No scare at, June 18. Despite the tense situation abroad and talk of the s on this side no increase has made in the police detail guarding the British Embassy here. A solitary minion of the law still guards the majestic building
4 x 5 in. or smaller
- Date
- 1940-06-18
- Collection
- Harris & Ewing
- Archive
- Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Type
- photograph
- Original size
- 10,064 × 8,061 pixels
Public domainsafest
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.
Credit line
"No scare at, June 18. Despite the tense situation abroad and talk of the s on this side no increase has made in the police detail guarding the British Embassy here. A solitary minion of the law still guards the majestic building" (1940-06-18). Harris & Ewing. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:No_scare_at_British_Embassy._Washington,_D.C.,_June_18._Despite_the_tense_situation_abroad_and_talk_of_the_fifth_columns_on_this_side_no_increase_has_made_in_the_police_detail_guarding_the_LCCN2016877766.jpgNeed photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 291370.
More like this
John Bull's new U.S. Home. The new British Embassy as it looks today. Work on the beautiful buildings is nearing completion. The location is ideal: on aristocratic Massachusetts Avenue, next to the Naval Observatory grounds
1929 · Library of Congress
House of Sen. Robt. Taft, 2501 Mass. Ave.
1940 · Library of Congress
Scene at new headquaters of National Bituminous Coal Commission. Washington, D.C., July. The National Bituminous Coal Commission is now housed in the palatial Mrs. Edward B. McLean mansion in downtown Washington where many national and international figures have been royally entertained in years gon
1938 · Library of Congress
Policeman, British Embassy
1918–1920 · Library of Congress
White House closed to visitors. Washington, D.C., July 1. Beginning today the White House mansion and grounds were closed to visitors until the 15th of September. The White House will be painted and repaired during that time, 7-1-40
1940 · Library of Congress
British Embassy, Washington, D.C.
1910–1935 · Library of Congress
New Capitol Police go on duty. Washington, D.C., July 1. Danger of subversive activities increased by the war conditions in Europe, has resulted in the appointment of 20 experienced policemen to augment the Capitol police force. Some of the new men who were recruited from the FBI, Secret Service and
1940 · Library of Congress
Home of New Chief Justice of U.S. Supreme Court in Washington. This palatial home at 2223 R Street in the fashionable section of Washington has just been purchased by Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes. The house is ideally suited for entertainment purposes
1930 · Library of Congress