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Politicians on the steps of Parliament (ddr-njpa-1-920)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "(Paris) Rengo. British Prime Minister MacDonald and Foreign Secretary Simon, who have stopped in Paris on their way to the Lausanne Conference, jovially appealed to the French and other peoples of Europe via a broadcast after finishing important meetings with French Prime Minister Herriot and others. Photograph (from right): Foreign Secretary Simon, …
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Al Jolson singing in a scene from "Wonder Bar" (ddr-njpa-1-526)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Al Jolson Sings on the Silver Screen Once Again. (Holywood) Rengo March 5, 1934. America is currently excited that Al Jolson, famous even in our country as the singer of Mammy, will again use his wonderful voice on the silver screen to give us a wonderful song. Photograph: a scene from the …
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Ramsay MacDonald on 10 Downing Street (ddr-njpa-1-921)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "(London) Rengo. Our firm's foreign reports have already described the touching efforts of British Prime Minister MacDonald, who for the sake of world peace has pushed his sickly self and returned to Geneva in the company of his doctor following his eye surgery in order to cause the reopened military disarmament conference …
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Ramsay MacDonald at Lyon Station (ddr-njpa-1-917)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Paris (Rengo). British Prime Minister MacDonald arrived in Paris on December 7 accompanied by Foreign Secretary Simon on his way to attend the World Disarmament Conference currently going on in Geneva as well as seperate talks on the Sino-Japanese issue by the Council of the League of Nations. He was greeted by …
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Ramsay MacDonald and Lord Londonderry and Lord Hailsham (ddr-njpa-1-915)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Lord and Lady Londonderry Invite Britain's Distinguished Figures to Their Estate. (London) Rengo. Lord and Lady Londonderry invited a number of Britain's distinguished figures, most notably Prime Minister MacDonald, to their home of Mount Stewart in Northern Ireland for a grand garden party. Photograph: Lord Londonderry guiding Lord Hailsham and Prime Minister …
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Zhang Xueliang addressing the military training corps (ddr-njpa-1-121)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Aiming for Elite Troops! Zhang Xueliang Working Hard in Hankou. (Hankou) Rengo. Standing at the vanguard and intent on cultivating staff officers in order to having elite troops, Zhang Xueliang, who was driven from Manchuria and recently finished his travels in Europe and returned to China, has established a new military training …
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Benito Mussolini at the Vatican (ddr-njpa-1-938)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Prime Minister Mussolini Visits Pope. (Rome) Rengo March 5, 1932. The Catholic Pope, a leader of not just the [...] spiritual world but the actual one as well, has been placed in precarious situation by the recent rise of nationalism and material culture. Even though its headquarters of Vatican City and the …
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Gandhi visiting Rome (ddr-njpa-1-454)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "January 4, 1932. 'Holy Hero' Gandhi Visits Rome. (Rome) Rengo. It has already been reported in this company's foreign cables on the 2nd that, after meeting failure at the Anglo-Indian Round-Table Conference recently held in the British capital of London and returning home, the Indian holy hero Gandhi and the Indian National …
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Lin Sen with two women (ddr-njpa-1-867)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Even Lin Sen Likes Sports. (Nanchang) Rengo. Yang Xiuqiong, China's most beautiful mermaid, and her group travelled to [illegible] to visit Chairman Lin Sen after giving a wonderful swimming performance here. Perhaps the chairman is also a fan of sports, as he received the unusual guests, and welcomed the two young ladies …
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Edouard Herriot visiting the Tsar Cannon in the Kremlin (ddr-njpa-1-636)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Herriot Visits Russia. (Moscow) Rengo. A commemorative photograph of former French Prime Minister Eduard Herriot (left), currently visiting Russia to improve Franco-Russian goodwill, as he was shown the famous 'Tsar Cannon' within the Kremlin by the French Ambassador to Russia (center) and Mr. Gelband [?] (right), head of the Russian foreign ministry's …
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Ramsay MacDonald in the cockpit of a plane (ddr-njpa-1-910)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "(London) Rengo. The impressive story of how British Prime Minister MacDonald earned the praise and thanks of people of the world by rushing to Geneva in the company of his physician despite his serious sleep disease [?] has already been discussed in this firm's foreign dispatches. The prime minister did so in …
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Albert Lebrun and his family (ddr-njpa-1-1218)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "(Paris) Rengo. A rare photograph taken at the presidential residence of new French President Lebrun who has succeeded deceased President Doumer. Photograph: (front row) Mrs. Albert Lebrun, granddaughter Anne Marie, President Lebrun, (from rear row left) Jean Freysselinard, Marie Freysselinard holding Pierre, Jean Lebrun."
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Engelbert Dollfuss praying for national peace (ddr-njpa-1-209)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Dollfuss Praying for Divine Power? (Vienna, Austria) Rengo. As shown in this company's foreign dispatches, the entire world's media has become increasingly excited by Austria's national disturbance. This photograph shows Dollfuss (second from the right) praying for national peace with his wife after a [illegible] ceremony for Heimwehr soldiers was solemnly held …
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Zhang Xueliang playing tennis (ddr-njpa-1-134)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Chinese Leader is a Connoisseur of Sports - General Xueliang Has Become a Fan of Tennis - (Guling) Rengo. Zhang Xueliang, although quite busy as deputy commander against the Communists tenaciously resisting in central China, is surprisingly using his limited free time passionately playing tennis. Even if it's not a case of …
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Herbert Hoover at a Stanford vs. Columbia soccer match (ddr-njpa-1-612)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Now Free to Watch Soccer. (Los Angeles) Rengo 1934. Former president Herbert Hoover [...] his alma mater, Stanford University [...] a soccer match held between Stanford and Columbia here in San Diego [...] without irritating politics or [...] very different from the very busy Roosevelt. Photograph: Mrs. Hoover is furthest to the …
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Benito Mussolini riding a horse (ddr-njpa-1-937)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "(Rome) Rengo. A grand celebration for the tenth anniversary of Prime Minister Mussolini's fascist revolution, which broke through the revolutionary crisis that followed the Great War and stabilized his homeland of Italy, was held in Rome on October 28. Fascists from all over Italy gathered in Rome on that day for a …
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Maxim Gorky (ddr-njpa-1-458)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Gorky Hearing About the True Situation at the Time of the Revolution - From Women Who Served in the Red Guards - (Moscow) Rengo. The Russian Soviet government is currently assembling a massive 15 volume history to commemorate the Russian Revolution of 1918 with the greatest Russian novelist Maxim Gorky serving as …
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Adolf Hitler giving a speech about the party purge (ddr-njpa-1-672)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Chancellor Hitler Reports to Reichstag on Party Purge. (Berlin) Rengo. A report on the recent purge of conspirators within the German Nazi party which claimed dozens of victims, most notably the former chancellor General Von Schleicher and SA leader Rohm, was given to the Reichstag on the evening of July 13 in …
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Sonja Henie received a victory wreath (ddr-njpa-1-621)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Total Victory for Skating Queen Sonja Henie. (Oslo, Norway) Rengo. Everyone is likely already aware from our firm's overseas sports articles of Norway's famous queen of skating, Sonja Henie, and her recent wonderful results as she wins total victory wherever she goes. Photograph: Ms. Henie receives her victory wreath before 80,000 passionate …
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Engelbert Dollfuss at a meeting of the "Danubia" association (ddr-njpa-1-206)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Pocket Prime Minister Dollfuss Restored to Youth. (Vienna, Austria) Rengo. Dollfuss, Austria's 'pocket' prime minister (left) and Shoburg-Hartenstein [?] (right) recently attended the meeting here of the 'Danubia' association made up of graduates of the Catholic German high school. They wore school caps and jovially reminisced about their youth."
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Japanese tennis players walking with another pair (ddr-njpa-4-1537)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "1, [?]'s team (right), Sato's team (left)."
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Charles Kingsford Smith standing next to his plane (ddr-njpa-1-724)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Kingsford Smith Fails to Set New Record from Britain to Australia. (Sydney) Rengo Arrived Today. The famous Australian aviator Major Kingsford Smith, who departed from Windham on September 23 to break the record set by former RAF pilot Charles William Scott in April of nine days and three hours from Britain to …
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Fiorello La Guardia shaking hands with Japanese Ambassador Saito (ddr-njpa-1-855)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Friendship Cherry Trees to New York As Well. (New York) Rengo April, 28 1934. Washington's cherry trees [illegible] bloom like US-Japanese friendship every spring [illegible] distribute through the world [illegible] now to New York as well [illegible] the 80th anniversary of US-Japanese friendship [illegible] two hundred friendship cherry trees to Mayor LaGuardia …
