British statesman tours Capitol. Washington, D.C., Dec. 14. Anthony Eden, Col. Ed Halsy, Secretary to the Senate and Joseph J. Sinnott, doorkeeper of the House of Representatives. Sinnott is explaining the seating arrangements of the House to Eden during the former Breign Secretary's tour of the Capitol which kept photographers on the run to keep up with his rapid strides, 121438

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.)

Anthony Eden's Prime Minster term was dominated by the Suez crisis. When Egypt nationalized the Suez Canal in 1956 Eden joined France and Israel in authorizing an unsuccessful invasion. He was harshly criticized around the world and resigned in 1957.