Herbert Hoover presenting the National Geographic Society medal to Amelia Earhart at The White House, with Dr. Gilbert Grosvenor, at left. June 21, 1932
Washington DC
Colleen Moore tells the world about her Doll House, which was visiting Lansburgh’s department store in Washington DC Moore shares some air time with Banks Murray, Dorothy Stewart and Kate […]
Mrs Vincent Cosamano, pie eating contestant, 1921
back-then: Pie eating contest at Tidal Basin bathing beach. Washington, D.C. 1921
holding hands in Washington, DC, 1924
Better Ole Club Orchestra at Zoo – ‘Beats the Arctic ice and snow’ so said Mr. Polar Bear at the Washington [DC] Zoo, when the ‘Better Ole’ club orchestra, assisted […]
a weekly bus and streetcar pass for Capital Transit Co., this one issued in 1937, allowed a person to use Washington DC’s public transit all week for $1.25
President receives first Buddy Poppy – Washington, DC, April 6, 1937 Today was happy one for little four-year-old Ruth Joyce Bradish as she pinned the first Buddy Poppy of 1937 […]
Fox Roller Skating Girls, Washington DC, 1929
Chief Executive Receives First ‘Buddy’ Poppy – Little Muriel Morgan came from the Veterans of Foreign Wars Home for Widows and Orphans of ex-services men in Faton Rapids, Michigan, to present […]