WAR VICTIMS RECEIVED BY PRESIDENT. PRESIDENT AND MRS. ROOSEVELT STAND ON THE WHITE HOUSE LAWN AS A STREAM OF WOUNDED VETERANS, SOME IN WHEEL CHAIRS, SOME ON CRUTCHES, PASS THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF FOR A WORD OF GREETING. FROM THE LEFT: MRS. ROOSEVELT, THE PRESIDENT, AND CAPT. WILSON BROWN, WHITE HOUSE NAVAL AIDE. THE VETERAN IS ONE OF THE MANY WHO PASSED. DURING THIS PARTY GIVEN WOUNDED SOLDIERS, THE PATMAN BONUS BILL ARRIVED AT THE WHITE HOUSE. EARLIER IN THE DAY, PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT SENT OUT WORD THAT HE WOULD VETO IT

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WAR VICTIMS RECEIVED BY PRESIDENT. PRESIDENT AND MRS. ROOSEVELT STAND ON THE WHITE HOUSE LAWN AS A STREAM OF WOUNDED VETERANS, SOME IN WHEEL CHAIRS, SOME ON CRUTCHES, PASS THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF FOR A WORD OF GREETING. FROM THE LEFT: MRS. ROOSEVELT, THE PRESIDENT, AND CAPT. WILSON BROWN, WHITE HOUSE NAVAL AIDE. THE VETERAN IS ONE OF THE MANY WHO PASSED. DURING THIS PARTY GIVEN WOUNDED SOLDIERS, THE PATMAN BONUS BILL ARRIVED AT THE WHITE HOUSE. EARLIER IN THE DAY, PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT SENT OUT WORD THAT HE WOULD VETO IT

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A man in a wheelchair shaking hands with a woman in a dress, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection

Title from unverified caption data on negative or negative sleeve.
Date based on date of negatives in same range.
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 eight.

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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01/01/1935
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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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