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Ickes commissions new general counsel of FEA. Washington, D.C., May 1. Administrator Harold Ickes presenting Abe Fortas, newly appointed General Counsel of the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works with his commission after Fortas was sworn into office today

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Ickes commissions new general counsel of FEA. Washington, D.C., May 1. Administrator Harold Ickes presenting Abe Fortas, newly appointed General Counsel of the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works with his commission after Fortas was sworn into office today

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A group of three men standing next to each other.

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1900 - 1940

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Harris & Ewing, photographer

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Washington, District of Columbia, United States, 38.90719, -77.03687

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