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Pouring whiskey into a

Pouring whiskey into a Sewer During Prohibition

"Waiting for the President"

Moonshine Still

Moonshine Still

Truck load of beef

Truck load of beef being delivered to Central Market, Washington, D.C.; black driver

President Coolidge in Car

President Coolidge

Mail Trucks

Mail Trucks

Miss Ruth Muskrat, a

Miss Ruth Muskrat, a Cherokee Indian, presents Mr. Coolidge with a copy of The Red Man in the United States, a survey of the present day American Indian

Cowboy Band

Mrs. Hoover greets the cowboy band

Ku Klux Klan Parade

Ku Klux Klan Parade

Bootleg Whiskey

Bootleg Whiskey

Treasury Fire

Washington, D.C., Fire Department activities - fighting Treasury fire

Bootlegger Car Chase and Crash

Bootlegger Car Chase and Crash

Woman Mechanic

Woman Mechanic

Wall Street Bombing

Wall Street Bombing

President Coolidge and Wife

President Coolidge and Wife

Will Rogers plays horse

Will Rogers plays horse shoes

Will Rogers

Will Rogers plays horse shoes

Postman

Postman

President Calvin Coolidge

President Calvin Coolidge

Woodrow Wilson, Warren G.

Woodrow Wilson, Warren G. Harding, Philander Knox, and Joseph Cannon, in convertible, March 4, 1921

Ku Klux Klan

Parade of the Ku Klux Klan through counties in Virginia bordering on the District of Columbia last night

Imperial Wizard

Imperial Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan

Cootie Race Car

"The Cootie," a racing car, parked near the White House in Washington, D.C.

Hellen Keller

Hellen Keller with President Coolidge

Inauguration Calvin Coolidge

Calvin Coolidge Inauguration

Woodrow Wilson

Armistice Day, 1922 - Woodrow Wilson standing in the doorway of his home

Small Car

Small Car

Dancing Charleston at the Capitol

Dancing Charleston at the Capitol

Madame Curie

Madame Curie

New York City street

New York City street scene

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Governor James M. Cox of Ohio and Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York, arriving at the White House for conference with the president

Auto Race

Auto racing in or near Washington, D.C.

Woman Talking on Phone

Woman Talking on Phone

Robert Todd Lincoln, 1843-1926

Robert Todd Lincoln, 1843-1926

President Calvin Coolidge

President Calvin Coolidge

Bootleg Still

Bootleg Still

Girl Automobie Mechanics

High school girls learn the art of automobile mechanics

Prohibition Raid

Prohibition officers raiding the lunch room of 922 Pa. Ave., Wash., D.C.

Children Sharing

Sharing

Delivery Truck

Delivery Truck

 

 

 

 

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