14th Street and Broadway in New York City, New York. A wagon pulled by horses along the streets. A sign on the top of a shop reads 'The Crawford Shoe'. Beer wagons move along the streets. A man on the sidewalk sprinkles items (coins?) from a rolled up paper, as boys stoop to pick them up. Pedestrians on the sidewalk and street cars in the street. (Edison Company, 1898)
Firemen race down Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, in fire wagons, pulled by horses. They arrive at a multistory building on fire. Huge plumes of black smoke belch from their pumper apparatus. Firemen place a ladder against the building, and direct water from a hose onto fire in second story of the building, adjacent to the ladder. A commercial sign (Restaurant?) hangs in front of the section of the building where the fire is located. Trees along the boulevard are bare. Spectators are few. The area contains large vacant lots interspersed between several large buildings. A man on a bicycle rides alongside the fire wagons. (Edison Company, 1896.)
U.S. President Woodrow Wilson, Samuel Gompers and Frank Morrison at the Convention of the American Federation of Labor in Buffalo, New York. President Woodrow Wilson arrive to attend the Convention of the American Federation of Labor. President speaks at the Convention and leaves in a car. Samuel Gompers, Head of American Federation of Labor meets and shakes hand with Frank Morrison, Secretary of American Federation of Labor. They both pose for a photograph outside a building. Samuel Gompers leaves in Car. A Parade convention.
Samuel Gompers along with Hugh Frayne, General Organizer of the American Federation of Labor and President Wilson in Buffalo, New York. Samuel Gompers stands outside a building. Hugh Frayne joins Samuel Gompers and Frank at the convention. A Parade convention. Gompers rides in a car during the Parade convention. President Wilson enters building along with a lady. President Wilson along with the Lady leaves in car.
U.S. Navy Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES) at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii during World War II. A banner on a building reads: 'Ship's Service Store'. WAVES enter the building. They purchase goods from salesgirl. A WAVE typist at work. The WAVE salesgirl at work. Goods on shelves in the background.
Jeannette Rankin, of Montana, the first woman elected to U.S. House of Representatives (served April 1917 through December 1918). A pacifist, co-founder of the American Civil Liberties Union, and champion of humanitarian causes, she is seen addressing a group from a speakers pavilion in Union Square, Manhattan, New York City, in September, 1924. She accepts a glass of water from an associate (unseen). Closeups of Rankin leaning over the railing above an American flag, as she speaks to assembled group of men and women. From further away, several men and women associates can be seen at work behind her in the pavilion. Views from behind and to her right, with listeners below and cars parked in the square. Street scene in background. As before, Ms Rankin leans forward to be better heard. (There is no evidence of microphone in use.)
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