Facts for Features Photos

Much of the survey information collected by the Census Bureau is processed at the Bureau's National Processing Center in Jeffersonville, Indiana. This center also will be one of three processing the information to be collected in the 2010 census.

	Launch of Sputnik I and Start of the “Space Race”: 50th Anniversary (Oct. 4)
Low Res	Description:Sputnik I was the first satellite to be put into orbit. It was launched by the Soviet Union on Oct. 4, 1957. Photo Credit: Provided by NASA Free to use in news media and public information products.
Low Res	Description: Sputnik I satellite. Photo Credit: Provided by NASA Free to use in news media and public information products.
Low Res	Description:The United States successfully launched the Explorer I satellite into orbit on Jan. 31, 1958. Photo Credit: Provided by NASA Free to use in news media and public information products.
Low Res	Description: The three men responsible for the success of Explorer I, Dr. William H. Pickering, Dr. James A. Van Allen and Dr. Wernher Von Redstone. Photo Credit: Provided by NASA Free to use in news media and public information products.
Low Res	Description: The installation of Explorer I. Photo Credit: Provided by NASA Free to use in news media and public information products.
	National Nurses Week (May 6-12) and National Hospital Week (May 8-14)
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	Valentine's Day
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	Women's History
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High Res	Description: Firefighter arrives on the scene of a traffic accident Photo Credit: Free to use in news media and public information products.
High Res	Description: U.S. Air Force 2nd Lt. Photo Credit: Provided by Master Sgt. Jim Varhegyi, U.S. Air Force Free to use in news media and public information products.
High Res	Description: An Episcopal priest participates in a church service in Washington, D.C. Photo Credit: Free to use in news media and public information products.
High Res	Description: A boxer trains in Capitol Heights, MD Photo Credit: Free to use in news media and public information products.
High Res	Description: A mechanic inspects a jet engine Photo Credit: Provided by the Southwest Airlines Free to use in news media and public information products.
High Res	Description: Secretary performs clerical work in 1943 Photo Credit: Provided by the National Archives, Special Media Division (NWDNS-16-G-280[N6428]) Free to use in news media and public information products.
High Res	Description: A teacher, teaching a group of second graders in 1945 Photo Credit: Provided by the National Archives, Special Media Division (NWDNS-208-NP-3F-3) Free to use in news media and public information products.
	Martin Luther King, Jr. Day & African-American History Month
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High Res	Description: African-Americans gather at a civil rights march in 1963. Photo Credit: Provided by the National Archives Special Media Division (NWDNS-306-SSM-4C366) Free to use in news media and public information products.
High Res	Description: A professor lectures to an integrated class at West Virginia State College Photo Credit: Provided by the National Archives Special Media Division (64-1855) Free to use in news media and public information products.
High Res	Description: A college student reviews class schedules before enrolling Photo Credit: U.S. Census Bureau, Public Information Office (PIO) Free to use in news media and public information products.
High Res	Description: A bank teller compares a withdrawal slip with the bank's records Photo Credit: U.S. Census Bureau, Public Information Office (PIO) Free to use in news media and public information products.
High Res	Description: A teacher's music class practices their African dance steps Photo Credit: U.S. Census Bureau, Public Information Office (PIO) Free to use in news media and public information products.
	Presidential Election: 2004
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	Thanksgiving Day
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	Veterans Day
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	American Indian & Alaska Native Heritage Month Opening of the National Museum of the American Indian
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High Res	Description: Photo Credit: U.S. Census Bureau, Public Information Office (PIO) Free to use in news media and public information products.
High Res	Description: Photo Credit: U.S. Census Bureau, Public Information Office (PIO) Free to use in news media and public information products.
High Res	Description: Photo Credit: U.S. Census Bureau, Public Information Office (PIO) Free to use in news media and public information products.
High Res	Description: Photo Credit: U.S. Census Bureau, Public Information Office (PIO) Free to use in news media and public information products.
High Res	Description: Photo Credit: U.S. Census Bureau, Public Information Office (PIO) Free to use in news media and public information products.
High Res	Description: Photo Credit: U.S. Census Bureau, Public Information Office (PIO) Free to use in news media and public information products.
High Res	Description: Photo Credit: U.S. Census Bureau, Public Information Office (PIO) Free to use in news media and public information products.
High Res	Description: Photo Credit: U.S. Census Bureau, Public Information Office (PIO) Free to use in news media and public information products.
High Res	Description: Photo Credit: U.S. Census Bureau, Public Information Office (PIO) Free to use in news media and public information products.
High Res	Description: Photo Credit: U.S. Census Bureau, Public Information Office (PIO) Free to use in news media and public information products.
High Res	Description: Photo Credit: U.S. Census Bureau, Public Information Office (PIO) Free to use in news media and public information products.
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	National Adoption Month
High Res	Description: Mother poses with her adopted daughters Photo Credit: U.S. Census Bureau, Public Information Office (PIO) Free to use in news media and public information products.
High Res	Description: Husband and wife (both adopted) pose on their porch with their adopted Russian-born children Photo Credit: U.S. Census Bureau, Public Information Office (PIO) Free to use in news media and public information products.
High Res	Description: Husband and wife pose with their adopted children Photo Credit: U.S. Census Bureau, Public Information Office (PIO) Free to use in news media and public information products.
High Res	Description: Father gives adopted son a ride on his back Photo Credit: U.S. Census Bureau, Public Information Office (PIO) Free to use in news media and public information products.
High Res	Description: Adopted Russian-born sisters pose on their porch Photo Credit: U.S. Census Bureau, Public Information Office (PIO) Free to use in news media and public information products.
High Res	Description: Mother reads to her adopted daughter in their home Photo Credit: U.S. Census Bureau, Public Information Office (PIO) Free to use in news media and public information products.
	Halloween
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	Grandparents Day
High Res	Description: Grandparents enjoy some time on the porch with their grandson Photo Credit: U.S. Census Bureau, Public Information Office (PIO) Free to use in news media and public information products.
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High Res	Description: Photo Credit: U.S. Census Bureau, Public Information Office (PIO) Free to use in news media and public information products.
High Res	Description: A grandmother enjoys a moment with her grandson Photo Credit: U.S. Census Bureau, Public Information Office (PIO) Free to use in news media and public information products.
High Res	Description: A great-grandmother enjoys a moment outside with her great-grandchildren Photo Credit: U.S. Census Bureau, Public Information Office (PIO) Free to use in news media and public information products.
High Res	Description: A grandmother reads a favorite story to her young grandchildren Photo Credit: U.S. Census Bureau, Public Information Office (PIO) Free to use in news media and public information products.
High Res	Description:A grandmother helps her granddaughter with the nightly ritual of brushing her teeth Photo Credit: U.S. Census Bureau, Public Information Office (PIO) Free to use in news media and public information products.
	Unmarried and Single Americans Week
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	Hispanic Heritage Month
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High Res	Description: Photo Credit: U.S. Census Bureau, Public Information Office (PIO) Free to use in news media and public information products.
High Res	Description: Photo Credit: U.S. Census Bureau, Public Information Office (PIO) Free to use in news media and public information products.
High Res	Description: Photo Credit: U.S. Census Bureau, Public Information Office (PIO) Free to use in news media and public information products.
High Res	Description: Photo Credit: U.S. Census Bureau, Public Information Office (PIO) Free to use in news media and public information products.
High Res	Description: Photo Credit: U.S. Census Bureau, Public Information Office (PIO) Free to use in news media and public information products.
High Res	Description: Photo Credit: U.S. Census Bureau, Public Information Office (PIO) Free to use in news media and public information products.
High Res	Description: Photo Credit: U.S. Census Bureau, Public Information Office (PIO) Free to use in news media and public information products.
High Res	Description: Photo Credit: U.S. Census Bureau, Public Information Office (PIO) Free to use in news media and public information products.
	Labor Day
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	Back to School
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High Res	Description: Photo Credit: U.S. Census Bureau, Public Information Office (PIO) Free to use in news media and public information products.
High Res	Description: Photo Credit: U.S. Census Bureau, Public Information Office (PIO) Free to use in news media and public information products.
High Res	Description: Photo Credit: U.S. Census Bureau, Public Information Office (PIO) Free to use in news media and public information products.
High Res	Description: Photo Credit: U.S. Census Bureau, Public Information Office (PIO) Free to use in news media and public information products.
High Res	Description: Photo Credit: U.S. Census Bureau, Public Information Office (PIO) Free to use in news media and public information products.
High Res	Description: Photo Credit: U.S. Census Bureau, Public Information Office (PIO) Free to use in news media and public information products.
High Res	Description: Photo Credit: U.S. Census Bureau, Public Information Office (PIO) Free to use in news media and public information products.
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	Americans with Disabilities Act
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	World War II Memorial
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High Res	Description: Marine raiders pose after securing a dugout in the Solomon Islands, January 1944 Photo Credit: Provided by the National Archives Special Media Division (205686) Free to use in news media and public information products.
High Res	Description: Air Force nurse examines a child in Thailand in January 1974 Photo Credit: Provided by the National Archives Special Media Division Free to use in news media and public information products.
High Res	Description: U.S. Marines await the arrival of a helicopter Photo Credit: Provided by the National Archives Special Media Division Free to use in news media and public information products.
High Res	Description: A soldier writes a letter during Operation Desert Storm in 1991 Photo Credit: Provided by the Defense Visual Information Center (DM-SC-93-05252) Free to use in news media and public information products.
High Res	Description: A World War II veteran prepares for a soldier's reunion Photo Credit: U.S. Census Bureau, Public Information Office (PIO) Free to use in news media and public information products.
	Fourth of July
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High Res	Description: Photo Credit: U.S. Census Bureau, Public Information Office (PIO) Free to use in news media and public information products.
High Res	Description: Photo Credit: U.S. Census Bureau, Public Information Office (PIO) Free to use in news media and public information products.
	Father's Day
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High Res	Description: Photo Credit: U.S. Census Bureau, Public Information Office (PIO) Free to use in news media and public information products.
	UNIVAC Anniversary
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	Civil Rights Act
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