Secretary of Treasury Mellon pays honor to Uncle Sam's first Secretary of Treasury. Secretary of the Treasury Andrew Mellon placing a wreath at the base of the statue of Alexander Hamilton to celebrate the 172nd anniversary of the birth of the first Secretary of the Treasury of the United States. The statue stands on the south portico of the Treasury Building and the ceremonies today were held under the auspices of the Sons of the Revolution

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.)