[William H.] King Temporary Presiding Officer Over Senate

Title	[William H.] King Temporary Presiding Officer Over Senate
Artist/Maker	ACME Newspictures, Inc.
Date	1940-11-12
Medium	Photograph, black and white
Dimensions	h. 9.063 x w. 7.063 in. (h. 23.02 x w. 17.94 cm)
Credit Line	U.S. Senate Collection
Accession Number	38.01189.001

Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings
Caption (verso, top center): W-4228 ACME PHOTO WASHINGTON BUREAU / KING TEMPORARY PRESIDING OFFICER OVER SENATE / WASHINGTON, D.C. - - - SENATOR WILLIAM H. KING, (D. UTAH,) PICTURED ON THE SENATE ROSTRUM WHERE HE WILL PRESIDE / OVER THE SENATE SINCE THE SUDDEN DEATH OF SENATOR / KEY PITTMAN, WHO WAS [illeg.] PRESIDENT PRO TEM. THE / SENATE ADJOURNED UNTIL FRIDAY OUT OF RESPECT. / (BUREAUS) / CREDIT LINE ACME 11-12-40
Stamp (verso, center, in purple ink): [P]HOTO IS SUPPLIED BY / [ACME] NEWSPICTURES / [WAS]HINGTON BUREAU / [1013] - 13th STREET, N.W. / [W]ASHINGTON, D. C. / [NOT TO] BE USED FOR SYNDICATION / [OR] [ADV]ERTISING PURPOSES WITH- / [OUT] WRITTEN PERMISSION.
Stamp (verso, center left, in blue ink): REF. DEPT / 11-15 '40 / N.E.A.
Inscription (verso, center right, handwritten in graphite): A338
Label (verso, along right edge, in black ink): mch 637
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