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Crowd outside Hotel Washington, 15th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, with British flags on nearby pole
Summary
A large crowd of people with umbrellas and hats, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection
Event depicted is likely the June 8, 1939 royal visit of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth based on presence of British flags and article in the Los Angeles Times, June 8, 1939.
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 five.
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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