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League Island U.S. Navy Yard Philadelphia
The picture shows a 1897 map of the League Island Navy Yard, which is now known as the Philadelphia Navy Yard.
Young Working Girl
A photo of a young girl working in a hosiery mill, having to use a step-stool to reach her machine.
3 Newspaper Boys
A photo of three boys selling newspapers daily in Philadelphia subways, earning 25 cents daily.
Woman Worker in the Cherokee Hosiery Mill
A woman working in hosiery mill in Rome, Georgia.
Mrs. Augusta Malcomson and daughter, Ruth with Senator Edge
Mrs. Augusta Malcomson and daughter, Ruth with Senator Edge
Miss Philadelphia, Pa., Ruth Malcomson
Ruth Malcomson, posing here with some of her awards, was crowned Miss Philadelphia in 1923 and then Miss America in 1924. Gilda Cetrullo helped make the dress Malcolmson wore in the 1924 pageant.
John B. Stetson Company, Germantown & Columbia Avenues
One of the Stetson buildings; this is where the company screened movies for the employees and their families.
Auditorium in Building 13, Stetson Hat Company
Interior of the abandoned Stetson Hat Company factory, which closed in 1971.
Father Charles Coughlin, radio priest of Mich., listens intently as statesmen and economists give their views on inflation.
The picture was made at the monetary conference called by Sen. Elmer Thomas, D. Okla. Father Coughlin was an outspoken critic of Roosevelt's New Deal who was accused of antisemitism.
Veterans stage bonus demonstration as Congress struggles with deficit
Photograph shows members of the Bonus Expeditionary Forces, many carrying American flags, marching across the east plaza of the U.S. Capitol.