Director of Mint now Maryland farmer. Solomons Island, Md., July 29. It's a far cry from the plains of Wyoming to Maryland farm, but Director of Mint Nellie Tayloe Ross bridged the gap when she acquired 200 acres here including 100 year old house. While the principal crop is tobacco, Mrs. Ross is equally proud of the branch tomatoes raised on the property

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.)