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![[Wives] of Congressmen in speaking class have commencement and awarding of prizes. Washington, D.C., March 17. Mrs. Hugh Butler's little publicized speaking class for wives of Congressmen today completed its schedule of classes and the group gathered at a luncheon to award prizes. Mrs. Will M. Whittington, wife of the congressman from Mississippi won the award as best speaker and was presented with a book of fine speeches by Mrs. Hugh Butler. Left to right: Mrs. Whittington and Mrs. Butler, 3-17- 39](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MzkvMDEvMDEvd2l2ZXMtb2YtY29uZ3Jlc3NtZW4taW4tc3BlYWtpbmctY2xhc3MtaGF2ZS1jb21tZW5jZW1lbnQtYW5kLWF3YXJkaW5nLW9mLXByaXplcy02NDAuanBn/40/32/webp "[Wives] of Congressmen in speaking class have commencement and awarding of prizes. Washington, D.C., March 17. Mrs. Hugh Butler's little publicized speaking class for wives of Congressmen today completed its schedule of classes and the group gathered at a luncheon to award prizes. Mrs. Will M. Whittington, wife of the congressman from Mississippi won the award as best speaker and was presented with a book of fine speeches by Mrs. Hugh Butler. Left to right: Mrs. Whittington and Mrs. Butler, 3-17- 39")
Congressmen's wives learn to speak in class. The Congressional Public Speaking class, composed of wives of congressmen, is attempting to teach the ladies to search out material and present it effectively under the direction of Mrs. Hugh Butler, public speaking teacher. They met today at the Agriculture Department's 'Chamber of Horrors' where Mrs. Ralph O. Brewster, wife of the member from Maine, gave her colleagues a sample of her learning while Mrs. Butler looks on from the right of the picture, 2-10- 39
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A black and white photo of a woman giving a presentation, 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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