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[Calvin Coolidge speaking at cornerstone laying, at the Jewish Community Center, Washington, D.C.(?), with band in foreground, and visitors in background]

[Calvin Coolidge speaking at cornerstone laying, at the Jewish Communi...

National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress). In album: v. 3, no. 35841.

PRESIDENT EULOGISES JEFFERSON'S POLITICAL IDEALS AT CORNERSTONE LAYING. WASHINGTON, D.C. NOVEMBER 15. SPEAKING TODAY AT THE FORMAL LAYING OF THE CORNERSTONE OF THE UNFINISHED MEMORIAL TO THOMAS JEFFERSON HERE, PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT PRAISED THE POLITICAL FUNDAMENTALS LAID DOWN BY THE THIRD PRESIDENT. 'HE LIVED AS WE LIVE IN THE MIDST OF STRUGGLE BETWEEN RULE BY THE SELF-CHOSEN INDIVIDUAL OR THE SELF- APPOINTED FEW, AND RULE BY THE FRANCHISE AND APPROVAL OF THE MANY,' HE SAID. DIGRESSING FROM HIS PREPARED SPEECH AT THE OUTSET, HE SAID, '...I HOPE THAT BY JANUARY OF 1941 I SHALL BE ABLE TO COME TO THE DEDICATION OF THE MEMORIAL ITSELF.' HIS TERM DOES NOT EXPIRE UNTIL JANUARY 20, 1941

PRESIDENT EULOGISES JEFFERSON'S POLITICAL IDEALS AT CORNERSTONE LAYING...

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PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT AT CORNERSTONE CEREMONIES. WASHINGTON, D.C. APRIL 16. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT WAS IN A HAPPY MOOD TODAY AS HE ATTENDED THE LAYING OF THE CORNERSTONE CEREMONIES OF THE NEW $12,000,000 INTERIOR BUILDING. THE PRESIDENT IS HOLDING THE THE TROWEL USED BY GEORGE WASHINGTON WHEN HE LAYED THE CORNERSTONE OF THE U.S. CAPITOL IN 1793

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT AT CORNERSTONE CEREMONIES. WASHINGTON, D.C. APRIL ...

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FDR [Franklin Delano Roosevelt] SPEAKING AT LAYING OF CORNERSTONE OF NEW INTERIOR BUILDING

FDR [Franklin Delano Roosevelt] SPEAKING AT LAYING OF CORNERSTONE OF N...

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President lays cornerstone for new Apex Building. Washington, D.C. July 12. President Roosevelt today laid the cornerstone to the Apex Building to complete the government buildings on the Mall, the building will house the Federal Trades Commission, the President is shown with the Honorable W.A. Ayres, Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, left; as he used the trowel used by George Washington in laying the cornerstone of the Capitol

President lays cornerstone for new Apex Building. Washington, D.C. Jul...

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Gavel used George Washington in laying corner-stone of U.S. Capitol again serves in dedication of dtone at Washington Cathedral. Using the famous Washington gavel, which served at the laying of the cornerstone of the United States Capitol, the Right Reverend James E. Freeman, Bishop of Washington, dedicates a memorial stone contributed to Washington Cathedral by the Potomac Kasonic Lodge of Georgetown, the oldest Masonic Lodge in the country. Members of the fraterna' order attended in regalia as the ceremonies were a feature of the lodge's commemoration of the 140th anniversary of its founding

Gavel used George Washington in laying corner-stone of U.S. Capitol ag...

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[Herbert Hoover and Herbert Hoover cornerstone?]

[Herbert Hoover and Herbert Hoover cornerstone?]

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ALL SOULS CHURCH. CEREMONIES AT LAYING OF A CORNERSTONE AT 16TH AND R. CHURCH NOT BUILT THERE, LATER BUILT AT 16TH AND HARVARD ST. DIAG. 2ND AND 3RD FROM LEFT, BERNARD R. GREEN OF LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, AND GEN. A.W. GRELEY; PRESIDENT TAFT; STANDING: SEN. DUNCAN V. FLETCHER; GRAND LODGE OF MASONS

ALL SOULS CHURCH. CEREMONIES AT LAYING OF A CORNERSTONE AT 16TH AND R....

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Secy. of Commerce Herbert Hoover laying cornerstone of Congressional Country Club in Md. 6/11/23

Secy. of Commerce Herbert Hoover laying cornerstone of Congressional C...

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ADMINISTRATOR ICKES LAYS CORNERSTONE OF NEW INTERIOR BUILDING. WASHINGTON, D.C. APRIL 16. ADMINISTRATOR HAROLD ICKES LAYING CORNERSTONE OF THE NEW $12,000,000 INTERIOR BUILDING TODAY WHILE PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT LOOKS ON SMILING. ICKES USED THE SAME TROWEL WITH WHICH GEORGE WASHINGTON EMPLOYED WHEN THE CORNERSTONE OF THE U.S. CAPITOL WAS PLACED IN 1793

ADMINISTRATOR ICKES LAYS CORNERSTONE OF NEW INTERIOR BUILDING. WASHING...

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Chief Justice William Howard Taft at the cornerstone laying of the George Washington Memorial at Alex. Virginia, Nov. 1

Chief Justice William Howard Taft at the cornerstone laying of the Geo...

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[President and Mrs. Coolidge at the laying of the cornerstone of the George Washington Masonic National Memorial]

[President and Mrs. Coolidge at the laying of the cornerstone of the G...

National Photo Company Collection. Item in album: v. 1, p. 20, no. 27094.

PRESIDENT LAYS CORNERSTONE OF NEW JEFFERSON MEMORIAL. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT LAYING THE CORNERSTONE OF THE NEW JEFFERSON MEMORIAL ON THE BANKS OF THE POTOMAC RIVER. THE EDIFICE WHEN COMPLETED WILL HAVE COST $13,000,000. WITH THE PRESIDENT IS CAPT. DANIEL CALLAGHAN, WHITE HOUSE NAVAL AIDE

PRESIDENT LAYS CORNERSTONE OF NEW JEFFERSON MEMORIAL. PRESIDENT ROOSEV...

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RED CROSS, AMERICAN. CORNERSTONE LAYING, PRESIDENT WILSON AND EX-PRESIDENT TAFT OFFICIATING

RED CROSS, AMERICAN. CORNERSTONE LAYING, PRESIDENT WILSON AND EX-PRESI...

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Cornerstone laying, American Red Cross

Cornerstone laying, American Red Cross

Photograph shows President Woodrow Wilson (second from left) and others watching the cornerstone laying for the American Red Cross building in Washington, D.C.

RED CROSS, AMERICAN CORNERSTONE LAYING, PRESIDENT WILSON AND EX-PRESIDENT TAFT OFFICIATING

RED CROSS, AMERICAN CORNERSTONE LAYING, PRESIDENT WILSON AND EX-PRESID...

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RED CROSS, AMERICAN. CORNERSTONE LAYING, PRESIDENT WILSON AND EX-PRESIDENT TAFT OFFICIATING

RED CROSS, AMERICAN. CORNERSTONE LAYING, PRESIDENT WILSON AND EX-PRESI...

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PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT LAYS BLOCK 208 AT THOMAS JEFFERSON MEMORIAL. WASHINGTON, D.C. NOVEMBER 15. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT TODAY LAID THE CORNERSTONE AT THE UNFINISHED $3,000,000 THOMAS JEFFERSON MEMORIAL. TO THE STONECUTTER WHO MADE THE STONE, IT WAS BETTER IDENTIFIED AS SIMPLY 'NUMBER 208.' PHOTO SHOWS THE PRESIDENT AS HE WEILDED TROWEL HANDED DOWN THROUGH GENERATIONS SINCE GEORGE WASHINGTON

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT LAYS BLOCK 208 AT THOMAS JEFFERSON MEMORIAL. WASHI...

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MEMORIAL AMPHITHEATRE, ARLINGTON. CORNERSTONE LAYING. AROUND STONE ARE: 2 UNIDENTIFIED; FREDERICK OWEN, CUSTODIAN OF FLAGS; COL. HARTS; G.A.R. VETERAN; PRESIDENT WILSON; SEC. DANIELS; 2 UNIDENTIFIED; SEN. GEORGE SUTHERLAND; ELLIOT WOODS; UNIDENTIFIED

MEMORIAL AMPHITHEATRE, ARLINGTON. CORNERSTONE LAYING. AROUND STONE ARE...

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MEMORIAL TO JEFFERSON ON BANKS OF TIDAL BASIN FORMALLY GIVEN CORNERSTONE. WASHINGTON, D.C. NOVEMBER 15. GENERAL VIEW OF THE SCENE AT LAYING OF THE CORNERSTONE OF THE NEW THOMAS JEFFERSON MEMORIAL ON THE BANKS OF THE TIDAL BASIN IN WASHINGTON. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT IS SHOWN SPEAKING FROM THE STAND IN THE CENTER OF THE PICTURE

MEMORIAL TO JEFFERSON ON BANKS OF TIDAL BASIN FORMALLY GIVEN CORNERSTO...

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Cornerstone laid by George Washington, Sept. 18, 1793 / painting by Clyde De Land.

Cornerstone laid by George Washington, Sept. 18, 1793 / painting by Cl...

Photographic reproduction of a painting showing George Washington, with gavel on cornerstone marked "1793", addressing crowd at cornerstone laying ceremony. G60836 U.S. Copyright Office. On verso: Painting by C... More

MEMORIAL AMPHITHEATRE, ARLINGTON. CORNERSTONE LAYING. LEFT, ELIOT WOODS; 2ND FROM LEFT, PRESIDENT WILSON; SEC. DANIELS, PRAYING

MEMORIAL AMPHITHEATRE, ARLINGTON. CORNERSTONE LAYING. LEFT, ELIOT WOOD...

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