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Victory Book Campaign. Soldiers of Fort Myer, Virginia, and volunteer members of the Red Cross examine books in Statuary Hall of the Capitol during ceremonies in which members of Congress contributed to the 1943 Victory Book Campaign

Victory Book Campaign. Soldiers of Fort Myer, Virginia, and volunteer members of the Red Cross examine books in Statuary Hall of the Capitol during ceremonies in which members of Congress contributed to the 1943 Victory Book Campaign

Victory Book Campaign. Soldiers of Fort Myer, Virginia at ceremonies in the Capitol, at which members of Congress contributed books for the 1943 Victory Book Campaign

Victory Book Campaign. Soldiers of Fort Myer, Virginia at ceremonies in the Capitol, at which members of Congress contributed books for the 1943 Victory Book Campaign

Victory Book Campaign. Soldiers of Fort Myer, Virginia, in Statuary Hall of the Capitol, receiving books donated by members of Congress for 1943 Victory Book Campaign

Victory Book Campaign. Soldiers of Fort Myer, Virginia, in Statuary Hall of the Capitol, receiving books donated by members of Congress for 1943 Victory Book Campaign

Victory Book Campaign. Volunteer members of the Red Cross display books contributed by members of Congress for 1943 Victory Book Campaign at ceremonies in Statuary Hall in the Capitol

Victory Book Campaign. Volunteer members of the Red Cross display books contributed by members of Congress for 1943 Victory Book Campaign at ceremonies in Statuary Hall in the Capitol

Victory Book Campaign. Soldiers of Ft. Myer, Virginia, and members of the American Red Cross Volunteer Service examine books contributed by members of Congress for the 1943 Victory Book Campaign

Victory Book Campaign. Soldiers of Fort Myer, Virginia and ladies of the Red Cross at Staturary Hall in the Capitol at ceremonies at which members of Congress contributed books for the 1943 Victory Book Campaign

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01/01/1943
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Victory Book Campaign. Soldiers of Ft. Myer, Virginia, and members of the American Red Cross Volunteer Service examine books contributed by members of Congress for the 1943 Victory Book Campaign

Victory Book Campaign. Mrs. Donald Buckingham, volunteer Red Cross member of Washington, D.C., receives victory books from Speaker of the House Samuel Rayburn and Representative John McCormick of Massachusetts

Victory Book Campaign. Vice-President Henry A. Wallace donating victory books to Corporal Frank York of Fort Myer, Virginia while Senator Lister Hill of Alabama looks on in ceremonies in Statuary Hall at the Capitol

Victory Book Campaign. Members of the House of Representatives display books they contributed to the 1943 Victory Book Campaign. Holdig books are (left to right): Representative Aime J. Forand of Rhode Island; Representative Ralph Church, Illinois; Representative Thomas D'Alessandro Jr., Maryland; Representative George Dondero, Michigan; Reprsentative Allen D. Treadway of Massachusetts; John Snyder, employee of the House; Representative Emanuel Celler of New York; John Murphy, Pennsylvania; and Representative John McCormick, Massachusetts

Victory Book Campaign. At ceremonies in Statuary Hall at the Capitol at which members of Congress contributed books for the Victory Book Campaign. Congressmen shown holding books are Representative George A. Dondero of Michigan; Allen Treadway, Massachusetts and Representative John McCormack, Massachusetts

Victory Book Campaign. Volunteer members of the Red Cross display books contributed by members of Congress for 1943 Victory Book Campaign at ceremonies in Statuary Hall in the Capitol

Victory Book Campaign. Volunteer members of the Red Cross display books contributed by members of Congress for 1943 Victory Book Campaign at ceremonies in Statuary Hall in the Capitol

Victory Book Campaign. Soldiers of Fort Myer, Virginia, and volunteer members of the Red Cross examine books in Statuary Hall of the Capitol during ceremonies in which members of Congress contributed to the 1943 Victory Book Campaign

Victory Book Campaign. Two members of Congress who contributed books for the 1943 Victory Book Campaign: Representative Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. (left) of Maryland; and Representative Samuel Weiss of Pennsylvania

Victory Book Campaign. The Victory Book Campaign, January 5, 1943 through March 5, 1943, is designed to provide entertaining and instructive reading for our Army camps, Naval stations, Coast Guard stations, Merchant Marine libraries and United Service Organizations centers. The picture shows OWI (Office of War Information) Chief, Elmer Davis, contributing a book at the beginning of the campaign. Norman Cousins, editor of the Saturday Review of Literature and member of the National Campaign Board for the 1943 Victory Book Campaign, is accepting the book on behalf of the Board

Victory Book Campaign. Members of the House of Representatives display books they contributed to the 1943 Victory Book Campaign. Holdig books are (left to right): Representative Aime J. Forand of Rhode Island; Representative Ralph Church, Illinois; Representative Thomas D'Alessandro Jr., Maryland; Representative George Dondero, Michigan; Reprsentative Allen D. Treadway of Massachusetts; John Snyder, employee of the House; Representative Emanuel Celler of New York; John Murphy, Pennsylvania; and Representative John McCormick, Massachusetts

Victory Book Campaign. Soldiers of Fort Myer, Virginia at ceremonies in the Capitol, at which members of Congress contributed books for the 1943 Victory Book Campaign

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district of columbia washington dc safety film negatives victory campaign victory book campaign soldiers fort myer fort myer virginia ladies cross staturary hall staturary hall capitol ceremonies members congress books united states capitol 1940s 40s american red cross us capitol united states capitol washington dc 1940 s library of congress