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 […]
Washington
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 […]
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 […]
bakers preparing to bake the world’s largest apple pie to celebrate National Apple Week in Yakima, Washington October, 1927. The pie is 10 feet across, has 400 gallons of apples, […]
Hiawatha wading pool, circa 1920s Ben Evans Recreation Program Collection, Seattle Municipal Archives
Venus in fur
‘Daughters of Movie Magnate call on the President [Calvin Coolidge]’. Misses Edith and Irene Mayer, daughters of Louis B Mayer, head of the Metro Goldwyn Mayer Corp, wearing fur and […]
Skiers in Ione, Washington, 1928-1929 – Mr Hanson, M Danielson, Mrs Hanson, Mary Conway, H Danielson, Mary Magee, Nonie Bragg, V Golden, F Spalding, David Anderson, Irvin Olson
This is Miss Smart’s third grade class, 1928. Lois Harrison is in the second fifth from the left