| 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 3 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/Tames3.pdf
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
1948 to 1989
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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: |
08-Mar-1988
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| Interviewer: |
Ritchie, Donald A.
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| Organizations discussed: |
U.S. Congress; U.S. Congress. Senate
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| Locations discussed: |
District of Columbia; North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
District of Columbia; Government and the press; Journalism; Journalists; News photographers; Newspapers; North America; Oral history; Photographers; Photography; Press; Press and politics; U.S. Congress; U.S. Congress. Senate; United States
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0022106-23109
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