Navy band develops first symphony orchestra. This photograph shows a portion of the U.S. Navy Band's 95-piece symphony orchestra for the first time. This orchestra, under the leadership of Lt. Charles Bentor, will give its first concert at the Navy Yard Sail Loft Tuesday night (112635). The Navy Band has had a small orchestra in the past which played at various functions such as White House receptions and other official social gatherings. The new and larger orchestra will give a popular music concert later in the month. 112535

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.)