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Buffalo, New York. Checking purses at the swingshift dance which is held weekly from midnight to four a.m. at the Main-Utica ballroom

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FIRST LADY INAUGURATES NATIONAL AIR MAIL WEEK. WASHINGTON, D.C. MAY 15. NATIONAL AIRMAIL WEEK MARKING THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE AIRMAIL SERVICE, WAS INAUGURATED IN THE CAPITAL TODAY WHEN MRS. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT AIRMAILED THE FIRST LETTER FROM THE TEMPORARY POSTOFFICE INSTALLED IN THE HUGE TRANSPORT PLANE IN FRONT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE BUILDING. MRS. ROOSEVELT IS PICTURED HANDING HER LETTER TO VINCENT C. BURKE, D.C. POSTMASTER. ON THE RIGHT IS HARLEE BRANCH, ASSISTANT POSTMASTER GENERAL IN CHARGE OF AIRMAIL

FIRST LADY CHRISTENS NEW FLEET OF AIRLINER. WASHINGTON, D.C. JANUARY 4. MRS. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT PUTTING THE FINISHING TOUCHES ON ONE OF A NEW FLEET OF DOUGLAS AIRLINERS PUT INTO OPERATION TODAY BY THE PENNSYLVANIA-CENTRAL AIRLINES. THE NEW PLANES, TO BE KNOWN AS THE CAPITAL FLEET, WILL OPERATE ON SIX SCHEDULES DAILY FROM WASHINGTON. C. BEDELL MONRO, PRESIDENT OF THE PENNSYLVANIA-CENTRAL AIRLINES, IS ALSO IN THE PICTURE

NAT. ADVISORY COMM. FOR AERONAUTICS. MEETING OF EXEC. COMMITTEE WITH THE AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURERS ASSN., HELD IN MUNSEY BLDG. SEATED: DR. S.W. STRATTON; DR. JOS. S. AMES; ADMIRAL D.W. TAYLOR; DR. CHAS. D. WOLCOTT, CHAIRMAN; DR. M.I. PUFIN. STANDING ON FLOOR: DR. W. CHRISTMAS; 5 UNIDENTIFIED; SIDNEY D. WALDON; CHAS. F.

FIRST LADY AND WIFE OF CHIEF JUSTICE BREAKFAST TOGETHER. WASHINGTON, D.C. APRIL 22. BREAKFASTING TODAY AS GUESTS OF THE CONGRESSIONAL CLUB, MRS. ROOSEVELT AND MRS. CHARLES EVANS HUGHES, WIFE OF THE CHIEF JUSTICE, SEEMED TO BE ENJOYING AN 'OFF-THE-RECORD' CHAT. MAYBE THEY'RE DISCUSSING THE PACKING OF THE SUPREME COURT. THE BREAKFAST, WHICH IS GIVEN ANNUALLY IN HONOR OF THE PRESIDENT'S WIFE, WAS FIRST ESTABLISHED DURING THE WILSON ADMINISTRATION

AIR MAIL. INAUGURATION OF SERVICE, POLO FIELD. START OF 1ST CONTINUOUSLY SCHEDULED SERVICE. CURTISS JN-46-H PLANE. PRESIDENT AND MRS. WILSON

FIRST LADY EATS FIVE CENT MEAL. WASHINGTON, D.C. MAY 14. CLIMAXING A CONFERENCE OF 'DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN DEPRESSION,' MRS. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT AND OTHER PROMINENT WOMEN TONIGHT ATE A FIVE CENT 'RELIEF' DINNER. THE FIVE CENT MEAL WAS BASED ON THE ACTUAL PER- MEAL PER-PERSON FOOD BUDGET OF THE AVERAGE WOMAN WORKING ON WPA. IT EXCEEDS BY 2 CENTS THE AVERAGE FOR RELIEF FAMILIES. SHOWN IN THE PICTURE, L TO R: MRS. HUGH EASLEY, ST. LOUIS, MO, TYPICAL MOTHER ON RELIEF; LITTLE ...BASLEY, 3 YEARS OLD; AND MRS. ROOSEVELT

FIRST LADY HONOR GUEST AT CONGRESSIONAL CLUB BREAKFAST. WASHINGTON, D.C. MAY 4. MRS. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT WAS THE HONOR GUEST TODAY AT THE ANNUAL MAY BREAKFAST OF THE CONGRESSIONAL CLUB AT THE RALEIGH HOTEL. SHE IS PICTURED WITH MRS. EDWARD R. BURKE, WIFE OF THE DEMOCRATIC SENATOR FROM NEBRASKA, WHO IS PRESIDENT OF THE CLUB

MRS. ROOSEVELT AND COUNTRY WOMEN. WASHINGTON, D.C. JUNE 1. MRS. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT PHOTOGRAPHED WITH MRS. CORDELL HULL AND TWO OF THE DELEGATES TO THE THIRD TRIENNIAL CONFERENCE OF THE ASSOCIATED WOMEN OF THE WORLD. L TO R: MISS K. VAITHIANATH, CEYLON; MRS. CORDELL HULL, WIFE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE; MRS. ROOSEVELT; AND FRAU OLGA KULITAN, LATVIA. (IN FOURTH LINE READ ASSOCIATED COUNTRY WOMEN ETC.)

U.S.-GREAT BRITAIN-CANADA TRADE TREATY SIGNED AT WHITE HOUSE, WASHINGTON, D.C. NOVEMBER 17. THE HISTORIC EAST ROOM OF THE WHITE HOUSE WAS THE SCENE TODAY AS THE GREATEST TRADE TREATY IN RECENT HISTORY, EMBRACING A TOTAL AMERICAN TRADE OF 1,500,000,000 DOLLARS, WAS SIGNED BY PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT, BRITISH AMBASSADOR SIR RONALD LINDAY, AND OTHER HIGH OFFICIALS OF THE UNITED STATES, GREAT BRITAIN, AND CANADA. PICTURED, LEFT, 2ND SECRETARY OF THE BRITISH BOARD OF TRADE, BRITISH AMBASSADOR SIR RONALD LINDSAY, PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT, AND CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER MacKENZIE KING, AND HULL. STANDING, L TO R: ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE FRANCIS B. SAYRE; CANADIAN MINISTER TO THE UNITED STATES HERBERT MARLER; DR. O.D. SKELTON, UNDERSECRETARY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS OF CANADA; AND CHARLES BARNES, TRADE AGREEMENTS DEVISION OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT

FIRST LADY INAUGURATES NATIONAL AIR MAIL WEEK. WASHINGTON, D.C. MAY 15. NATIONAL AIRMAIL WEEK MARKING THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE AIRMAIL SERVICE, WAS INAUGURATED IN THE CAPITAL TODAY WHEN MRS. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT AIRMAILED THE FIRST LETTER FROM THE TEMPORARY POSTOFFICE INSTALLED IN THE HUGE TRANSPORT PLANE IN FRONT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE BUILDING. MRS. ROOSEVELT IS PICTURED HANDING HER LETTER TO VINCENT C. BURKE, D.C. POSTMASTER. ON THE RIGHT IS HARLEE BRANCH, ASSISTANT POSTMASTER GENERAL IN CHARGE OF AIRMAIL

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Correct way to bake turkey. Mrs. Fannie Walker Yeatman, one of the two women judges, takes part in the judging every week

Anna Louise Strong--longest living American in Moscow / World Telegram photo.

Fifty-seven year old sharecropper woman. Hinds County, Mississippi. Black beads hung between the breasts are good for heart trouble

Inaugural gown worn by Lady Bird Johnson, one of several First Lady's gowns at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, Washington, D.C.

[Woman at desk in office] - Public domain dedication image

FIRST LADY AT HOLMES FUNERAL. MRS. FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT, LEFT, AND MRS. FELIX FRANKFURTER, WIFE OF A CLOSE FRIEND OF THE LATE OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, AT HOLMES FUNERAL

Woman who lives in row house. Baltimore, Maryland

Mrs. Cora Ann Bowen (left) works as a cowler at the Naval Air Base; Mrs. Eloise J. Ellis is a senior supervisor in the Assembly and Repairs Department, Corpus Christi, Texas

Hollywood starlet arrives to participate in National Airmail Week. Washington, D.C., May 15. Miss Marion Weldon, Paramount starlet, waves a greeting to the throng as she arrived at Washington Airport today to participate in National Airmail Week as a representative of the film city. Miss Weldon was selected for the honor by the 22 pilots and stunt men who appeared with her in the forthcoming Paramount technicolor production "Men with Wings," 5/15/38

Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt - Public domain portrait print

Temporary housing for the settlers. Bosque Farms project, New Mexico

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