Harris & Ewing photos from the 1930s

Dr. Argueta, Honduras

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

Adrian Recinos Guatemala with Dr. Rowe of CBS in 1930

Adrian Recinos Guatemala with Dr. Rowe (CBS)

Alice Paul1930

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

Arthur H Vandenberg Jr

Artist painting portrait of unidentified man

Asst. Sec. of Labor, W.W. Husband (CBS)

Aviation leaders plan uniform laws. Leaders in the field of aviation from all over the country met in Washington today for the National Conference on Uniform Aeronautic Regulatory Laws.

Baseball - Georgetown

Belgian Ambassador and Princess de Ligne at White House New Year's reception, 1/1/30

Broadcast message to veterans

BROWN, W.F. POSTMASTER GENERAL

Call on Hoover. Members attending the Fifth Annual Conference on the Cause and Cure of War call on President Hoover. Here they are photographed after the meeting on the steps of the State, War, and Navy building. Left to right, front row: Miss Ruth Morgan, NY, Mrs. Edgerton Parsons, NY, Mrs. Ben Hoo

Capt. Ira Eaker, USA

CBS microphone; Hiram Bingham, right

Charge D'Affaires of Haiti addresses coast-to-coast radio audience. Raoul Lizaire, Charge D'Affaires of Haiti, addressing the coast-to-coast audience of the Columbia Broadcasting System Sunday March 30 from Washington, in the conclave of Nations series during which ranking diplomats of all countries

Charles D. Mahaffie (cropped)

Charles Evans Hughes descending steps of State, War and Navy Building, Washington, D.C.

Chinese on world tour. Chinese Naval officers on world tour meet President Hoover. Photographed in front of the temporary White House executive offices, left to right, they are: Comdr. S.C. Whang, Mr. Hollington K. Tong, Admiral H.K. Tu, Minister C.C. Wu, Lt. Comdr. M.H. Ching, and Lt. Comdr. T. De

Clarence Chamberlain Plane 1930

Colonel H.P. Sheldon, U.S. Game Commissioner, and Hon. R.W. Dunlap, Assist. Secretary of Agriculture, aboard the new speedboat recently purchased by the Department of Agriculture for use in enforcing the migratory bird law in the Potomac River. The boat is fully equipped, and will run 30 miles an ho

Conference couriers. These ten crack sergeants of the United States Marine Corps will act as couriers for the American delegation to the London Armament Conference. They are, left to right: Maddox and J.S. Domzaksi. Back row: (left to right) J.G.Mason, M.P.Clary, Charles W. Harriman, F.L. Brauer, J.

Convention or meeting at DAR Constitution Hall, Washington, D.C.

Corp. of scientists from Carnegie Institute broadcast over CBS

Dominican Republic, Senor Percio C. Franco and Dr. Rowe (CBS)

Dr. Julius Klein at CBS mike

Dr. Rowe and San Domingo Minister

Educators meet Hoover. Members attending the 16th Annual meeting of the Association of American Colleges meet President Hoover and pose for this photograph on the steps of the temporary executive offices, the State, War and Navy building. In the center of the group, left to right: Robert L.Kelly, pe

Elizabeth and J. Hamilton Fish, 3rd, children of Rep. and Mrs. J. Hamilton Fish of New York, and their attractive Christmas tree

Elinor and Gloria, daughters of Capt. and Mrs. Emmett Gudger and granddaughters of Sen. Walsh of Montana, and their Christmas tree

Executive Secretary Group. Secretaries to the president and their wives at the White House New Years Reception. In the group on the White House steps, left to right, are: Mr. Lawrence Richey, Mrs. Richey, Mrs. George Akerson, Mr. Akerson, Mrs. Newton and Mr. Newton

Exercise at First Division Monument

Fingerprint met hard on crooks. It is possible, according to E.K. Thode, chief of the National Division of Identification and Information, to reconstruct a fingerprint with positive accuracy from a verbal description received by telephone or telegraph. Mr. Thode's division works under the jurisdicti

Firetrucks at U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C.

Francis Scott Key Bridge, Washington, D.C.

Franklin plans benefit bull fight. Sidney Franklin, only American who has ever gained pominence as a bull fighter, is back from Spain and is planning to put on a bloodless bull fight at Newark, N.J. on Nov. 20, the gate receipts to go for the benefit of the unemployed. The photograph shows Franklin

Frederic Wm. Wile (CBS)

From House of Commons. Hon. Brockway, member of the British House of Commons, and until his election, political Secretary of the Independent Labor Party, was a visitor at the Capitol where he was greeted by Farmer-labor Senators. In this group, left to right: Senator George W. Morris of Nebras

General public arrives. After the Diplomatic Corps, the Army and Navy, etc., general public lined up to greet the President and Mrs. Hoover at the annual White House New Year's Reception

German Ambassador and ? Brittwitz at White House New Year's Reception, 1/1/30

Given luncheon at Capitol. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee today tendered a luncheon to General Jan Christian Smuts, former premier (1919-1924) of South Africa. Seated in the center of the group: Senator Claude A. Swanson, General Smuts, Eric H. Louw, South African Minister to the United Stat

Government expert listens to broadcasts of automobile. The Automotive Section of the Bureau of Standards is studying the anti-knock proportion of fuel used in automobile and aircraft engines and the scientist in this photograph is "listening in" to the signals of an engine instead of listening

Governor boom. D.C. Governor Albert C. Ritchie (left) of Maryland greeting Governor John Garland Polland before they spoke last night in behalf of greater Washington

Group gathered near river; Washington Monument in background

Group of children with Santa

Group on field at stadium; Charles Adams, center

Group with Texaco airplane

Group, including Henry Stimson, 3rd from left, Herbert Hoover, center, and Charles Adams, 2nd from right

White House photograph for french pilots Dieudonne Coste and Maurice Bellonte. * Left to Right: Jules Henry, French charge d'affaires; Charles Lindbergh; James J. Davis; Captain Dieudonne Coste; Vice President Charles Curtis; President Herbert Hoover; Clarence Young; Maurice Bellonte; John J. Pershi

Group, left to right: unidentified, Ray Wilbur, unidentified, Andrew Mellon, unidentified, James J. Davis. White House, Washington, D.C.

Group: Charles Evans Hughes, center; John J. Pershing, right

Group: women, children and dogs at White House, Washington, D.C.

Group; Andrew W. Mellon, right

Group; Hiram Bingham, center

Harold June (far left) being awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross

Henry Stimson, Herbert Hoover and Charles Adams

Herbert Hoover and group in front of State, War and Navy Building, Washington, D.C.

Herbert Hoover and group and cup outside White House, Washington, D.C.