| Title: |
George Tames
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
U.S. Congress. Senate. Historical Office
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| Collection: |
Senate Oral History Project
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| Series: |
Item 1 of Series George Tames
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| Description: |
As a newspaper photographer, George Tames was a regular on Capitol Hill over a span of forty years. He developed access to and captured the likeness of numerous members of Congress, and had his work reproduced in many influential publications. He developed a style contrary to the "herd instinct" of press photographers, demonstrating his artistic eye, sense of place, and special intimacy with his subjects. In these interviews he relates some of the stories behind his most memorable photographs and offers his perspective of the Senate through a camera's lens.
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| Extent: |
19 pages
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| URL: |
http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/resources/pdf/Tames1.pdf
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
1919 to 1940
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| Speaker: |
Tames, George, 1919-
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
21-Jan-1919
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| Speaker place of birth: |
District of Columbia; United States; North America
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| Speaker race: |
White
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| Speaker occupation: |
Photographer
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| Age at speaking: |
69
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| Document date: |
13-Jan-1988
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| Interviewer: |
Ritchie, Donald A.
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| Organizations discussed: |
Democratic Party, US; U.S. Congress; U.S. Congress. Senate; Washington Post, Washington, DC; Washington Star, 1825-1981
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| Historical events discussed: |
Great Depression, 1929-1941
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| Locations discussed: |
District of Columbia; North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Biography; Democratic Party, US; Depressions--1929--United States; District of Columbia; Education; Family; Family--History; Federal government; Great Depression, 1929-1941; Journalism; Legislative bodies--United States; Legislators--United States; News photographers; Newspapers; North America; Oral history; Photographers; Photography; Political science--United States; U.S. Congress; U.S. Congress. Senate; United States; United States--Officials and employees; United States--Politics and government; Washington Post, Washington, DC; Washington Star, 1825-1981
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0022104-23103
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