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Harris & Ewing, fl. 1905-1977 [Portrait of Supreme Court Justices]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02929.01 Author/Creator: Harris & Ewing, fl. 1905-1977 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Photograph signed Date: 1941 Pagination: 1 photograph : b&w Height: 25.3 cm, Width: 34.1 cm Order a Copy

Formal group portrait of the Supreme Court Justices in robes. Signed by the nine justices: Owen J. Roberts, J.C. McReynolds, Charles Evans Hughes, Harlan Fisk Stone, Hugo L. Black, William O. Douglas, Stanley Reed, Felix Frankfurter, and Frank Murphy. Date determined due to the overlapping time the justices served. McReynolds and Hughes both left in 1941, while Stone had just started in 1941.

Roberts, Owen J. (Owen Josephus), 1875-1955
McReynolds, James Clark, 1862-1946
Hughes, Charles Evans, 1862-1948
Stone, Harlan Fiske, 1872-1946
Black, Hugo LaFayette, 1886-1971
Douglas, William Orville, 1898-1980
Reed, Stanley Forman, 1884-1980
Frankfurter, Felix, 1882-1965
Murphy, Frank, 1890-1949
Harris & Ewing, fl. 1905-1977

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