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Mrs. [Grover] Cleveland and ladies of the cabinet. Mrs. Richard Olney, Mrs. Walter Quinton Gresham, Mrs. Lamont, Mrs. William Bissell, Mrs. Cleveland, Mrs. Hoke Smith, Mrs. John Griffin Carlisle, and Miss Morton

Mrs. [Grover] Cleveland and ladies of the cabinet. Mrs. Richard Olney,...

Photo copyrighted by C.M. Bell, Wash., D.C. cf. America's Yesterdays, p. 104-105. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card with subsequent revisions. Caption card tracings: Sources checked an... More

Miss Mary Anderson, Chief Woman's Bureau, Dept. of Labor, 10/9/19

Miss Mary Anderson, Chief Woman's Bureau, Dept. of Labor, 10/9/19

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Miss Laura Eckels, chief of the Orders Division of the U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing

Miss Laura Eckels, chief of the Orders Division of the U.S. Bureau of ...

Photograph shows Miss Laura Eckels, chief of the Orders Division, seated at a desk at the Bureau of Engraving and printing. No. 4223. Forms part of: National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress).

Minnesota Day on the picket line. In center, Miss A.H. Potter of Minneapolis, Minn. State Chairman, 1917

Minnesota Day on the picket line. In center, Miss A.H. Potter of Minne...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Five women pickets from Minnesota standing with their banners in front of NWP headquarters. Banners read: "Scandinavian Suffrage Association of Minnesota" and "Minnesota Br... More

Miss Elizabeth Smith, of Washington, D.C., Office Manager of The Suffragist, official weekly organ of the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage.

Miss Elizabeth Smith, of Washington, D.C., Office Manager of The Suffr...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Head-and-shoulders portrait of Elizabeth Smith, in v-neck ruffled white blouse. Cropped version of photograph printed in The Suffragist, 5, no. 58 (Mar. 3, 1917), 11. Portr... More

Miss Ellen Messer - Public domain carriage photograph

Miss Ellen Messer - Public domain carriage photograph

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Ms. H.P. Kelly, Miss Gertrude Oliver, Mrs. Joseph Oliver, E.W. Bradford at White House, [Washington, D.C.], 9/22/24

Ms. H.P. Kelly, Miss Gertrude Oliver, Mrs. Joseph Oliver, E.W. Bradfor...

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Completing a journey of more than 700 miles in 32 days on horseback, Little Miss Gwendolen Lazier called on Pres. Coolidge at White House to invite him to attend the 140th anniversary of the settling of upper Canada

Completing a journey of more than 700 miles in 32 days on horseback, L...

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Sec. Mellon & Miss Alsia Mellon and General Clem at New Year reception, [White House, Washington, D.C.], 1/1/25

Sec. Mellon & Miss Alsia Mellon and General Clem at New Year reception...

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Miss Air Travel' greeted in D.C. Washington, D.C., Sept. 26. D.C. Commissioner Melvin C. Hazen today officially signed a proclamation proclaiming October first to ninth inclusive, as National Air Travel Week in the capital. In the photograph, left to right: D. Walter Swan, chairman of the Local Committee; Miss Jean McClandish, who has been chosen as Miss Air Travel; Commissioner Melvin Hazen, and George Marshall, honorary chairman

Miss Air Travel' greeted in D.C. Washington, D.C., Sept. 26. D.C. Comm...

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30 pound cherry pie for president. Washington, D.C., July 6. A 30 pound cherry pie was accepted for President Roosevelt today by Presidential Secretary Edwin M. Watson from nineteen year old Jean Halmond, Queen of Michigan's National Cherry Festival. The queen flew here to make the presentation of the pie which was baked here from Michigan cherries under the direct supervision of Miss Halmond

30 pound cherry pie for president. Washington, D.C., July 6. A 30 poun...

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[California woman is new member of U.S. Board of Appeals. Washington, D.C., July 29. Miss Marian Harron, of California, photographed at her desk shortly after taking the oath as a member of the United States Board of Appeals. Miss Harron is Democrat and succeeds another woman member Judge Annabel Matthews]

[California woman is new member of U.S. Board of Appeals. Washington, ...

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Miss Kubo, Mrs. Yamada, Mrs. Ma[...]

Miss Kubo, Mrs. Yamada, Mrs. Ma[...]

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Huge task for Presidential Secretary. Washington, D.C., Jan. 28. The White House was virtually swamped today with letters containing 10-cent contributions to National Foundation for Infantile Pralysis. Miss Margaret Lehand, Personal Secretary to President Roosevelt, is shown as she began opening the first batch of 30,000 to arrive. By noontime an extrea crew of mail clerks had to be put on the job, 1/28/38

Huge task for Presidential Secretary. Washington, D.C., Jan. 28. The W...

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Harper Knowles, Martin Dies, Rep. Joe Starnes, D of Miss.

Harper Knowles, Martin Dies, Rep. Joe Starnes, D of Miss.

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Washington Votes; first time since 1874. Washington, D.C., April 30. It was a long time between votes, 1874 to 1938, but the Capitol bridged a gap today when its residents cast a city-wide ballot on the question of whether suffrage shall be voted to the voteless community. Mr and Mrs Paul R. Henry are shown depositing their ballots while Miss Magdalena Gale registers them, 4/30/38

Washington Votes; first time since 1874. Washington, D.C., April 30. I...

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Blonde airmail package for the Postmaster General. Washington, D.C., May 18. Postmaster General James A. Farley, signs for a package of lovliness sent, via airmail, from the former airmail pilots who are taking part in the Paramount production of "Men With Wings" a story of the history of the air mail. The package happens to be Miss Marion Weldon, who is in Washington taking part in National Airmail week, and is also starred in "Men with Wings," 5/18/38

Blonde airmail package for the Postmaster General. Washington, D.C., M...

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U.S. Crop reporting service celebrates 75th anniversary. Washington, D.C., May 12. Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace led the leading agriculturists of the country today in celebrating the 75th anniversary of the United States Crop Reporting Service. Inaugurated by Isaac Newton, first commissioner of U.S. Agriculture, in May 1863 and based on reports from less that 2000 crop correspondents, the U.S. Crop Reporting service has grown until now it numbers more than 200,000 crop and livestock reporters, supplying information monthly or oftener to the board. Pictured are, left to right: Miss Amanda T. Newton, granddaughter of the first Commisioner of Agriculture; Secretary Wallace, and Allan Farquhar, Veteran Crop Reporter of Sandy Springs, MD, 5/12/38

U.S. Crop reporting service celebrates 75th anniversary. Washington, D...

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Hollywood star arrives to participate in celebration of National Airmail Week. Washington, D.C., May 15. A typical Hollywood reception was accorded Miss Marion Weldon, Paramount starlet, as she arrived in Washington today to represent the movie city in participating in National Airmail Week. Miss Weldon will appear in the forthcoming Paramount Technicolor Production "Men With Wings" shortly to be released. She was chosen for the honor of representing Hollywood during National Airmail by the 22 pilots and stunt men who are in the production with her. Miss Jean O'Connell, daughter of Ambrose O'Connell, Executive Assistant to the Postmaster General, is pictured presenting a bouquet of flowers to the star. Others in the picture are, left to right: Charles W. Stark, U.S. Chamber of Commerce; Harlee Branch, Asst. Postmaster General; Senaotr William Gibbs McAdoo of California; Ambrose O'Connell, and Walter Hartley, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, 5/15/38

Hollywood star arrives to participate in celebration of National Airma...

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Rep. William M. Colmer, Democrat of Miss., Feb. 1940

Rep. William M. Colmer, Democrat of Miss., Feb. 1940

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Washington, D.C. Miss Norma Kale, journalism teacher at Woodrow Wilson High School, entertaining some members of the school newspaper staff at her home

Washington, D.C. Miss Norma Kale, journalism teacher at Woodrow Wilson...

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Manning Office of War Information's "nerve center." A new field of employment was opened to Negroes recently when six colored girls were given skilled jobs in the Teletype room of the Office of War Information. The young women, trained by OWI at the American Telephone and Telegraph School in Washington, D.C., operate machines which receive and send official war information to all parts of the country. Miss Emma Brown is shown operating an ASR teletype machine in the News Bureau, OWI

Manning Office of War Information's "nerve center." A new field of emp...

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Washington, D.C. Miss Norma Kale, an English teacher at Woodrow Wilson High School, greeting some of her students who have come to her home on a Sunday afternoon

Washington, D.C. Miss Norma Kale, an English teacher at Woodrow Wilson...

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Chinese technical experts inspect reference material in University of Maryland library where they are attending UNRRA (United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration) training center. From left: Miss Ing (from Far Eastern Division, China branch, UNRRA Washington D.C. office); C.C. Chen, N.F. Chang, Miss Eleanor Hindler (special consultatnt, ILO office, Montreal, acting as coordinator of the course for Chinese technical experts at UNRRA training center); Chuan-Kwang Lin; W.T. Chang

Chinese technical experts inspect reference material in University of ...

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Miss Frances Benjamin Johnston, 1332 V St., Washington, D.C., makes a business of photographic illustration and the writing of descriptive articles ... / Mills Thompson '95.

Miss Frances Benjamin Johnston, 1332 V St., Washington, D.C., makes a ...

Poster shows a rear view of a woman holding a camera and tripod while facing a pond with the sun rising or setting. Poster is an advertisement for Johnston's business as a photographer and author. Published in... More

[John Wanamaker, three-quarter length portrait, seated at desk, facing right] / Miss Johnston, No. 1332 V Street, Washington, D.C.

[John Wanamaker, three-quarter length portrait, seated at desk, facing...

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Miss Mary O'Rielly - Harris & Ewing, Studio Portrait

Miss Mary O'Rielly - Harris & Ewing, Studio Portrait

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Miss Florence Noyes who will pose as Liberty [in the woman's rights tableau on the Treasury Department building steps]

Miss Florence Noyes who will pose as Liberty [in the woman's rights ta...

Summary: Photograph of Florence Fleming Noyes, dancing, barefoot, wearing Greco-Romanesque white gown, with white band in hair. Title transcribed from item, with additional information derived by Library of Con... More

Announce formation of 22 additional Women's Republican Clubs. Washington, D.C., Dec. 2. Following a meeting today of Miss Marion E. Martin, left, Executive Director, and Mrs. James R. Arneill Jr., President of the National Federation of Women's Republican Clubs, announcement was made of the acceptance by the Federation Advisory Committee of 22 additional clubs. This makes a total of 105 now in the Federation since its formation last September. Miss Martin is Assistant Chairman of the Republican National Committee in charge of woman's activities

Announce formation of 22 additional Women's Republican Clubs. Washingt...

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Mrs. Hortense Russell, left, of San Francisco, Miss Lucy Branham, Wash., D.C. and Mrs. John Jay White, of N.Y., who will lead the delegation to interview Pres. Coolidge on Nov. 17

Mrs. Hortense Russell, left, of San Francisco, Miss Lucy Branham, Wash...

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Pres. and Mrs. Coolidge leaving the N.Y. Avenue Presbyterian Church, Wash., after attending wedding of Miss Mary Wallace and Dr. Chas. Bruggmann

Pres. and Mrs. Coolidge leaving the N.Y. Avenue Presbyterian Church, W...

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Miss Elizabeth Owens christens Sikorsky plane, [5/8/25]

Miss Elizabeth Owens christens Sikorsky plane, [5/8/25]

Washington Post, May 9 1925 Yorktown Airplane Service Instituted Six days were required by messengers on horseback to carry news of Cornwallis' defeat from Yorktown, Va., to New York in 1781. Yesterday the sa... More

Miss Leah Cate winning the 70 yard dash for women at the George Washington University inter class track meet today Central stadium

Miss Leah Cate winning the 70 yard dash for women at the George Washin...

National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress). No. 34995. In album: page 46.

Nancy Leiter receives diploma as Gray Lady. Washington, D.C., April 26. Miss Nancy Leiter, daughter of Mrs. Joseph Leiter and prominent in Capital society, today graduated as a member of the Gray Lady Unit at Walter Reed Hospital and was presented with a diploma by Mrs. Henry R. Rea, honorary Chairman and founder of the organization. Today marked the completion of the twelfth training course of the Gray Ladies of the Red Cross

Nancy Leiter receives diploma as Gray Lady. Washington, D.C., April 26...

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Washington School for Secretaries. Miss McCullum of Washington School for Secretaries seated at desk II

Washington School for Secretaries. Miss McCullum of Washington School ...

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Miss Harriet Root. Portrait of Miss Harriet Root seated I

Miss Harriet Root. Portrait of Miss Harriet Root seated I

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Department of Agriculture. Miss Lucy Alexander, food tester, Department of Agriculture I

Department of Agriculture. Miss Lucy Alexander, food tester, Departmen...

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To direct child delinquent's division, Washington, D.C. October 10. Appointment of Elsa C. Castendyck, of Minneapolis, Minn., as Director of the Delinquency [...] of the U.S. Children's Bureau was announced today by the [...] Bureau Chief, Katharine F. Lenroot. Miss Castendyck is a native of Peru, Ill.

To direct child delinquent's division, Washington, D.C. October 10. Ap...

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Last picture of Senator Robinson. Washington D.C., July 14. This is one of the last pictures made of the late Senator Joe Robinson of Miss. It was made yesterday at the Capitol, 7/14/37

Last picture of Senator Robinson. Washington D.C., July 14. This is on...

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Miss Martin, Assistant to Chairman of the National Republican Committee. Washington, D.C., Sept. 22. An informal picture of Miss Marion E. Martin, of Bangor, Maine, who has been recently appointed as Assistant to the Chairman, in charge of women's Activities of the National Republican Committee. Miss Martin served in the last campaign in the Eastern Headquarters of the Women's Division. She succeeds Mrs. Robert Lincoln Hoyal. 9/22/37

Miss Martin, Assistant to Chairman of the National Republican Committe...

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Dimes for Infantile Paralysis Foundation flow into White House for president. Washington, D.C., Jan. 28. Official mail was nearly forgotten today at the White House as letters containing ten-cent contributions to the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis continued to arrive by the thousands. Miss Margaret Lehand, Personal Secretary to President Roosevelt, is shown opening some of the 30,000 to arrive in the first mail this morning, 1/28/38

Dimes for Infantile Paralysis Foundation flow into White House for pre...

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War worker goes to Washington. So that the folks back home in Cleveland, Ohio, will not worry, Miss Clara Camille Carroll sits right down to the desk in her new room at the Lucy D. Slowe Resident Hall and writes them all about it

War worker goes to Washington. So that the folks back home in Clevelan...

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Answering call for volunteer nurses aides. Part of the class of senior volunteer nurses aides of Freedmen's Hospital, Washington, D.C. They received their caps and pins on December 9, 1942, in the first class to graduate from this hospital. First row, left to right: Mr. Gertrude Stone, assistant captain, Mrs. Lynwood Cundiff, Miss Doris Stevenson, Mrs. Arthur Randall, Mrs. Martin Beleno, Mrs. Robert Ming; Second row: Mrs. George M. Johnson, captain, Miss Susie Freeman, Miss Florence Grant and Mrs. Louis Lucas

Answering call for volunteer nurses aides. Part of the class of senior...

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Washington, D.C. Miss Dorothy Lutz, a Western Union telegraph messenger, with telegrams

Washington, D.C. Miss Dorothy Lutz, a Western Union telegraph messenge...

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From National Youth Administration (NYA) to Washington navy yard. Beginning as a helper at $4.56 a day in the Washington navy yard, Miss Juanita E. Gray graduate trainee of the National Youth Adminstration War Production and Training Center now earns $45 a week. More than 300 NYA trained Negro women are now working in the Washington navy yard and scores are being added monthly

From National Youth Administration (NYA) to Washington navy yard. Begi...

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Washington, D.C. Miss Louis Crist working in the routing center at the Western Union telegraph office

Washington, D.C. Miss Louis Crist working in the routing center at the...

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Washington, D.C. Miss Cynthia Chasan, of Brooklyn, New York, head of the Correspondence Unit of the Photographic Section of the Office of War Information, is a member of the Hospitality Committee of the Walsh Club for war workers, located at 1523 22nd Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C. Miss Cynthia Chasan, of Brooklyn, New York, head of t...

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Answering call for volunteer nurses aides. One phase of training for the volunteer nurses aides at Freedmen's Hospital, Washington, D.C. Miss Thelma Harris, staff nurse, is shown instructing uncapped students on how to fill hot water bottles and ice caps. Left to right: Miss Florence Jackson, Mrs. Maxine Jackson, Mrs. Estelle Cloggette, Mrs. Mary Hobson, Mrs. Samontha Dawkins, Miss Thelma Harris and Mrs. Mary F. Anderson

Answering call for volunteer nurses aides. One phase of training for t...

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Miss Frances Benjamin Johnston, 1332 V St., Washington, D.C., makes a business of photographic illustration and the writing of descriptive articles ... / Mills Thompson '95.

Miss Frances Benjamin Johnston, 1332 V St., Washington, D.C., makes a ...

Poster shows a rear view of a woman holding a camera and tripod while facing a pond with the sun rising or setting. Poster is an advertisement for Johnston's business as a photographer and author. Published in... More

["Miss Apperson" playing banjo beside statue of "Flora" in niche of Sen. George Hearst's residence, Washington, D.C.]

["Miss Apperson" playing banjo beside statue of "Flora" in niche of Se...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. cf. America's Yesterdays, p. 137. No. 8462. Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Exhibited: "Picturing t... More

The Wedding at the White House. The ceremony in the East Room--Reverend Dr. Tiffany declaring Mr. A.C.F. Sartoris and Miss Nellie Grant husband and wife / sketched by our special artist, Mr. Harry Ogden.

The Wedding at the White House. The ceremony in the East Room--Reveren...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1874 June 6, cover, p. 193.

Miss Joy Young, of Washington, D.C. Assistant Editor of "The Suffragist," weekly organ of the Woman's Party and the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage. Picture taken when she was on her way to the White House to present President Wilson with a basket of flowers in which was contained a message from women voters of the West.

Miss Joy Young, of Washington, D.C. Assistant Editor of "The Suffragis...

Joy Young of New York City, formerly of Washington, D.C., was the wife of Merrill Rogers. She worked as an assistant on the staff of The Suffragist and later became an organizer for the NWP in various parts of ... More

Washington School for Secretaries. Mrs. Beaver and Miss Bartlett of Washington School for Secretaries at their desks

Washington School for Secretaries. Mrs. Beaver and Miss Bartlett of Wa...

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Mearns, Miss Emma - Public domain photograph

Mearns, Miss Emma - Public domain photograph

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Miss Theresa Karger of Wash., D.C., Chief of the Chemical Lab. of Mt. Alto U.S. Veterans Hospital

Miss Theresa Karger of Wash., D.C., Chief of the Chemical Lab. of Mt. ...

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Miss Ruth Clark, Exhibit Asst. in the U.S. Childrens Bureau

Miss Ruth Clark, Exhibit Asst. in the U.S. Childrens Bureau

Miss Ruth Clark, U.S. Childrens Bureau, Department of Labor, making a poster concerning child health. No. 27457. Forms part of: National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress).

With social activities practically ended at Wash., the debutantes and sub-debs still remaining in the Nat'l capital are busy rehearsing for a "Summer Revue," to be presented for the benefit of the soldiers and shut-ins. Miss Doris Wagner, popular deb of this season is shown rehearsing for her part as the mechanical doll. About 30 girls will make up the cast

With social activities practically ended at Wash., the debutantes and ...

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Miss Mary Bradley, Junior Hematologist of the Bureau of Plant Industry, Dept. of Agric., with a new invention of the Bureau with which parasites can be seperated from the soil

Miss Mary Bradley, Junior Hematologist of the Bureau of Plant Industry...

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Miss M.V. Roehrer & Miss S.L. Anderson of Nat'l Woman's Party, 62625

Miss M.V. Roehrer & Miss S.L. Anderson of Nat'l Woman's Party, 62625

Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Date from related neg. LC-F81-36303. Part of caption scratched off negative. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. ... More

[Miss Vivian Marinelli giving lesson in dancing the Charleston to basketball players of Washington, D.C.'s Palace Club: Jones, Conway, Grody, Saunders, Kearns, Glascoe, and Manager Kennedy]

[Miss Vivian Marinelli giving lesson in dancing the Charleston to bask...

National Photo Company Collection. No. 39323. Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington DC, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Some things new in grease paint. Miss Grace Wagner, a student at Central High, Wash., D.C. is learning the art of auto mechanics

Some things new in grease paint. Miss Grace Wagner, a student at Centr...

Grace Wagner working on engine of automobile. National Photo Company Collection. Item in album: v. 1, p. 17, no. 41023.

Daughter of Chief of U.S. Army Air Service christens flagship for start of longest air tour ever attempted in history of aviation. Miss Mary Fechet, daughter of Maj. General Fechet, Chief of U.S. Army Air Service, christening the flagship of the eight Aristocrat cabin monoplanes previous to their take-off from Bolling Field, Washington today on 50,000 mile air tour of the United States, Canada, Cuba and Mexico. The tour is being made to demonstrate the practicability of airplane for daily commercial use

Daughter of Chief of U.S. Army Air Service christens flagship for star...

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Miss Harriet Root. Portrait of Miss Harriet Root standing I

Miss Harriet Root. Portrait of Miss Harriet Root standing I

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Miss Helen Gandy, secretary to J. Edgar Hoover. Miss Gandy at desk IV

Miss Helen Gandy, secretary to J. Edgar Hoover. Miss Gandy at desk IV

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Distinguished guests at reception. Here are a few of the distinguished guests at the White House reception on New Year's day. In the front of the group are Edward Everett Gann and Mrs. Gann, sister of the vice-president; Vice-president Curtis, Miss Fanny Homans of New York, niece of Secretary of the Navy, Adams, and Secretary of the [Treasury?] Behind Mrs. Gann is Secretary of War Hurley

Distinguished guests at reception. Here are a few of the distinguished...

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Illinois daughters attending D.A.R. Convention. After a luncheon at the Willard Hotel in Washington today, this group of Illinois Daughters of the American Revolution attending the forty-first continental congress, posed for this photograph. In the front row, left to right: Mrs. Arnold Fernsted; Mrs. David J. Peffers, Illinois State Regent; Mrs. Frederick C. Barnett, Regent, Peoria Chapter; Mrs. Henry M. Pindell; Mrs. John H. Roth; Mrs. Electa B. Spangler; Mrs. John G. Oglesby. Back row, left to right: Miss Mary Knapp; Mrs. Frederick Albertson; Mrs. John Neilson; Mrs. H.C. Blanchard; Mrs. Charles L. Wilson; Mrs. William E. Hull, wife of Congressman Hull; and Mrs. Nathan B. Hendee, 4/19/32

Illinois daughters attending D.A.R. Convention. After a luncheon at th...

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Michigan Peach Queen at White House. Miss Marion [...], Fort Huron, Mich., Peach Queen, [...] at the White House with a basket of peaches for President Roosevelt. Marvin McIntyre, one of the secretaries, accepts the peaches. 8/26/35

Michigan Peach Queen at White House. Miss Marion [...], Fort Huron, Mi...

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Hitting the ball for Social Security, Wash. D.C. Frank Bane, executive director of the Social Security Board, and one of his secretaries, Miss Frances E. Murray, are busy going through organization matters as an appropriation is awaited which will enable the board to round out its plans. The filibuster of the late Senator Huey P. Long blocked Congressional appropriation at the close of the last session, 11/6/35

Hitting the ball for Social Security, Wash. D.C. Frank Bane, executive...

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L to r: Miss Marie Pervell, Dept. Pres.; Gwendolyn McDowell, Nat'l Sec.; Mrs. Ray Murphy; Mrs. Melville Mucklestone, Nat'l Pres.; Miss Edna McIntosh, Past Dept. Pres.; Mrs. O. Hahn, Nat'l Rehab. Chair

L to r: Miss Marie Pervell, Dept. Pres.; Gwendolyn McDowell, Nat'l Sec...

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Miss Nicie Perrell, Dept. Pres. Wash.; Gwendolyn McDowell, Natl Sec. [indap.?]; Mrs. Ray Murphy, [Sec?]; Mrs. Melville Mucklestone, Natl Pres. Club; Miss Edna McIntosh, Past Dept. Pres, Wash.; Mrs. O.W. Hahn, Natl Rehab Chair

Miss Nicie Perrell, Dept. Pres. Wash.; Gwendolyn McDowell, Natl Sec. [...

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Off with the yoke of Uncle Sam depicted in post office mural, is charge of Arctic explorer. Washington, D.C., Sept. 10. Vilhjamur Stefansson, the Artic explorer, today charged that artist Rockwell Kent had painted on the wall in the Post Office Building here an exhortation to Puerto Rico to throw off American Rule. The gibberish, says Stefansson, [...]s translated by his friends and reads: "To the people of Puerto Rico, our friends: go ahead, let [...] change chiefs. That alone can make us equal and free". Postmaster General Farley passes the mural each day as he goes to his office. Miss Mary [....]eveling is viewing the mural in this picture, 9/10/37

Off with the yoke of Uncle Sam depicted in post office mural, is charg...

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Senator Holt and Sister Jane. Washington D.C., July 29. Miss Jane Holt is shown with her brother Senator Rush Holt(Democrat) of West Virginia. Miss Holt who has been acting as secretary and hostess for her Senator brother for the past two years will announce her engagement to Ralph K. Chase, lawyer, with the Maritime Commission, it was learned today, 7/29/37

Senator Holt and Sister Jane. Washington D.C., July 29. Miss Jane Holt...

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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

Hollywood starlet arrives to participate in National Airmail Week. Was...

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A.F. of L. Head and daughter of Chinese Ambassador to appeal for relief for Chinese Citizens. Washington, D.C., May 13. President William Green of the American Federation of Labor and Miss Yoeh E. Wang, daughter of the Chinese Ambassador, discuss the relief of suffering Chinese civillians, as they prepare to record radio appeals for use throughout the United States. Mr. Green is Honorary Chairman of Labor's Committee for Civilian Relief in China, which has joined with other National Organizations in the United Council for Civilian Relief in China to holds a coast-to-coast "bowl of rice" party to raise at least a million dollars for food, clothing, and medical supplies, 5/13/38

A.F. of L. Head and daughter of Chinese Ambassador to appeal for relie...

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Beauty contest winners visit the White House. Washington, D.C., Aug. 4. Marvin McIntyre, Secretary to the President greets Miss Dorothy Parker, of Washington, DC, winner of the beauty contest held in Washington annually. 18yrs old, she weighs 112lbs, and is 5 feet, 4 inches, in height, Miss Parker, will compete for the title of Miss America in Atlantic City Labor Day, 8/4/38

Beauty contest winners visit the White House. Washington, D.C., Aug. 4...

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Queen quenches thirst. Washington, D.C., April 21. Miss Adelaide Moffett Brooks, who is to be crowned Queen Shenandoah at the Winchester, Virginia, Apple Blossom Festival later this month, quenches her thirst with a bottle of pop as she arrives at Washington Airport today. She is the daughter of the former Federal Housing Administrator, 4/21/38

Queen quenches thirst. Washington, D.C., April 21. Miss Adelaide Moffe...

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Dimes for Infantile Paralysis foundation flow into White House for president. Washington, D.C., Jan. 28. Official mail was nearly forgotten today at the White House as letters containing ten-cent contributions to the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis continued to arrive by the thousands. Miss Margaret Lehand, Personal Secretary to President Roosevelt, is shown opening some of the 30,000 to arrive in the first mail this morning, 1/28/38

Dimes for Infantile Paralysis foundation flow into White House for pre...

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A black and white photo of a woman in a dress, Washington DC. Farm Security Administration photograph

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Rep. William M. Colmer, Democrat of Miss., Feb. 1940

Rep. William M. Colmer, Democrat of Miss., Feb. 1940

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The uniforms are different but the cause is the same. Officers of the United Nations attend a garden party of the United Nations Club at Dumbarton Oaks, Sunday, September 6th, 1942. Left to right: Major M.V. Mishovich, Assistant Military Attache, Yugoslavia; Miss Marica Chok; Major Reginald Williams, Military Attache, British Embassy

The uniforms are different but the cause is the same. Officers of the ...

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War worker goes to Washington. Acting on the advice of the personnel advisor in her section of the War Department, Miss Clara Camille Carroll registers at the War Housing desk at the United States Informational Service, Fourteenth Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, North West. This office was established to aid war workers in obtaining suitable living quarters

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From National Youth Administration (NYA) to Washington navy yard. A full-fledged graduate from the National Youth Adminstration War Production and Training Center in Washington, D.C., Miss Juanita E. Gray, a former domestic worker, receives her certificate from J.P. Bond Jr., project manager, while E.R. Rodriguez, youth personnel officer, looks on. Miss Gray was referred immediately to the Washington navy yard

From National Youth Administration (NYA) to Washington navy yard. A fu...

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Washington, D.C. A portrait of Miss Agnes Gervais, of Marshall, Minnesota, who does secretarial work at the Office of Price Administration (OPA), is secretary of the Walsh Club for war workers, located at 1523 22nd Street, N.W.

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Answering call for volunteer nurses aides. Mrs. George M. Johnson, captain, instructing volunteer nurses aides in the handling of patients at Freedmen's Hospital, Washington, D.C. using "Julius Caesar" as dummy patient. Left to right: Mrs. Johnson, Mrs. Amontha Dawkins, Miss Florence Jackson, Mrs. Mary F. Anderson, Mrs. Estelle Cloggette, Mrs. Mary Hobson

Answering call for volunteer nurses aides. Mrs. George M. Johnson, cap...

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The babes of the White House / photographed by Miss Johnston, Washington, D.C.

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Mrs. McKee, Mary Lodge McKee, Marthena Harrison, Mrs. Russell Harrison, and Baby McKee (Benjamin Harrison McKee), seated around table. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Copyrighted by ... More

Veteran North Carolina Solon reaches 76th milestone. Washington, D.C., Nov. 7. P.W. Meeker, Secretary, congratulates Rep. Robert L. Doughton, democrat of North Carolina and Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, as he celebrates his 75th birthday today. Miss Jonnie Mabry, stenographer for the veteran member, responds with a rose for him

Veteran North Carolina Solon reaches 76th milestone. Washington, D.C.,...

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W.H. Taft, Pres. Taft and Miss Delia Torrey standing together on steps

W.H. Taft, Pres. Taft and Miss Delia Torrey standing together on steps

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Azalea beauties welcomed at Capitol. Washington, D.C., May 2. South Carolina Senators Ellison D. 'Cotton Ed' Smith, seated, and Joseph F. Byrnes, standing, gave a royal welcome to the bevy of beauties visiting Washington today after presiding at the Azalea Festival in Charlestown, South Carolina. The girls are, left to right. Miss Grace Vickers, who was 'Miss Washington' at the festival; Miss Caroline Palm of Greenville, S.C., 'Queen of the Festival;' Miss Margaret Welch of Charleston, S.C., hostess at the festival

Azalea beauties welcomed at Capitol. Washington, D.C., May 2. South Ca...

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Frances Glover and her father third [...] P.M.G. Glover. Miss Glover presented Pres. Harding with the first of three new [...] one portraying the Arlington amphitheater

Frances Glover and her father third [...] P.M.G. Glover. Miss Glover p...

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Miss Janet Moffett pinning the Red Cross button on Pres. Coolidge

Miss Janet Moffett pinning the Red Cross button on Pres. Coolidge

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Miss Judith C. Waller of W.M.A.Q. Chgo [i.e., Chicago] at White House, [Washington, D.C.]

Miss Judith C. Waller of W.M.A.Q. Chgo [i.e., Chicago] at White House,...

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[Miss Mary Virginia Yellott and Miss Mary Carolyn Henry walking their ducks in Washington, D.C.]

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Miss Manning, Smithsonian Stamp Dept. Portraits of Miss Manning I

Miss Manning, Smithsonian Stamp Dept. Portraits of Miss Manning I

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Discharged for union activites. Washington, D.C., March 18. Miss Zella Morgan, of Gadsen, Ala., told the Lafollette Civil Liberties Committee today how she was discharged from the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company's plant in Gadsen. Ala., because she was active in the local union, she was given an "honorable discharge" and two weeks extra pay, she said. Because four other girls in the plant not in her Department, declared they would not work in the organization with her

Discharged for union activites. Washington, D.C., March 18. Miss Zella...

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Sees that Uncle Sam gets value in purchases. Washington, D.C., Sept. 28. Miss Mary L. Rollins is responsible for seeing that the government gets value received for every dollar expended for paper and materials containing textile fibers. As fiber technologist of the National Bureau of Standards, she take a microscopic test of typewriter paper, memo pads, envelopes, police uniforms, chair cushions, flags, etc. to determine whether the articles are delivered are represented when purchased, 9/28/37

Sees that Uncle Sam gets value in purchases. Washington, D.C., Sept. 2...

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U.S. Expert on burnt and mutilated currency. Washington, D.C., Oct. 8. For years it has been the duty of Miss Bertha M. Sherfy to pass on the genuineness of the burnt and mutilated currency which is sent to the U.S. Treasury for Redemption. Miss Sherfy says she finds the most difficult currency to identify is that which has been buried underground, expose to water, dampness, etc. Charred money is too easy to identify but currency burned to a gray ash can never be distinguished. An average of three million dollars of this type of money is forwarded to the Treasury for redemption every [...]

U.S. Expert on burnt and mutilated currency. Washington, D.C., Oct. 8....

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Advisory Committee of National Federation of Women's Republican Clubs, Republican National Committee. Miss Marion Martin, Assistant Chairman, Republican National Comte.; Mrs. Charles W. Lewis, Baltimore, Md., treasurer; Mrs. Eleanor Snodgrass, Repub. Indiana Federation of WRC; Mrs. Albert Vestal, 4th vice president, from Indiana; Miss Katherine Byrne, Rep. Commte, council of Rep. Women; Mrs. Martin Evans, Montana State Federation; Mrs. James R. Arniell Jr., president; Mrs. William E. Evans, 2nd vice president, California; Miss S.M.R. O'Hara, Pennsylvania, Repub. Pennsylvania Council; Mrs. George W. Rogers, Republican Michigan Federation; Mrs. Edward E. Gann, Repub. League of Repub. Women, District of Columbia; Mrs. Fred Murphy, 3rd vice pres., Michigan; Mrs. William Scott, secretary, District of Columbia

Advisory Committee of National Federation of Women's Republican Clubs,...

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Can this be romance? Washington, D.C., March 24. Frequent companions on the bridal paths around the Capitol, Attorney General Frank Murphy and Miss Ann Parker are said to be romancing by a well know gossip columnist. Miss Parker is the daughter of Maj. General Frank E. Parker, U.S.A. retired, and Mrs. Parker, 3-24-39

Can this be romance? Washington, D.C., March 24. Frequent companions o...

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Woman columnist tells committee that something must be done for refugee children. Washington, D.C., April 22. Dorothy Thompson, newspaper columnist, witness before the Joint Congressional Committee on Immigration, told the Committee today that 'something must be done' to allow the removal of Austrian and German victims of Nazi wrath to America. She supported a pending bill which would allow selected refugee children to live and grow up in American families. She is shown here talking to Rep. Edith Nourse Rogers, Committee member. Left to right: Mrs. Rogers, Miss Thompson

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Washington, D.C. International student assembly. Left to right: Mr. Kenneth C. Sze, Mr. Gerald Tien, Miss Gwh-Fang Dyn, Miss Helen Cheng, broadcasting to China by shortwave

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