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img Japanese Baptist church's World Wide Guild Kengakudan (ddr-densho-353-369)

A kengakudan (study tour) was organized and the members traveled to Japan.

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doc Clipping regarding Alexander Troyanovsky (ddr-njpa-1-2171)

Caption on front: "The Russian Ambassador moves into his new home in Washington: Alexander A. Troyanovsky at his desk in his private office in the old Russian Embassy, which has been redecorated for the Soviet representatives. (Times Wide World Photos, Washington Bureau.)"

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doc Clipping regarding G. Aaron Youngquist (ddr-njpa-1-2628)

Caption on front: "G. Aaron Youngquist Attorney General of Minnesota, who on Nov. 1 was appointed by President Hoover as U.S. Attorney General in charge of prohibition and taxation, the post held by Mrs. Willebrandt. Times Wide World."

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doc Theodore Roosevelt and his family aboard the Manhattan (ddr-njpa-1-1682)

Caption on reverse: "The son of the first President Roosevelt returns from the Philippines: Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, with Mrs. Roosevelt and their daughter, Grace, met at the pier by their son, Quentin, and Colonel Roosevelt's sister, Mrs. Nicholas Longworth, on their arrival on board the Manhattan. (Times World Wide Photos.)"

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doc Clipping regarding Alfred E. Smith (ddr-njpa-1-1937)

Caption on front: "The big chief from the sidewalks of New York: Alfred E. Smith after a visit to the Indian Village at the Chicago Fair where he was made 'Chief Happy Warrior,' appears in an Indian headdress. (Times Wide World Photos, Chicago Bureau.)"

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doc Clipping regarding James R. Weddell (ddr-njpa-1-2373)

Caption on front: "The holder of the new speed record for land planes: James R. Weddell, who flew his plan 296.94 miles an hour, two miles better than the previous record, around the International Air Race Course at Glenview, Ill. (Times Wide World Photos, Chicago Bureau.)"

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doc Newspaper clipping regarding J.P. Morgan, Jr. (ddr-njpa-1-894)

Caption on front: "The head of a great international banking house: J.P. Morgan arriving at his offices in London. (Times Wide World Photos.)"

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doc Clipping regarding Alexander Troyanovsky (ddr-njpa-1-2172)

Caption on front: "The Russian Ambassador visits a museum in New York: Alexander Troyanovsky is welcomed to the Museum of Modern Art by A. Conger Goodyear, president, at the Exhibition of Stage Designs. (Times Wide World Photos.)"

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doc Clipping regarding Francois de Wendel (ddr-njpa-1-2533)

Caption on front: "Francois de Wendel . . . the best target for Communists and Socialists."

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img Hiroshi Saito's daughters wearing kimono (ddr-njpa-4-2546)

Caption on reverse: "AMBASSADOR SAITO'S DAUGHTER TO BE CHERRY BLOSSOM QUEEN WASHINGTON.--- Sakiko Saito (left), the 10-year-old daughter of Hirosi [sic] Saito, the Japanese Ambassador to the United States, who will be crowed [sic] Queen of the Cherry Blossom Festival in Potomac Park next month, and her 8-year-old sister, Masako, as they appeared under the Japanese …

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img The USS Saratoga and crew on the front page of the New York Times (ddr-njpa-13-143)

Caption: "THE FLEET ADOPTS THE INSIGNIA OF THE BLUE EAGLE: SAILORS IN BLUE AND WHITE UNIFORMS Form the Initials of the National Recovery Act on the Deck of the Airplane Carrier, the U. S. S. Saratoga in Los Angeles Harbor. (Times Wide World Photos, Los Angeles Bureau.)"

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doc Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr. rowing (ddr-njpa-1-1658)

Caption on front: "The stroke of one of the freshmen crews at Harvard: Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., who stands 6 feet 4 inches, begins practice with his eight on the Charles. (Times Wide World Photos, Boston Bureau.)"

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doc Newspaper clipping regarding Albert Einstein (ddr-njpa-1-287)

Caption on front: "Professor Einstein sails homeward after his second visit to America: the great scientist, with Mrs. Einstein, waving to friends on the dock at Los Angeles as they start back to Germany on the motorship San Francisco by way of the Panama Canal. (Times Wide World Photos. Los Angeles Bureau.)"

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doc Clipping regarding Winifred Mayne Van Etten (ddr-njpa-1-2296)

Caption on the front: "The winner of a prize for her first novel. Mrs. Winifred Mayne Van Etten, an English teacher of Mount Vernon, Iowa, who has been awarded the Atlantic Monthly prize of $10,000 for her book, 'I Am the Fox." (Times Wide World Photos.)"

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doc Newspaper clipping regarding Herbert Hoover (ddr-njpa-1-614)

Caption on front: "Guardians of Anglo-American friendship. Prime Minister MacDonald and President Hoover. The first visit of a British Prime Minister to the White House. Mr. MacDonald made this historic gesture to foster Anglo-American understanding and to discuss with Mr. Hoover the larger issue of world peace. Nov. 1929. Times World Wide."

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img Newspaper clipping regarding Charles Kingsford Smith (ddr-njpa-1-726)

Caption on reverse: "An English aviator sets a new record for the flight to Australia; wing commander Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith starts from London on the flight on which he bettered by more than forty hours the previous record made by C.W.A. Scott. His elapsed time was 7 days 4 hours and 44 minutes. (Times Wide World …

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doc Newspaper clipping regarding Herbert H. Lehman (ddr-njpa-1-838)

Caption on front: "Governor and Mrs. Lehman: Dancing at Inaugural Balls no longer interests them. Wide World."

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doc Newspaper clipping regarding William E. Dodd (ddr-njpa-1-401)

Caption on front: "The American Ambassador to Germany delivers a speech on dictatorships of the past: William E. Dodd, in the presence of Dr. Hjalmar Schacht, President of the Reichsbank, tells the American Chamber of Commerce in Berlin the lessons to be drawn from the past history of departures from the Democratic idea. (Times Wide World …

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doc Werner von Blomberg posing for a sculptor (ddr-njpa-1-2222)

Caption on front: "German Minister of War poses for a Swedish sculptor: General Werner von Blomberg in the studio of Adh Hedblon in Berlin. (Times Wide World Photos, Berlin Bureau.)"

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img Neville Chamberlain (ddr-njpa-1-29)

Caption on newspaper clipping: "The British Chancellor and his 'Sunshine Budget': Neville Chamberlain leaving his home for the House of Commons with his budget speech in his brief case. He announced a surplus in the national revenues and a reduction of 10 per cent in the income tax."

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doc Herbert H. Lehman seated with Franklin D. Roosevelt (ddr-njpa-1-837)

Caption on reverse: "The President meets his successor as chief executive of New York State: Governor Lehman calls upon Mr. Roosevelt at the summer White house at Hyde Park. (Times Wide World Photos.)"

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img Chiang Kai-shek and Soong May-ling (ddr-njpa-1-1764)

Caption on reverse: "Recuperating from a trying experience. Chikow, China - An intimate photograph General Chiang Kai-shek, head of the Chinese Nanking government, with Madame Chiang, taken at his home here in a little village of Chekiang Province, where the generalissimo recently spent a month recovering from his kidnapping ordeal at the hands of the rebel …

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doc Clipping regarding Amos W.W. Woodcock (ddr-njpa-1-2513)

Caption on front: "'Let your conscience be your guide': Colonel Amos W.W. Woodcock, prohibition director, appeals to a nationwide radio audience for assistance in the enforcement of the dry law. (Harris & Ewing, from Times Wide World Photos.)"

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doc Eleanor Katherine Roosevelt posing as queen of the Cherry Blossom Festival (ddr-njpa-1-1481)

Caption on reverse: "The Queen of the Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington: Miss Eleanor Roosevelt, daughter of Colonel Henry Latrobe Roosevelt, Assistant Secretary of the Navy and Mrs. Roosevelt, chosen to preside at the Annual Festival of the Japanese Cherry Trees in the capital. Harris & Ewing from Times World Wide Photos.)"

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doc Clipping regarding H.G. Wells, Paulette Goodard, and Anita Loos (ddr-njpa-1-2531)

Caption on reverse: "A visiting British celebrity goes to a party in Hollywood. H.G. Wells, with Paulette Goddard, film actress, and Anita Loos (right), author of 'Gentlemen Prefer Blondes,; at a dinner danceof the Screen Writers' Guild. (Times Wide World Photo.)"

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