Making tapestry is hobby of second U.S. Woman envoy. Washington, D.C., April 21. Weaving tapestry is the favorite hobby of Mrs. J. Borden Harriman, recently appointed U.S. Minister to Norway by President Roosevelt. She is the second woman to named a U.S. Envoy by the President. Mrs. Ruth Bryan Owen was the first having served as Minister to Denmark until her recent marriage. Mrs. Harriman is shown at her home "Uplands" in the National capital, 4211937
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A black and white photo of a woman sitting in a chair, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection
Title from unverified data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection on the negative or negative sleeve.
Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955.
General information about the Harris & Ewing Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.hec
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The Harris & Ewing, Inc. Collection of photographic negatives includes glass and film negatives taken by Harris & Ewing, Inc., which provide excellent coverage of Washington people, events, and architecture, during the period 1905-1945. Harris & Ewing, Inc., gave its collection of negatives to the Library in 1955. The Library retained about 50,000 news photographs and 20,000 studio portraits of notable people. Approximately 28,000 negatives have been processed and are available online. (About 42,000 negatives still need to be indexed.)
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