Woman stops early model washing machine, sets up attached wringer and begins to wring water from the freshly washed clothes. Woman cleans carpet with early model Eureka vacuum cleaner, probably a Eureka Model 8, while a man sits reading a newspaper. Woman washes her face with washcloth in bathroom equipped with hot and cold running water. Old woman knits as she sits on chair, in front of a fireplace, while a motorized spinning wheel prepares yarn for her project.
Test of Higgins Boats in Louisiana, United States. A 36 foot Higgins Eureka landing boat in Lake Pontchartrain . A car is loaded on the boat. The boat sails away. The boat comes to the beach and unloads the car.
Willian Jennings Bryan, campaigning for President Wilson, as a private citizen, in 1916 (after having resigned as Wilson's Secretary of State). He stands in a car decorated with patriotic bunting and an American flag, in front of modest house in a rural area. Bryan is accompanied by several associates. A popular Wilson campaign photograph (coming loose at the top) is attached to the car door . The writing under Wilson's picture is not legible. As Bryan sits down in the car, his wife, Mary, is seen next to him. (She had been blocked from the camera while he stood.) The car drives away. In complete change of scene, a crowd is seen completely filling the lawn and grounds of "Shadow Lawn," President Wilson's Summer White House, at Long Branch, New Jersey. They have come to celebrate his renomination as Democratic candidate for President. Camera pans over the crowd. Next, President Wilson is seen standing on a step in the center of the garden, acknowledging and accepting the nomination.
External view of the St. Louis Coliseum (601 Jefferson Ave, St. Louis, MO 63103, USA) in St. Louis, MO. USA. This is during the 1916 Democratic Convention. Sign on building reads, "Vote for Jim Houchin primary August." Advance scouts of the National Committee are seen. Left to right, Fred C. Robertson, Norman Mack, Hugh Wallace, and Colonel John Martin.
American staff car on the streets of Tehran, Iran. 'USA' written on the car. Buildings in the background. The car enters a gate. A guard on the gate. The car arrives in front of a Soviet Embassy building during the Tehran Conference (project "Eureka"). A guard stands on stairs. British soldier Honor Guard stands in front of Embassy. Squad of British and Russian soldiers marches past Embassy. Cameramen take pictures. (World War II period).
Delegates of the Republican Convention of 1916 gathered outside the Congress Hotel while they await the outcome of negotiations between the Progressives and the Republicans. An unknown woman is seen alongside Governor Whitman (right) and Senator Francis Hendricks. Shot of George W. Perkins, Bull Moose leader. Chauncey Depew is also seen. External view of The Coliseum in Chicago, Illinois USA.
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