New finish for Capitol press gallery. Washington, D.C., Sept. 28. Newspapermen will hardly recognize the house press gallery when they resume "covering" the Hill the next session. Taking advantage of the silent typewriters and telegraphic instruments workmen are busy re-plastering and painting the g
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- 1937
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- Harris & Ewing
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"New finish for Capitol press gallery. Washington, D.C., Sept. 28. Newspapermen will hardly recognize the house press gallery when they resume "covering" the Hill the next session. Taking advantage of the silent typewriters and telegraphic instruments workmen are busy re-plastering and painting the g" (1937). Harris & Ewing. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:New_finish_for_Capitol_press_gallery._Washington,_D.C.,_Sept._28._Newspapermen_will_hardly_recognize_the_house_press_gallery_when_they_resume_%22covering%22_the_Hill_the_next_session._Taking_LCCN2016872396.jpgNeed photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 290365.
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