The role of women as active community members in Monroe, New York, in the United States. A young woman works with children and teenage kids clearing a lot that will become a new playground. They clean and remove garbage and debris, which is put into the back of a pickup truck with sign on the door "John C. Hunter, Monroe, New York". Young woman gets inside the vehicle and two boys climb into the back of the pickup truck to hold the trash down. The vehicle moves past on the road. People line up for voting outside a hall. A woman shops for clothes in a rummage shop or thrift store. Women examine lily plants in a garden nursery. A woman in an office talks to two Girl Scouts in uniform, and hands them some stacks of magazines. A woman stands near a church organ and sings in a church choir. A woman lying on a bed in a clinic donates blood, as a laboratory technician and nurse stand by. Other women seated at a table in a hall write information about voters as they show up at a polling place to vote. A woman enters a voting booth and closes the curtain behind her.
Sailors, soldiers, Navy band and decorated floats at the Independence Day parade in New York, United States. On the reviewing stand, Secretary of Navy, Josephus Daniel and Mayor of New York, John Francis Hylan, along with other officials review the parade. Aerial views of men marching on the streets in New York. Mayor Hylan speaks to two women at the podium. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
A picket line in front of New York Public Library (476 5th Ave, New York, NY 10018, United States) at the Fifth Avenue in New York City with 'Hitler' signs during World War II. People pass along the street with signs. Various signs read 'Arm Britain And Prolong War', 'Lend Lease Lose Lives', 'Why Not Peace With Hitler' and 'Europe For Europeans America For Americans'.
Communist citizens in the United States demonstrate in favor of a Soviet Republic. A view of the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor. Communists carry banners and march on the streets. The banners read 'For a Soviet Republic'. Communists on the streets of New York City. Buildings and a huge crowd rally in the background. New York City police chase down and forcibly arrest several Communist agitators, taking them to a waiting paddy wagon. Police officers and officials beat and scuffle with agitators and forcibly carry a man away. Police putting arrested agitators into Police van (Paddy wagon). The police officers keep a vigil.
A crowd waits in front of City Hall to greet General Charles De Gaulle in Manhattan, New York City, United States. The General's car arrives with motorcycle escort. A phalanx of New York City policemen on horseback lined up in formation, across the streef. The Crowd contains some American soldiers. General de Gaulle makes his way to a spot near the curb where he lines up with a U.S. military officer and City officials to pose for photographs. The group is surrounded by photographers, as they hold a salute for an extended time. After picture taking ends, General Charles De Gaulle is escorted by New York Mayor, Fiorello LaGuardia, up steps leading into City Hall. Men and women on the side of the rail. Women waving flags. Men saluting the General. (World War II period).
Pedestrians walking sidewalks in New York City, United States, during a snow storm circa 1920 (likely February 4-7, 1920). Monument and statue of seated man in public square. Peddlers lined up along a street tending their horses and wagons in the aftermath of the snow storm . A peddler works to get his horse going on a wet, slippery, muddy dirt road. Men driving large open stake wagons, pulled by teams of horses on streets filled with water and chunks of snow. Street views in New York City with horse-drawn wagons maneuvering on sidewalks past snow banks to get on the street. Motorized car and truck traffic competing on same roads with horse drawn wagons. Heavy traffic of trucks on city street during snow storm. A crowded and busy street during the snow storm, filled with peddler wagons, pedestrians, cars, trucks, and a hobble skirt car (low floor streetcar with sliding doors at center, allowing women with tight fitting lower skirts - so called hobble skirts - to board more easily) . Text "New York" visible on lower forward panel of streetcar. Pedestrians making their way along a wide, icy sidewalk in heavy wind during the storm. Men shoveling snow. Some pedestrians are actually pushed by the wind so they slide on their feet across the sidewalk covered in frozen ice. A police officer helps a woman to cross a street. More scenes of pedestrians trying to make their way across city sidewalks during the storm, with many sliding on ice.
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