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Picture of three children found by the Humane Society in a shanty in an alley bounded by Four-and-a-half, Sixth, K and L Streets, in a deplorable condition--wretched and starving, their father dead, and their mother in a state of beastly intoxication / Estabrook, Washington, D.C.

Picture of three children found by the Humane Society in a shanty in a...

19222V U.S. Copyright Office. Photograph by Estabrook, Washington, D.C. Public domain photograph - portrait, children of 1900s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Society girls enjoying a speedy ride on the Potomac

Society girls enjoying a speedy ride on the Potomac

Gardiner Orme in his speed boat at the opening of yachting season by the Corinthian yacht Club, Washington, D.C., with debutantes Sally Hew Phillips, Fanny Dial, Frances Gore and Georgiana Joyes. Title and othe... More

Rural arts exhibition held under the auspices of the Farm Security Administration (FSA) in the patio of the U.S. Department of Agriculture building. Weaving on wall by Churchill weavers, Berea, Kentucky; weavin on wall by Spinning Wheel, Asheville, North Carolina; copper plate from society of Connecticut draftsmen; pottery base with handles from Piedmont section of North Carolina; bean pot from New Hampshire; bowls from Jugtown pottery, Steeds, North Carolina; figure and chickens from Hilton pottery,

Rural arts exhibition held under the auspices of the Farm Security Adm...

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At meeting of newspaper editors. Washington, D.C., April 21. William Allen White, (left) Editor of the Emporia (Kan.) Gazette, and Franklyn Waltman, new publicity chief of the G.O.P., exchange pleasantries as the attend the opening session of the Sixteenth Annual Convention of the American Society of Newspaper Editors which got under way at the National Press Club, 4/21/38

At meeting of newspaper editors. Washington, D.C., April 21. William A...

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Washington, D.C. Preparing the defense bond sales photomural to be installed in the Grand Central terminal, New York, in the photographic laboratory of the FSA (Farm Security Administration). Copying the exact scale paste-up to produce the negative for the final enlargements; this work was done in the laboratory of the United States Coast and Geodetic Society

Washington, D.C. Preparing the defense bond sales photomural to be ins...

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Washington, D.C. A worker for the American Rescue Society soliciting funds

Washington, D.C. A worker for the American Rescue Society soliciting f...

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Hethu'shka Dancer Tells a Story About the Formation of the Hethu'shka Society during the Library of Congress Neptune Plaza Concert

Hethu'shka Dancer Tells a Story About the Formation of the Hethu'shka ...

Pictured is Hollis Stabler, Sr. Hethu'shka Society concert. Neptune Plaza, Library of Congress, Washington DC.

As I remember; recollections of American society during the nineteenth century,

As I remember; recollections of American society during the nineteenth...

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

As I remember; recollections of American society during the nineteenth century,

As I remember; recollections of American society during the nineteenth...

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

As I remember; recollections of American society during the nineteenth century,

As I remember; recollections of American society during the nineteenth...

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

[President Coolidge standing with members of the American Chemical Society on the White House lawn; visible in the background is the White House, scaffolded for repairs]

[President Coolidge standing with members of the American Chemical Soc...

National Photo Company Collection. Item in album: v. 1, p. 37, no. 30243.

PAN AMERICA SOCIETY HEAD GIVES MEDAL TO ROOSEVELT. JOHN L. MERRILL, PRESIDENT OF THE PAN AMERICAN SOCIETY, PLACES THE SOCIETY'S AWARD ABOUT THE NECK OF PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT. SPRUILLE BRANDEN, MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY'S COUNCIL, IS DIRECTLY BEHIND THE PRESIDENT. THE AWARD WAS FOR ROOSEVELT'S POLICY PROMOTING FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN THE NATIONS OF THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE

PAN AMERICA SOCIETY HEAD GIVES MEDAL TO ROOSEVELT. JOHN L. MERRILL, PR...

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Washington, D.C. A woman giving money to a worker for the American rescue society

Washington, D.C. A woman giving money to a worker for the American res...

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Group of slides: 1 Alan Jabbour Provides an Introduction at the Library of Congress Neptune Plaza Concert; 2 Morgan Lovejoy Delivers an Invocation at the Library of Congress Neptune Plaza Concert; 3 Dancers and Musicians at the Library of Congress Neptune Plaza Concert; 4-5 Dancing with Members of the Audience at the Library of Congress Neptune Plaza Concert; 6 Dancers and Musicians at the Library of Congress Neptune Plaza Concert; 7 Singing and Drumming at the Library of Congress Neptune Plaza Concert; 8 Dancers and Musicians at the Library of Congress Neptune Plaza Concert; 9 Dancing with Members of the Audience at the Library of Congress Neptune Plaza Concert; 10-11 Dancers and Musicians at the Library of Congress Neptune Plaza Concert; 12 Talking with Members of the Audience; 13 Dancing with Members of the Audience at the Library of Congress Neptune Plaza Concert; 14 Hethu'shka Dancer Tells a Story About the Formation of the Hethu'shka Society During the Library of Congress Neptune Plaza Concert; 15 Dancing with Members of the Audience at the Library of Congress Neptune Plaza Concert; 16 Talking with Members of the Audience; 17-18 Dancing with Members of the Audience at the Library of Congress Neptune Plaza Concert; 19 Singing and Drumming at the Library of Congress Neptune Plaza Concert; 20 Dancing During the Neptune Plaza Library of Congress Concert

Group of slides: 1 Alan Jabbour Provides an Introduction at the Librar...

Hethu'shka Society concert. Neptune Plaza, Library of Congress, Washington DC. Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington DC, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picry... More

[Memorial Hall. Quotation from James Madison, beginning "The safety and happiness of society ...." Library of Congress James Madison Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Memorial Hall. Quotation from James Madison, beginning "The safety an...

Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

The first forty years of Washington society, portrayed by the family letters of Mrs. Samuel Harrison Smith (Margaret Bayard) from the collection of her grandson, J. Henley Smith

The first forty years of Washington society, portrayed by the family l...

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

As I remember; recollections of American society during the nineteenth century,

As I remember; recollections of American society during the nineteenth...

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

Annual meeting of American Society of Newspaper Editors at Willard, [Washington, D.C., 1/16/25]

Annual meeting of American Society of Newspaper Editors at Willard, [W...

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In spotlight at newspaper editors convention. Washington, D.C., April 21. The sixteenth annual convention of the American Society of Newspaper Editors opened in Washington today at the National Press Club. Editors from all sections of the country were in attendance at the first session of the meeting which will run through Thursday, Friday, and Saturday of this week. Here we see, left to right: Alfred H. Kirchoffer, Managing Editor of Buffalo Evening News and President of the A.S.N.D.; Harold Brayman, Philadelphia Ledger, President of the National Press Club, 4/21/38

In spotlight at newspaper editors convention. Washington, D.C., April ...

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A black and white photo of a group of people shaking hands. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a group of people shaking hands. Office of ...

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[John Lewis speaking at a meeting of American Society of Newspaper Editors, Statler Hilton Hotel, Washington, D.C.] / MST.

[John Lewis speaking at a meeting of American Society of Newspaper Edi...

Frame 28 of contact sheet. Original negative not available for frame 28 of LC-U9-18801.

Fresco painting "Society Freed Through Justice," fifth floor stairway, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.

Fresco painting "Society Freed Through Justice," fifth floor stairway,...

Artist: George Biddle, 1936. Dimensions: 13' 6" x 43' 2". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. C... More

As I remember; recollections of American society during the nineteenth century,

As I remember; recollections of American society during the nineteenth...

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

[Eighteen three-quarter length portraits of Washington society ladies]

[Eighteen three-quarter length portraits of Washington society ladies]

J142389 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by G.V. Buck. No. 1. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Peace Society spokesman says 'short of war' plans unjustified unless war is seen. Washington, D.C., May 1. Philip Marshall Brown of the American Peace Society today told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that 'measures short of war' are not justified except as they frankly look forward to eventual war. He added that 'to anticipate by legislation the turn of events and unpredictable complications of future wars would seek only to create confusion, and may involve us...with belligerent nations'

Peace Society spokesman says 'short of war' plans unjustified unless w...

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Prominent society women to lead women's wet organization for next year. The social register is well represented in the slats of officers for the Women's Organization for National Prohibition Reform which concluded their meeting in Washington today. In the photograph, left to right: Mrs. William C. Potter, New York, National Treasurer; Mrs. Archibald B. Roosevelt, New York, National Secretary; Mrs. Edward S. Moore, New York Member of Executive Committee; Miss Maude Wetmore, Rhode Island, National Vice Chairman, Mrs. Charles H. Sabin, New York, National Chairman; Mrs. William B. Mason, Washington, D.C., National Vice Chairman; Mrs. Pierre S. Dupont, Delaware, National Vice Chairman; Mrs. E. Roland Harriman, National Finance Chairman

Prominent society women to lead women's wet organization for next year...

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City cowgirls. Washington, D.C., March 11. City cowgirls now, but these member of Washington's younger set, Miss Cuyler Schwartz (left) daughter of H.H. Schwartz of Wyoming, and Miss Agnes Doherty, neice of Senator Joseph C. O'Mahoney, also of Wyoming, will go native again the latter part of this month when they will give an exhibition of typical Western riding at the society circus at Fort Myer. Virginia Proceeds from the circus will be given to charity, 3/11/1937

City cowgirls. Washington, D.C., March 11. City cowgirls now, but thes...

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"TRIBUTE TO MARIE CURIE." WASHINGTON, D.C. JANUARY 11. A TRIBUTE TO THE MEMORY OF MARIE CURIE "A GREAT SCIENTIST AND A GREAT WOMAN" WAS PAID TODAY BY A GROUP OF DISTINGUISHED WOMEN, REPRESENTING THE 100,000 MEMBERS OF THE WOMEN'S FIELD ARMY OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE CONTROL OF CANCER, WHO PRESENTED A SPECIALLY BOUND EDITION OF THE BIOGRAPHY OF MADAME CURIE, TO JULE HENRY, MINISTER PLENTIPOTENTIARY OF FRANCE, MARJORIE B. ILLIG, ONSET, MASS. NATIONAL COMMANDER OF THE WOMEN'S FIELD ARMY MAKES THE PRESENTATION WHILE MRS. ROOSEVELT, WIFE OF THE PRESIDENT, LOOKS ON

"TRIBUTE TO MARIE CURIE." WASHINGTON, D.C. JANUARY 11. A TRIBUTE TO TH...

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The first forty years of Washington society, portrayed by the family letters of Mrs. Samuel Harrison Smith (Margaret Bayard) from the collection of her grandson, J. Henley Smith

The first forty years of Washington society, portrayed by the family l...

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

The first forty years of Washington society, portrayed by the family letters of Mrs. Samuel Harrison Smith (Margaret Bayard) from the collection of her grandson, J. Henley Smith

The first forty years of Washington society, portrayed by the family l...

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

BIBLE SOCIETY OPEN AIR MEETING, EAST FRONT OF THE CAPITOL

BIBLE SOCIETY OPEN AIR MEETING, EAST FRONT OF THE CAPITOL

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Daughters of the American Revolution. Dedication of plaque commemorating site of the building where the society was founded I

Daughters of the American Revolution. Dedication of plaque commemorati...

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President Harding presenting to the Roosevelt Memorial Society the chair used by President Roosevelt when he was in the White House

President Harding presenting to the Roosevelt Memorial Society the cha...

President Harding standing with members of the Roosevelt Memorial Society and the chair used by President Theodore Roosevelt. In album: Warren G. Harding, Herbert E. French, National Photo Company, v. 2, p. 13... More

Steuben Society, 11/8/23 - Public domain portrait photograph

Steuben Society, 11/8/23 - Public domain portrait photograph

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Historical Society of England, delegates to convention in Richmond at W.H. [i.e., White House, Washington, D.C.], 1/3/25

Historical Society of England, delegates to convention in Richmond at ...

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In the spotlight at first Whippet races In National Capital. Washington society folk and government officials turned out enmasse for the introduction of Whippet racing in the National Capital today. Snapped in one of the boxes were, left to right: [...] Washington publisher and noted sportsman; [...] Frederick H. Gillett of Massachusetts

In the spotlight at first Whippet races In National Capital. Washingto...

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PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT AND OFFICERS OF THE ORDER OF AHEPA GREEK AMERICAN SOCIETY

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT AND OFFICERS OF THE ORDER OF AHEPA GREEK AMERICAN ...

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[John Lewis speaking at a meeting of American Society of Newspaper Editors, Statler Hilton Hotel, Washington, D.C.] / [MST].

[John Lewis speaking at a meeting of American Society of Newspaper Edi...

U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&WR COLL - Job no. 11812, frame 26.

Close up of oil painting "Society Freed Through Justice," fifth floor stairway, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.

Close up of oil painting "Society Freed Through Justice," fifth floor ...

Artist: George Biddle, 1936. Dimensions: 13' 6" x 43' 2". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. C... More

Close up of fresco painting "Society Freed Through Justice," fifth floor stairway, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.

Close up of fresco painting "Society Freed Through Justice," fifth flo...

Artist: George Biddle, 1936. Dimensions: 13' 6" x 43' 2". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. C... More

The first forty years of Washington society, portrayed by the family letters of Mrs. Samuel Harrison Smith (Margaret Bayard) from the collection of her grandson, J. Henley Smith

The first forty years of Washington society, portrayed by the family l...

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

The first forty years of Washington society, portrayed by the family letters of Mrs. Samuel Harrison Smith (Margaret Bayard) from the collection of her grandson, J. Henley Smith

The first forty years of Washington society, portrayed by the family l...

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

Mrs. Lawrence Townsend at the fourth annual rummage sale of the Child Welfare Society trims discarded hats for the price of one year's milk supply for a Washington baby

Mrs. Lawrence Townsend at the fourth annual rummage sale of the Child ...

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Daughters of the American Revolution. Dedication of plaque commemorating site of the building where the society was founded III

Daughters of the American Revolution. Dedication of plaque commemorati...

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Hethu'shka Dancer Tells a Story About the Formation of the Hethu'shka Society during the Library of Congress Neptune Plaza Concert

Hethu'shka Dancer Tells a Story About the Formation of the Hethu'shka ...

Pictured are Hollis Stabler, Sr., Rudi Mitchell, and Charles Lonewolf. Hethu'shka Society concert. Neptune Plaza, Library of Congress, Washington DC.

The first forty years of Washington society, portrayed by the family letters of Mrs. Samuel Harrison Smith (Margaret Bayard) from the collection of her grandson, J. Henley Smith

The first forty years of Washington society, portrayed by the family l...

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

The first forty years of Washington society, portrayed by the family letters of Mrs. Samuel Harrison Smith (Margaret Bayard) from the collection of her grandson, J. Henley Smith

The first forty years of Washington society, portrayed by the family l...

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

As I remember; recollections of American society during the nineteenth century,

As I remember; recollections of American society during the nineteenth...

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

As I remember; recollections of American society during the nineteenth century,

As I remember; recollections of American society during the nineteenth...

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

Exhibit: D.C. Committee of the American Society for the control of Cancer

Exhibit: D.C. Committee of the American Society for the control of Can...

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Golden Rule dinner of Near East Society at Willard Hotel, [Washington, D.C., 10/24/24]

Golden Rule dinner of Near East Society at Willard Hotel, [Washington,...

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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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Halloran Society. Mrs. Millard Tydings, wife of Sen. from Md., 1/3/39

Halloran Society. Mrs. Millard Tydings, wife of Sen. from Md., 1/3/39

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Women's Press Club skit instructs future first ladies on how to get along. 5. Delegates to the nominating convention include 679,342. 1-2 honest to God newspaperwomen, not counting socialite chiselers, meeting to nominate the next first lady who may pick out her own president. All possible ladies are considered. They attempt to discover if 'Mrs. Roosevelt will settle down, if Mrs. Taft is on a diet, and who Mrs. Dewey was. Mary Johnson of Time, city room gal-bab Lincoln, Washington Times-Herald, Club Editor, Corrinne Frazier, WPA, Correspondent, Mrs. Elizabeth May Craig, Portland, Maine, Press-Herald Chairman, Bess Furman, Furman Features, Political Writer, Malvina Lindsay, Washington Post Woman's Page Editor, Hope Riding Miller, The Washington Post Society editor. Do not release before March 11, 1940

Women's Press Club skit instructs future first ladies on how to get al...

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Fresco painting "Society Freed Through Justice," fifth floor stairway, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.

Fresco painting "Society Freed Through Justice," fifth floor stairway,...

Artist: George Biddle, 1936. Dimensions: 13' 6" x 43' 2". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. C... More

The first forty years of Washington society, portrayed by the family letters of Mrs. Samuel Harrison Smith (Margaret Bayard) from the collection of her grandson, J. Henley Smith

The first forty years of Washington society, portrayed by the family l...

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

As I remember; recollections of American society during the nineteenth century,

As I remember; recollections of American society during the nineteenth...

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

As I remember; recollections of American society during the nineteenth century,

As I remember; recollections of American society during the nineteenth...

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

Fresco painting "Society Freed Through Justice" near fifth floor stairway, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.

Fresco painting "Society Freed Through Justice" near fifth floor stair...

Artist: George Biddle, 1936. Dimensions: 13' 6" x 43' 2". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. C... More

The first forty years of Washington society, portrayed by the family letters of Mrs. Samuel Harrison Smith (Margaret Bayard) from the collection of her grandson, J. Henley Smith

The first forty years of Washington society, portrayed by the family l...

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

The first forty years of Washington society, portrayed by the family letters of Mrs. Samuel Harrison Smith (Margaret Bayard) from the collection of her grandson, J. Henley Smith

The first forty years of Washington society, portrayed by the family l...

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

[Certificate of membership for the Washington National Monument Society] / Lith. by E. Weber & Co.

[Certificate of membership for the Washington National Monument Societ...

Certificate to raise funds to erect the Washington Monument shows two designs for the monument and two vignettes.

Wife of Agriculture secretary opens mum show. Washington, D.C., Nov. 4. The Annual Mum Show of the Department of Agriculture was officially opened today by Mrs. Henry A. Wallace, wife of the Secretary, who was hostess to the cabinet wives and other members of Capital society. In this photograph, Mrs. Wallace (left) is displaying the beautiful blooms to Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, (right) widow of the War President, and Mrs. Edwin T. Meredith, widow of the Secretary of Agriculture during the Wilson Administration. 11/4/37

Wife of Agriculture secretary opens mum show. Washington, D.C., Nov. 4...

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Massachusetts. Society group planting tree [near Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C.]

Massachusetts. Society group planting tree [near Lincoln Memorial, Was...

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PRESIDENT BECOMES HEAD OF AMERICAN CROSS OF HONOR SOCIETY. WASHINGTON, D.C. JUNE 23. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT TODAY BECAME HONORARY HEAD OF THE AMERICAN CROSS OF HONOR SOCIETY AND IS SHOWN RECEIVING AN HONORARY LIFE-SAVING MEDAL OF THE ORGANIZATION FROM RICHARD STOCKTON, NEWARK, NJ, SOCIETY PRESIDENT

PRESIDENT BECOMES HEAD OF AMERICAN CROSS OF HONOR SOCIETY. WASHINGTON,...

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Fresco painting "Society Freed Through Justice" near fifth floor stairway, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.

Fresco painting "Society Freed Through Justice" near fifth floor stair...

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In diplomatic circles. Mr. Tagg is fascinated by Washington society and decides to go into politics : he enjoys a vision of himself at the Court of Saint James

In diplomatic circles. Mr. Tagg is fascinated by Washington society a...

Drawing shows reception in Washington, D.C., for visiting diplomats who are attended by fashionably dressed, attractive women; one man, Mr. Tagg, imagines himself at the court of Saint James. (DLC/PP-1935:0140... More

BIBLE SOCIETY OPEN AIR MEETING, EAST FRONT OF THE CAPITOL. VICE PRESIDENT MARSHALL SPEAKING

BIBLE SOCIETY OPEN AIR MEETING, EAST FRONT OF THE CAPITOL. VICE PRESID...

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BIBLE SOCIETY OPEN AIR MEETING, EAST FRONT OF THE CAPITOL

BIBLE SOCIETY OPEN AIR MEETING, EAST FRONT OF THE CAPITOL

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[Happy Walker's Madrillion Society Orchestra, Washington, D.C.]

[Happy Walker's Madrillion Society Orchestra, Washington, D.C.]

Eleven musicians posed with their musical instruments. National Photo Company Collection.

Society Circus, Ft. Myer. Capt. John H. Irving, Ringmaster, [...] B. Hood, Announcer and Warrant [...] Kreutz, Asst. Ringmaster

Society Circus, Ft. Myer. Capt. John H. Irving, Ringmaster, [...] B. H...

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Pres. Coolidge, who will make the dedication of the 1st Div. Memorial Monument in Wash. in Oct., was today made an Honorary Member of the Society of the 1st Div. A.E.F., District of Columbia Branch. Left to right: Col. James A. Drain, Sgt. David Friesel, Capt. C.S. Ryan, Capt. C.S. Coulter and General Frank H. Parker.

Pres. Coolidge, who will make the dedication of the 1st Div. Memorial ...

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Washington, D.C. An American rescue society worker soliciting funds from a crowd of people waiting to get into a movie

Washington, D.C. An American rescue society worker soliciting funds fr...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of worker, marketplace, vendor, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Group of slides: 1 Dennis Hastings Speaks During the Library of Congress Neptune Plaza Concert; 2-4 Two Hethu'shka Dancers at the Library of Congress Neptune Plaza Concert; 5-16 Hethu'shka Dancer at the Library of Congress Neptune Plaza Concert; 17-18 Dancing with Members of the Audience at the Library of Congress Neptune Plaza Concert; 19 Hollis Stabler, Sr. Tells a Story About the Formation of the Hethu'shka Society during the Library of Congress Neptune Plaza Concert; 20 Two Hethu'shka Dancers at the Library of Congress Neptune Plaza Concert

Group of slides: 1 Dennis Hastings Speaks During the Library of Congre...

Hethu'shka Society concert. Neptune Plaza, Library of Congress, Washington DC. Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington DC, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picry... More

As I remember; recollections of American society during the nineteenth century,

As I remember; recollections of American society during the nineteenth...

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

Donor unveils tablet at new headquarters of Society of Cincinnati. Washington, D.C., April 19. The beautiful Anderson mansion on Massachusetts Ave. here, which was presented sometimes age by Mrs. Larz Anderson to the Society of Cincinnati for their national headquarters, was formally accepted by the society today at appropriate ceremonies. Mrs. Anderson, widow of the former U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain and Japan, is pictured unveiling the tablet to dedicate the new headquarters which Lieut. Bryce Metcalf, President General of the society, looks on

Donor unveils tablet at new headquarters of Society of Cincinnati. Was...

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Opening session, Society of Naval Sponsors, the New Willard, Washington, D.C., Feb. 19, 1908

Opening session, Society of Naval Sponsors, the New Willard, Washingto...

H106550 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Geo. R. Lawrence Co.; February 24, 1908; DLC/PP-1908:43411.212. Copyright claimant's address: Washington, D.C. No. 245W.

[Massachusetts. Society group, near Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C.]

[Massachusetts. Society group, near Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C....

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Annual meeting of American Society of Newspaper Editors at Willard, [Washington, D.C.], 1/16/25

Annual meeting of American Society of Newspaper Editors at Willard, [W...

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Larz Anderson House (Society of the Cincinnati headquarters). Exterior of Larz Anderson House

Larz Anderson House (Society of the Cincinnati headquarters). Exterior...

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Ride 'em cowboy. Washington, D.C., March 11. Cast as hard-riding cowgirls, Agnes Doherty, (on horse) niece of Senator Joseph C. O'Mahoney, and Cuyler Schwartz, daughter of Senator H.H. Schwartz of Wyoming, will take a prominent part in the society circus to be held at Fort Myer, Virginia, late this month. Proceeds from the show will be given to charity, 3/11/1937

Ride 'em cowboy. Washington, D.C., March 11. Cast as hard-riding cowgi...

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Group of slides: 21 Hethu'shka Dancer at Library of Congress Neptune Plaza the Concert; 22-23 Hethu'shka Dancer Tells a Story About the Formation of the Hethu'shka Society during the Library of Congress Neptune Plaza Concert; 24 Dancing with Members of the Audience at the Library of Congress Neptune Plaza Concert; 25 Member of the Drum for the Library of Congress Neptune Plaza Concert; 26 Hethu'shka Dancer Tells a Story About the Formation of the Hethu'shka Society during the Library of Congress Neptune Plaza Concert; 27-28 Hethu'shka Dancer at the Library of Congress Neptune Plaza Concert; 29 Alan Jabbour Provides an Introduction at the Library of Congress Neptune Plaza Concert; 30 Hethu'shka Dancer Tells a Story About the Formation of the Hethu'shka Society during the Library of Congress Neptune Plaza Concert; 31 Hethu'shka Dancer at the Library of Congress Neptune Plaza Concert; 32-33 Talking with a Member of the Audience at the Library of Congress Neptune Plaza Concert; 34-35 Hethu'shka Dancer at the Library of Congress Neptune Plaza Concert; 36 Hethu'shka Dancer Tells a Story About the Formation of the Hethu'shka Society during the Library of Congress Neptune Plaza Concert; 37 Hethu'shka Dancer at the Library of Congress Neptune Plaza Concert; 38 Dancing with Members of the Audience at the Library of Congress Neptune Plaza Concert; 39 Rudi Mitchell's Moccasins; 40 Posing with a Member of the Audience

Group of slides: 21 Hethu'shka Dancer at Library of Congress Neptune P...

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As I remember; recollections of American society during the nineteenth century,

As I remember; recollections of American society during the nineteenth...

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

As I remember; recollections of American society during the nineteenth century,

As I remember; recollections of American society during the nineteenth...

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

As I remember; recollections of American society during the nineteenth century,

As I remember; recollections of American society during the nineteenth...

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

Massachusetts. Society at [Union] station, [Washington, D.C.], 5/4/23

Massachusetts. Society at [Union] station, [Washington, D.C.], 5/4/23

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Washington society youngsters impersonate "Horse Marines" at children's horse show. The Misses Jinks of the Horse Marines all set for the Children's Horse Show which will be held in the National Capital on St. Patrick's Day. They are, left to right: Margaretta Rowland; Katrina McCormick, daughter of Mrs. Medill McCormick of Illinois and Miss Anne Rollins

Washington society youngsters impersonate "Horse Marines" at children'...

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PRESIDENT RECEIVES PAN AMERICAN AWARD. SPRUILLE BRANDEN, MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL OF THE PAN AMERICAN SOCIETY, MAKES THE PRESENTATION OF THE SOCIETY'S AWARD TO PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT. THE AWARD WAS MADE FOR THE PRESIDENT'S 'GOOD NEIGHBOR' POLICY PROMOTING FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN THE NATIONS OF NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA

PRESIDENT RECEIVES PAN AMERICAN AWARD. SPRUILLE BRANDEN, MEMBER OF THE...

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First lady to be decorated by Cuban government. Washington, D.C., Nov. 2. The decoration of the Grand Cross of the Cuban Red Cross which will be presented to Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt at the White House Thursday, was brought to the Capital today be Lieut. Col. Evelio Figarola [?], infante [?] (right), General Secretary of the Cuban Red Cross Society and Major Luis Fernandez Ardois, personal aide to Col. Figarola. The decoration is offered to Mrs. Roosevelt in recognition of her humanitarian work and as a token of appreciation from the Cuban Red Cross Society. Cuban Ambassador Fraga will make the presentation while Col. Figarola decorates Mrs. Roosevelt. 11/2/37

First lady to be decorated by Cuban government. Washington, D.C., Nov....

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Group of slides: 41-42 Hollis Stabler's Regalia; 43 James Walker's Vest; 44 Issac Caramony's Regalia; 45 Regalia; 46 Hethu'shka Dancer Tells a Story About the Formation of the Hethu'shka Society during the Library of Congress Neptune Plaza Concert; 47 Member of the Drum for the Library of Congress Neptune Plaza Concert; 48 Hethu'shka Dancer at the Library of Congress Neptune Plaza Concert; 49 Member of the Drum for the Library of Congress Neptune Plaza Concert; 50 Hethu'shka Dancer Tells a Story About the Formation of the Hethu'shka Society during the Library of Congress Neptune Plaza Concert

Group of slides: 41-42 Hollis Stabler's Regalia; 43 James Walker's Ves...

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Female Union Benevolent Society, 1255 Wisconsin Avenue Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Female Union Benevolent Society, 1255 Wisconsin Avenue Northwest, Wash...

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As I remember; recollections of American society during the nineteenth century,

As I remember; recollections of American society during the nineteenth...

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

Blind youngsters display ability before Senate Committee. Washington, D.C. April 9. Blind children from the Maryland School for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind coaching Senator Claude Pepper, of Florida, in the art of operating a braille typewriter. The youngsters appeared before the senate subcommittee on education and labor, of which Senator Pepper is Chairman, as an example of what can be done for physically handicapped children if a bill sponsored by the International Society of Crippled Children is passed. The bill provides for the education of all types of physically handicapped children. It appropriates $1,158,000, of which $2,080,000 is an outright grant ($40,000 to each state), and $9,000,000 for matching; and $500,000 for administration of the act by the U.S. Office of Education. In the picture, left to right: Frances Wright, 8 years old, reading a braille book; Andrew Birmingham, 10 years old; Dr. John W. Studebaker, U.S. Commissioner of Education; [...] Claude Pepper.

Blind youngsters display ability before Senate Committee. Washington, ...

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Congratulated on strato flight in S.D., Wash. D.C. Officials of the National Geographic Society congratulate the two officers who made the record-breaking strato flight for the U.S. Army Air Corps. and the National Geographic Society. From the left: Dr. John Oliver La Gorce, Ass't editor and vice president of the society; Capt. Albert W. Stephens, Dr. Gilbert Grosvenor, President of the society, and Capt. Orvil A. Anderson. 111435

Congratulated on strato flight in S.D., Wash. D.C. Officials of the Na...

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Donor unveils tablet at new headquarters of Society of Cincinnati. Washington, D.C., April 19. The beautiful Anderson mansion on Massachusetts Ave. here, which was presented sometimes age by Mrs. Larz Anderson to the Society of Cincinnati for their national headquarters, was formally accepted by the society today at appropriate ceremonies. Mrs. Anderson, widow of the former U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain and Japan, is pictured unveiling the tablet to dedicate the new headquarters which Lieut. Bryce Metcalf, President General of the society, looks on

Donor unveils tablet at new headquarters of Society of Cincinnati. Was...

A man and a woman standing next to an american flag, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1... More

The first annual report of the American Society for Colonizing the Free People of Colour in the United States : and the proceedings of the Society at their annual meeting in the city of Washington, on the first day of January, 1818

The first annual report of the American Society for Colonizing the Fre...

Constitution of the society; discussions about raising membership, funds, etc., with the goal of resettling freed slaves in Africa or in regions designated by U.S. Congress. Resolutions and speeches towards the... More

The first annual report of the American Society for Colonizing the Free People of Colour in the United States : and the proceedings of the Society at their annual meeting in the city of Washington, on the first day of January, 1818

The first annual report of the American Society for Colonizing the Fre...

Constitution of the society; discussions about raising membership, funds, etc., with the goal of resettling freed slaves in Africa or in regions designated by U.S. Congress. Resolutions and speeches towards the... More

The London Missionary Society's report of the proceedings against the late Rev. J. Smith, of Demerara, minister of the gospel, who was tried under martial law, and condemned to death, on a charge of aiding and assisting in a rebellion of the Negro slaves : from a full and correct copy, transmitted to England by Mr. Smith's counsel, and including the documentary evidence omitted in the parliamentary copy : with an appendix, containing the letters and statements of Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Elliot, Mr. Arrindell, &c., and, also, the society's petition to the House of Commons : the whole published under the authority of the directors of the said society.

The London Missionary Society's report of the proceedings against the ...

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The London Missionary Society's report of the proceedings against the late Rev. J. Smith, of Demerara, minister of the gospel, who was tried under martial law, and condemned to death, on a charge of aiding and assisting in a rebellion of the Negro slaves : from a full and correct copy, transmitted to England by Mr. Smith's counsel, and including the documentary evidence omitted in the parliamentary copy : with an appendix, containing the letters and statements of Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Elliot, Mr. Arrindell, &c., and, also, the society's petition to the House of Commons : the whole published under the authority of the directors of the said society.

The London Missionary Society's report of the proceedings against the ...

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The London Missionary Society's report of the proceedings against the late Rev. J. Smith, of Demerara, minister of the gospel, who was tried under martial law, and condemned to death, on a charge of aiding and assisting in a rebellion of the Negro slaves : from a full and correct copy, transmitted to England by Mr. Smith's counsel, and including the documentary evidence omitted in the parliamentary copy : with an appendix, containing the letters and statements of Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Elliot, Mr. Arrindell, &c., and, also, the society's petition to the House of Commons : the whole published under the authority of the directors of the said society.

The London Missionary Society's report of the proceedings against the ...

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