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for U.S. Senator William Purtell at Senate Office Building groundbreaking ceremony, 1955
U.S. Senator William Purtell at Senate Office Building groundbreaking ceremony, 1955
SubjectPortrait of
William A. Purtell
American, 1897 - 1978
SubjectPortrait of
Richard Milhous Nixon
American, 1913 - 1994
PhotographerPhotographed by
F. Clyde Wilkinson
American
Date1955 January 26
MediumPhotography
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 10 × 8 1/8in. (25.4 × 20.6cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Robin Purtell Bell
DescriptionBlack and white photograph of U.S. Senator William Purtell (holding shovel) at the Senate Office Building groundbreaking ceremony in Washington, D.C. on January 26, 1955. Vice President Richard Nixon is second from the right.
Object number2025.83.28
InscribedPrinted in black on paper affixed to back of photo: "Senator William A. Purtell, as Chairman of the Senate Office Building / Commission, scooping first shovel full of earth at the ground breaking / ceremony for the new Senate Office Bldg., January 26, 1955. / Pictured left to right: Senator Karl Mundt of South Dakota, / Reverend Doctor Frederick Brown Harris, Chaplain of the / Senate, Senator Purtell, Senator George Malone of Nevada, Vice / President Nixon and Chief Justice of the United States Earl Warren."Stamped in red ink on back: "PLEASE CREDIT / F. CLYDE WILKINSON / 3030 NORTH QUINCY STREET / ARLINGTON 7, VA. / HOME PHONE JACKSON 2-5317 / BUSINESS NA. 8-3120 EXT. 1191-1164"
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