Peanut man in front of White House says Hoover only president in 20 Years who does not eat peanuts. Steve Vasilakes whose pushcart has stood on the corner of East Executive Avenue near the White House for the last twenty years, has catered to the peanut eating proclivities of President's Roosevelt, Taft, Wilson, Harding, and Coolidge. But Steve says President Hoover passes him completely. "President Hoover is a Nice-a man," Steve said, "but he never buy a peanut. He only come here in his auto. I say 'Hello' and he go on"

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.)