National Photo Company photos from the 1930s

Dining room at the Mexican Embassy, Washington D.C.

Executive offices undergoing repairs

Fire at Capitol in room where architectural models are stored, Jan. 3, 1930

House of Representatives Document Room, which was damaged by fire in the U.S. Capitol last night

Justice Stowe & Secty. Stimson receives New Year Reception

Man and woman buying produce at an outdoor market, Washington, D.C.(?)

Man, with cigarette holder in mouth, playing cards

Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh standing in front of building in the Washington, D.C. area, with automobile in foreground

National High School Orchestra with President Herbert Hoover, and Joe Maddy (to left of the president,) in front of the State, War and Navy Building, Washington, D.C.

Nicholas Longworth, Speaker of the House of Representatives, posing for oil portrait by Baron Robert Doblhoff.

Pres. H. Taft funeral

Richey, Akerson, & Newton Marine, New Year Reception

Scene at the Executive Offices undergoing repairs, which at present presents more of the appearance of a junkyard than the office of the President of the U.S.

Scene in the studio of Charles E. Moberley at the U.S. Capitol, Where most of last night's fire was confined

Showing progress on the reconstruction work on Executive Ofc.

Southern Oxygen Co., Washington, D.C.

Taft grave, Arlington, Va.

View of the U.S. Capitol during the fire which destroyed the studio of Artist Chas. Moberly & considerably damaged the House Document Room - fire engines with ladders going up the side of the Capitol

War Secretary poses for bust by noted sculptor. Secretary of War Patrick J. Hurley posing for the final touch of a bust of himself which is nearing completion at the hands of Edgardo Simone, noted Italian sculptor, who has been modeling a number of prominent personages at his studio in Washington *A

War Secretary poses for bust by noted sculptor. Secretary of War Patrick J. Hurley posing for the final touch of a bust of himself which is nearing completion at the hands of Edgardo Simone, noted Italian sculptor, who has been modeling a number of prominent personages at his stucio in Washington *A

Dupont Circle building, 1346 Connecticut Ave., Washington, D.C.

Miss Grace Abbott, 8/29/31

Syngman Rhee in 1931

Synman Rhee, Pres. Korea, 8/29/31

#50 B.E.F. Camp Anacostia D.C.; #48 B.E.F. Camp Anacostia, D.C '32

#42 B.E.F. Camp Anacostia D.C. 1932; Camp Marks, B.E.F. '32

#45 B.E.F. Camp Anacostia D.C. '32; #47 B.E.F., Camp Anacostia, D.C '32

#41 B.E.F. Camp Anacostia D.C. '32; #39 B.E.F. Camp Anacostia, D.C '32

3 principals before testifying before the subcommittee of the Senate Judiciary Committee at the start of the fight for amendment of the Volstead law

Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., White Gravenor bldg., Oct. 18, 1932 Construction

Georgetown Univ., Washington, D.C., construction, White Gravenor bldg., Oct. 18, '32

Georgetown Univ., Washington, D.C., construction, White Gravenor bldg., Nov. 15, 1932

Oldpostoffice southernrailway districtbuilding c1932

Exterior view of Morris Miller's Grocery, a member of the District Grocery Stores chain, Washington, D.C.

F.D. Roosevelt signing beer bill, March 22, 1933 * Signing the Cullen–Harrison Act into law.

President Franklin Roosevelt and six other men in cabinet room * President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Cullen-Harrison Act, or “Beer Bill,” March 22, 1933. He is seen with the Congressional sponsors of the bill, from left: Reps. Claude V. Parsons of Illinois and John McCormack of Massachusetts

Anacostia Junior High School, Washington, D.C., Oct. 25, 1934

Bethesda, Chevy Chase School, Md., 1935

Cooking class, Bethesda, Chevy Chase High School, 1935

Eastern High School students, Wash., D.C., 1935

Montgomery Blair High School Silver Spring, Md., 1935, class room

Montgomery Blair High School Silver Spring, Md., 1935

Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, Md., 1935, class room

Montgomery Blair High School Silver Spring, Md., 1935, cooking class

Montgomery High School students, c.1936, Md.

Montgomery High School, Md., c.1936

McKinley Technical School library mural

Rockville High School, c.1936

Rockville, Md., High School, c.1936

Tech High School Band, Wash., D.C., c.1936

Tech High School students, Washington, D.C., c.1936

Tech High School students, Washington, D.C., c.1936

Anacostia High School, Washington, D.C., 1939, art class

Anacostia High School, Washington, D.C., 1939, carpenter shop

Anacostia High School, Washington, D.C., 1939, baseball team