Collection Items

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    Photo, Print, Drawing
    Woodrow Wilson 1 album (ca. 250 gelatin silver prints on 52 leaves) ; 39 x 52 cm. | Woodrow Wilson. Scenes and activities in Washington, D.C. Wilson's inaugurations in 1913 and 1917, addressing Congress, opening baseball seasons between 1913 and 1919, and his first and last cabinet meetings. Preparedness Day Parade; Flag Day, 1914 and 1915; Armistice Day, 1921 and 1922; high school cadets; American Red...
    • Contributor: National Photo Company - French, Herbert E.,approximately 1950 - French, Herbert E.
    • Date: 1913
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    Warren G. Harding 2 albums (ca. 760 gelatin silver prints) ; 39 x 52 cm. | Warren G. Harding. Scenes and activities in Washington, D.C. Portraits of Harding, Vice-President Coolidge, and cabinet. The White House; the Capitol; Pennsylvania Avenue; Walter Reed Hospital; Tomb of the Unknown Soldier; Shrine Convention; Ford-Edison Camp; and Harding at disarmament conference in 1922. Mrs. Harding; Washington clubs, including Girl Scouts; American Indians;...
    • Contributor: National Photo Company - French, Herbert E.,approximately 1950 - French, Herbert E.
    • Date: 1921
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    Calvin Coolidge 3 albums (ca. 1,100 gelatin silver prints) ; 39 x 52 cm. | Calvin Coolidge. Scenes and activities in Washington, D.C. Portraits of Coolidge, Mrs. Coolidge, Coolidge cabinet, and Helen Keller. The White House, including Easter egg roll; Navy Yard; funeral of Woodrow Wilson; Warren Harding memorial ceremony; Capitol pages; Coolidge addressing Georgetown University graduates; Memorial Day, 1925; World Series, 1925.
    • Contributor: National Photo Company - French, Herbert E.,approximately 1950 - French, Herbert E.
    • Date: 1921
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    Herbert Hoover 1 album (ca. 260 gelatin silver prints) ; 39 x 52 cm. | Herbert Hoover. Portraits of Hoover and Mrs. Hoover. Hoover as secretary of commerce, receiving Georgetown University degree in 1926, receiving White House visitors, and with government officials.
    • Contributor: National Photo Company - French, Herbert E.,approximately 1950 - French, Herbert E.
    • Date: 1920
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    Inaugurations, 1909-1929 1 album (ca. 215 gelatin silver prints) ; 39 x 52 cm. | Inaugurations of McKinley, Taft, Wilson, Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover in Washington, D.C. Parades, ceremonies at the Capitol.
    • Contributor: National Photo Company - French, Herbert E.,approximately 1950 - French, Herbert E.
    • Date: 1909
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    Disarmament conference, Nov. 1922, and burial of the Unknown Soldier 1 album (ca. 380 gelatin silver prints) ; 33 x 43 cm. | Disarmament conference, November, 1922, and burial of the Unknown Soldier (World War I). Scenes and activities in Washington, D.C. American and foreign delegates to the conference and their advisers; treaty ceremony in 1922. President Harding, General Pershing, and military personnel at burial ceremony in Arlington Cemetery. American Indians visiting the President.
    • Contributor: National Photo Company - French, Herbert E.,approximately 1950 - French, Herbert E.
    • Date: 1921
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    Washington Nationals baseball club 6 albums (ca. 620 gelatin silver prints) ; 33 x 43 cm. | Washington Nationals baseball club. President Coolidge at World Series game, 1924. World Series games in Washington, 1924, and Pittsburgh, 1925; individual players and team portraits.
    • Contributor: National Photo Company - French, Herbert E.,approximately 1950 - French, Herbert E.
    • Date: 1924
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    Grand Army of the Republic Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available 1 album (ca. 80 gelatin silver prints) ; 28 x 46 cm. | Grand Army of the Republic. Scenes in Washington, D.C. Parade on Pennsylvania Avenue; boats on the Potomac River; Civil War monuments.
    • Contributor: National Photo Company - French, Herbert E.,approximately 1950 - French, Herbert E.
    • Date: 1921-01-01
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    Horse shows Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available 1 album (166 gelatin silver prints) ; 33 x 43 cm. | Horse shows. Scenes in Washington, D.C. Horseback riders; horse jumping; spectators, including U.S. and foreign dignitaries and society women.
    • Contributor: National Photo Company - French, Herbert E.,approximately 1950 - French, Herbert E.
    • Date: 1922-01-01
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    White House photographers 1 album (ca. 170 gelatin silver prints) ; 33 x 43 cm. | White House photographers. Individual and group portraits of White House News Photographers' Association members; humorous snapshot portraits; banquets in 1925 and 1926; World Series baseball photographers in 1924.
    • Contributor: National Photo Company - French, Herbert E.,approximately 1950 - French, Herbert E.
    • Date: 1922
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    Shrine convention, June 5, 6, 7, 1923 1 album (ca. 340 gelatin silver prints on 30 leaves) ; 33 x 43 cm. | Photographs show Shrine convention, June 5-7, 1923, Washington, D.C. Shriners; Wild West show and rodeo; parade; model homes; American Indians in "Indian village."
    • Contributor: National Photo Company - French, Herbert E.,approximately 1950 - French, Herbert E.
    • Date: 1923
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    Layouts 1 album (ca. 375 gelatin silver prints) ; 33 x 43 cm. | Layouts, 1924-25. Groups of photographs, each with a common theme or subject relating to people, government or social activities in Washington, D.C. Topics include portraits of cabinet officers, their wives and children; wives of foreign diplomats; a day in the life of author Mary Roberts Rinehart; animals and pets; portraits of...
    • Contributor: National Photo Company - French, Herbert E.,approximately 1950 - French, Herbert E.
    • Date: 1924
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    Washington, D.C., Sept. 1919 to Dec. 1921 3 albums (ca. 570 gelatin silver prints) ; 39 x 52 cm. | Washington, D.C., September 1919 to December 1921. Portraits of President Harding, General Pershing, senators and congressmen, foreign dignitaries, Catholic Church dignitaries, women in politics, government officials, debutantes, and celebrities. Events include Pershing Parade, suffrage movement, American Indians visiting Washington, first helium flight, arms conference, horse shows, chrysanthemum show, and Christmas. Pennsylvania...
    • Contributor: National Photo Company - French, Herbert E.,approximately 1950 - French, Herbert E.
    • Date: 1919
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    Washington, D.C., 1922 10 albums (ca. 3,046 gelatin silver prints) ; 39 x 52 cm. | Washington, D.C., 1922. Portraits of President Harding, foreign dignitaries, debutantes, society women, children, National Women's Party, and the Ku Klux Klan. The zoo, the White House, the U.S. Congress, Arlington Cemetery, Mount Vernon, Glen Echo, a bathing beach, citizens' military training camp, and other sites. Events include fires at the Knickerbocker...
    • Contributor: National Photo Company - French, Herbert E.,approximately 1950 - French, Herbert E.
    • Date: 1922
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    Washington, D.C., Jan. 1923 to Jan. 1924 9 albums (ca. 2,535 gelatin silver prints) ; 39 x 52 cm. | Washington, D.C., January 1923 to January 1924. Portraits of President Coolidge and his cabinet, senators and congressmen, prominent Washingtonians, military personnel, foreign visitors, women in politics, government officials, American Indians, debutantes, war veterans, religious dignitaries, U.S. justices, celebrities, Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts, and the Ku Klux Klan. Rock Creek Park,...
    • Contributor: National Photo Company - French, Herbert E.,approximately 1950 - French, Herbert E.
    • Date: 1923
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    Washington, D.C., 1924 7 albums (ca. 2,110 gelatin silver prints) ; 39 x 52 cm. | Washington, D.C., 1924. Portraits of President Coolidge, Teapot Dome investigating committee, senators and congressmen, government officials and ambassadors, foreign dignitaries, prominent women. Catholic Church dignitaries, sculptors, sports celebrities, Socialist National Party, Romani, and American Indians. The U.S. Congress and Capitol, Navy Yard, Naval Observatory, Arlington Cemetery, Woodrow Wilson home, zoo, Rock...
    • Contributor: National Photo Company - French, Herbert E.,approximately 1950 - French, Herbert E.
    • Date: 1924
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    Washington, D.C., Jan. 1925 to Jan. 1926 6 albums (ca. 2,290 gelatin silver prints) ; 39 x 52 cm. | Washington, D.C., January 1925-January 1926. Portraits of Coolidge cabinet, senators and congressmen, U.S. justices, government officials, military personnel, foreign dignitaries, women in politics, feminists, society women, American Indians, Capitol pages, police and firemen, celebrities, artists, and war veterans. Mayflower Hotel, Mount Vernon, U.S. Post Office, Gallaudet College, Georgetown University, churches, Laurel...
    • Contributor: National Photo Company - French, Herbert E.,approximately 1950 - French, Herbert E.
    • Date: 1925
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    Washington, D.C., 1926 3 albums (ca. 1,010 gelatin silver prints) ; 39 x 52 cm. | Washington, D.C., 1926. Portraits of congressmen and senators, government officials, Capitol pages, foreign dignitaries, artists, debutantes, children, celebrities, military personnel, religious personnel, and American Indians. Wardman Park swimming pool, zoo, Arlington Cemetery, U.S. Post Office, Capitol, Mount Vernon, and other sites. Events include Indians dancing, University of Maryland activities, Ku Klux...
    • Contributor: National Photo Company - French, Herbert E.,approximately 1950 - French, Herbert E.
    • Date: 1926
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    Washington, D.C., Jan. 1927 to Feb. 1930 4 albums (ca. 1,640 gelatin silver prints) ; 39 x 52 cm. | Washington, D.C., January 1927 to February 1930. Portraits of Presidents Coolidge and Hoover, senators, congressmen, foreign dignitaries, government officials, society women, military personnel, Hoover appointees, women in government, celebrities, debutantes, policewomen, artists, disabled veterans, news photographers, Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, American Indians, Charles Lindbergh and the Spirit of St. Louis....
    • Contributor: National Photo Company - French, Herbert E.,approximately 1950 - French, Herbert E.
    • Date: 1927
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    National Photo Company - Native Americans and Eskimos (Inuit), 1909-1932 150 photographic prints. | Contents are divided into four sections. Section 12337-1: Indians visiting Washington, D.C. includes Southern Cheyenne, Osage, and Yakima chiefs; Hopi Indians performing snake dance and war dance at Capitol; representatives from unnamed Connecticut state tribe; and various other groups of unidentified Indians. Section 12337-2: Indian chiefs. Include individual portraits (most identified on the back of the photograph) of chiefs from...
    • Date: 1909
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    Autographed portraits of dignitaries and celebrities 31 photographic prints : gelatin silver ; 49 x 55 cm. or smaller. | Autographed portraits of dignitaries and celebrities. Portraits of presidents, First Ladies, congressmen, diplomats, explorers, athletes, actors, and other public figures, including Taft, Wilson, Hoover, President and Mrs. Coolidge, President and Mrs. Harding, Senator Boies Penrose, Harriet Chalmers Adams, Walter Johnson, and Amos and Andy. Group portrait with General Pershing. Charles...
    • Contributor: National Photo Company - French, Herbert E.,approximately 1950 - French, Herbert E.
    • Date: 1909
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    Museum objects and activities ca. 115 photographic prints : gelatin silver ; 20 x 25 cm. or smaller. | Museum objects and activities. Includes exhibits and objects in the Smithsonian Institution, Corcoran Gallery, and Alexandria Washington Lodge. Smithsonian staff, including members of the Division of Paleontology at work. First Ladies' gowns; one image of Emile Berliner with early phonograph.
    • Contributor: National Photo Company - French, Herbert E.,approximately 1950 - French, Herbert E.
    • Date: 1909
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    United States presidents and first ladies ca. 185 photographic prints : gelatin silver ; 20 x 25 cm. or smaller. | United States presidents and First Ladies. Includes inaugural parades and presidential addresses. Presidents Wilson, Harding, and Coolidge with their cabinets; the Coolidges, the Hardings, Theodore Roosevelt, and Franklin D. Roosevelt attending events. Reproductions of illustrations of inaugurations of Washington, Lincoln, Cleveland, Garfield, Grant, and Harrison.
    • Contributor: National Photo Company - French, Herbert E.,approximately 1950 - French, Herbert E.
    • Date: 1909
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    People in Washington, D.C., and New York ca. 240 photographic prints : gelatin silver ; 20 x 25 cm. or smaller. | People in Washington, D.C., and New York. Includes children working, playing, posed with adults and with animals, and a series titled "Life on the Canal Boat." Immigrants at Ellis Island and engaged in naturalization activities. Portraits of families, blacks, and Romani in Washington, D.C. and unidentified locations. One jigsaw...
    • Contributor: National Photo Company - French, Herbert E.,approximately 1950 - French, Herbert E.
    • Date: 1909
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    Social life and recreation in the Washington, D.C. area ca. 1,015 photographic prints : gelatin silver ; 20 x 25 cm. or smaller. | Social life and recreation in the Washington, D.C. area. Includes portraits and activities of fraternal and patriotic organizations; dignitaries and prominent citizens engaged in domestic, social, and charitable activities; tourists. Some Maryland and Virginia locations.
    • Contributor: National Photo Company - French, Herbert E.,approximately 1950 - French, Herbert E.
    • Date: 1909