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Chapter 1: Image Credits
Florence Kahn with sons, Julius Kahn, Jr. and Conrad Kahn, 1910
Image courtesy of Judah L. Magnes Museum, Berkeley, California
Florence Kahn attending the Congressional Baseball Game, May 1926
Image courtesy of Library of Congress
San Francisco Chronicle, 19 December 1924
Image provided by Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, reprinted with permission by the San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco Bulletin, 22 December 1924
Image provided by Judah L. Magnes Museum, Berkeley, California
The women of the 71st Congress (1929–1931) pose on the Capitol steps. From left to right they are: (front row) Pearl Oldfield of Arkansas, Edith Nourse Rogers of Massachusetts, Ruth Baker Pratt of New York, and Ruth Hanna McCormick of Illinois; (back row) Ruth Bryan Owen of Florida, Mary Norton of New Jersey, and Florence Kahn of California. 1929
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Committee on Military Affairs with Florence Kahn, 1931
Image courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration
Representatives Florence Kahn and Edith Nourse Rogers of Massachusetts, 1925
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Florence Kahn presiding over the House of Representatives, 1926
Image courtesy of Judah L. Magnes Museum, Berkeley, California
U.S.N.S. General M.C. Meigs passes under the Golden Gate Bridge, ca. 1950
Image courtesy of Naval History & Heritage Command
Alameda Naval Station, Alameda, California, ca. 1980s
Image courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration, Pacific Region (San Francisco)
Chapter 2: Image Credits
Florence and her brother, Jessie Prag, 1877
Image courtesy of Judah L. Magnes Museum, Berkeley, California
Florence Prag graduating class from Girls’ High School, San Francisco, California, 1883
Image courtesy of Judah L. Magnes Museum, Berkeley, California
Chapter 3: Image Credits
Gallery pass from the office of Representative Julius Kahn, 16 March 1909
Collection of U.S. House of Representatives
Florence Kahn with sons, Julius Kahn, Jr. and Conrad Kahn, 1910
Image courtesy of Judah L. Magnes Museum, Berkeley, California
Julius Kahn and President Warren G. Harding, 1920
Image courtesy of Judah L. Magnes Museum, Berkeley, California
Julius Kahn in the House Office Building (later the Cannon House Office Building), ca. 1920
Image courtesy of Library of Congress
Chapter 4: Image Credits
San Francisco Chronicle, 19 December 1924
Image provided by Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, reprinted with permission by the San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco Chronicle, 19 December 1924
Image provided by Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, reprinted with permission by the San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco Bulletin, 22 December 1924
Image provided by Judah L. Magnes Museum, Berkeley, California
Florence Kahn’s original election certificate, Center for Legislative Archives, National Archives and Records Administration
Senator Hattie Caraway of Arkansas, Oil on canvas, John Oliver Buckley, 1996, Collection of the United States Senate
Representative Edith Nourse Rogers of Massachusetts, Oil on canvas, Howard Chandler Christy, 1950, Collection of U.S. House of Representatives
Representative Pearl Oldfield of Arkansas, Image courtesy of the Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives
Representative Marian Clarke of New York, Image courtesy of the Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives
Representative Mae Nolan of California, Image courtesy of the Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives
Representative Effiegene Wingo of Arkansas, Image courtesy of the Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives
San Francisco Bulletin, 1 September 1926
Image provided by Judah L. Magnes Museum, Berkeley, California
Map of Florence Kahn’s congressional district, created by Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, based on “Statutes of California Forty-Ninth Session of the Legislature, 1931”
Chapter 5: Image Credits
North Beach from Telegraph Hill, San Francisco, California, ca. 1940
Image courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration
North Beach looking towards the financial district, San Francisco, California, ca. 1940
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A streetcar climbs California Street in Chinatown, San Francisco, California, ca. 1910
Image courtesy of Library of Congress
Southern Pacific ferry boat plying between San Francisco and Oakland, California, ca. 1920
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A police officer escorts children at the intersection of Columbus Avenue and Lombard Street, San Francisco, California, ca. 1940
Image courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration
Original letter to Committee on Military Affairs Chairman John Q. Tilson from Florence Kahn, 13 March 1925, Center for Legislative Archives, National Archives and Records Administration
Committee on Military Affairs Hearing Room, U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C.
Image courtesy of Architect of the Capitol
Committee on Military Affairs with Florence Kahn, 1931
Image courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration
San Francisco Chronicle, 19 December 1928
Image provided by Judah L. Magnes Museum, Berkeley, California, reprinted with permission by the San Francisco Chronicle
Florence Kahn presiding over the House of Representatives, 1926
Image courtesy of Judah L. Magnes Museum, Berkeley, California
Chapter 6: Image Credits
Florence Kahn leaving the U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C., 3 December 1925
Image courtesy of Library of Congress
North Beach, San Francisco, California, ca. 1940
Image courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration
U.S.S. Hancock returns to Alameda Naval Station, passing in front of the Golden Gate Bridge, September 1957
Image courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration
Alameda Naval Station, Alameda, California, 31 May 1940
Image courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration, Pacific Region (San Francisco)
Alameda Naval Station, Alameda, California, 7 April 1941
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Alameda Naval Station, Alameda, California, ca. 1940
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Alameda Naval Station, Alameda, California, looking west, n.d.
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Representative Florence Kahn introduces H.R. 12661 to authorize the acquisition of lands in Alameda and Marin Counties, California, for military purposes
Congressional Record, House, 71st Cong., 2nd sess. (28 May 1930): 9772.
Flight deck of the U.S.S. Casablanca loaded with P-47 Thunderbolt fighters loaded at Alameda Naval Station, Alameda, California, 1945
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Alameda Naval Station, Alameda, California, aerial view, 12 November 1941
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Golden Gate Bridge, under construction, ca. 1935
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U.S.S. Coral Sea approaches the Golden Gate Bridge, ca. 1982
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San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge, under construction, ca. 1935
Image courtesy of Library of Congress
Bill granting the consent of Congress to the state of California to construct and maintain a toll bridge across San Francisco Bay
H.R. 16298, 71st Cong., 3rd sess., Center for Legislative Archives, National Archives and Records Administration
Historic American Engineering Record measured drawing of the construction plans for the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge, 1999
Image courtesy of Library of Congress
San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge, under construction, ca. 1930s
Image courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration, Pacific Region (San Francisco)
Photograph, House of Representative Chamber, 5 December 1937
Collection of U.S. House of Representatives
Original letter from J. Edgar Hoover to Florence Kahn, 20 July 1942
Collection of U.S. House of Representatives
Congresswomen Florence Kahn of California (left) and Mary Norton of New Jersey flank Representative John P. Hill of Maryland. The three Members sought to modify the Volstead Act which enforced the 18th Amendment (ratified in 1919) that prohibited the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcohol inside the United States, as well as its importation into the country. 1926
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A New York City deputy police chief oversees agents pouring liquor into the sewer following a raid, at the height of prohibition, ca. 1921
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Chapter 7: Image Credits
The women of the 71st Congress (1929–1931) pose on the Capitol steps. From left to right they are: (front row) Pearl Oldfield of Arkansas, Edith Nourse Rogers of Massachusetts, Ruth Baker Pratt of New York, and Ruth Hanna McCormick of Illinois; (back row) Ruth Bryan Owen of Florida, Mary Norton of New Jersey, and Florence Kahn of California. 1929
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Three unidentified young women work in a Washington, D.C., office, ca. 1922
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Photographers greet Representative Ruth Hanna McCormick of Illinois (center), as she shakes hands with the wife of Speaker Nicholas Longworth, Alice Roosevelt Longworth (second from right), upon her arrival in Washington, D.C., on April 10, 1930. Representative Florence Prag Kahn of California stands on the far right. Representative Ruth Bryan Owen of Florida stands to McCormick’s right.
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Five sisters who are employed as secretaries to five different congressmen: Goldie, Jeane, Marge, Belle, and Verna Dunn, 8 April 1924
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Three women at work at the headquarters of the National Woman’s Party in Washington, D.C., ca. 1920
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Florence Kahn attending the Congressional Baseball Game, May 1926
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Representatives Florence Kahn and Edith Nourse Rodgers of Massachusetts with a Page in the newly created Women’s cloakroom, 28 January 1927
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Representatives Florence Kahn and Edith Nourse Rogers of Massachusetts, 1925
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Florence Kahn leaving the U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C., 3 December 1925
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Chapter 8: Image Credits
Interior of House Office Building (later the Cannon House Office Building), ca. 1908
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New Yorkers queue up in a bread line near the intersection of Sixth Avenue and 42nd Street in New York City in 1932 during the depths of the Great Depression.
Image courtesy of the FDR Library/National Archives and Records Administration
Crews of transient men work in a commissary for surplus commodities in San Francisco, California, 27 December 1934
Image courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration
William Hudson cartoon depicts Republican difficulties campaigning against the Democratic President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s New Deal legislation in 1936
Image courtesy of Library of Congress
Map of Florence Kahn’s congressional district, created by Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, based on “Statutes of California Forty-Ninth Session of the Legislature, 1931”
Main span of the Oakland–San Francisco Bay Bridge with the San Francisco, California, skyline, 8 July 1945
Image courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration
Chapter 9: Image Credits
“Report of the Works Progress Administration, Golden Gate Exposition,” National Archives and Records Administration
Visitors at the 1939–1940 Golden Gate Exposition, San Francisco, California “Report of the Works Progress Administration, Golden Gate Exposition,” National Archives and Records Administration
Florence Kahn, Julius Kahn II, Julius Kahn III, and Mary Prag, n.d.
Image courtesy of Judah L. Magnes Museum, Berkeley, California