Champion mustaches. Sir Ronald Lindsay, left, Ambassador from England, and Secretary Claude Swanson sport the most outstanding mustaches in official Washington. It is not often that an opportunity for comparison occurs. This occasion was the luncheon given by the Secretary for the visiting Vice Admiral Sir Matthew R. Best of the Royal Navy. 11135
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Two men in suits standing next to each other, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection
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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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