Mr. John Washington, who holds the secret of making flexable postage stamp concelers used by the U.S. Gov't. Uncle Sam can't get along without him. Nobody else knows how the concelers are made and Mr. Washington won't tell so he is going to work as long as the Gov't needs him
5 x 7 in. or smaller
- Date
- 1924
- Collection
- Harris & Ewing
- Archive
- Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Type
- photograph
- Original size
- 10,030 × 7,356 pixels
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"Mr. John Washington, who holds the secret of making flexable postage stamp concelers used by the U.S. Gov't. Uncle Sam can't get along without him. Nobody else knows how the concelers are made and Mr. Washington won't tell so he is going to work as long as the Gov't needs him" (1924). Harris & Ewing. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mr._John_Washington,_who_holds_the_secret_of_making_flexable_postage_stamp_concelers_used_by_the_U.S._Gov%27t._Uncle_Sam_can%27t_get_along_without_him._Nobody_else_knows_how_the_concelers_are_LCCN2016887390.jpgNeed photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 289230.
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