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Taking a Count


Taking a Count (Acc. No. 38.01259.001)
Taking a Count (Acc. No. 38.01259.001)

Title Taking a Count
Artist/Maker Associated Press
Date 1959-04-28
Medium Photograph, black and white
Dimensions h. 6.5 x w. 8.75 in. (h. 16.51 x w. 22.225 cm)
Credit Line U.S. Senate Collection
Accession Number 38.01259.001


  • Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings
  • Stamp (recto, integrated into the image): (WX8)WASHINGTON, April 28--TAKING A COUNT-- Sen. Paul H. Douglas (D-Ill) poses today, note pad in / hand, among office equipment stored in the halls of the Old Senate Office Building. The / senator has been fighting "waste and extravagance" for furnishings in the senators' new office / building near the Capitol. Douglas said he and an aide counted 375 desks, 215 filing cabinets / and 400 chairs stored in the old quarters. (AP Wirephoto) (rbo31705atf-hlg)1959.
    Stamp (verso, center top, in black ink): DOUGLAS, PAUL H. SEN.
    Stamp (verso, right top, in purple ink): APR 29 1959
    Inscription (verso, left center, handwritten in graphite): Douglas Wed City Ed Page 6 / [illeg.]
    Inscription (verso, left center, handwritten in graphite): [?] x 5"
    Stamp (verso, right center, in blue ink): RRY 63747
    Label (verso, left center, newspaper clipping): APR 29 1959 / AP Wirephoto / SEN. DOUGLAS TAKES A COUNT / Checks office equipment stored in old Senate building.

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