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Study plans for new Capitol auditorium. Washington, D.C., April 30. The downpour of rain during the last inaugural ceremonies has resulted in congressional action creating the Capitol Auditorium Commission in efforts to have constructed an auditorium in which to hold indoor inaugurations or great national conventions. Secretary of National Capitol Parks, Secretary. The Commission was formed today at a meeting in the Office of Chairman Tom Connally, of the Senate Public Buildings and Grounds Committee. In the photograph, left to right: Senator Tom Connally, of Texas; Senator Warren R. Austin, of Vermont; Rep. Fritz G. Lanham, of Texas; and Secretary Ickes, 4/30/37

Study plans for new Capitol auditorium. Washington, D.C., April 30. Th...

A group of men sitting around a table looking at a map. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Conversion. Hosiery factory. Permalon solution, a chemical mixture used on mosquito netting is mixed by a worker in a large Eastern mill which formerly made women's stockings. This chemical solution stiffens the netting and prevents subsequent shrinkage, so that the hardest tropical downpour which American armed forces may endure will not alter the netting

Conversion. Hosiery factory. Permalon solution, a chemical mixture use...

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WEST POINT CADETS, WASHINGTON, D.C. JANUARY 20. DESPITE THE HEAVY DOWNPOUR, THE WEST POINT CADETS PRESENTED A SNAPPY APPEARANCE AS THEY MARCHED IN THE INAUGURAL PARADE TODAY

WEST POINT CADETS, WASHINGTON, D.C. JANUARY 20. DESPITE THE HEAVY DOWN...

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PRESIDENT TAKES THE OATH. REFUSING TO HAVE THE CEREMONIES MOVED INDOORS, PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT IS SHOWN BEING ADMINISTERED HIS SECOND OATH OF OFFICE BY CHIEF JUSTICE CHARLES EVANS HUGHES. THOUSANDS BRAVED THE HEAVY DOWNPOUR TO WITNESS THE CEREMONY

PRESIDENT TAKES THE OATH. REFUSING TO HAVE THE CEREMONIES MOVED INDOOR...

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Cabinet member brave rain to greet chief. Washington, D.C., May 14. A heavy downpour didn't prevent members of the cabinet from greeting President Roosevelt on his return to the capital today. Here we see Secretary of State Cordell Hull (left) and Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace as they arrived at Union Station to greet the Chief, 5/14/1937

Cabinet member brave rain to greet chief. Washington, D.C., May 14. A ...

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Larry Gibson holding microphone for James Weekley who is demonstrating what could happen when a downpour hits a reclaimed mountain

Larry Gibson holding microphone for James Weekley who is demonstrating...

Latest types of tanks rumble past The Capitol in Annual Army Day Parade. Washington, D.C., April 6. Memories of the World War were revived today as the latest types of tanks, preceded by 20,00 soldiers and veterans, paraded past the U.S. Capitol in the Annual Army Day Parade which marked the 22nd anniversary of America into the World War. Thousands braved a heavy downpour to view the parade. 4-6-39

Latest types of tanks rumble past The Capitol in Annual Army Day Parad...

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RAIN-SOAKED. WASHINGTON, D.C. JANUARY 20. DRENCHED TO THE SKIN FROM THE HEAVY DOWNPOUR, PRESIDENT AND MRS. ROOSEVELT WERE STILL ABLE TO SMILE AS THEY RETURNED TO THE WHITE HOUSE IN AN OPEN CAR FOLLOWING THE SWEARING-IN CEREMONIES AT THE CAPITOL

RAIN-SOAKED. WASHINGTON, D.C. JANUARY 20. DRENCHED TO THE SKIN FROM TH...

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