Harris & Ewing photos from the 1930s

Machine signs 7,000 social security checks per hour with no writer's cramp. Washington, D.C., Dec. 14. John W. Thomas is shown here feeding social security checks into a check signing device which reels off some 7,000 checks per hour. The checks are being made at the Treasury Department's Disbursing

Magna Carta deposited in Congressional Library for duration of war. Washington, D.C., Nov. 28. The most cherished existing copy of the Magna Carta was today deposited in the Congressional Library here for the duration of the war by British Ambassador Lord Lothian. Librarian Archibald MacLeish, left

Mail service in Capitol. Free to Congressmen, no. 8. Not only is mail handled free, but it is delivered to the offices of congressmen by messengers. Some congressmen provide the messenger with Christmas tips or gifts, but there is no charge for the service

Maj. Gen. H.H. Arnold, Chief of Army Air Corps

Maine Senator. Washington, D.C., April 4. A new informal picture of Senator Wallace H. White, Jr., republican of Maine. 4-4- 39

Maine Representative. Washington, D.C., April 10. A new informal picture of Rep. Clyde Smith, republican of Maine. 4-10- 39

Major General Henry D. Todd

Major General George Van Horn Moseley testifies before the House Un-American Activities Committee

Man displaying front page of Philadelphia Record newspaper from September 21, 1939

Manhattan Mayor praises relief program. Washington, D.C., May 8. Mayor Fiorella La Guardia, Mayor of New York, testified before the House WPA Investigating Committee with gestures. He praised the federal relief program as 'the American way' dealing with unemployment and termed its discontinuance as

Manufacturers group asks removal of taxes to stimulate recovery of business. Washington, D.C., June 3. Noel Sargent of New York, representing the National Association of Manufacturers, presented an 8 point program of tax revision to the House Ways and Means Committee today. The association asked the

Map showing locations of Custer, Reno and indians

Marion Martin, Mrs. Jas. Arniell

Marjorie Bertha Morgenstierne, daughter of the Minister of Norway and Mme. Morgenstierne

Maritime Union pickets U.S. Dept. of Commerce. Washington, D.C., May 17. More than 500 members of the National Maritime Union picketed the U.S. Commerce Department Building today in protest against what they said was indiscriminate issuance of seaman's certificates. Patrick D. Whalen, Chairman of th

Washington, D.C., Dec. 11. Marriner Eccles, Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board

Marshall Dimock, Assistant Secretary of Labor

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Marvin McIntyre and Mrs. Ross McIntyre

Presidential Secretary Marvin H. McIntyre at the White House, 1/9/39

Mary Riddell, daughter of the Counselor of the Canadian Legation and Mrs. Riddell

Mary Recinos, daughter of the Minister of Guatemala and Senora de Recinos

Maryland Democrat. Washington, D.C., May 4. A new informal picture of Rep. Ambrose J. Kennedy, Democrat of Maryland

Massachusetts Senator 'loves a parade.' Washington, D.C., May 12. Whenever a military or naval parade passes the Capitol, Senator David I. Walsh, Chairman of the Senate Naval Affairs Committee, can always be found viewing it. He is shown viewing the troops which took part in the recent welcome to Pr

Massachusetts officials call on Roosevelt. Washington, D.C., Jan. 14. Senator David. I. Walsh and States Attorney General Paul Dever of Massachusetts today called upon President Roosevelt and are shown here as they left. It is believed that they discussed a program of solving the Back Bay State's fl

Massachusetts Congressman. Washington, D.C., June 3. A new informal picture of Rep. John W. McCormick of Mass.

Masses listen while negress sings. Washington, D.C., April 9. An estimated 75,000 people of all races massed before the Lincoln Memorial today while negro contralto Marian Anderson staged on of the most dramatic concerts seen in Washington. The concert was the culmination of the bitterest black-vs.

Maurice Millyan. Kansas City, District Attorney

May get S.E.C. Chairmanship. Washington, D.C., March 23. Reports in the Capitol say Jerome Frank, Securities and Exchange Commissioner, will be named to the Chairmanship vacated by William O. Douglas when he was nominated to the United States Supreme Court. 3-23-39

Washington, D.C., July 20. A new informal picture of Max Lowenthal, counsel to the Senate interstate commerce sub-committee 'which' is investigating railroads, 7/20/39

Maybe they discuss Joe Lewis? Washington, D.C., May 25. Col. John R. Kilpatrick, President of the Madison Square Garden Corp., and Jack Dempsey having a whispered conversation before the beginning of today's hearing upon a bill by Sen. W. Warren Barbour to lift the ban upon the shipment of fight fil

Mayor Hague battler favors Ludlow Amendment. Washington, D.C., May 10. New York Attorney Morris Ernst, writer and lawyer who battled Mayor Hague in civil liberty cases, appeared as witness today before a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee to favor the Ludlow resolution to place the power of declaring agg

McCuistion taken into custody. Washington, D.C., Oct. 31. The Dies Committee today turned over to the police, William C. McCuistion, when he finished his testimony and adopted a resolution calling on the Justice Department's Civil Liberties Unit to investigate charges against the witness. With McCui

McKinley's Ohio home yields wood for gavel. Garner made gift by Commerce Group. Washington, D.C., May 4. Canton, Ohio's Chamber of Commerce today called upon the Vice President to make him a present of a gavel turned from wood taken from the home of the late President McKinley in Canton. Mr. Garner

McNutt calls at White House. Washington, D.C., July 6. Paul McNutt, Governor General of the Philippines, arrives at the White House for a luncheon appointment with President Roosevelt. McNutt is an announced candidate for the 1940 democratic presidential nomination in the event President Roosevelt d

McNutt faces cameramen and reporters at press conference. Washington, D.C., July 6. Paul McNutt, Governor General of the Philippines and announced candidate for the democratic presidential nomination in 1940 in the event President Roosevelt does not run, faces a battery of cameramen and a corps of n

McWhirter tells Dies Committee Semitic investigation was for personal information. Washington, D.C., May 23. Felix McWhirter, Indiana banker and Republican State Finance Officer, today's witness before the Dies Committee, was questioned as to why he wrote J.E. Campbell of Kentucky, inquiring if 'Hul

Mefford R. Runyon, Vice-Pres. of CBS, N.Y., in charge of owned and operated stations

Member of Social Security Board. Washington, D.C., Dec. 19. A new informal picture of George E. Bigge, a member of the Social Security Board

Members of Supreme Court attend service for late Justice Butler. Washington, D.C., Nov. 17. Members of the United States Supreme Court, who acted as honorary pall bearers for the late Justice Pierce Butler, are shown leaving St. Matthews Cathedral today where a high requiem mass was sung as a final

Members of the NLRB Committee who listened to opening session today. Washington, D.C., Dec. 11. Republican members of the Smith Committee Investigating the National Labor Relations Board today held a majority. Photo shows left to right: Rep. Charles Halleck, R., of Indiana, Chairman Howard Smith, of

Most Rev. Amleto Givanni Cicognani

Message from pope read by apostolic delegate to Georgetown convocation. Washington, D.C., June 5. The most Reverend Amleto Giovanni Cicognani, Apostolic Delegate to the U.S. read a message today from Pope Pius XI to delegates to Georgetown University's sesquicentennial convocation in memory of the f

Mexican ambassador daughter hula

Method for preserving sweet cream indefinitely discovered by Government expert. Washington, D.C., Jan. 26. Dairymen the world over will benefit from a method discovered by Owen E. Williams, of the Bureau of Dairy Industry, U.S. Department of Agriculture, whereby sweet cream can be preserved indefini

Method for preserving cream. The salt is put into earthen jars, when cream is added. It must be stirred sufficiently to mix, 1/26/39

Method for preserving cream. To remove the salt, the cream is diluted with fresh skim milk and run through a cream separator. The salt is removed with the skim milk, leaving the cream free of salt, 1/26/39

Metropolitan's Board President, President and Counsel at sensational testimony at monopoly. Washington, D.C., Feb. 9. Frederick Eckner, President of the Board of Directors, Leroy Lincoln, President of Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., and John Lord O'Brian, Metropolitan Counsel. At the Monopoly Heari

Mexican Ambassador's daughter studies hula dancing. Washington, D.C., Jan. 26. Senorita Erma Castillo Nauera, daughter of the Mexican Ambassador and Senora de Castillo Nauera, has taken up the study of hula hula dancing at a local dance school

Mexican Ambassador. Washington, D.C., Nov. 24. A new informal picture of Senor Dr. Don Francisco Castillo Najera, Mexico Ambassador to the United States

Mexican Ambassador. Washington, D.C., Nov. 24. Senor Dr. Don Francisco Castillo Najera, Mexican Ambassador to the United States, from a new informal picture made a few days ago at the Embassy

Mexican Ambassador a canary fancier. Washington, D.C., Nov. 24. The Mexican Embassy resembles a bird store these days now that Ambassador Senor Dr. Don Francisco Castillo Najera has gone in for the breeding of canaries in a big way. Here we see the Ambassador visiting a few of his feathered friends

Mexican Ambassador teaches daughter art of making salads. Washington, D.C., Nov. 24. Noted in the diplomatic set for his expertness in concocting new salads, Mexican Ambassador Senor Dr. Don Francisco Castillo Najera, is now teaching his daughter, Ermita, this culinary art. The Ambassador is especia

Mexican Ambassador presents check for $500,000 to State Department. Washington, D.C., Dec. 30. Mexico today made its sixth annual payment of $500,000 to the United States in payment for American claims made to the Mexican Government for mixed claims. He is shown here talking to Capt. Colon Eloy Alfa

Michael Fallanshie, Director. F.W. Ecker, V.P. F.H. Ecker, Chairman of the Board. James Madden, V.P. Metropolitan Life

Michigan senator congratulated on 55th birthday. Washington, D.C., March 22. Senator Arthur M. Vandenberg, who is being prominently mentioned as the Republican Presidential Nominee in 1940, is pictured receiving the congratulations on his 55th birthday today from fellow Republicans in the Senate. Th

Michael Cleary, right, Pres. of the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co., with his counsel, G.M. Swanstrom, at Monopoly Comm. Hearing

Michigan Cherry Queen pays respects to Vice President, brings samples. Washington, D.C., July 7. Jean Halmond, Michigan Cherry Festival Queen, today spent part of the day at the Capitol, lunching with Senator Arthur Vandenberg who introduced her to V.P. Garner. Never bashful were ladies are concerne

Michigan Senator keeps in writing trim. Washington, D.C., July 17. A newspaper editor before he came to Congress, Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg, Republican of Michigan, still keeps his hand in by occasionally writing stories for the hometown paper