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Knits while husband burns. Washington, D.C., Mar. 22. Mrs. Burton K. Wheeler, wife of Senator Wheeler of Montana calmly knits while her husband is burning up at the cross examination of his fellow senators as he took the stand today before the Senate Judiciary Committee. The senator is opposed packing the Supreme Court by legislation, 3/22/1937

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Knits while husband burns. Washington, D.C., Mar. 22. Mrs. Burton K. Wheeler, wife of Senator Wheeler of Montana calmly knits while her husband is burning up at the cross examination of his fellow senators as he took the stand today before the Senate Judiciary Committee. The senator is opposed packing the Supreme Court by legislation, 3/22/1937

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A woman sitting next to another woman in a room.

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01/01/1937

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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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Library of Congress

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