| 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 2 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: |
18 pages
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| URL: |
http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/resources/pdf/Tames2.pdf
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1988 (Year of interview)
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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: |
20-Jan-1988
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| Interviewer: |
Ritchie, Donald A.
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| People discussed: |
Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis; Kennedy, Jackie; Kennedy, Jacqueline Lee Bouvier; Kennedy, Mrs. John F.; Onassis, Jackie; Onassis, Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy, 1929-1994
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| Organizations discussed: |
U.S. Congress; U.S. Congress. Senate; White House, Washington, DC
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| Locations discussed: |
District of Columbia; New York; New York, NY; North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
District of Columbia; Federal government; Government and the press; Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis; Journalism; Kennedy, Jackie; Kennedy, Jacqueline Lee Bouvier; Kennedy, Mrs. John F.; Legislative bodies--United States; Legislators--United States; New York; New York, NY; News photographers; Newspapers; North America; Onassis, Jackie; Onassis, Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy, 1929-1994; Oral history; Photographers; Photography; Political science--United States; Presidents--United States; Presidents--United States--Staff; Press; Press and politics; U.S. Congress; U.S. Congress. Senate; United States; United States--Officials and employees; United States--Politics and government; White House, Washington, DC
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0022105-23105
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