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Rioters stoning a trolley car, Philadelphia, PA, 1910.
Strikers stoning a trolley car during the General Strike of 1910
Mother Jones preparing her march from Philadelphia to New York
"Mary Harris "Mother" Jones with children and adults beginning their "Children's Crusade" to walk from Philadelphia to Oyster Bay, New York, to publicize the conditions of children working in textile mills."
Veterans stage bonus demonstration as Congress struggles with deficit
Photograph shows members of the Bonus Expeditionary Forces, many carrying American flags, marching across the east plaza of the U.S. Capitol.
Father Charles Coughlin, radio priest of Mich., listens intently as statesmen and economists give their views on inflation.
The picture was made at the monetary conference called by Sen. Elmer Thomas, D. Okla. Father Coughlin was an outspoken critic of Roosevelt's New Deal who was accused of antisemitism.
Auditorium in Building 13, Stetson Hat Company
Interior of the abandoned Stetson Hat Company factory, which closed in 1971.
John B. Stetson Company, Germantown & Columbia Avenues
One of the Stetson buildings; this is where the company screened movies for the employees and their families.
Miss Philadelphia, Pa., Ruth Malcomson
Ruth Malcomson, posing here with some of her awards, was crowned Miss Philadelphia in 1923 and then Miss America in 1924. Gilda Cetrullo helped make the dress Malcolmson wore in the 1924 pageant.
Mrs. Augusta Malcomson and daughter, Ruth with Senator Edge
Mrs. Augusta Malcomson and daughter, Ruth with Senator Edge
Woman Worker in the Cherokee Hosiery Mill
A woman working in hosiery mill in Rome, Georgia.
3 Newspaper Boys
A photo of three boys selling newspapers daily in Philadelphia subways, earning 25 cents daily.