CHIEF EXECUTIVE BUYS XMAS SEALS. WASHINGTON, D.C. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT TODAY PURCHASED HIS ANNUAL SUPPLY OF CHRISTMAS SEALS FROM MEMBERS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA TUBERCULOSIS ASSOCIATION. IN THE PHOTOGRAPH, L TO R: DR. JAMES G. TOWNSEND, PRESIDENT OF THE D.C. TUBERCULOSIS ASSOCIATION; RISLEY S. HUNT, CHAIRMAN OF THE XMAS SEALS COMMITTEE OF THE ASSOCIATION; AND JOHN C. WILKINS, TOWN CRIER FOR THE SEALS
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A group of people standing around a table, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection
Title from unverified caption data provided by Harris & Ewing.
ASSIGNED NUMBER.
Date based on date of negatives in same range.
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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