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[Senator Lister Hill shovels the first spadeful of earth at the new National Library of Medicine groundbreaking ceremony]

Collection:
Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Publication:
Produced: [1959]
Language(s):
English
Format:
Still image
Subject(s):
Anniversaries and Special Events
Libraries, Medical
Hill, Lister, 1894-1984.
Burney, Leroy E. (Leroy Edgar), 1906-1998.
Lyons, Champ, 1907-
Laird, Melvin R.
Flemming, Arthur S. (Arthur Sherwood), 1905-1996.
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
Genre(s):
Photographs
Abstract:
Photograph caption: At the groundbreaking ceremony for the new National Library of Medicine, Senator Lister Hill of Alabama shovels the first spadeful of earth as (from left) Surgeon General Leroy E. Burney, Dr. Champ Lyons, Chairman of the Board of Regents of the National Library of Medicine, Congressman Melvin R. Laird of Wisconsin, and Dr. Arthur S. Flemming, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, watch. The ceremony for this new structure, to be located on the site of the old Glenbrook Golf Course, took place Friday afternoon, June 12.
Copyright:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Extent:
1 photograph : 21 x 26 cm
Technique:
black and white
NLM Unique ID:
101644340 (See catalog record)
NLM Image ID:
A033440
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101644340