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Gift of Robin Purtell Bell, 2025.83.6, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History collection, Co…
U.S. Senators John Sparkman and William Purtell, Helsinki, Finland, 1955
Gift of Robin Purtell Bell, 2025.83.6, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History collection, Copyright Undetermined

U.S. Senators John Sparkman and William Purtell, Helsinki, Finland, 1955

SubjectPortrait of William A. Purtell American, 1897 - 1978
SubjectPortrait of John Jackson Sparkman American, 1899 - 1985
Date1955 September 1
MediumPhotography
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 4 1/2 × 3 3/8in. (11.4 × 8.6cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Robin Purtell Bell
DescriptionBlack and white photograph of U.S. Senator John Sparkman (on stairs) and U.S. Senator William Purtell (on platform) boarding a Russian train in Helsinki, Finland on September 1, 1955.
Object number2025.83.6
InscribedHandwritten in black marker on back: "John / Sparkman / & / I on Russian / Train"NotesSubject Note: In 1955, U.S. Senator William Purtell was a member of the Senate Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee. He went on a two month tour of Europe and Russia, attending the Atoms for Peace Conference in Geneva, Switzerland and a meeting of the Inter-Parliamentary Union in Helsinki, Finland.
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