Cost $2,000,000 to write U.S. checks. Washington, D.C., March 17. Reflecting the widening range of federal activity, the Treasury, as the Nation's Paymaster, issed 35,735,746 checks in 1936, as compared with 28,509,924 in 1935. Guy F. Allen, Chief Disbursing Officer of the Treasury says to make thes
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"Cost $2,000,000 to write U.S. checks. Washington, D.C., March 17. Reflecting the widening range of federal activity, the Treasury, as the Nation's Paymaster, issed 35,735,746 checks in 1936, as compared with 28,509,924 in 1935. Guy F. Allen, Chief Disbursing Officer of the Treasury says to make thes" (1937-03-03). Harris & Ewing. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cost_$2,000,000_to_write_U.S._checks._Washington,_D.C.,_March_17._Reflecting_the_widening_range_of_federal_activity,_the_Treasury,_as_the_Nation%27s_Paymaster,_issed_35,735,746_checks_in_1936,_LCCN2016871375.jpgNeed photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 276335.
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