White House flooded with dimes for paralysis fight. Washington, D.C., Jan. 25. Barbara Councilor and Ethel Haberkorn, Workers in the White House Mail Room, attempting to keep up with the flood of dimes which are coming to the President's Birthday Ball Committee to add to the fund to right infantile
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"White House flooded with dimes for paralysis fight. Washington, D.C., Jan. 25. Barbara Councilor and Ethel Haberkorn, Workers in the White House Mail Room, attempting to keep up with the flood of dimes which are coming to the President's Birthday Ball Committee to add to the fund to right infantile" (1939). Harris & Ewing. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:White_House_flooded_with_dimes_for_paralysis_fight._Washington,_D.C.,_Jan._25._Barbara_Councilor_and_Ethel_Haberkorn,_Workers_in_the_White_House_Mail_Room,_attempting_to_keep_up_with_the_LCCN2016874897.jpgNeed photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 300079.
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