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![No midget lap-sitting for Speaker Bankhead. Washington, D.C., April 30. "Lap-sitting is out" Speaker Bankhead today as he greeted a troupe of circus midgets from his home state of Alabama [at the] Capitol. An enterprising photographer sought to repeat the J.P. Morgan act of a few years ago (?) the noted financier placed on the midgets on [his] lap at a Senate hearing. But it was no go today as the Speaker was concerned, 4/30/37](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTUvMTEvMjUvbm8tbWlkZ2V0LWxhcC1zaXR0aW5nLWZvci1zcGVha2VyLWJhbmtoZWFkLXdhc2hpbmd0b24tZGMtYXByaWwtMzAtbGFwLXNpdHRpbmctMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/32/webp "No midget lap-sitting for Speaker Bankhead. Washington, D.C., April 30. \"Lap-sitting is out\" Speaker Bankhead today as he greeted a troupe of circus midgets from his home state of Alabama [at the] Capitol. An enterprising photographer sought to repeat the J.P. Morgan act of a few years ago (?) the noted financier placed on the midgets on [his] lap at a Senate hearing. But it was no go today as the Speaker was concerned, 4/30/37")
No midget lap-sitting for Speaker Bankhead. Washington, D.C., April 30...
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No midget lap-sitting for Speaker Bankhead. Washington, D.C., April 30...
A black and white photo of a group of people, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Part of caption cut off. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. General information about the Harris & Ewing Collection i... More