Harris & Ewing photos from the 1930s
6,354 photos, in date order; 3,721–3,780 on this page. The studio gave its photographs to the Library of Congress without copyright restrictions. About the collection
Hard worker. Washington, D.C., Sept. 22. Hardest working cabinet office. the Capitol these days is Henry A. Wallace, who is pictured pondering farm problems as dusk settles over the capitol city, 9/22/38
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Harold G. Mosier 1938-11-18
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Harold E. Doyle, Fred. D. Allen, Aubrey St. C. Wardwell, Real Estate Board *Washington Real Estate Board *Allen is Vice President
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Harold E. Doyle, Fred. D. Allen, Aubrey St. Clair Wardwell *Wardwell is a lawyer and member of the board/commission
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Pan American awarded New York-Bermuda airmail contract. Washington, D.C., Jan. 15. Submitting the only bid, Pan American Airways today was awarded the contract to carry air mail from New York to Hamilton, Bermuda. In announcing the bid the Post Office Department said the following rates would prevai
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Harper Knowles, Martin Dies, Rep. Joe Starnes, D of Miss.
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Harry Stubman and Fritz Gutheim
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Harry S. Truman of Mo.
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Head of Republic Steel before Senate Civil Liberties Committee. Washington, D.C., Aug. 11. Tom M. Girdler; Chairman of the Board of the Republic Steel Corp., as he appeared before the Senate Liberties Committee today, 8/11/38
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Hazel Huffman, testifying before the Dies Un-American Committee
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Heads White House police. Washington, D.C., June 25. Lieut. John M.D. McCubbin was today promoted to Captain of the White House police force. A Member of the force since 1922 he succeeds Capt. A.A. Walters, retired
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Head of Republic Steel quizzed by Senate Civil Liberties Committee. Washington, D.C., Aug. 11. Tom M. Girdler; Chairman of the Board of the Republic Steel Corp., as he appeared before the Senate Liberties Committee today, 8/11/38
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Headquarters of Secret Service at Treasury Dept., 10-38
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Headaches anew for Speaker. Washington, D.C., Dec. 22. Congressional headaches are again the order for Speaker of the House William B. Bankhead, who is pictured at his desk today following his return to the capital for the opening of Congress on January 3, 12/22/38
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Hears charges of ousted TVA Chairman. Washington, D.C., May 25. Listeners may hear no good of themselves, but, David E. Lillienthal, Co-Director of the tennessee Valley Authority, certainly cupped his ear today to catch every word of Dr. Arthur E. Morgan, deposed TVA Chiarman, as he hurled charges a
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Help must be given farm youth senate committee told by Undersecretary of Agriculture. Washington, D.C., March 10. M.L. Wilson, Undersecretary of Agriculture, today told the Senate Unemployment and Relief Committee that vocational and extension programs for youths must be expanded. During his testimo
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Henry A. Wallace, Secretary of Agriculture, center, with members of the 4-H club
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Henry Miller, Attorney, Fed. Trade Commission
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Henry P. Fletcher, John Hamilton, Franklyn Waltman
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Heroes of battle of Gettysburg paid tribute by surviving brothers-in-arms. Washington, D.C., May 30, Although there are only a few of the boys in blue and gray left, two of them were strong enough today, Memorial Day, to drop flowers from the air on the Gettysburg battlefield to honor their comrades
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Heywood Broun Congress
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High school girls used to spread communist propaganda to soldiers, Jon. T. Pace. Washington, D.C., Nov. 16. John T. Pace of Detroit, who admitted he was a member of the communist party from 1931 to 1934 today told the House Committee Investigating Un-American Activities that the communist party assi
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Hits present unemployment insurance. Washington, D.C., March 17. Appearing before the Senate Unemployment and Relief Committee today, Herman A. Gray, Chairman of the New York Unemployment Insurance State Advisory Council, declared that American system of unemployment insurance is cumbersome, complex
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Hits Borah-O'Mahoney licensing bill. Washington, D.C., March 22. Edward Clark, Texas Secretary of State, protested before a Senate Judiciary Committee today that the Borah-O'Mahoney liscencing bill was a thinly veiled attempt to control production rather than to regulate interstate commerce. The bil
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Hogg sisters at W.H.
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Hollywood star arrives to participate in celebration of National Airmail Week. Washington, D.C., May 15. A typical Hollywood reception was accorded Miss Marion Weldon, Paramount starlet, as she arrived in Washington today to represent the movie city in participating in National Airmail Week. Miss We
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Hollywood starlet arrives to participate in National Airmail Week. Washington, D.C., May 15. Miss Marion Weldon, Paramount starlet, waves a greeting to the throng as she arrived at Washington Airport today to participate in National Airmail Week as a representative of the film city. Miss Weldon was
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Home of Sec. Ickes, Olney, MD
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Small purchasing power of workers cause of business recession. Washington, D.C., Jan. 7. Testifying before the Senate Committee studying unemployment, Homer Martin, President of the United Automobile Workers, today said it was his impression that the present business situation has resulted from the
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Honors America's war dead at Arlington. Washington, D.C., May 30, A general scene in the amphitheater at Arlington National Cemetery today as thousands gathered to pay tribute to America's war dead this Memorial Day. Senator David I. Walsh, of Massachusetts, delivered the principal address, 5/30/38
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Honorary President of Alliance Françaisse Honored. Washington, D.C., Nov. 14. The French Ambassador Rene St. Quentin, who is Honorary President of the Alliance Française in the U.S. and Canada, was guest of honor today at a luncheon in Washington, the Alliance Française is composed of Men of Letters
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Honor students receive awards. Annapolis, Md. June 3. The three midshipmen who places highest in competitive examinations, receive another award after getting their diplomas, left to right; Jack Obermeyer, of New York, gets a kiss from Mary M. Scott of South Orange, N.J., Honor Man #2, Russell H. Wa
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Hosiery testing machine. Washington, D.C., March 23. At the request of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, the U.S. Bureau of Standards has developed a hosiery testing machine. The machine simulates the force acting on a stocking at the knee and garter clasps in use. A survey was made of women'
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House blocs battle boost and cut in new relief bill. Washington, D.C., Feb. 12. Chairman Edward Taylor, (D. Col.) of the House Appropriations Committee prepared today to meet opposition to the $250,000,000 Deficiency Relief Bill from two congressional factions, those that want to double it and those
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House Committee hears of read activities. Washington, D.C., Oct. 21. Edwin Hughes, a police captain at Flint, Mich. Told house investigators today that a man he knows as a Communist used a sound truck to incite rioting at Flint's Fisher Body Planet in 1937. He is shown as he appeared on the stand, 1
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House leaders. Washington, D.C., Jan. 3. House leaders discussing last-minute details incident to the convening of the joint session of congress today to hear President Roosevelt read his message in person. Left to right: Rep. Bertrand Snell of New York, House Minority Leader; Speaker Bankhead; and
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House Legislative Counsel. Washington, D.C., Feb. 18. Middleton Beaman, Legislative Counsel for the House of Representatives, pictured as he attended a recent House hearing, 2/18/38
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House Majority Leader gets ready for the opening of Congress. Washington, D.C., Oct. 19. Sam Rayburn, Majority Leader of the House, holds an informal press conference outdoors, Rayburn, one of the few congressional leaders to return to Washington before the sessions begin, gets to work at once on pu
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How a bill become a law. Having completed his draft of the law-to-be, Representative Maverick introduces his bill by dropping it in the hopper proved for that purpose. A representative may introduce a bill on any subject he chooses. Senators are not permitted to introduce revenue bills as they must
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How a bill become a law. The bill is taken from the hopper and sent to Lewis Dreschler, Parliamentarian of the House who refers it to the proper committee for discussion and then sends it to the Chief Bill Clerk to be numbered
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How a bill become a law. Delivered to the chief bill clerk by a page boy, the bill is given a number and sent to the Government Printing Office for printing. William McDermott, chief bill clerk of the house, is shown numbering a bill brought to him by page John Jurgensen
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How a bill become a law. Printed and numbered, the bill is not ready for consideration by the committee having jurisdiction over its subject matter. The committee members, specialists in their fields, carefully study the prospective legislation before it is sent to the floor of Congress of discussio
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How a bill become a law. At the same time that the bill is sent to the committee, it is also filed in the document room, so that interested parties may obtain a copies for inspection. John H. Smith of the House Document room is shown here filing a bill
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How a bill become a law. After discussion and debate on the merits and defects of the bill as presented or amended, a vote is taken either by "aye & nay", tellers, or tally. This picture shows Hans Jurgensen, tally clerk of the house recording the results of a tally vote
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How a bill become a law. After the vote has been taken, the result is noted in the Journal of Action by Louis Sirkey, House Journal Clerk. If the bill receives a passing vote, it is sent to the other House for action. If the bill failed to pass it must be reintroduced unless it is voted to refer it
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How a bill become a law. After passing both the house and senate, the bill, now two-thirds on its way toward being a law, is sent to the president for his approval. H.V. Hesselman, Clerk of the Committee on Enrolled Bills of the House, is shown leaving for the White House with a recently passed bill
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How a bill become a law. Now a law, the former bill, reprinted in legal form, is incorporated in the statutes-at-large and filed in the State Department. E.D. Kuppinger, Assistant Chief of the Law Section of the Division of Research and Republication of the State Department is showing placing a law
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How much wear will your carpet stand? Washington, D.C., March 19. A machine that produces the bending, slipping, twisting, and compression of the pile that takes place when a carpet is walked upon, has been developed by the National Bureau of Standards to test the durability of carpets. H.F. Schiefe
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Howell G. Crim
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Howard Hughes speaking before the Press Club. Washington, D.C., July 21. Howard Hughes, speaking at the National Press Club today, before hundreds of government officials and representatives of foreign governments. Hughes today envisioned a future in aviation when giant flying boats, almost as large
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Huge task for Presidential Secretary. Washington, D.C., Jan. 28. The White House was virtually swamped today with letters containing 10-cent contributions to National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. Miss Margaret Lehand, Personal Secretary to President Roosevelt, is shown as she began opening th
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Hugh Cox, Justice Dept., 11/26/38
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Hull and Roosevelt discuss neutrality policy. Washington, D.C., May 9. William H. Malone, former Chairman of the Illinois Tax Commission who has been sentences to two years in preison for Income Tax fraud, flew to Washington today to appeal personally to President Roosevelt for a pardon. Upon arriva
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Hugo Eckner confers with president. Washington, D.C., May 20. Dr. Hugo Eckener, dirigible expert, leaving the White House today with German Ambassador Hans Heinrich Dieckhoff following a conference with President Roosevelt. Eckener would reveal no details of his conference, except to say that he tal
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Hungarian Minister sees Secretary of State. Washington, D.C., Sept. 26. The State Department is a busy place these days. Here we see the Hungarian Minister John Pelenyi arriving at the State Department for an appointment with Secretary Hull, 9/26/38
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I.B.M. contest winners
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I can lick the bum' Washington, D.C., Nov. 9. Rollicking Tony Galento, Orange, N.J., pubkeeper, sounding off today at the offices of the D.C. Boxing Commission where he laid on the line for Secretary Harvey L. Miller a ten-grand note as a challenge to Joe Louis for a championship bout. The money wil
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Ickes denies wire tapping by his investigators. Washington, D.C., Jan. 11. Secretary of the Interior Ickes denied before the Senate Public Lands Committee that this department investigators had tapped telephone wires of any Senator or Representative. Ickes, testifying on behalf of Ebert K. Burlew, n
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Idaho Senator luncheon guest of president. Washington, D.C., Jan. 28. Senator William E. Borah, of Idaho, arriving at the White House today for a luncheon engagement with President Roosevelt. Borah, long an ardent "Trust Buster", was expected to discuss the Anti-Monopoly Bill, now before the Senate
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Ickes press conference
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