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U.S. President Herbert Hoover throws out first pitch on opening day of 1929 baseball season
Shot of packed stands at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C. on opening day of 1929 baseball season. American flags hang from second deck. U.S. President Herbert Hoover arrives at his seat. Mostly male crowd, along with a few women, dressed in 1920s style overcoats and hats. Players of home team Washington Senators and the visiting Philadelphia Athletics line up on the field before the game. Senators manager and Hall of Fame pitcher Walter Johnson gives baseball to the president for the ceremonial first pitch. President Hoover releases strong throw; he and the crowd sit down.
President Herbert Hoover greets visitors from Texas on the White House lawn in Washington DC.
President Herbert Hoover meets political and business leaders from Texas on White House lawn (in the days following the September 7, 1929 launch of the ship USS Houston at Newport News Virginia). President Hoover shakes hand and poses with delegates. Among those seen are R.B. Creager, Judge Higgins, the President, Houston Mayor Walter Monteith, Senator Garrett and Senator Connolly. Colonel R.C. Kuldell invites President Hoover to visit Houston Texas.
Sights including Chesapeake and Ohio (C&O) Canal, Mount Vernon and Christ Church in Washington DC.
Film on Sesquicentennial of Washington DC, released in 1950. Film segments created for presentation by Treasury Department at meeting on April 25, 1929. A portrait of the first President of the United States George Washington. Animated maps of the original 13 colonies and the 10 square mile Federal District of Columbia. View of the Chesapeake and Ohio (C&O) Canal. George Washington's landmark plantation home, Mount Vernon. Christ Church in Alexandria. Old houses on a street and a hill in Georgetown. Sketch of Suter's Tavern. Animated map shows the L'Enfant development plan and the location of principal buildings. The first section of the U.S. Capitol built on Jenkins Hill. The U.S. Capitol building designed by William Thornton and Benjamin Henry Latrobe. Sketch of the White House designed by James Hoban. Sketch of Capitol Building in 1827 with dome constructed by Charles Bullfinch.
Circa 1800 landmarks: State and Navy Department buildings on Pennsylvania Avenue; Octagon House; the White House, Washington,DC
Sesquicentennial of Washington, DC. 1929 photograph of cars parked in front of the original State and Navy Department buildings on Pennsylvania Avenue, built in the year 1800. View of the Octagon House used temporarily by President James Madison in the year 1812 and now headquarters of the American Institute of Architects. The White House completed in the year 1829.
Buildings plans, history, and topography of the City of Washington DC, United States.
Picture of first U.S. President George Washington. Map shows location of the City of Washington DC. President Washington's home at Mount Vernon. View of Christ Church in Alexandria where President Washington worshiped. View of old house in Georgetown. View of Suter's Tavern. Map shows Major Pierre Charles L'Enfant plan of the Washington city, its topography and the growth of the city. Picture of Capitol building.
Octagon House, White House, the State and Navy buildings in City of Washington, United States.
View of the original State and the Navy buildings at 2107 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington DC. View of the Octagon House which later served as a temporary White House. View of the White House.