaroldIckes suggested that the mural panels represent the cultural development of #AfricanAmericans, focusing on figures working in specifically non-labor roles. Sheets stated in a 1947 letter to [the] acting deputy commissioner of ➡️

#OTD in 1935
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Long-time advocate on behalf of Native American culture and rights, now #FDR’s Indian Affairs Commissioner, #JohnCollier, stands behind Interior Secretary #HaroldIckes with leaders of the Confederated #Salish and #Kootenai Tribes, ➡️

‘Interior Secretary Harold L. Ickes delivers his talk at the dedication of Hoover Dam (then Boulder Dam). 30 September 1935.’
#BureauOfReclamation photographer
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#HooverDam #FDR #HaroldIckes #blackandwhitephotography #PublicWorksAdministration #PWA

‘The Arts’ Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. https://www.loc.gov/photos/?q=millard+owen+sheets

change of topic. Secretary of the Interior #HaroldIckes suggested that the mural panels represent the cultural development of #AfricanAmericans, focusing on figures working in specifically non-labor roles. Sheets stated in a 1947 letter to [the] acting deputy commissioner of ➡️