African American women train as hairdressers and beauticians in a beauty course offered by the YWCA in Harlem, New York. The woman writes about the beauty course offered by the YWCA and how the “Beauty culture is a well paying field because good grooming is important”. African American women learn to cut hair during a practical training inside a simulation salon. An African American woman paints the nails of another woman during a manicure. A woman waxes and neatens the eyebrows of a black woman.
Commander Richard E. Byrd, receives the National Geographic Society Hubbard Gold Medal, from President Calvin Coolidge. The event takes place on June 23, 1926, in the auditorium of the National Geographic Headquarters, at 1146 Sixteenth Street, in Washington DC. The audience includes Mrs. Coolidge (on the stage) as well as cabinet officers; members of the diplomatic corps; and National Geographic Society members. Scene shifts to grounds of the White House, on February 27, 1927, as President Calvin Coolidge places the Tiffany Cross Medal of Honor around the neck of Commander Richard E. Byrd. Those seen in the ceremony are, from left to right: Assistant Secretary of the Navy Theodore D. Robinson; Secretary of the Navy Curtis Wilbur; Commander Richard E. Byrd, USN; President Calvin Coolidge; Warrant Officer Floyd Bennett, USN; and Admiral Edward W. Eberle, USN, Chief of Naval Operations. Closeup of Richard Byrd and Floyd Bennett, wearing their medals.
The transactions at the Chicago Board of trade. The board remains open despite the federal dictum of a 60 days penalty suspension of activities. The buildings along the sides of a street. 'Chicago Board of Trade' written on a building. Crowd gathers on the street in front of the building. President of the Board of Trade Peter B. Carey seated at desk and addresses the nation. He talks about the future of the farmers and says that the farm board has just about liquidated its wheat future.
Walker ouster proceedings in Albany, New York. New York Mayor James J Walker along with other officials coming out of the court. Buildings along the sides of the street. Crowd gathers outside the court. Officials come out of the court after the removal hearings of Walker before Governor Franklin Roosevelt.
Boat racing in the Thames River in New London, Connecticut. Participants carry their racing shells to the Thames River and prepare for the race. The first Crew members wear no distinguishing clothing. However, the next scene with crew carrying their boat to the water shows them shirts displaying H (for Harvard). Several sequences of boats being rowed. (Attributed to Thomas Armat.)
The Harvard and Yale Regatta, in which rowing crews from the two schools compete in an annual race. The Harvard crew is seen removing their oars and lifting their racing shell over their heads to carry it into the boat house, from the Thames River, in New London, Connecticut. In a separate sequence, two racing shells start to race and are followed by a group of official and sightseer boats. (Attributed to Thomas Armat.)
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