Only bespectacled bust at Capitol. Washington, D.C., March 24. A bust with spectacles is probably not unique but at the U.S. Capitol one is practically a curiosity. It is that of former Vice President Thomas E. Sherman, and, is the only one of a person wearing spectacles of the many standing in the historic structure. Duane Derrick is viewing the bust, 32438
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A man standing next to a bust of a man, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection
Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection.
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 five.
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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