Check on "Big Boss". Washington, D.C., Jan. 8. Vice President Garner and Speaker Bankhead check their timepieces as they await the arrival of President Roosevelt for the Jackson Day dinner tonight at the Mayflower. The president's late arrival kept the hungry diners waiting, 1/8/38
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"Check on "Big Boss". Washington, D.C., Jan. 8. Vice President Garner and Speaker Bankhead check their timepieces as they await the arrival of President Roosevelt for the Jackson Day dinner tonight at the Mayflower. The president's late arrival kept the hungry diners waiting, 1/8/38" (1938). Harris & Ewing. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Check_on_%22Big_Boss%22._Washington,_D.C.,_Jan._8._Vice_President_Garner_and_Speaker_Bankhead_check_their_timepieces_as_they_await_the_arrival_of_President_Roosevelt_for_the_Jackson_Day_dinner_LCCN2016872843.jpgNeed photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 275165.
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