Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/20
In Pictures: Weather extremes 2013
In Pictures: The Israeli separation barrier: A West Bank wall
In Pictures: Derby Day devotees, Kenyan style
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In Pictures: Dazzle like Beckham
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Frank Farnum coaching Pauline Starke. And now the Charleston is moving into the movies! Pauline Starke will introduce it to the movie public at large when in the role of a chorus girl in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's 'A Little bit of Broadway,' she performs it on the screen. Frank Farnum, originator of the step, gave her first-hand (or foot) instructions. Library of Congress
Full length portrait of a young woman in a long raccoon coat, getting into an automobile in front of Capitol. Library of Congress
Bill Norton the bathing beach policeman measuring distance between knee and bathing suit on women in Washington, D.C. Col. Sherrell, Supt. of Public Buildings and Grounds, had issued an order that bathing suits at the Washington bathing beach must not be over six inches above the knee. Library of Congress
'Position is everything in life,' anyway its a lot in the life of John Reynolds better known as the 'human fly.' He is shown doing his stuff on the flag pole of the Times-Herald Building in Washington, D.C. Library of Congess
'Fearless Freddie,' a Hollywood stunt man, clinging to a rope ladder slung from a plane flown by A.M. Maltrup, about to drop into automobile below (not shown). Library of Congress
Henry Ford is pictured with a Model T in Buffalo, New York, in 1921. About one million Model T's were produced in 1921. The Henry Ford & Greenfield Village/AP
In this file photo from an unknown source, women crowd the counters of one of the first Sears retail stores in 1925. Sears once was the store of choice for most Americans, famed for its 'Big Book Catalogue' and being the nation's biggest department store operator. AP
Telephone operator at post, demonstrating a new quotation system at the New York Stock Exchange. New York Stock Exchange/Library of Congress
Aviator Charles A. Lindbergh stands beside his plane The Spirit of St. Louis in 1927 before his historic solo flight across the Atlantic to Paris. AP
People line up who have been arrested in the federal drive against radicals as they arrive at Ellis Island, in New York City, on April 7, 1920. Deportation hearings were held on the island to determine whether they were to stay in the United States. AP
Marcus Garvey is shown in a military uniform as the 'Provisional President of Africa' during a parade on the opening day of the annual Convention of the Negro Peoples of the World at Lenox Avenue in Harlem, New York, August 1922. Garvey helped spark movements from African nationalist independence to American civil rights to self-sufficiency in black commerce. AP
Franklin D. Roosevelt speaks at a huge Alfred E. Smith - Joseph T. Robinson rally at Madison Square Garden in New York, on November 3, 1928. Smith was running for president with running mate Robinson. AP
Dr. Albert Einstein writes out an equation for the density of the Milky Way on the blackboard at the Carnegie Institute, Mt. Wilson Observatory headquarters in Pasadena, Calif., in this Jan. 14, 1931 file photo. Einstein, who radically changed mankind's vision of the universe, was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1921. AP
Crowds panic in the Wall Street district of Manhattan due to the heavy trading on the stock market in New York on Oct. 24, 1929. AP
Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/20
In Pictures: Weather extremes 2013
In Pictures: The Israeli separation barrier: A West Bank wall
In Pictures: Derby Day devotees, Kenyan style
Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/16
In Pictures: Dazzle like Beckham
Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/15
In Pictures: Duchess Kate's royal baby bump
In Monday's presidential debate, President Obama accused Mitt Romney of wanting to take America back to the economic policies that preceded the Great Depression. It was a timely zinger, but its accuracy depends on what Obama actually meant.
President Obama took one of his rhetorical thrusts at Mitt Romney to new heights, or depths, in their debate Monday, asserting that his rival wants to revive the "economic policies of the 1920s."
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