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EVB2925358: Director Karl Freund testing the light conditions on the set of THE GOOD EARTH, near Hollywood. Jan. 21, 1937. Some of the film shot in China was lost and had to be re-filmed in the US. At left is Hop Wing, a member of the cast. Freund won the Best Cinematography Oscar for his filming of THE GOOD EARTH / Bridgeman Images
EVB2925098: Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins addressing leaders of Labor and Industry Conference. Washington, D.C., May 4, 1937. She asked they cooperate with state and federal governments to avert strikes and lockouts as she developed formula for collective bargaining under the Wagner Labor Relations Act / Bridgeman Images
EVB2925143: Women attending the National Convention of the Woman Suffrage Association. Philadelphia, Nov. 21 -26, 1912. 1_Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, President. 2_Mrs. William M. Ivins. 3_ Miss Lucy Anthony. 4_Donald Booker, Baltimore. 5_Katharine Hepburn, Hartford, Connecticut. 6_ Mary Ware Dennett, Treasurer. 7_Susan Fitzgerald, Boston. 8_Jesse Ashley, Secretary. Inset square_Jane Addams / Bridgeman Images
EVB2925272: Dr. George Gallup, American public-opinion statistician who created the Gallup Poll. 1956. In the 1930s, he was a Professor of Journalism at Columbia University and Director of Research at the Ad Agency, Young and Rubicam. 1935 he formed his own polling company, the American Institute of Public Opinion which created the Gallup Poll / Bridgeman Images
EVB2925296: Harry F. Guggenheim, US ambassador to Cuba, and his wife, Alicia Patterson Field. They were at the Havana American Jockey Club during the races. December 23, 1931. Together they purchased the a newspaper in Hempstead, NYC, which became the Pulitzer Prize winning 'Newsday' in 1940 / Bridgeman Images
EVB2925219: Jomo Kenyatta, future President of Kenya, in a monkey skin given him by Kikuyu (Gikuyu) tribesmen. Aug. 21, 1961. Kikuyu was the largest ethnic group in Kenya, but still represented less than 25% of the population. As leader of Kenya's KANU (Kenya African National Union) Kenyatta advocated, unified state with a strong central government over an ethnic-federal state favored by his opposition / Bridgeman Images
EVB2925382: Alger Hiss escorted from federal prison by his attorney, wife, son and brother. Nov. 27, 1954. Hiss served three years in Lewisburg Petitionary for perjury charges related to espionage for Soviet Union. His conviction inspired other hunts for Communists within the U.S. Government, particularly the State Department / Bridgeman Images
EVB2925587: Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India, holding a machine gun, Dec. 3, 1962. Throughout 1962, Chinese soldiers provoked skirmishes on the Himalayan border with India in the traditionally disputed Aksai Chin and Arunachal Pradesh border regions. China won a propaganda victory within the Communist Bloc, when the Soviet Russia promised to supply supersonic jet fighters and a MIG aircraft factory to India / Bridgeman Images
EVB2924507: One of Father Divine's Peace Mission Movement grocery store that sells food at cost. Father Divine's mission included a network of businesses such as restaurants, gas stations, grocery and clothing stores, hotels, farms, and many other enterprises. All working followers were required to give Father Divine their paychecks and he provided housing, food and other necessities for all. c. 1936. - / Bridgeman Images