Burgess Meredith 1938
Burgess Meredith urges permanent Federal Bureau of Fine Arts. Washington, D.C., Feb. 28. A militant campaign will shortly be waged for creation of a permanent Federal Bureau of Fine Arts, Burgess Meredith, acting President of Actors Equity, today told the Senate Education and Labor Subcommittee. Actors, producers and artists have urged the committee to aid the "preservation and development of American Culture" by reporting favorably to create such a bureau, 2/28/38
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- 1938-02-28
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- Harris & Ewing
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- Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
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- 9,919 × 7,943 pixels
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