Ready for Opening Session. Washington, D.C., Dec. 30. Newly decorated from top to bottom, the Senate Chamber is ready for the Nation's lawmakers who will go into the 75th session of Congress on January 5
4 x 5 in. or smaller
- Date
- 1936
- Collection
- Harris & Ewing
- Archive
- Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Type
- photograph
- Original size
- 10,268 × 8,112 pixels
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"Ready for Opening Session. Washington, D.C., Dec. 30. Newly decorated from top to bottom, the Senate Chamber is ready for the Nation's lawmakers who will go into the 75th session of Congress on January 5" (1936). Harris & Ewing. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ready_for_Opening_Session._Washington,_D.C.,_Dec._30._Newly_decorated_from_top_to_bottom,_the_Senate_Chamber_is_ready_for_the_Nation%27s_lawmakers_who_will_go_into_the_75th_session_of_Congress_LCCN2016871037.jpgNeed photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 293855.
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