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MRS. ROOSEVELT PRESENTS CUP TO WINNERS OF STATE PARADE AT DEMOCRATIC WOMEN'S ANNUAL STRING FETE. WASHINGTON, D.C. MAY 4. THE WOMAN'S NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CLUB OF WASHINGTON TODAY HELD ITS ANNUAL SPRING FETE AND FASHION SHOW. HIGH SPOT OF THE AFFAIR WAS THE PRESENTATION OF PRIZES BY MRS. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, GUEST OF HONOR AT THE FUNCTION HELD IN THE SHOREHAM HOTEL HERE. PRIZES WERE GIVEN FOR THE MOST REPRESENTATIVE COSTUME IN THE PARADE OF STATES, AND A CUP WAS GIVEN TO COLORADO'S DELEGATION WHO REPRESENTED A GROUP OF 49'ERS WITH A COVERED WAGON AND OX TEAM. THE GROUP WAS NOT PLACED ON THE PLATFORM FOR THE RUNOFF, SO THE CHILDREN TOSSED PIECES OF CANDY TO THE JUDGES AND WON THEM OVER. L TO R: HARRIETTE KURTZ, 9; LAUREL JEAN BROWN, 8; JOHN ALLEN MOORE, 10; RICHARD BROWN, 6; MRS. ROOSEVELT IN BACK
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A group of people standing on a stage with goats, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection
Title from unverified caption data on negative or negative sleeve.
Date based on date of negatives in same range.
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 eight.
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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