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Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.
Heroes of Nicaraguan service receive decorations from Secretary of Navy. Seven officers of the United States Navy and Marine Corps were presented with decorations for distinguished service in Nicaragua by Secretary of the Navy Charles Francis Adams today at the Navy Department. In this picture Secretary Adams is pinning the Distinguished Medal on Rear Admiral David Sellers, Judge Advocate General of the Navy, who was commander of the Special Service in Nicaragua from July 1927 to May 1929. Others in the picture are Lieut. Col. C.R. Wallace, U.S.M.C., who also received Distinguished Service Federal Lieut. Col. C. R. Sanderson; 2nd Lieut. E. H. Saltzman; 2nd Lieut. Earl S. Piper; 2nd Lieut. John S. Letcher, all of whom received the Navy Cross. Lieut. John B. O'Neill, U.S. Navy received a star in lieu of Navy Cross as was previously awarded the Cross
[Group: John W. Weeks, 2nd from left. White House, Washington, D.C.]
Group: John W. Weeks, 2nd from left. White House, Washington, D.C.
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Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.
Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.
Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.
Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.
Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.
Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.
Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.
Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.
Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.
Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.
Summary
A black and white photo of a group of men in uniform, 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.
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.)