Senator Gruening receives a watercolor
Collection Name
Ernest H. Gruening Papers, 1914-[1959-1969] 1974
Identifier
UAF-1976-21-435
Title
Senator Gruening receives a watercolor
Description
Photograph with a press release included which reads : Case Of The Missing Watercolor--Secretary of the Interior Stewart L . Udall , right , presents to Senator Ernest Gruening (D-Alaska) the reproduction of a painting depicting the transfer of Russian Alaska to the United States in 1867 . Painted by Harry C . Wood in 1937 , the watercolor has been missing since then and was found last month only after a search had been initiated by Senator Gruening . A request to locate the painting came from Constantine D . Maxutov of Sitka , grandson of the Russian representative to the Czar before transfer and Mrs . Romaine Hardcastle of the Sitka Chamber of Commerce . Senator Gruening will send a full color copy of the watercolor to Sitka for exhibit on Seward's Day , March 30 .photograph of President Lyndon B . Johnson is in the background .
Subject.TGM
Legislators Government officials Paintings
Personal Name
Udall, Stewart, L. Gruening, Ernest, 1887-1974 Wood, Harry C.
Location
Washington (D.C.)
Time Period
1959 and later
Date
March 20 , 1968
Type
Collection Image (Photographs)
Ordering & Use
For information on ordering and using this material: http://library.uaf.edu/order-photos
Holding Institution
Alaska and Polar Regions Collections, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska Fairbanks.; mailto:UAF-APR-reference-Service@alaska.edu --(907) 474-2791--PO Box 756808, Fairbanks, AK 99775-6808.
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