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| Title | Representative Brock Adams with President Lyndon B. Johnson at the signing ceremony for the bill creating the U. S. Department of Transportation, Washington, D.C., October 15, 1966 |
| Photographer | Unknown |
| Date | 1966 |
| Notes | Handwritten on verso: BA with President Johnson at White House signing ceremony for bill creating the Dept. of Transportation Oct 15, 1966
PH Coll 622.94 |
| Contextual Notes | The Department of Transportation was created to "serve the United States by ensuring a fast, safe, efficient, accessible and convenient transportation system." (United States Department of Transportation website) Brock Adams was very involved in matters of transportation in the House and later was named Secretary of Transportation under the Carter administration. |
| Subjects (LCTGM) | Legislators--United States; Presidents--United States; Rites & ceremonies--Washington (D.C.); Legislation--United States |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Adams, Brock, 1927-; Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973 |
| Concepts | Politics and civic activism
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| Location Depicted | United States--Washington (D.C.) |
| Digital Collection | Society and Culture Collection
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| Order Number | SOC0937
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| Repository | University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division |
| Repository Collection | Brock Adams Photograph Collection. PH Coll 622 |
| Repository Collection Guide | To view the finding aid for this collection see: http://www.lib.washington.edu/Specialcoll/findaids/docs/photosgraphics/AdamsBrockPHColl622.xml |
| Object Type | Photograph |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from an original photograph using a ScanMaker 6800 at 100-175 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 3 and resized to 768x600 ppi. 2008. |
