Original "Show boat" visits Capital. The "Show Boat" about which Edna Ferber based her book by that name is one of the few that are still doing business on Eastern rivers. It is now docked on the Potomac river in Washington for an engagement. Miss Ferber spent five weeks on the boat, gathering material for her novel, and its skipper, Capt. Hall, corraborated in the making of the "Show Boat" motion picture. 112130
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A black and white photo of a boat in the water, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection
Title from unverified caption data on negative or negative sleeve.
On sleeve: Watch Your Credit Line.
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 seven.
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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