Harris & Ewing photos from the 1930s

Thomas Circle in 1930

Train tracks near Potomac River, Washington, D.C.

Trying to improve nation's poultry. Dr. Eloise B. Cram has the important task of trying to rid the poultry of the United States of parasites. Dr. Cram is in charge of the parasites of poultry section of the zoological division, Bureau of Animal Industry, of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The ph

Two winners. Two winners of the National Committee on Wood Utilization proudly pose with President Hoover who suggested the plan when he was Secretary of Commerce. Left: Carl Bobzien, winner from Louisville, KY, President Hoover and Paul Quinn, winner from the District of Columbia White House, Wash

Tydings and Ingalls 1930

U.S. Capitol fire, Washington, D.C.

U.S. Army blimp over Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C.

Uncle Sam istrying to find a way for automobile tires to wear longer for 25,000,000 motorists. Wearing specimens of rubber to. that then 25,000,000 owners of automobiles may have tires that last longer is a. now in progress at the Bureau of Standards. W.L. Holt of the Rubber Section is sho

Venezuela Minister, Pedro Arcayo (CBS)

Views White House fire ruins. On his way to lunch today President Hoover viewed the debris from the White House fire piled high on the executive office grounds

W. Carson Ryan, Jr., takes oath of office as Commissioner of Education, Bureau of Indiana Affairs

War mothers honor unknown soldier. The 81 Missouri war mothers who have just returned from a pilgimage to the graves of their hero sons in France, paid tribute at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier upon their arrival in Washington. Gen. John J. Pershing, a native of Missouri, assisted them in the cerem

Woman at White House holding HR 2667, Public No. 361, 71st Congress, Approved June 17, 1930. Washington, D.C.

Women sitting next to lily pond

Women's Nat'l Dem. Club, 1330 G Street

Womens City Club flyers at Wash. Airport

Womens City Club flyers at Wash. Airport

Xmas tree and children, Dec.

YOUNG, CLARENCE M. COLONEL

Charles Adams and Henry L. Stimson with group of Japanese

Charles Curtis, center left, and Andrew W. Mellon, center right

Charles Francis AdamsⅢ

Charles F. Adams, Patrick J. Hurley, Lou and Herbert Hoover

Charles Evans Hughes, left; at White House, Washington, D.C.

Construction at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia

Crowd outside U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C.

Distinguished guests at the White House reception on New Year's day. 1 January 1931

Edward Augustine Savoy cropped

Edward Augustine Savoy

George Washington fire engine. Unusually interesting to visitors to Alexandria, Va., is this fire engine purchased by George Washington in 1775 at Philadelphia and regarded at the time as the most efficient type of engine. The engine is still in good condtion and reposes in the headquarters of the F

Group at White House, includes Charles F. Adams, Ray Wilbur, Charles Curtis. Washington, D.C.

Group on steps of U.S. Capitol; James J. Davis, 3rd from right in front. Washington, D.C.

Group with aircraft outside White House

Group, back row: Patrick J. Hurley, left; Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., right

Henry Stimson, 2nd from right; at White House, Washington, D.C.

John J. Pershing at White House, Washington, D.C.

Lou and Herbert Hoover and group at White House, Washington, D.C.

Lou Hoover and group planting tree

New Norwegian Legation at Washington. The new Norwegian Legation Building which will be formally opened by representatives of that country tomorrow, headed by Minister Halvard Bachke. Located on Massachusettes beyond the new British Embassy the Legation commands an imposing view of the Capital, 4/27

Newbold Noyes (cropped)

Norwegian embassy Washington 1931

Ogden Mills, 2nd from left, Jesse H. Jones, 3rd from right, and Charles G. Dawes, 2nd from right

Patrick J. Hurley, right. White House, Washington, D.C.

Patrick Hurley and group

Peter A. Cavicchia (New Jersey Congressman)

Robert P. Lamont at desk

Royal Japanese couple, Prince and Princess Takamatsu posed with group by cherry blossoms, Tidal Basin, Washington, D.C.

Stimson broadcasts greeting to Japan. Secretary of State Stimson, on the occasion of the birthday of the Emperor of Japan, today sent a good will message by radio to Japan. Ambassador Debuchi of Japan also spoke, and the reply from Japan was made by Baron Shidehara in Tokyo. Secretary Stimson is on

Street view looking east down F Street, N.W., from 15th Street, with Old Ebbitt Cafeteria and Grill, 1427 F Street, at far left, and Garfinckel's Department Store. Washington, D.C.

U.S. Worker finger printed. Starting in July, all civil service employees of the United States government will have their finger prints recorded for purpose of identification. Miss Opal Boyce, employee of the civil service department, is shown having her fingerprints made by John H. Clark, assistant

Unidentified on steps of U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C.

Visitors at White House, Washington, D.C.

Walt Disney with Mickey Mouse drawing

Weather vane/lightning rod

Woman reading braille

Airplane landing strip model

Albert Ritchie, left

Albert Ritchie, center

Alice Roosevelt Longworth, left

Amelia Earhart and group