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Memorial to Army and Navy Nurses. Washington, D.C., Nov. 8. A memorial was unveiled today at Arlington Cemetery dedicated to the memory of Army and Navy Nurses. The 11 foot tall monument was designed by Frances Rich, daughter of Irene Rich, famous movie actress, a nurse from the Army side, left and a nurse from the Navy side are shown placing a wreath just after the unveiling, 11/8/38
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[Admiral Wilson and Edwin Denby on platform. U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland]
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A black and white photo of a group of people holding flags, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection
Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection.
Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955.
General information about the Harris & Ewing Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.hec
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A random collection of portraits of people famous between 1926-1963
The Harris & Ewing, Inc. Collection of photographic negatives includes glass and film negatives taken by Harris & Ewing, Inc., which provide excellent coverage of Washington people, events, and architecture, during the period 1905-1945. Harris & Ewing, Inc., gave its collection of negatives to the Library in 1955. The Library retained about 50,000 news photographs and 20,000 studio portraits of notable people. Approximately 28,000 negatives have been processed and are available online. (About 42,000 negatives still need to be indexed.)
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Portrait photographs of celebrities 1926-1963Harris & Ewing
The Harris & Ewing, Inc. Collection of photographic negatives. Washington DC.Location
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No known restrictions on publication. For more information, see Harris & Ewing Photographs - Rights and Restrictions Information http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/140_harr.html