First family to settle in Greenbelt. Washington, D.C. The first family to move in and get settled in Greenbelt, MD, the, Resettlement Administration city, is Mr. and Mrs. J.M. Ashley, with their children, Lynn, 18 yrs, Dorma 16 yrs and Eddie, 4 years old. The Ashley Family are shown having the first meal in the new house. 10237
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A group of people sitting around a table eating, 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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