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House Speaker ready for opening. Washington, D.C., Jan. 2. Speaker of the House William B. Bankhead took a few practice swings with his gavel today for the benefit of photographers. It is the same gavel he will use when calls the House to order tomorrow when the third session of the 76th Congress co
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House Speaker ready for opening. Washington, D.C., Jan. 2. Speaker of the House William B. Bankhead took a few practice swings with his gavel today for the benefit of photographers. It is the same gavel he will use when calls the House to order tomorrow when the third session of the 76th Congress co

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Date
1940
Collection
Harris & Ewing
Archive
Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
Type
photograph
Original size
7,942 × 9,961 pixels

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Reason: Harris & Ewing collection, given to the Library of Congress without copyright restrictions.

Read from: Commons licence category: PD-Harris-Ewing; no CC BY, CC BY-SA, GFDL or deletion tag on the file page; permission field: No known restrictions on publication. For more information, see Harris & Ewing Photographs - Rights and Restrictions Inf.

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"House Speaker ready for opening. Washington, D.C., Jan. 2. Speaker of the House William B. Bankhead took a few practice swings with his gavel today for the benefit of photographers. It is the same gavel he will use when calls the House to order tomorrow when the third session of the 76th Congress co" (1940). Harris & Ewing. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:House_Speaker_ready_for_opening._Washington,_D.C.,_Jan._2._Speaker_of_the_House_William_B._Bankhead_took_a_few_practice_swings_with_his_gavel_today_for_the_benefit_of_photographers._It_is_LCCN2016876834.jpg

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