Takes oath as first Assistant Interior Secretary. Washington, D.C., April 8. His nomination finally approved by the Senate after three month's consideration of his fitness for the post, Ebert K. Burlew was today sworn in as first Assistant Secretary of Interior to succeed the late Theodore A. Walters of Idaho. Burlew, a civil service career man, arose from a clerk-ship in the war department to the present post as an Assistant Cabinet Officer. In the picture, left to right: Ebert K. Burlew, Secretary Harold Ickes, and Floyd E. Dotson, Chief Clerk of Dept. of Interior, who administered the oath, 4838

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Takes oath as first Assistant Interior Secretary. Washington, D.C., April 8. His nomination finally approved by the Senate after three month's consideration of his fitness for the post, Ebert K. Burlew was today sworn in as first Assistant Secretary of Interior to succeed the late Theodore A. Walters of Idaho. Burlew, a civil service career man, arose from a clerk-ship in the war department to the present post as an Assistant Cabinet Officer. In the picture, left to right: Ebert K. Burlew, Secretary Harold Ickes, and Floyd E. Dotson, Chief Clerk of Dept. of Interior, who administered the oath, 4838

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A group of men standing next to each other, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection

Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection.
Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955.
General information about the Harris & Ewing Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.hec
Temp. note: Batch five.

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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01/01/1938
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No known restrictions on publication. For more information, see Harris & Ewing Photographs - Rights and Restrictions Information http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/140_harr.html

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