Affixes U.S. seal to all state documents. Washington, D.C., Jan. 8. Mrs. Helen S. Bru, clerk in the State Department's Appointment Section, affixes the great seal of the United States to about 1200 documents per year. This is the only machine in the world which will place the seal of the United Sta
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"Affixes U.S. seal to all state documents. Washington, D.C., Jan. 8. Mrs. Helen S. Bru, clerk in the State Department's Appointment Section, affixes the great seal of the United States to about 1200 documents per year. This is the only machine in the world which will place the seal of the United Sta" (1938-01-08). Harris & Ewing. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Affixes_U.S._seal_to_all_state_documents._Washington,_D.C.,_Jan._8._Mrs.._Helen_S._Bru,_clerk_in_the_State_Department%27s_Appointment_Section,_affixes_the_great_seal_of_the_United_States_to_LCCN2016872835.jpgNeed photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 270724.
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