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President Hoover gets gavel made from wood of tree where Republican Party was born. A handsome gavel was made from the wood of the oak tree in Jackson, Michigan, under which the Republican party was born seventy-five years ago on July 6, 1854, was presented to President Hoover at the White House today by a delegation from the state of Michigan. Honorable W.W. Potter, chief justice of the Supreme Court of Michigan, acting for Gov. Green of his state, is shown making the presentation. Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg of Michigan, is on the left of the President

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President Hoover gets gavel made from wood of tree where Republican Party was born. A handsome gavel was made from the wood of the oak tree in Jackson, Michigan, under which the Republican party was born seventy-five years ago on July 6, 1854, was presented to President Hoover at the White House today by a delegation from the state of Michigan. Honorable W.W. Potter, chief justice of the Supreme Court of Michigan, acting for Gov. Green of his state, is shown making the presentation. Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg of Michigan, is on the left of the President

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A group of men standing next to each other, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection

Title from unverified caption data on negative or negative sleeve.
On sleeve: Watch Your Credit Line.
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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01/01/1929
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No known restrictions on publication. For more information, see Harris & Ewing Photographs - Rights and Restrictions Information http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/140_harr.html

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