Envoy and wife break ground for new Venezuelan Legation building. Washington, D.C., Dec. 29. Charge d'Affairs of Venezuela and Senora Jacinto Fombona-Pachano work the controls of shovel used in breaking ground today for erection of a new legation building at Massachusetts Ave. and California Street.
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"Envoy and wife break ground for new Venezuelan Legation building. Washington, D.C., Dec. 29. Charge d'Affairs of Venezuela and Senora Jacinto Fombona-Pachano work the controls of shovel used in breaking ground today for erection of a new legation building at Massachusetts Ave. and California Street." (1938). Harris & Ewing. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Envoy_and_wife_break_ground_for_new_Venezuelan_Legation_building._Washington,_D.C.,_Dec._29._Charge_d%27Affairs_of_Venezuela_and_Senora_Jacinto_Fombona-Pachano_work_the_controls_of_shovel_used_LCCN2016874632.jpgNeed photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 278574.
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