Fire at the White House in Washington D.C., United States. Fire fighters climb up ladders to get to the roof and high windows of the building to extinguish the blaze. Fire trucks responding, and firemen using hoses to soak the blaze in the Oval Office and West Wing. Firemen bail water from flooded rooms. View of the White House building in the morning. Records, pictures, and furniture piled outside after being saved from the fire.
Aircraft carrier USS Saratoga being scrubbed at dockyard in San Francisco, California. Crew members stand on the deck of the ship. Workers scrub the exterior of USS Saratoga. The ship gets its annual cleaning before the New Year.
Lumberman cut trees in Aberdeen, Washington. Lumberman stands next to a giant tree. View of thick bark of the tree.
Sportsmen feed thousands of pheasants in Buffalo, New York. Two men carry grain for the birds that have been cut off from food due to thick snow. They put the food on snow covered surface. Nye of pheasants eat food.
Ice skating on roof of a thirty-five story building in Chicago,Illinois. Hotel manager opens a skating rink on the roof of the building. Group of men, women and children skate on roof top. Other buildings surrounding the skating rink-topped hotel.
Mexico's President-elect Pascual Ortiz Rubio visits Washington D.C., United States. United States President Herbert Hoover welcomes the Mexican President-elect. President Herbert Hoover and Pascual Ortiz Rubio exit the White House building. First Ladies Lou Henry Hoover and Josefa De Ortiz stand next to their husbands.