Harris & Ewing photos from the 1930s

Beauties present Vice President Garner with baskets of fruit to inaugurate Citrus Week. Washington, D.C., Jan. 23. National Citrus Week got off to a good start today when beauties from the citrus-growing sates presented Vice President Garner with baskets of the luscious fruit. Left to right: Martha

Before Dies Committee. Washington, D.C., Nov. 2. Frederick C. Phillips, whom National Maritime Union officials say was suspended from their union in May 1939, described to the Dies Committee today what he alleged to be communistic actions in the NMU. Phillips was formerly Secretary of the Atlantic D

Before Dies Committee. Washington, D.C., Dec. 1. The Dies Committee Investigating un-American activities today questioned Joseph P. Lash, Executive Secretary of the American Students' Union, and Miss Agnes Reynolds, College Secretary of the Union. Lash testified that he was a member of the Socialist

Before Monopoly Committee. Washington, D.C., Feb. 16. Charles D. Hilles, Director of the New York Life Insurance Company, and also Resident Agent for the Employer Liability Assurance Corp., today explained to the Monopoly Committee investigating insurance setups the relations between the two compani

Before Monopoly Committee. Washington, D.C., Feb. 17. Michael Clearly, President of the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co., today told the joint Monopoly Committee that his firm had avoided interlocking directorates with conflicting interests. He said that several persons had been eliminated fro

Before Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Washington, D.C., March 22. Secretary surrounded the meeting of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in Executive session today at which Brig. Gen. George C. Marshall, Deputy Chief of Staff, Rear Ad. William D. Leahy, Chief of Naval Operations, and Unders

Before Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Washington, D.C., April 13. Mrs. Louise Leonard Wright, representing six women's organizations, today asked the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for flexible neutrality policy and said she supported the measure of Senator Elbert D. Thomas which would allo

Before Monopoly Committee. Washington, D.C., June 29. R.R. Rogers, left, Vice President of the Prudential Life Insurance Co., today told the Monopoly Committee Investigating Insurance Company Setups that reduction of interest and amortization rates on homes would stimulate sale of houses but would n

Before Monopoly Committee. Washington, D.C., Nov. 11. Ernest T. Weir, arch-foe of the New Deal and Chairman of the National Steel Corporation, suggested before the National Monopoly Committee that it was 'easier for a company our size to operate and make a profit than a company with the size and ram

Before Dies Committee. Washington, D.C., Nov. 27. Dr. George W. Hartmann, Associate Professor of Educational Psychology at Teachers College, Columbia University, today told the Dies Committee that trouble within the American Federation of Teachers came from 'underground political manipulations' of i

Before Monopoly Committee. Washington, D.C., Dec. 13. George D. Woods, President of the First Boston Corporation, Boston, Mass., was a witness today before the National Monopoly Committee

Before Monopoly Committee. Washington, D.C., Dec. 13. George Leib, Vice President of Blyth & Co., was questioned by the National Monopoly Committee today regarding the underwriting of $45,000,000 worth of bonds issued in 1935 by the Pacific Gas and Electric Co.

Before Monopoly Committee. Washington, D.C., Dec. 19. Harold Stanley, President of Morgan, Stanley, & Co., today told the National Monopoly Committee that private bidding on securities underwriting is more to the public interest than public offerings. He said 'public bidding in corporate issues tend

Before Monopoly Committee. Washington, D.C., Dec. 20. William H. Woods, former President of the Illinois Bankers Life Assurance Co., and Head of the Illinois Bankers Life Association, today outlined to a Monopoly Subcommittee the circumstances surrounding organization of the company in 1929 when it

Before Naval Affairs Committee. Washington, D.C., Feb. 7. Flatly denying any foreign commitments or understandings, Admiral William D. Leahy, Chief of Naval Operations, today told to Naval Affairs Committee of the House that the fleet expects "To stand on it's own feet" in national defense, Interest

Before F.C.C. Washington, D.C., March 16. Gerald King, President of Standard Radio and president of the Association of Radio Transcription Producers, as he appeared before the Federal Communications Commission

Belgian diplomats call on President. Washington, D.C., June 14. Albert De Vleeschawer, Minister of Belgian colonies, and Count Robert Van der Straten-Ponthoz, Ambassador to the U.S. from Belgium who called upon the President today

Ben S. Fisher, Alex Barry, James Mott, Guy Cordoni

Below the belt.' Washington, D.C., July 6. Since President Roosevelt first came to the White House in 1933, Presidential Secretary Stephen T. Early as set aside a special envelope for what he terms 'below the belt' letters addressed to the Chief Executive. Threats from Cranks and general mud slingin

Benito Razon, Insular Affairs

DIES COMMITTEE TOLD RUSSIA SUBSIDIZED U.S. COMMUNIST PARTY WITH DIAMONDS AND JEWELRY. Testifying before the Dies committee today, Benjamin Gitlow, former General Secretary of the U.S. Communist Party, declared that the party was subsidized in its early years by diamonds and jewelry sent from Moscow.

Benjamin Gitlow circa 1938–1939 Edit

Bergdoll family at Senate Military Affairs Committee hearing. Washington, D.C., May 24. The family of Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, the World War draft dodger who fled to Germany to escape prosecution, were in the Senate Military Affairs Committee room today as Harry Weinberger, Bergdoll attorney, deno

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Big three of Senate Judiciary Subcommittee. Washington, D.C., Jan. 7. All experts at cross-examining these three Senators, members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, will take an active part in questioning witnesses when the committee begins opening hearings next week to consider the nomination of F

Big Train now calls 'em from the announcer's booth. Washington, D.C., April 22. 'Big Train' Walter Johnson, long time star in baseball's hall of fame, is now Washington's CBS station, WJSV, announcer of all the games played by the Senators. He is shown at the mike calling the play by play of yesterd

Big business huddle. Washington, D.C., May 2. In the spotlight at today's session of the 27th annual meeting of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce were, left to right: W. Gibson Carey, Jr., President of the Yale and Towne Manufacturing Co., George H. David, President of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and S

Big three of U.S. Steel. Washington, D.C., Nov. 2. Interested spectators at today's session of the Monopoly Committee now investigating the $4,000,000,000? steel industry were, left to right: Edward R. Stettinius, Chairman of the Board, U.S. Steel Corp., Benjamin F. Fairless, President, and Willia

Bill to ban beer advertising on radio not necessary of desirable. Sturgis. Washington, D.C., March 31. Testifying on a proposed bill to ban beer advertising on the radio, Wesley Strugis, Director of the Distilled Spirits Institute, today told the Senate Interstate Commerce Subcommittee that the bill

Blanka Brejska, daughter of the Counselor of the Czechoslovakia and Madam Brejska, who will take part in the International Children's Christmas Broadcast which will go over the air from the Shoreham Hotel on December 20. This function is one of the feature broadcasts of the year that goes out of the

Blood flows at post office dedication over question of property rights. Washington, D.C., July 22. When Mrs. Claude Tschiffely and her sister, Mrs. Samuel A. Wimsatt appeared this morning in front of the Rockville, MD., post office which was to be dedicated later in the day, armed with hatchet and s

Body of Illinois Senator lies in state in Senate chamber. Washington, D.C., April 12. The body of the late Senator from Illinois, J. Ham Lewis lying in state in the Senate chamber today where final rites were conducted. 4-12-39

Boeing 314 Yankee Clipper 1939

Body of Veteran Illinois Senator leaving Capitol for final resting place. Washington, D.C., April 12. Final rites for the late Senator from Illinois, J. Ham Lewis, were conducted today in the Senate chamber where the body lay in state. President Roosevelt, members of the Cabinet, U.S. Supreme Court

Body of late Secretary of Navy lies in state in Senate Chamber. Washington, D.C., July 10. Funeral services attended by President Roosevelt and other government heads, were held in the Senate Chamber today for the late Secretary of the Navy Claude A. Swanson. The flag-draped casket is shown guarded

Body of late Secretary of Navy lies in state at naval hospital here. Washington, D.C., July 8. A marine guard stands beside the flower- banked casket containing the remains of former Secretary of the Navy Claude A. Swanson. The casket will be moved from the naval hospital to the Senate Chamber Monda

Body of U.S. Ambassador to Cuba arrives in Washington for burial. Washington, D.C., Dec. 11. High officials of the State Department were at the Navy Yard this morning to receive the body of J. Butler Wright, U.S. Ambassador to Cuba, as it arrived aboard the U.S. Cuiser Omaha. Ambassador Wright, who

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Boomerang throwing is hobby of Secretary of Agriculture. Washington, D.C., July 13. Favorite exercise and hobby of Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace is boomerang throwing. He practices daily with a number of his cronies in Potomac Park and has become quite adept in the handling of the weapon

Bored Congressmen. Washington, D.C., March 30. How dull a congressional hearing can be is indicated in this picture made today shortly before the House Irrigation and Reclamation Committee reported favorably a bill authorizing the government to extend further relief to water users on federal Reclama

Brass industrialist tells Monopoly Committee they 'follow the leader and pray for profit.' Washington, D.C., May 9. H.L.Randall, President of the Riverside Metal Co., left, and John Coe, Jr., Vice President of the American Brass Co., on the right, witnesses before the Monopoly Committee's hearings o

Brazilian Chief of Staff entertained at U.S. Naval Academy. Annapolis, Md. June 20. Shortly after reviewing the midshipmen here today Gen. Goes Monteiro, Chief of Staff of the Brazilian army, was entertained at historic Bancroft Hall. The general arrived aboard the U.S.S. Nashville. Left to right: B

British Ambassador a White House caller. Washington, D.C., March 28. Cameramen "shoot" the British Ambassador Sir Ronald Lindsay as he leaves the White House today after a call on President Roosevelt. He refused to reveal the nature of his talk with the Chief Executive. Spanish ambassador De Los Rio

British Ambassador and noted physicist. Washington, D.C., April 26. Sir William Bragg, Nobel Prize winner in Physics and Sir Ronald Lindsay, British Ambassador to the U.S., photographed at the meeting of the National Academy of Sciences here at which Sir William Bragg was a principal lecturer

British Ambassador dons full regalia for Diplomatic reception at White House. Washington, D.C., Dec. 14. Lord Lothian, British Ambassador to the United States, snapped as he left the embassy tonight for the Diplomatic reception at the White House

Britain's Ambassador to the U.S. leaves for White House reception. Washington, D.C., Dec. 14. The British Ambassador to the United States, Philip Kerr, Marquess of Lothian, photographed tonight as he left the British Embassy here to attend the Diplomatic reception at the White House

British King's spiritual adviser. Washington, D.C., March 21. The Revered Charles Earle Raven, D.D., Chaplain to King George VI of England, Canon of Ely Cathedral and Regius Professor of Divinity at Cambridge University, photographed on his arrival in Washington where he will give a number of talks.

Bryan Mawr professor tells Senate Neutrality Group Thomas Act needs amendments. Washington, D.C., April 17. Charles G. Fenwick, Professor of International Law at Bryn Mawr College, told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the Thomas Neutrality Act should be amended to allow either Congress o

Builds own Jalopy. Washington, D.C., Feb. 2. Thirty dollars was all it cost Robert Preston, 16-year-old high school senior, to build this midget automobile. Weighing approximately 250 pounds, the 'jalopy' is powered with a washing machine motor of 3-4 horsepower and has a maximum speed of 20 miles a

Bureau of Standards breaks up plates for a reason. Washington, D.C., May 23. Just about everything manufactured in this country is made the subject of tests in the Bureau of Standards here. Even the dinner plates used in restaurants go through a series of tests in order that the government may known

Burton K. Wheeler's residence, 1/39

C.E. Groegbeck, Chimn. of the Board, Electric Bond and Share Co., Oct. 1939

Cabinet arrives to hear President address 76th Congress. Washington, D.C., Jan. 4. Led by Secretary of War Woodring and the new Attorney General Frank Murphy, members of the cabinet are pictured arriving at the House chamber today to hear President Roosevelt address the 76th Congress

California labor relationist charges AF of L fostered labor disturbances to discredit Wagner Act. Washington, D.C., May 9. George C. Kidwell, Director of the California State Department of Industrial Relations, charged today before the Senate Education and Labor Committee that the AF of L had delibe

California representative. Washington, D.C., May 26. A new informal picture of Rep. H. Jerry Voorhis, democrat of California

California claims of being cornucopia demonstrated on Capitol steps. Washington, D.C., May 29. San Diego, Calif., sent a delegation from its Chamber of Commerce to Washington today to plump for a national highway, 'The Broadway of America' from San Diego to New York and to remind folks in the east a

Called to testify before Monopoly Committee. Washington, D.C., Dec. 12. Called to testify late this afternoon before the Monopoly Committee were George Bovenzier of Kuhn, Loeb, & Co.; Charles Glore, of Glore, Forgan, & Co.; Edward N. Jesup of Lee Higginson Corp.; and Henry S. Sturgis, of the First N

New Soviet Ambassador Constantine Alexandrovitch Oumansky & his wife & daughter, Nina Constantina. He was formerly Charge d'Affaires & succeeds Alexander Troyanovsky

Cameraman tree Cherry Blossom Queen. Washington, D.C., March 28.

Cameraman tree Cherry Blossom Queen. Washington, D.C., March 28. Peggy Townsend, pretty Washington Miss who will be crowned Queen of the Cherry Blossoms at appropriate ceremonies on Friday, was t'treed" by the photographers as she arrived to get a preview of the beautiful blooms in Potomac Park toda