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circa 1923-1937
Unknown
[German 1 Rentenmark 1923-1937 Mark]
German 1 Rentenmark with the serial number B - 02583569. On reverse side there is a picture of grain in a decorative circle.
GLC09620.355
28 January 1929
Coolidge, Calvin (1872-1933)
[Pardon of Marshall Barton Fales to restore civil rights.]
Convicted of swearing a false affidavit for pension claim. Pardoned for good conduct in prison and abiding the law since release. Attempted obliteration of name.
GLC00045.40
15 March 1929
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1882-1945)
[Veto of New York State Assembly Bill Introductory Number 833, Printed Number 875]
Veto of "an ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to punishment for receiving deposits in insolvent banks." Roosevelt vetoes the bill commenting, "I am unwilling to accept a bill that lessens the penalty for this peculiarly outrageous breach of...
GLC00803
1920
Cream of Wheat
He Sho' Thinks He's Hidin'
One undated tin plaque advertising Cream of Wheat. Image contains minstrel imagery of a black chef with a small white child hiding. Tag line reads, "He sho' thinks he's hidin.'"
GLC09779.01
4 March 1929
Hoover, Herbert (1874-1964)
Inaugural Address of President Herbert Hoover
Takes the opportunity to express "simply and directly" his "opinions...on matters of present importance." Discusses national progress, especially since World War I; the failures of the criminal justice system and his general strategy to...
GLC05612
3 September 1929
to Arthur Carpenter
Writes a witty letter to the business manager at Warm Springs, Georgia, where Roosevelt founded the Warm Springs Institute for Rehabilitation in 1927. Jokes about mosquitoes briefly. Discusses the sprinkler system for the Meriwether Hotel. Signed...
GLC02202
1929/02/22
to Cornelius Greenway re: advice on education, work, etc.
Thanking Greenway for his note and writing "If my saying that the best thing students can do is to work hard and improve themselves has been of any help to you I am glad I thought to say it..." On White House stationery.
GLC06946
14 February 1929
Wilhelm II, Kaiser (1859-1941)
to George Sylvester Viereck
Wilhelm comments that he wrote a preface to a German edition (title not mentioned) to "correct erroneous views still prevalent about Empress Frederick." He also discuss debates about the "New Religion" and the "hopeless chaos in American spirits"...
GLC05508.263
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