Harris & Ewing photo studio

The Harris & Ewing photo studio of George W. Harris and Martha Ewing was a photographic studio in Washington, DC. Their images form the basis of the Harris & Ewing Collection at the Library of Congress.[1]

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History

George W. Harris worked for the Hearst News Service in San Francisco from 1900 to 1903.[2] He died in 1964 at age 92.[1]

Legacy

Most of his photographs date from 1905 to 1945. About 700,000 negatives of his photographs reside at the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division and many are scanned and online.[1]

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References

  1. ^ a b c Livingston, Michael (2000-11-13). "Harris & Ewing Collection". Library of Congress. http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2000/11/13/focus8.html. Retrieved 2011-01-11. "The Harris & Ewing Collection of photographic negatives includes glass and film negatives taken by Harris & Ewing, Inc., which photographed people, events, and architecture, particularly in Washington, D.C., during the period 1905-1945. Harris & Ewing, Inc., gave its collection of negatives to the Library in 1955." 
  2. ^ Livingston, Michael (2000-11-13). "Harris & Ewing studio was photographer to presidents". Washington Business Journal. http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2000/11/13/focus8.html. Retrieved 2011-01-11. "Before George W. Harris and Martha Ewing opened their studio here in 1905, Harris covered the Johnstown, Pa., flood of 1889 as a rookie news photographer. After working at Hearst News Service in San Francisco from 1900 to 1903, he joined Roosevelt's press entourage on a train trip. According to the papers nominating the studio to the National Register of Historic Places, "the president personally urged him to start a photographic news service in Washington because it was so difficult at that time for out-of-town newspapers to get timely photographs of notable people and events in the Nation's Capital."" 

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