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Vice President gets another gavel. Washington, D.C., March 25. Another gavel to add to this varied collection was presented to Vice President Garner today by Senator Pat Harrison of Mississippi. Made of cedar from "Beauvoir, home of Jefferson Davis at Biloxi, Mississippi, the gavel is a present from the citizens of that city, 3/25/38

A House whisper. Washington, D.C., Jan. 7. Rep. Sam Rayburn, new majority leader of the House, whispers in to the ear of Senator Carter Glass, the monetary expert of the Senate, as both attend the conference today at the Capitol between administration leaders and Senate and House leaders to discuss monetary legislation to be submitted to the new session of Congress

Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.

[Rep. J.] Parnell Thomas - Public domain portrait photograph

Perfect harmony. Washington, D.C., Nov. 2. Seems that Rep. James W. Wadsworth, Republican of New York, is getting a bit of confidential arms information from Rep. Luther A. Johnson, Democrat of Texas and ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, just before he--Wadsworth--addressed the House today in favor of the administration's bill. Rep. Johnson, who preceded Wadsworth on the floor also spoke for repeal of the arms embargo [...]

General Motors Executive testifies before SEC. Washington, D.C., Aug. 12. Charles F. Kettering, (left,) Vice President at General Motors, talks to Robert E. Healy, member of the Securities Exchange Commission, before taking the stand today at the S.E.C. hearing investigating investment trusts. Questioned by SEC attorneys Kettering told how he unwittingly became a member of the board of directors of the Yosemite Holding Corporation in 1930 following a purchase of $260,000 of Yosemite stock. Kettering also related how he bought 40,000 shares of stock in the company and lost $240,000 in the investments

General J.E. Fetchet, Harnum Parker & Handford McNider, 1/20/26

Vice President gets another gavel. Washington, D.C., March 25. Another gavel to add to this varied collection was presented to Vice President Garner today by Senator Pat Harrison of Mississippi. Made of cedar from "Beauvoir, home of Jefferson Davis at Biloxi, Mississippi, the gavel is a present from the citizens of that city, 32538

Perfect harmony. Washington, D.C., Nov. 2. Seems that Rep. James W. Wadsworth, Republican of New York, is getting a bit of confidential arms information from Rep. Luther A. Johnson, Democrat of Texas and ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, just before he--Wadsworth--addressed the House today in favor of the administration's bill. Rep. Johnson, who preceded Wadsworth on the floor also spoke for repeal of the arms embargo ...

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A man in a suit and tie standing next to a man in a chair, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection

Portraits and news photographs by Washington, D.C.-based firm, showing people, events, architecture in Washington, D.C. and elsewhere.

Date based on date of negatives in same range.

Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955.

General information about the Harris & Ewing Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.hec

Temp. note: Batch eight.

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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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

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Henry Ford, 2927 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Sectry. Baker flag[...] to[...] Army by ladies of [...], 1/19/19

Senate lobby committee again refuffed. Washington, D.C., April 20. Efforts of the Senate Lobby Committee to obtain records of the National Committee to uphold Constitutional Government hit another snag today when Sumner Gerard, Treasurer of the Organization, testified he did not have in his "control" a list of contributors to the National Committee. Gerard, A brother of James Gerard, former Ambassador to Germany, was questioned by the committee in his investigating of Lobby activities uding congressional consideration of the Government reorganization bill, 4/20/38

St. Col. Alexander Surles, U.S.A., 1/7/39

Colonel W.S. Tilton, 22nd Massachusetts. Infantry.

[James A. Farley, right] - Public domain portrait photograph

Ability to recite from memory the constitution wins war veteran a job. Washington, D.C., Sept. 13. Harry E. Wilhelm, 43, a World War veteran and unemployed huckster of York, PA., won himself a job today on his ability to recite from memory the 6,757 words of the Constitution and Amendments. In his quest for work, Wilhelm called on Rep. Sol Bloom, Chairman of the United States Constitutional Sesquicentennial Commission, to whom he announced he was the only man in the world who could recite from memory the Constitution. Interested but skeptical, Bloom promised Wilhelm a job if he could back up hi claim. With Bloom checking the words, Wilhelm made good on his boast and is now an employee of the U.S. Constitution Sesquicentennial Commission mail room. 9/13/37

Mississippi Solon. Washington, D.C., March 9. Pat Harrison, senior United States Senator, Mississippi, from a recent snapshot made in the senate restaurant, 3/9/38

Star witness before Dies Committee. Washington, D.C., May 22. Dudley P. Gilbert, New York socialite, who has been financial angel for an undercover nationwide anti-Semitic and anti-communist movement, today told the Dies Committee Investigating Un-American Activities that the American people will 'have to rise under some American officer of the Franco type' if a 'red revolution' is to be averted

Service F.F.L. - Public domain portrait photograph

General J. Franklin Bell - Public domain photograph, glass negative

Mississippi Senator. Washington, D.C., Oct. 3. A new informal picture of Senator Theodore G. Bilbo, Democrat of Mississippi. He is a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, 10/3/38

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