Military funeral held for General Bliss. A cortege of more than 1,000 troops followed the caisson to the grave when General Tasker H. Bliss, war- time Chief of Staff, was buried in Arlington National Cemetary Wednesday. General John J. Pershing, General Charles P. Summerall, present chief of staff, and other high military leaders attended the last rites for the distinguished soldier-statesman. 111230
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A black and white photo of a horse drawn carriage, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection
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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 seven.
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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