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Washington Bicentennial director [sic] hold first meeting at Washington – Vintage Print

Washington Bicentennial director [sic] hold first meeting at Washington, 1930 Feb. 27. — historic photograph
Washington Bicentennial director [sic] hold first meeting at Washington, 1930 Feb. 27.. Historic photograph from the World's Fairs collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Washington Bicentennial director [sic] hold first meeting at Washington comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Taken on February 27, 1930, this portrait records the first meeting of the Washington Bicentennial directors in Washington, D.C., with Sol Bloom and Ulysses S. Grant III among those named in the record. Bloom, a New York congressman, was a leading figure in the national effort to mark the 200th anniversary of George Washington's birth in 1732, which was observed in 1932. The commission planned celebrations across the country in the years before that milestone. Its early organizing sessions, like this one, set the agenda for the commemorations that followed.

Created / published1930 Feb. 27.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenreGroup portraits 1930.Portrait photographs 1930.Photographic prints 1930.
NotesNo. 70653 RU.
SubjectsGrant, U. S. (Ulysses S.),--1881-1968. Bloom, Sol,--1870-1949.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,194 × 1,686 px · prints to 4 × 6 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-169108

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