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Museum purchase, 2006.93.9. © 2008 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Senator Prescott Bush
Museum purchase, 2006.93.9. © 2008 The Connecticut Historical Society.

Senator Prescott Bush

Date1956-1957
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver prints on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions: 12 7/8 x 9 9/16in. (32.7 x 24.3cm) or smaller
Sheet: 12 7/8 x 10in. (32.7 x 25.4cm) or smaller
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineThe Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund
DescriptionPortraits and publicity photographs of Senator Prescott Bush and his wife. Bush and his wife appear walking to Julian Curtis School in Greenwich to vote and outside a voting booth. Bush is also shown with a soldier at Supreme Headquarters of the Allied Forces in Europe and seated at a desk with the U.S. Capitol dome in the background. In all photographs he is wearing a suit, necktie, and shirt. In some he wears an overcoat and hat. In one he holds eyeglasses. In one photograph Mrs. Bush is wearing a campaign button that reads "BUSH / FOR / U.S. SENATOR" and a pin shaped like an elephant.
Object number2006.93.8-.12
Markings2006.93.8, verso, stamped in purple ink, "NATO UNCLASSIFIED...."

2008.93.9-.10 and .12 , verso, paper labels, typed in black ink with descriptions of subject.
Inscribed2006.93.11, recto, lower margin, in blue ink, "Prescott Bush / U.S.S."

All photographs, verso, lower right, in pencil, accession numbers.
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