The switchboard control room at a rail station in Chicago, Illinois. A telephone switchboard operator wearing headphones at the controls in a control room at a rail station. The girl speaks on the phone. An engine driver in an underground tunnel of the train system talks on an early telephone to the switchboard operator. The train passes through a tunnel. The switchboard operator in the control room handling several telephone calls at a time. An open rail car emerges out of the tunnel.
The U.S. Coast Guard cutter Itasca in the harbor in United States. Several flags on a rope on the cutter. Men aboard the cutter. U.S. flag displayed on the cutter. Men on the deck of the cutter. The bow of the Coast Guard cutter. Men at work on the base of the cutter bow. U.S. flag and United States Coast Guard flag on the bow of the cutter. The cutter rolls on to the water from the harbor.
Explosion trials thrill miners at Bruceton, Pennsylvania during a 'safety congress' sponsored by the U.S. Bureau of Mines. A blast by dynamite witnin an Experimental Mine, U.S. Bureau of Mines in Bruceton. Smoke rises from the dynamite explosion. The experts of the U.S. Bureau of Mines demonstrate the dynamite and powder blasts to the miners. A man presses a detonator and lets off another dynamite explosion in a mine shaft to show the proper usage of explosives in loosening mineral riches. The dynamite explodes and smoke rises. Men stand very near the explosion area.
United States President Herbert Hoover and other dignitaries during the American Legion Convention in Boston, Massachusetts. Dignitaries and officials on a raised platform during the American Legion Convention in Boston. The dignitaries shake hands and greet one another. A large crowd gather in the front and behind the platform. U.S. Army General John Pershing and French General Henri Gouraud among the dignitaries standing on the platform. View of the large crowd being gathered around. Several banners on display among the crowd. U.S. President Herbert Hoover beside General Pershing. Two dignitaries greeting each other. Ex-US President Calvin Coolidge among the dignitaries. President Hoover speaks into the microphone at the Convention. The dignitaries seated behind, listen to the President.
Bogus-money plant being raided in Toledo, Ohio. Two police personnel in a bogus-money plant during a raid. Two men with the police in the plant. The men and a policeman seated at a table. The men and the policemen converse. Equipment used to print fake twenty-dollar bills, the ink and gloves, on the table. One of the men talks to a policeman at the end of the room.
U.S. President with the Pasadena Drum Corps in Washington DC, United States. The Pasadena Drum Corps march in formation in front of the White House in Washington DC. One of the corps holding U.S. flag. United States President Herbert Hoover, flanked by B.W.Gearhart, The American Legion, Department of California Commander, and James K.Fish, the American Legion, Department of California Adjutant, in front of the corps standing in formation. The corps, with the instruments, in front of the White House.
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