Harris & Ewing photos
The Washington, D.C. studio of George W. Harris and Martha Ewing photographed the capital from 1905 to 1945: presidents, Congress, government agencies, portraits of officials and visitors, and the city's news and social life.
Why they are free to use: The studio gave its photographs to the Library of Congress without copyright restrictions. Each photo's page shows its own licence basis and a credit line.
19,023 photos in the index, by decade:
The 1900s
All 3,707 Harris & Ewing photos from the 1900s

Brigadier General Guido Norman Lieber
c. 1901

WH Entrance Hall with seal
1903

TAFT, SECRETARY. W. AS SEC. READING AT DESK
1904–1908

TAFT, WILLIAM HOWARD, SECR.
1904–1908

TAFT, WILLIAM HOWARD. AS SECRETARY
1904–1908

TAFT, WILLIAM HOWARD. AS SECRETARY OF WAR
1904–1908

Nat'l Council on the Limitation of Armaments House on 17th Street between New York Ave. and G St.
1905–1945

AITCHISON, CLYDE. HONORABLE
1905
The 1910s
All 4,876 Harris & Ewing photos from the 1910s

Hydraulic Excavation, Miraflores. Monitors in Operation, December 21, 1910
1910-12-21

Anne Tillery Renshaw
1910–1920

ARMY, U.S. INSPECTION, NEW EQUIPMENT
1910

ARMY, U.S. INSPECTION
1910

BRANDEGEE. SENATOR, WITH SEN. PHELAN
1910–1917

American National Bank
1910–1920

1600 block of H Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., showing Handicraft School, at left, 1622 H Street, and American Red Cross building at right, 1624 H Street, with 17th Street corner leading to old Corcoran Art Gallery in distance
1910–1920

1 Jackson Place (now 714 Jackson Pl.)
1910–1920
The 1920s
All 3,530 Harris & Ewing photos from the 1920s

Argentine Conference Committee
1920

BOISE PROJECT. RECLAMATION SERVICE, U.S. ARROWCOCK DAM
1920

Bolivia Conference Committee
1920

Cake with presidential seal Best wishes from H.C. Henry, Seattle, Washington
1920

Calvin Coolidge and group at Union Station, Washington, D.C.
1920

Cavalry, Washington Monument, Washington, D.C.
1920

Charles B. Henderson
c. 1920

Christopher D. Sullivan
c. 1920
The 1930s
All 6,354 Harris & Ewing photos from the 1930s

Dr. Argueta, Honduras
1930

Acting Secretaries. Joseph P. Cotton, left, Undersecretary of State and Ernest?, Assistant Secretary of the Navy who are now the heads of their respective departments during the absence of Secretary Stimson and Secretary Adams who are attending the London Naval Arms parley
1930

Adrian Recinos Guatemala with Dr. Rowe of CBS in 1930
1930

Adrian Recinos Guatemala with Dr. Rowe (CBS)
1930

Alice Paul1930
1930-04-03

Arthur Kochler, wood identification specialist of the Department of Agriculture, says the piece of wood he is holding is 12,000,000 years old. It is a fragment from a fossil log of redwood, 7 feet thick, found by workmen of the Reclamation Service buried 150 feet below the bed of the Yakima River in
1930

Arthur H Vandenberg Jr
c. 1930

Artist painting portrait of unidentified man
1930
The 1940s
All 556 Harris & Ewing photos from the 1940s

Albert Einstein speaking
1940

Rep. Clarence F. Lea, Democrat of Calif.
1940

Senator Clyde M. Reed, Repub. of Kansas, 7-12-40
1940

29 years of age, mother of 14 intoduces 9 of family to Republican minority leader. Washington, D.C., March 6. 29 years old and the mother of 14, Mrs. Dan Saphore with her husband, both of Churchtown, Pa., brought 9 of their brood to the Capitol today for a sightseeing tour. They are shown being intr
1940

21st annual convention of U.S. Chamber of Commerce in session. Washington, D.C., June 19. 2,000 delegates assembled in the Mayflower Hotel today for the formal opening of the 21st annual convention of the United States Junior Chamber of Commerce. Caustically condemning the dictatorship of Hitler and
1940

?)ll put Wilkie's name in nomination at Republican National Convention. Washington, D.C., June 14. A new informal picture of Charles A. Halleck, of Indiana, who will put. of Wendell Wilkie in nomination at the Republican National Convention this month at Phila. It is believed Rep. Bruce Barton
1940

California Congressman. Washigton, D.C., March 2. A new informal picture of Rep. Ed V. Izac, Democrat from California, 3-2- 40
1940

B.F. Fairless, A.H. Feller, & H.L. Hughes
1940
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