Evidence displayed to Senate Committee. Washington, D.C., April 27. A bloody bullet-torn undershirt was displayed to the Senate Civil Liberties Committee today by Thomas Ferguson, coal miner union Representative, to suport his story of having been shot last January by Harland County deputy sheriffs.
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"Evidence displayed to Senate Committee. Washington, D.C., April 27. A bloody bullet-torn undershirt was displayed to the Senate Civil Liberties Committee today by Thomas Ferguson, coal miner union Representative, to suport his story of having been shot last January by Harland County deputy sheriffs." (1937-04-27). Harris & Ewing. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Evidence_displayed_to_Senate_Committee._Washington,_D.C.,_April_27._A_bloody_bullet-torn_undershirt_was_displayed_to_the_Senate_Civil_Liberties_Committee_today_by_Thomas_Ferguson,_coal_miner_LCCN2016871622.jpgNeed photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 278660.
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