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Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt is sorry that he has not been able to secure a position for Herbert Elliott Hamblen yet. Charles Henry Tucky Collis, of the New York Department of Public Works feels that there are better engineers than Hamblen, and all the positions in the navy yard are filled under civil service regulations.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1897-06-10
Three cooks stand in front of a large hearth. One holds a large spoon labeled “Assembly Committee” and gestures to the others to stop. The second holds a bowl labeled “Special Grand Jury” from which he drops a handful into a large pot. The third holds a box labeled “State Senate Committee” from which he is about to add more ingredients to the large pot labeled “Investigation of the Department of Public Works, New York” heating over a fire labeled “Public Pressure.” A man thumbing his nose, who may be Hubert O. Thompson, appears in the steam.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1884-01-23