The use of oyster money in Raymond, Washington. Exterior of a building. A board reads: 'First Willapa Harbor National Bank'. Men and women working inside the bank. Emergency money is printed by the Chamber of Commerce as a stopgap measure after the bank fails during the Great Depression. The new currency bears the picture of an oyster. Men and women working inside the building.
The United States Capitol in Washington DC. President Hoover signs two pages of a document, with the help a staff person who shows him where to sign. Among the officials present for the signing, is Secretary of War, Patrick Jay Hurley, seen at the back of the gathering. After signing the documents, the President speaks briefly and steps away.
U.S. President Herbert Hoover campaigning in Des Moines Iowa, United States. A banner strung across a main street with image of President Hoover reads "Iowa Welcomes You". The motorcade of the President passes through the streets of Des Moines,Iowa. People stand on both the sides of road to welcome President Hoover. People shower ticker tapes. The President seated in a car waves towards people. The State Capitol building can be seen in the background. The President's motorcade is followed by dissidents who ride in trucks, motorcars and on horseback. Farm workers fill a truck bearing a sign that reads "Hoovers Farm Relief. First - Foreclosure. Then -This". A sign on the back of a truck reads 'In Hoover We Trusted, Now We Are Busted'. Two dissidents ride horses carrying signs just above the horses' tails saying: "Hoover Put Us Here".
Inside the Chicago Stadium, Chicago, illinois, the Republican National Convention renominates President Herbert Hoover and Vice President Charles Curtis as their candidates in the next election. The stadium is filled with flag-waving delegates. Hoover is about to address the convention. Banners bearing the images of Hoover and Curtis, respectively, are displayed beside the speaker's stand.
U.S. President Herbert Hoover at the United States Capitol in Washington DC. View of the building. The President signs some documents. Cabinet members and legislators stand around President Hoover. Secretary of War, Patrick Jay Hurley, can be seen at the very back of the gathering. The President speaks and moves away.
U.S. Navy airship, USS Akron (ZRS-4) over Camp Kearny, San Diego, California, attempting to dock for refueling. A hundred sailors hold on to spider lines from rings on cables lowered by the USS Akron. After one ring breaks, all sailors let go except three who are pulled aloft as the airship lurches up from an updraft. One, Robert H. Edsall, falls to his death, followed by Nigel M. Henton, who also suffers the same fate. The third, Charles Cowart, manages to tie himself to the cable and is eventually pulled into the airship, safely.
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