Harris & Ewing photos from the 1930s
6,354 photos, in date order; 4,141–4,200 on this page. The studio gave its photographs to the Library of Congress without copyright restrictions. About the collection
New member of Social Security Board takes oath of office. Washington, D.C., Dec. 30. Mrs. Ellen S. Woodward, former Assistant WPA Administrator, was today sworn in as a member of the Social Security Board. She succeeds Miss Mary Dewson, resigned. Left to right: George E. Scott, Chief of Appointment
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New method of making pottery. Washington, D.C., June 17. Receiving end of the new electrically heated 45 foot tunnel kiln at the National Bureau of Standards. This kiln makes it possible to fire pottery in as little as 16 hours compared with 2 and 3 days or more in the older types of kilns, picture
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New quick drying defense huts demonstrated to government officials. Washington, D.C., Aug. 25. By means of a new invention known as the vacuum concrete process, a pill box fort was erected on the grounds of the National Bureau of Standards today in the record time of four hours. The purpose of the d
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New Philippine Resident Commissioner takes Oath of Office. Washington, D.C., Sept. 30. Joaquin M. Elizade, (left) newly appointed Philippine Resident Commissioner, is pictured as he administered the Oath of Office today by Frank M. Hoadley, Assistant Chief Clerk of the War Department. Secretary of W
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New Philippine Commissioner visits the President. Washington, D.C., Oct. 28. Joaquin Miquel Elizalde, left, new Resident Commissioner from the Philippines with Sec. of War, Harry Woodring. Leaving the White House after paying the first official visit to the President, 10-28-38
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New Republican Senator asserts independence. Washington, D.C., Dec. 28. Senator Clyde M. Reed, Republican Senator elect from Kansas, came to Washington for the coming Congressional session and right away made it clear he was here as a 'free and independent' senator and intended to vote every questio
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New SEC members pay call on President. Washington, D.C., Jan. 25. John W. Hanes (left) and Jerome Frank (right) new members of the Security and Exchange Commission, today paid their first call on President Roosevelt since assuming their new posts. They were accompanied by William O. Douglas, Chairma
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New Senator from Oregon and Mrs. Washington, D.C., Feb. 11. Newcomers to the nation's congressional circle are Sen. and Mrs. Alfred Evan Reames, of Medford, Ore. They are welcomed by Rep. Nan W. Honeyman, D. of Ore. right; the Senator replaces Frederick Steiwer, who resigned to practice law, 2/11/38
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New Senator from Oregon. Washington, D.C., Feb. 14. Senator Alfred Evan Reames, of Medford, Ore. who replaced Sen. Frederick Steiwer, R. of Oregon, photographed at his desk to day in the Senate Office Building, 2/14/38
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New Rumanian envoy presents credentials. Washington, D.C., April 21. The new Rumanian Minister to the United States, Hon. Ruda Iremesc, leaving the White House today after presenting his letters of credence to President Roosevelt. He was presented to the President by George T. Summerlin, (left) Chie
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New Senator meets old timer. Washington, D.C., Dec. 28. Senator Clyde M. Reed, Republican elect from Kansas, after a press conference and session with photographers, found time to have some words with ex-Senator Smith W. Brookhart, Republican from Iowa who served from 1923-33, 12/28/38
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New S.E.C commissioner. Washington, D.C., Dec. 12. Recently appointed by President Roosevelt to be a member of the Securities and Exchanges Commission, Rep. Edward C. Eicher of Iowa, today took the oath and assumed his new duties immediately
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New Treasury appointees take oath. Washington, D.C., Jan. 15. Today was swearing-in day at the Treasury as four newly appointed Treasury aides took the oath of office. In the photograph, left to right: Goodwin J. Oppegard, to be Deputy Comptroller of the Currency; Gibbs Lyons, to be Chief National B
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New Supreme Court Justice in robes. Washington, D.C., Jan. 29. The new Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, Stanley Reed, pictured in his robes for the first time since his confirmation
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New U.S. Adjutant General. Washington, D.C., May 2. Major General Emory S. Adams was today sworn in as Adjutant General, Army to succeed Maj. Gen. Edgar T. Conley pictured at his desk on the first day in new post, 5/2/38
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New tax expert for U.S. Treasury Washington, D.C., June 1. Roy Blough, recently appointed to the newly created post of Director of Tax Research for the United States Treasury Department, today assumed his new duties. He was former Associate Professor in the Department of Economics, Graduate School o
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New Supreme Court Justice in robes. Washington, D.C., Jan. 29. The new Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, Stanley Reed, pictured in his robes for the first time since his confirmation. Warning to editors
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New Treasury annex. Washington, D.C., Nov. 18. The newly completed U.S. Treasury annex which will house the Bureau of Engraving and Printing
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New time saving voting machine designed to U.S. Capitol employee. Washington, D.C., May 10. Until Jurgensen, Jr., a tally clerk in the House of Representatives designed this electric voting machine it took at least three months, using the old rubber stamp system, to compile the voting records of the
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New Supreme Court Nominee faces "firing squad." Washington, D.C., Jan. 15. Shortly after his nomination to the Supreme Court bench was announced today by President Roosevelt, U.S. Solicitor General Stanley F. Reed faces this huge battery of cameras--both sounds and still--at his office in the Justic
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New U.S. envoy to Great Britain and aide. Washington, D.C., Feb. 18. Joseph P. Kennedy, who was sworn in today as American Ambassador to Great Britain, is shown with the first aide he has chosen. Harold. Hinton, formerly Washington Correspondent for the New York Times. It is presumed Hinton wil
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New U.S. Supreme Court Marshal. Washington, D.C May 3. Thomas E. Waggaman has been named Marshal of the United States Supreme Court to succeed Frank Key Green, who died last week. For 27 years Waggaman has been an employee of the court, starting there as a page boy in 1911 when only 13 years. He was
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New Wage-Hour Administrator gets helping hand from missus. Washington, D.C., Aug. 18. Working without pay, Mrs. Elmer F. Andrews, wife of the newly appointed Wage-hour Administrator, is helping her husband organize his new office force which has already been swamped with thousands of letters from em
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New use for surplus cotton. Washington, D.C., Sept. 1st. In connection with the program of the A.A.A. to divert surplus cotton from the normal channels of trade for the purpose of developing new commercial uses for cotton and cotton materials, apiculturists of the Dept. of Agriculture at the Beltsvi
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New WPA Administrator names assistants. Washington, D.C., Dec. 29. Col. F.C. Harrington, new WPA Administrator, today announced his selection of these two form Army officers as his assistants. Capt. G.E. Textor, U.S. Army Engineer Corps, was named as Executive Assistant to Major B.M. Harlee, right
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New York Senator reads telegraphic protests against Government Reorganization Bill. Washington, D.C., March 28. The office of Senator Royal S. Copeland, democrat of New York, was virtually flooded today with telegraphic protests against the Government Reorganization Bill which seemed certain to pass
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New York Solon charges Hopkins with pump-priming "propoganda." Washington, D.C., April 26. Displaying a batch of letters received in the first mail today, Rep. John Taber, Republican of New York, accused WPA Administrator Harry L. Hopkins of inspiring "chain letter propoganda" in favor of President
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New York Mayor confers with new WPA Administrator. Washington, D.C., Dec. 29. Mayor Fiorello La Guardia of New York City conferred today with Col. F.C. Harrington, new Works Progress Administrator. Following the meeting, Mayor Laguardia sharply criticized the plan for establishing bi-partisan boards
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New York Senator. Washington, D.C., Jan. 19. Senator Royal S. Copeland, of New York, pictured in a pensive mood as he listens to testimony before the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee today
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Newly appointed special counsel for FCC Investigation into broadcast monopoly. Washington, D.C., June 6. The F.C.C. today appointed William J. Dempsey, now special counsel for the commission and formerly with the Federal Power Commission as Special Counsel for the FCC Investigation into the Broadcas
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Newly appointed French Ambassador, Count Rene de Saint-Quentin. Left to right: Jules Henry, Counselor of the French Embassy, the ambassador, & George T. Summerlin, chief of the Div. of Protocol, State Dept.
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Newsman receives silver punch bowl. Washington, D.C., Feb. 25. As a token of appreciation for his aid in having the Congressional press galleries renovated, the standing committee of House and Senate correspondents today presented a silver punch bowl to William K. Hutchinson of International News Se
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Newsmen await Henry Ford. Washington, D.C., April 27. Reporters and news cameramen waiting outside the White Housue for Henry Ford to emerge from a conference with President Roosevelt. The wait was in vain, as far as news was concerened, because the motor magnate refused to make a statement of leavi
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News reporter before the Dies Committee. Washington, D.C., Oct. 22. Hungry college students brought an end to last year's "labor holiday" at Lansing, Mich. Donald W. Gardenor, Detroit Times Reporter, told the House Committee investigating Un-American affairs. Students at the Michigan State Agricultu
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News girls poke fun at administration at annual stunt party. Washington, D.C., March 14. Poking fun at the administration is the theme of the skit 'Nice Work if I Can Get It,' which members of the Women's National Press Club will stage at their annual dinner and stunt party Saturday night, March 5.
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Nice work if you can get it! Washington, D.C., June 10. Today was a happy day for Alphonse Roy, democrat, who was voted the seat of Rep. Arthur B. Jenks, Republican, in the House of Representatives. The final vote stood 214 to 122. Rep. Roy, representing the first district of New Hampshire, is pictu
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NLRB heads defends agency before senate committee. Washington, D.C., Feb. 3. Defending the National Labor Relations Board today before the senate judiciary committee, Chairman J. Warren Madden Asserted that demands for Congressional investigation by Senator Burke are based on "misinformation, half-t
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NMU head denies he's a communist. Washington, D.C., Feb. 17. Joseph Curran, President of the National Maritime Union, today told the Senate Commerce Committee that "I have not been a Communist, I am not a Communist and I do not believe that I ever intend to be a Communist." Curran, (right) shown wit
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No rest for a weary filibuster. Washington, D.C., Jan. 27. Senator Claude A. Pepper, Democrat of Florida who spoke for 11 hours during the current filibuster against the Anti-lynching bill, points out to pretty Mrs. Pepper the interesting sections of his long winded talk as he printed in the Congres
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No discord here. Washington, D.C., Dec. 29. Perfect harmony was in order today when Senate Majority Leader Alben W. Barkley, left, discussed final details for the opening of Congress on January 3, with Minority Leader Charles L. McNary of Oregon, 12/29/38
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No more hot air in Congress. Washington, D.C., June 17. Two million cubic feet of clean, cool air is delivered to members of Congress each minute by a $3,500,000 air conditioning plant, part of which is shown above. The plant supplies the entire Capitol and the Senate and the new and old House Offic
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Noah Webster most quoted author in Congress. Washington, D.C., March 21. When asked who was our most quoted author, the late "Uncle Joe" Cannon replied: "Noah Webster." In this picture V. Valta Parma, Curator of the Rare Book Division at Congressional Library, is showing Ethel Hearn the first and pr
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No. 1 air passenger presents award to PMG. Washington, D.C., May 20. Climaxing the celebration of National Airmail Week, Andre Kostelanetz, noted orchestra and a two-time winner of a trophy for being America's number one air traveler, today presented to Postmaster General Farley, a bronze placque wh
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No vote. D.C. ballot boxes draped in black. Washington, D.C., Nov. 8. Election day was just another day for voteless District of Columbia. To impress upon Washingtonians what they are missing ballot boxes draped in black were places on the busiest corners of downtown. Members of the District League
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Nominated for Supreme Court. Washington, D.C., Jan. 15. 53-year-old Stanley F. Reed, Solicitor General of the United States, has been nominated by President Roosevelt to succeed Justice George Sutherland as a member of the Supreme Court, 1/15/38
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Nominee for Assistant Attorney General questioned by senate committee. Washington, D.C., March 11. Thurman Arnold, nominee for Assistant Attorney General to succeed Robert H. Jackson, pictured as he was questioned by the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee this morning. He declared before the committee th
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North American Democratic Hungarian Federation. Left to right, Rep. Jerry O'Connell; Mrs. Joe Kiss; William Schick; Mr. Kiss; Rev. Imre Kovacs; James Roosevelt; Rep. Caroline O'Day; Rep. John M. Coffee; Joseph Brownfield; Irwing Eisner; Rep. John T. Bernard, 5/10/38
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North American Democratic Hungarian Federation. Front row, left to right: Joe Kiss; Rep. John T. Bernard and Joseph Brownfield. 2nd row, left to right: Rep. Henry T. Teigan; Rep. Caroline O'Day. Rear row, left to right: Rep. John M. Coffee; Rep. Jerry O'Connell; Irwing Eisner; Rev. Imre Kovacs and W
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North American Democratic Hungarian Federation. Left to right: Joseph Brownfield; William Schick; Rev. Imre Kovacs; Mrs. Joe Kiss; Irwing Eisner and Joe Kiss, 5/10/38
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Now "Eagle Child" Roosevelt. Washington, D.C., May 10. Hardly more than papooses these two Indian youngsters, Harry Oldperson, (left) 5 years old, and Joe Butterfly, 7 years old, presided at the induction ceremonies of James Roosevelt into the Blackfoot tribe today at the White House. As son of Pres
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NY Senator and wife celebrate president's 56th birthday. Washington, D.C., Jan. 29. Senator and Mrs. Royal S. Copeland of New York, joined the merrymakers at the Shoreham Hotel in celebrating President Roosevelt's 56th birthday tonight, 1/29/38
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O.L. Roach, Leslie E. Saunders, W.C. T. sley, and Howard D. North at E. Roper conference room during conference, 2/4/38
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Off to the Jersey wars. U.S. Army caisson, 5/7/37
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Off the record. Washington, D.C., Dec. 6. Following his appearance before the Senate Finance Subcommittee today, Edsal i.e. Edsel Ford chats informally with Chairman Clyde Herring, left, and Senator Arthur M. Vandenberg, Republican of Michigan
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Off-the record answers Washington, D.C., April 8. Maj. Gen. Smedley D. Butler, one-time Commander of the U.S. Marines, gives a few off-the-record answers to Senator Homer T. Bone, (right) member of the Senate Naval Affairs Committee before which Butler appeared today to oppose the $1,121,000,000 Nav
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Off-the-record. Washington, D.C., April 21. Alexander Kerensky, Head of the Russian Provisional Government of 1917, and, who was later expelled from the country by Lenin, was a guest of the National Press Club at a luncheon today. Conditions in Europe as experienced by the former statesman were desc
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Off-the-record. Washington, D.C., May 4. William S. Knudsen, (left) President of General Motors, today in a talk before the 26th Annual Meeting of the United States Chamber of Commerce forecasts that the Federal Government will eventually step in to break up sit-down strikes. He is pictured with Geo
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Ohio Senator. Washington, D.C., May 18. Senator Vic Donahey, democrat of Ohio, pictured at today's session of the TVA hearing, 5/18/38
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Officials of Florists Telegraph Delivery Assn., Inc., including President Willard Carin, 11/9/38
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