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Preparing for Air Inquiry

Black and white photograph of a room in the Cannon House Office Building. A large, rectangular frame is placed in the middle of the room. A worker stands on scaffolding in the corner. Two other workers stand in the center of the room. Cans of paint, tarps, ladders, buckets, and other tools cover much of the floor. Light fixtures are covered with tarps./tiles/collection/1/19176.xml
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Reverse of photograph with maker’s information and caption reading, “Preparing for Air Inquiry. Photo shows workmen, who have been busy night and day, getting a room ready in the House of Representatives Office Building for the aviation inquiry. The place has been redecorated and a movie screen has been set up on which pictures of planes will be shown and air problems demonstrated.”/tiles/collection/1/19177.xml
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Black and white photograph of a room in the Cannon House Office Building. A large, rectangular frame is placed in the middle of the room. A worker stands on scaffolding in the corner. Two other workers stand in the center of the room. Cans of paint, tarps, ladders, buckets, and other tools cover much of the floor. Light fixtures are covered with tarps.
Reverse of photograph with maker’s information and caption reading, “Preparing for Air Inquiry. Photo shows workmen, who have been busy night and day, getting a room ready in the House of Representatives Office Building for the aviation inquiry. The place has been redecorated and a movie screen has been set up on which pictures of planes will be shown and air problems demonstrated.”
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Date

1925-09-28

Maker

Acme Newspictures, Inc.

Dimensions

8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)

Accession Number

PA2015.07.0093

Credit Line

Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives

Object Details

Workers prepared the Cannon Caucus Room for a hearing on aviation issues in September 1925. Cans of paint, ladders, buckets, scaffolding, and other tools covered much of the floor. Tarps protected the glass shades of the ornate lighting fixtures during the busy transformation. During the hearing, images of airplanes were projected onto a large, specially constructed rectangular frame, which functioned as a movie screen.

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