American Life in the 1920s

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Prince Nicholas of Romania

Washington Railway

Holmquist, Sigrid, Miss

Filling Car With Gas

Old Gas Station

"Waiting for the President"

Moonshine Still

Pouring whiskey into a Sewer During Prohibition

U.s. Weather Bureau. Kiosque

Black Woman Working in Old Kitchen

Hellen Keller with President Coolidge

Al Jolson's Parents' House

Man Using Adding Machine

Washington Loan & Trust

Roosevelt, Theodore, Jr., Mrs

Oliver Wendell Holmes

Washington School For Secretaries Building

Ku Klux Klan Parade

Woman in Feathered Hat

Queen Marie of Roumania

Old X-Ray Machine

Mimeograph Machine

Theodore Roosevelt Jr.

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

Old City Street Scene

Underwood Building

Man Talking on Phone

Office With Spitoons

Old Doughnet Shop

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