Harris & Ewing photos from the 1930s

Power conferees dine at Union Station, Washington, D.C., September 11. Owen D. Young, Chairman of the Board of Directors of General Electric and Frederich Delaho of the World Power Conference Banquet held last night at Union Station

Pres. Andino of Honduras

Presenting diplomas at Annapolis

Ruth Van Deman, Vice Pres. of the club; Mrs. Roosevelt; Mary Hornday, Pres. of the Women's National Press Club

PRESIDENT AWARDS SAFE FLYING TROPHY. WASHINGTON, D.C. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT, SEATED, AWARDS THE HERBERT SCHIFF TROPHY FOR SAFE FLYING TO LT. PHIL L. HAYNES, COMMANDER OF TRAINING SQUADRON NO. 2 AT THE NAVAL AIR STATION AT PENSACOLA, FLORIDA. T. HAYNES, LEFT, SEC. CLAUDE SWANSON, CENTER, AND SCHIFF STA

President discusses power pool, Washington, D.C., Sept. 30. President Roosevelt discussed the question of pooling private and public electric power with private and government power experts at the White House today. After a conference that lasted most of the afternoon Frank R. McNinch, Chairman, Fed

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT ADDRESS NIGHT SESSION WITH CONGRESS

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT ADDRESSES NIGHT SESSION OF CONGRESS

Presidents of brain and brawn, Washington, D.C., September 11. Dr. Frank R. Lillie (right), President of the National Academy of Sciences and Julius Dorpmuller, President of the World Power Conference Banquet which was held last night at Union Station here

Pushed sale of implements of industrial warfare, Washington, D.C. Sept. 24. Questioned by the Senate Committee investigating espionage in labor relations today, A.F. Ailes, executive of the Lake Erie Chemical Co., told of an inteensive drive that was made to sell implements of industrial warfare sho

RA Low-rent housing project completed, Berwyn Heights, MD. Sept. 30. A general view of the first completed unit at Greenbelt, a Resettlement Administration's experiment in the low-rent housing field. This unit is now ready for occupancy

Radio conference, Washington, D.C. Oct. 5. The Federal Communications Commission inaugurated a series of hearings today for the benefit of the broadcasting industry who will meet with federal government officials to consider rearranging the commercial broadcasting band. Here we see Anning S. Prall

Radio waves high flyers, Washington, D.C., Oct. 1. Experiments conducted by H.W. Wellex at the radio station of the Carnegie Institution have proven that radio waves travel a distance of 80 miles heavenword before they are reflected back to earth. Traveling like lightning as they ascend in to the io

S.D. Sanders, Chief of the Cooperative Bank Commission of the Farm Credit Administration

Ready for Opening Session. Washington, D.C., Dec. 30. Newly decorated from top to bottom, the Senate Chamber is ready for the Nation's lawmakers who will go into the 75th session of Congress on January 5

Ready for action. Washington, D.C., Dec. 30. With his favorite gavel primed for calling the 75th Senate session to order, Vice President Jon N. Garner posed for cameramen today at his usual spot on the Senate rostrum. The Vice President appears the picture of health after a long vacation at his home

Rep. Marion Zioncheck

Rep. Marion Zioncheck Crop

Rep. Sam Rayburn of Texas

Republican Mayor of Philadelphia tells Chief Executive desire to cooperate, Washington, D.C. Aug.12. Republican Mayor S. Davis Wilson, of Philadelphia, talking to newspapermen at the White House today following a conference with President Roosevelt. At the same time he told President Roosevelt of hi

Reporters scramble for crop reports, Washington, D.C., October 10. Due to a premature leak of information from the drop report of the government several years ago, the Federal Crop Reporting Board has a system to prevent premature information which might influence the stock market. The reports are l

Republican Mayor of Philadelphia tells Chief Executive desire to cooperate, Washington, D.C. Aug.12. Republican Mayor S. Davis Wilson, of Philadelphia, talking to newspapermen at the White House today following a conference with Pr

RFC Head at Senate Inquiry. Washington, D.C., Dec. 17. Jesse Jones, Chairman of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, appeared before the Senate committee investigating railroad financing today and told of the five loans the RFC made to the Missouri Pacific Railroad during 1932/33. Jones told the

Robert M. LaFollette, Jr., left

Robert M. La Follette, Jr., 2nd from right

Robt. Wagner and James Coughes

Rockefeller's son-in-law runs $13,000 into $218,000,000, Sec. inquiry told. Washington, D.C., Dec. 17. How he won control of a $218,000,000 investment concern by putting up $13,000 in cash and 6,500 shares of stock in an inactive insurance was told the Securities and Exchange Commision today by Davi

Rockefeller's son-in-law before Sec. Inquiry. Washington, D.C., Dec. 17. David Milton, John D. Rockefeller's son-in-law, appeared before the Securities and Exchange Commission Investment Trust Inquiry. By putting up $13,000 in cash and 6500 shares of inactive insurance, Milton told the Sec. he event

Royal S. Copeland, left; Amelia Earhart, right

Royal S. Copeland and Amelia Earhart

Roy Hogan, Chauffer to Landon

Roy Hogan, Chauffer to Gov. Landon

Rush Holt with dog at desk

Russel Muir, Chief Usher of the White House, (right) with string of Bluefish caught in Chesapeake Bay, Isaac Avery of the White House staff on the left

Safety first for this Miss, Washington, D.C. August 8. Equipped with bumpers fore and aft, 4-year-old Betty Buck is taking unnecessary chances as she tries her first pair of roller skates

Samuel I. Parker - Medal of Honor Presentation May 7, 1936

Samuel Davis Wilson - Washington

Scotch machine, Washington, D.C., September 8. This machine, exhibited at the World Power Conference which is being held here, is devised so as to use every inch of matter contained in coal. The coal is put in the retort and heated to a temperature of 1832 degrees. From the smoke and gas, Tar, Ammon

Scotch machine, Washington, D.C., September 8. This machine, exhibited at the World Power Conference which is being held here, is devised so as to use every inch of matter contained in coal. The coal is put in the rettort and heated to a temperature of 1832 degrees. From the smoke and gas, Tar, Ammo

Sec. Chairman seemed bored at investment trust inquiry. Washington, D.C., Dec. 19. A little matter of expanding $3,182 in a heavy interest in companies with assets of a billion dollars, as told by one of the witnesses, did not seem to excite the interest of Chairman James M. Landis of Security and E

Sec. Ickes at Electronic Farm

Sec. Swanson and Ad. Standler

Sec. of State Hull welcomes delegates. Washington, D.C. Sept. 7. Secretary of State Cordell Hull officially opened the Third World Power Conference by pleading with the delegates to use their inventive brains to lighten the tasks of men and not destroy him with machines of war

Sec. of War Woodring

Secretary of War joins Red Cross, Washington, D.C. Oct. 1. Secretary of War Harry H. Woodring was one of the first to join the American Red Cross in Washington as the 1936 roll call got under way. He is shown being enrolled by Mrs. Frederick W. Boscher, wife of Maj. Gen. Boscher, Chief of Finance, U

Selecting star American farmers. Washington, D.C. Oct. 7. Selection of the winners for the awards given each year by the Kansas City Star to the vocational agricultural students members of the Future Farmers of America, was made today at the Office of Education, U.S. Department of Interior. The awar

Sen. and Mrs. Pat McCarran

Sen. Cabot Lodge of Mass., right, & Sen. David Walsh of Mass.

Sen. Gerald P. Nye of North Dakota

Sen. George McGill of Kansas, 3/17/1936

Sen. Hugo Black of Alabama

Sen. Hattie W. Caraway

Sen. Key Pittman of Nevada

Sen. O'Mahoney & W. Green

Sen. Vandenberg of Mich.

Senator from California. Washington, D.C., Dec. 28. Appearing in the best of health, Senator William Gibbs, Democract of California, has arrived in Washington to await the opening gong of the next session of Congress. He is pictured in an informal pose in his office at the Capitol

Senator Pat Harrison of Miss. White House, Washington, D.C.

Senor Francisco de Los Rios

Service record room, Civil Service Commission

Serenade wild animals at Washington Zoo, Washington, D.C., August 8. "Music hath charms," but not for the animals at the National Zoo. This was clearly demonstrated today when symphonists of the Water Gate orchestra played their hottest tunes for the benefit of the beasts. The animals were more inte