Tarzan paints the Senate flagpole. Washington, D.C., July 11. There comes a time each year when things around Capitol Hill need a bit of fresh paint, flagpoles no exception. Here is the flagpole over the Senate Office Building getting its new paint job, curiously enough, from a steeple-jack named Ta
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- 1939
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- Harris & Ewing
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"Tarzan paints the Senate flagpole. Washington, D.C., July 11. There comes a time each year when things around Capitol Hill need a bit of fresh paint, flagpoles no exception. Here is the flagpole over the Senate Office Building getting its new paint job, curiously enough, from a steeple-jack named Ta" (1939). Harris & Ewing. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tarzan_paints_the_Senate_flagpole._Washington,_D.C.,_July_11._There_comes_a_time_each_year_when_things_around_Capitol_Hill_need_a_bit_of_fresh_paint,_flagpoles_no_exception._Here_is_the_LCCN2016875922.jpgNeed photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 297558.
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