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PRESIDENT MEETS WITH COMMITTEE FOR CELEBRATION OF PRESIDENT'S BIRTHDAY. WASHINGTON, D.C. JANUARY 18. MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE FOR THE CELEBRATION OF THE PRESIDENT'S BIRTHDAY TODAY TOLD PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT THAT THE FIGHT INFANTILE PARALYSIS DRIVE FOR FUNDS, NOW OPENING WILL RALLY AN ARMY OF CONTRIBUTORS IN EVERY STATE EAGER TO 'DO IT WITH DIMES.' SHOWN IN THE PHOTOGRAPH WITH THE PRESIDENT, L TO R: COMMISSIONER GEORGE ... A ... OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, CHAIRMAN OF THE 'MARCH OF DIMES' COMMITTEE; COL. D. WALKER WEAR OF NEW YORK, ASSISTANT NATIONAL CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE; GEORGE V. RILEY OF NEW YORK, CHAIRMAN OF THE GREATER NEW YORK CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE; AND KEITH MORGAN, NATIONAL CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE

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PRESIDENT MEETS WITH COMMITTEE FOR CELEBRATION OF PRESIDENT'S BIRTHDAY. WASHINGTON, D.C. JANUARY 18. MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE FOR THE CELEBRATION OF THE PRESIDENT'S BIRTHDAY TODAY TOLD PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT THAT THE FIGHT INFANTILE PARALYSIS DRIVE FOR FUNDS, NOW OPENING WILL RALLY AN ARMY OF CONTRIBUTORS IN EVERY STATE EAGER TO 'DO IT WITH DIMES.' SHOWN IN THE PHOTOGRAPH WITH THE PRESIDENT, L TO R: COMMISSIONER GEORGE ... A ... OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, CHAIRMAN OF THE 'MARCH OF DIMES' COMMITTEE; COL. D. WALKER WEAR OF NEW YORK, ASSISTANT NATIONAL CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE; GEORGE V. RILEY OF NEW YORK, CHAIRMAN OF THE GREATER NEW YORK CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE; AND KEITH MORGAN, NATIONAL CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE

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A group of men standing around a table, 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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01/01/1940
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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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