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U.S. House Committee on Insular Affairs and Members of the Philippine Special Mission

Black and white photograph of the Committee on Insular Affairs Philippine special mission members posing for a photograph with the Capitol in the background/tiles/collection/1/13460.xml
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Reverse of photograph with maker’s information, handwritten text reading, “U.S. House Committee on Insular Affairs and Members Philippine special mission,” and caption reading, “Committee on Insular Affairs of the House of Representatives, and members of the Philippine special mission. The Committee is holding hearings on subjects pertaining to the Islands, including independence.”/tiles/collection/1/13461.xml
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Black and white photograph of the Committee on Insular Affairs Philippine special mission members posing for a photograph with the Capitol in the background
Reverse of photograph with maker’s information, handwritten text reading, “U.S. House Committee on Insular Affairs and Members Philippine special mission,” and caption reading, “Committee on Insular Affairs of the House of Representatives, and members of the Philippine special mission. The Committee is holding hearings on subjects pertaining to the Islands, including independence.”
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Date

1924-05-09

Maker

National Photo Company

Dimensions

8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)

Accession Number

PA2015.03.0045

Credit Line

Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives

Object Details

In 1924, the House Committee on Insular Affairs held hearings about the Philippines and heard testimony from a Filipino delegation in favor of independence from the United States. In this photograph, representatives from both the committee and the independence mission posed with the U.S. Capitol in the background.

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