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IMAGO International History, Archive, 250 years USA, Cold War, USA, McCarthy Era and Red Scare 1947-1957

Nov 12, 2025

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  • Orig. caption... DEFENDANTS IN RED CONSPIRACY TRIAL New york. Eleven of the twelve ranking members of the communist hierarchy on trial for conspiracy to form a party advocating the overthrow by violence of the U.S. Government are shown as they posed for press photographers in an anteroom of the federal building just before their trial opened today. Left to right seated are Robert Thompson, chairman of the N.Y. State Communist Organization; Henry Winston, former head of the Young Communist League; Eugene Dennis, general secretary of the Communist Party; Gus Hall, former head of the Ohio Communist Party, and John Williamson, called No. 4 communist in the U.S. and now under deportation warrant. Standing (L to R) Jack Stachel, director of the C Copyright: xx AMERICAN COMMUNISTS PROSECUTED
  • Orig. caption... BUND LEADER NEARLY COMES TO BLOW WITH DIES PROBER Washington, D.C. Fritz Kuhn, leader of the German-American Bund, emphatically voices his views, a few seconds before almost coming to blows with Representative Joe Starnes of Alabama, during his questioning at the Dies Committee hearing on Un-American Activities here, Aug. 16th Starnes rushed at Kuhn when the Fuehrer hurled the word lie! at a question. Capitol policemen came between them to avert blows. Note F Kuhn, 1896-1951, American Nazi. Leader of the German American Bund before World War II, called America s Führer. Interned during the war and in 1945 he was deported to Germany. Facial Expressions Fingering Fingers Anti-American Activities CD61 persons: FRITZ KUHN site Copyright: xXxXxXx KUHN, FRITZ
  • Orig. caption... CHARGED ARMY SUGAR PURCHASE VIOLATED LAW. Wash., D.C. Senator Joseph R. McCarthy. Wisconsin republican, is shown before the senate appropriations committee, today, where he charged that the army was guilty of direct violation of the law in purchasing one billion pounds of sugar for occupied areas at a price he said was $10,000,000 above market level. Tracy Voorhees told the senate group that no cheaper sugar was available in comparable quantity when the purchase was made early in October. Voorhees is special assistant to army secretary royall. Note Pens Concentration persons: Joseph McCarthy sites: USA sp_sw x5600x *** Orig caption CHARGED ARMY SUGAR PURCHASE VIOLATED LAW Wash , D C Senator Joseph R McCarthy Wisconsin rep Copyright: xXxXxXx MCCARTHY, JOSEPH
  • Orig. caption... MCMICHAEL BEFORE HOUSE UN-AMERICAN Washington D.C. July 30th. Jack McMichael, Methodist Minister from California, took the stand this morning before the House Un-American Activities Committee and denied ever having been a member of the Communist Party. Reef. McMichael had to be admonished several times by the Chairman of the Committee for talking out of turn, he is shown as he testified. Note See also BBK007B and BBK006 Accused of anti-American, communist activities McCarthyism Interrogation Gaze Dejected Facial expression CD360 persons: JACK MCMICHAEL sites: WASHINTON DC;USA sp_sw x5600x *** Orig caption MCMICHAEL BEFORE HOUSE UN AMERICAN Washington D C July 30th Jack McMichael, Methodist Minister from California, took t Copyright: xx IN THE WITNESS BOOTH
  • Orig. caption... ADD SENATOR MCCARTHY TAKES THE WITNESS STAND Washington, D.C. May 5th. After Senator McCarthy took the witness stand and was sworn in, Senator McClellan immediately asked for a ruling as to whether McCarthy s Senatorial immunity applied to his testimony before the Subcommittee. Senator McCarty answered, If I have any immunity, I waive that, I desire no immunity of any kind. Following this McCarthy said, First, let me make it clear, I will not under any circumstances reveal the source of any information coming to me as chairman of the Committee. Senator McCarthy is shown here as he appeared on the witness stand this afternoon. Note Facial expression persons: Joseph McCarthy sites: USA ;WASHINGTON D C sp_sw x5600x *** Orig Copyright: xXxXxXx MCCARTHY IN INTERROGATION
  • Orig. caption... REVEALS PLAN FOR RED CONQUEST OF U.S. That a rebel army headed by 800 Moscow-trained communists is now being drilled in the United States to overthrow the American government, is one of the charges contained in this pamphlet issued by the House un-American activities Committee. The pamphlet, entitled 100 things You should know about communism and education, is the third series on communist conspiracy and its influence in this country. Note McCarthyism Pamphlets Flyer sites: USA sp_sw x5600x *** Orig caption REVEALS PLAN FOR RED CONQUEST OF U S That a rebel army headed by 800 Moscow trained communists is now being drilled in the United States to overthrow the American government, is one of the charges contained in this pam Copyright: xXxXxXx ANTI-AMERICAN ACTIVITIES
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED McCarthy Views Attacks Washington, D.C. November 8, 1954 Senator and Mrs. Joseph R. McCarthy are shown at home this morning as the Senate prepared to reconvene today to consider recommendations for his censure. The Wisconsin GOP Senator and his wife are viewing photostats of the Communist Daily Worker s attacks on Mccarthy. Copyright: ¬ xUnderwoodxArchives 990_05_X-McCarthy-Joseph_6HR
  • MARTIN DIES, JR. (1900-1972). American politician and Texas congressman. Dies exhibiting photos and reportedly criminal records of CIO officials. Photograph, 1941. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0644527
  • HARRY DEXTER WHITE (1892-1948). American government official and Soviet informant. House Un-American Activities Committee, 13 August 1948. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0640452
  • JOSEPH McCARTHY (1887-1978). American politician. Senator McCarthy facing members of a special Senate council investigating McCarthy s conduct. Across the table from left: Samuel Ervin, Francis Case, Guy De Furia, Wallace Chadwick, Arthur V. Watkins, John Stennis, and Frank Carlson. Photograph, 2 September 1954. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0640320
  • WILLIAM WALTER REMINGTON (1917-1954). American economist, testifying before a Senate subcommittee investigating communist influence in the government. Photograph, 1948. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0636281
  • HERBERT BROWNELL (1904-1996). American attorney general and White House advisor under President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Brownell pointing to charts used in a nationwide television and radio presentation, demonstrating Eisenhower s anti-Communist efforts. Photograph, 1954. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0636094
  • DOROTHY KENYON (1888-1972). American lawyer, judge, feminist, and political activist. Kenyon testifying before the Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee, answering accusations of Joseph McCarthy that she lent her home to communist organizations. Photograph, 1950. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0635849
  • JOSEPH McCARTHY (1908-1957). American politician. Speaking on the formation of the Watkins Committee. Photograph by Thomas J. O Halloran, June 1954. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0635283
  • PHILIP JESSUP (1897-1986). American diplomat and jurist. Denying Senator Joseph McCarthy s allegations of Communist affiliation in front of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee. Photograph, 1950. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0635143
  • WHITTAKER CHAMBERS (1901-1961). American writer and defected Soviet spy. During the House Un-American Activities Committee investigation of Alger Hiss; the man seated next to Chambers reads a newspaper relating his role in the proceedings. Photograph, 1948. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0622959
  • CARTOON: MCCARTHYISM, 1954. Getting it out of his system. Cartoon comment on the declining influence of Senator Joseph McCarthy and his anti-Communist crusade within the Republican Party. Cartoon by Edmund Valtman, 11 March 1954. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0621518
  • JUANA CASTRO RUZ (1933- ). Cuban activist, sister of Fidel and Raul Castro. Testifying before the House Un-American Activities Committee. Photograph by Thomas O Halloran, June 1965. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0527712
  • RING LARDNER, JR. (1915-2000). American journalist and screenwriter. Photographed in handcuffs, having been being found in contempt of Congress for refusing to answer questions before the House Un-American Activities Committee, 1950. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0526944
  • SAMUEL ORNITZ (1890-1957). American screenwriter. Photographed testifying before the House Un-American Activities Committee, October 1947. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0526941
  • HOLLYWOOD TEN, 1950. Dalton Trumbo and John Howard Lawson, surrounded by supporters, on their way to prison, having been being found in contempt of Congress for refusing to provide information regarding Communism in Hollywood. Photograph, 1950. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0526938
  • DALTON TRUMBO (1905-1976). American screenwriter. Trumbo (second man from left) surrounded by supporters, on his way to prison to serve a yearlong sentence for contempt of Congress for refusing to provide information regarding Communism in Hollywood. Photograph, 1950. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0526935
  • JOSH WHITE (1914-1969). American musician and civil rights activist; also known as Pinewood Tom and Tippy Barton. Photograped with his wife Carol, testifying before the House Un-American Activities Committee, September 1950. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0526929
  • WELCH AND McCARTHY, 1954. U.S. Army counsel Joseph Welch (left) and Senator Joseph McCarthy gesture as they talk during the hearings of the Senate Investigations Subcommittee in the Army-McCarthy investigation in Washington, D.C. Photograph, 1 June 1954. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0174799
  • JOSEPH MCCARTHY (1908-1957). American politician. Senator McCarthy (right) and aide Francis Carr (left) during the Army-McCarthy hearings. The Army accused McCarthy and staff of seeking special treatment for Private G. David Schine, a chief consultant to the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations while searching for Communists. 29 April 1954. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0170470
  • JOSEPH McCARTHY (1908-1957). American politician. Senator McCarthy testifies in front of a Senate foreign relations subcommittee to hear his charges that Communists had infiltrated the State Department. Photograph, 8 March 1950. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0170469
  • DIES COMMITTEE, 1938. Earl Martin, a Brooklyn professor, shows members of the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), or the Dies Committee, communist propaganda distributed through the school under the guise of a school pamphlet. Photograph, 23 August 1938. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0128876
  • DIES COMMITTEE, 1939. John Hamilton, chairman of the Republican National Committee, testifying before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), or Dies Committee, after being accused of communicating with someone distributing anti-Semitic propaganda. Photograph, 22 May 1939. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0128875
  • DIES COMMITTEE, 1938. Members of the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), also known as the Dies Committee, at the final hearing of 1938. Seated, left to right: Rep. Harold Mosier, Chairman Martin Dies and Rep. J Parnell Thomas. Standing: Rep. John J. Depmsey, Committee Secretary Robert Stripling and Chief Investigator John Metcalf. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0128873
  • JOSEPH McCARTHY (1908-1957). American politician. Photograph, c1955. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0114676
  • CARTOON: McCARTHYISM, c1953. The Supreme Court of Something or Other. Cartoon showing Joseph R. McCarthy and his Senate colleagues Karl Mundt and James Eastland arrayed against the liberalism and activism of Earl Warren s Supreme Court. Cartoon by D.R. Fitzpatrick, c1953. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0034401
  • American Senator Joseph McCarthy during HUAC (House Unamerican Activities Committee) Session C. 1950 (b w photo) with Roy Cohn 1648184 American Senator Joseph McCarthy during HUAC (House Unamerican Activities Committee) Session C. 1950 (b w photo) with Roy Cohn; (add.info.: american senator Mc Carthy during HUAC (House Unamerican Activities Comity) session c. 1950). Copyright: xBridgemanxImagesx 1648184
  • Arkiv 19540129 - Senator Joseph R McCarthy tittar pa ett UPI-foto av kommunisten Andrew Condron framför en bil med banderollen Down with McCarthyism . USA x450x *** Archive 19540129 Senator Joseph R McCarthy looks at a UPI photo of communist Andrew Condron in front of a car with the banner Down with McCarthyism USA x450x Copyright: xUPIx
  • ARKIV 1953. Amerikanske senatorn Joseph McCarthy visar att han fangar fula fiskar även pa semestern. Här har han dragit upp en barracuda. MIAMI USA x450x *** ARCHIVE 1953 US Senator Joseph McCarthy shows he catches ugly fish even on holiday Here he has pulled up a barracuda MIAMI USA x450x Copyright: xUPIx JOSEPH MCCARTY
  • March 2, 2015, Washington, DC, USA: U.S. Senator from Wisconsin Joseph McCarthy at microphone during Press Conference, Washington, D.C., USA, Thomas J. O Halloran, U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection, June 1954 Washington USA - ZUMAg145 20150302_zap_g145_002 Copyright: xJTxVintagex
  • Heil Hitler salute given to the chairman of United States Special House Committee Called as the first witness before the Special House Committee investigating Un-American activities, John Metcalfe, former Chicago reporter but now an investigator for the committee, gives Chairman Martin Dies (right) a Nazi salute before taking the stand. Joining under the name of Helmut Oberwinder, Metcalfe related his experiences as a member of the German-American bund and charged the organization has a secret relationship with the Nazi government in Germany Copyright: xPhoto12 AnnxRonanxPicturexLibraryx ARP18A07_367
  • Screen Actor s Guild President Ronald Reagan, listening to testimony at the Un-American Activities Committee Investigation in Washington, DC., ca. late 1940s Ref:PBDRORE EC441 PUBLICATIONXNOTxINxCANxCHNxFRAxITAxJPNxNORxPOLxRUSxESPxUKxUSA Copyright: xx PBDRORE EC441
  • Richard Nixon and Rob Stipling of HUAC looking at microfilm (possibly in Alger Hiss case) Courtesy Everett Collection PUBLICATIONXNOTxINxCANxCHNxFRAxITAxJPNxNORxPOLxRUSxESPxUKxUSA Copyright: xCourtesyxEverettxCollectionx PBDRINI EC001
  • Sen. Joseph McCarthy and Roy Cohn, 4 30 54, at McCarthy hearings Courtesy Everett Collection PUBLICATIONXNOTxINxCANxCHNxFRAxITAxJPNxNORxPOLxRUSxESPxUKxUSA Copyright: xCourtesyxEverettxCollectionx PBDJOMC EC005
  • Roy Cohn and Joseph McCarthy, 4 30 54, at HUAC hearings Courtesy Everett Collection PUBLICATIONXNOTxINxCANxCHNxFRAxITAxJPNxNORxPOLxRUSxESPxUKxUSA Copyright: xCourtesyxEverettxCollectionx PBDJOMC EC004
  • ANNE REVERE testifies before HUAC (with her lawyer R. Lawrence Siegal) PUBLICATIONXNOTxINxCANxCHNxFRAxITAxJPNxNORxPOLxRUSxESPxUKxUSA Copyright: xCourtesyxEverettxCollectionx PBDANRE EC001
  • Sen. Joseph McCarthy in 1954. His unsubstantiated accusations of government and military personnel led to his censure by the Senate. (BSLOC_2015_14_26) For usage credit please use; PUBLICATIONXNOTxINxCANxCHNxFRAxITAxJPNxNORxPOLxRUSxESPxUKxUSA Copyright: xCourtesyxEverettxCollectionx HISL040 EC547
  • Sen. Joseph McCarthy speaking to reporters, 1951. He gained national attention with his accusations that members of a Communist spy ring were employed in the State Department. (BSLOC_2015_14_25) For usage credit please use; PUBLICATIONXNOTxINxCANxCHNxFRAxITAxJPNxNORxPOLxRUSxESPxUKxUSA Copyright: xCourtesyxEverettxCollectionx HISL040 EC546
  • Two views of Martin Dies, emphatically gesturing during a speech against Communism. Oct. 30, 1939. Dies and Samuel Dickstein created the House Committee Investigating Un-American Activities in 1938. He was speaking at a convention of the Grocery Manufactu For usage credit please use; PUBLICATIONXNOTxINxCANxCHNxFRAxITAxJPNxNORxPOLxRUSxESPxUKxUSA Copyright: xCourtesyxEverettxCollectionx HISL040 EC497
  • Paul Crouch (standing), an ex-Communist, testified against Clarence Hiskey (left). Hiskey was wartime atomic scientist, and an active member of the Communist Party in 1939-40. They are before the House Un-American Activities Committee in a face-to-face co For usage credit please use; PUBLICATIONXNOTxINxCANxCHNxFRAxITAxJPNxNORxPOLxRUSxESPxUKxUSA Copyright: xCourtesyxEverettxCollectionx HISL038 EC554
  • Adrian Scott and Larry Parks at the House Un-American Activities Committee hearings, 1951. Parks was nominated for an Oscar for his performance in THE JOLSON STORY (1946) but his 1951 HUAC testimony resulted in his blacklisting from the movie industry. Sc For usage credit please use; PUBLICATIONXNOTxINxCANxCHNxFRAxITAxJPNxNORxPOLxRUSxESPxUKxUSA Copyright: xCourtesyxEverettxCollectionx HISL038 EC546
  • Joseph Lash and Agnes Reynolds of the American Students Union. The leftist anti-militaristic organization was investigated by HUAC, House Un-American Activities Committee. Dec. 1, 1939. (BSLOC_2013_7_166) Courtesy Everett Collection PUBLICATIONXNOTxINxCANxCHNxFRAxITAxJPNxNORxPOLxRUSxESPxUKxUSA Copyright: xCourtesyxEverettxCollectionx HISL035 EC637
  • J.B. Matthews testifying to the HUAC on Aug. 22, 1938. The ex-communist served as chief investigator for the House Un-American Activities Committee headed by Martin Dies, Jr. in 1938-40. In June 1953, he became research director for Joseph McCarthy s Red Courtesy Everett Collection PUBLICATIONXNOTxINxCANxCHNxFRAxITAxJPNxNORxPOLxRUSxESPxUKxUSA Copyright: xCourtesyxEverettxCollectionx HISL035 EC631
  • Democrat Congressman Martin Dies from Texas, ca. 1938. After three bland terms in Congress, he achieved notoriety as chairman of the first House Committee Un-American Activities, (HUAC). (BSLOC_2013_7_156) Courtesy Everett Collection PUBLICATIONXNOTxINxCANxCHNxFRAxITAxJPNxNORxPOLxRUSxESPxUKxUSA Copyright: xCourtesyxEverettxCollectionx HISL035 EC626
  • Rep. Martin Dies, HUAC Chairman, talks with reporters, Feb. 1940. From 1938 to 1944 the House Un-American Activities Committee, searched for subversive activities of private citizens, public employees, and organizations suspected of communist or fascist t Courtesy Everett Collection PUBLICATIONXNOTxINxCANxCHNxFRAxITAxJPNxNORxPOLxRUSxESPxUKxUSA Copyright: xCourtesyxEverettxCollectionx HISL035 EC625
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