EVB2949237: US Ambassador to the United Nations Adlai Stevenson (center) receiving a standing ovation following his speech on the 16th anniversay of the UN to the San Francisco chapter of the American Association for the United Nations. Foreground left: Association chairman George Killion; right: co-chairman Clara (Mrs. Adolph) Shirpser, October 25, 1961 / Bridgeman Images
EVB2948804: Charles Evans Hughes (center standing) presides at the closing of the Chile-Peruvian conference. July 21, 1922. The two countries were still disputing territory claims from the War of the Pacific (1877-83), which were finally settled in the Treaty of Lima in 1929, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2948701: Vice President Elect Calvin Coolidge and wife Grace walking on Washington, D.C. street. The outgoing Grace Coolidge speaks to the photographer on March 1, 1921. They moved into the Willard Hotel suite vacated by the departing Vice President, Thomas Marshall, and lived there until Coolidge became President in August 1923, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2948813: Coal strike brings hundreds of telegrams to Attorney Gen. Harry Daugherty's (2nd from left) office. 1922. The postwar Red Scare had tainted unions, including the UMW (United Mine Workers), who were unable to defend their members from reduced wages and non-union mines, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2948849: President Calvin Coolidge at the same desk used by Harding in the Oval Office. Photo was published on Aug. 14, 1923, less than two weeks after the death of Warren Harding. Florence Harding was upset that Coolidge sat at this desk for photographers before Warren Harding's body returned to the White House, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2948812: Attorney General Harry Daugherty after meeting with new President Calvin Coolidge. White House, Aug. 13, 1923. Seven months later Coolidge asked for his resignation because of allegations of taking bribes and selling pardons. Daugherty was indicted, tried, but acquitted in 1926, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2948860: Enduring politician William Jennings Bryan on Dec. 12, 1923. He dedicated the last decade of his life to promoting Prohibition and women's suffrage. He crusaded against Darwinism and the theory of evolution for years before his participation in the 1925 Scopes Trial, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images