Desk Gallery

Queen Victoria and Abdul Karim, c.1890

Photographic portrait of Queen Victoria (1819-1901) of Great Britain and Ireland and Empress of India, pictured at her writing desk, c.1890. Her Indian servant Abdul Karim, otherwise known as the Munshi, stands in the background

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A Library Study of Salvador Dali

Salvador Dali (1904-1989) is seated at a desk for a library study of the surrealist artist as an author. At the time he was working on his book The Secret Life of Salvador Dali'. When asked about the presence of the statue, he said, Just to make people ask questions. Date: 02/04/1941

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President Franklin D. Roosevelt signing the Social Security Act in the Cabinet Room of the White House, 14 August 1935, flanked by the bills co-authors (in dark suits), Robert F. Wagner of New York (left) and David J. Lewis of Maryland. Standing directly behind the President is Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins

SOCIAL SECURITY ACT, 1935.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt signing the Social Security Act in the Cabinet Room of the White House, 14 August 1935, flanked by the bill's co-authors (in dark suits), Robert F. Wagner of New York (left) and David J. Lewis of Maryland. Standing directly behind the President is Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins

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