Apple blossom queen arrives. Washington, D.C., April 21. Adelaide Moffett Brooks, daughter of the former Federal Housing Administrator, and, who is to be crowned Queen Shenandoah at the Winchester, Virginia, Apple Blossom Festival later this month, waves a greeting as she arrives at Washington Airport. While in Washington, Miss Moffett will be presented to President Roosevelt, 42138
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A black and white photo of a woman on an airplane, 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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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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