History Perspective - Magna Charta 1939

Title: Magna Carta deposited in Congressional Library for duration of war. Washington, D.C., Nov. 28. The most cherished existing copy of the Magna Carta was today deposited in the Congressional Library here for the duration of the war by British Ambassador Lord Lothian. Librarian Archibald MacLeish, left, is shown thanking Lord Lothian after accepting the document which can be seen in the background. The Magna Carta will be on display for the public in a spot opposite the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution (Created November 28, 1939) Link

http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/hec2009014422/

Head of the United States Library of Congress Archibald MacLeish and British Ambassador Lord Lothian posing in front of the Magna Carta, Washington, DC, United States, 28 Nov 1939

http://ww2db.com/image.php?image_id=5144 - the site says this is from our collection, but I can't find it online

Title: Public views Magna Carta after deposited in Congressional Library. Washington, D.C., Nov. 28. Shortly after the historical Magna Carta was placed in the Congressional Library for safekeeping by British Ambassador Lord Lothian today the public was allowed to view it under the watchful eyes of library guards

http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/hec2009014423/

Title: Chief Justice chats with British Ambassador as Magna Carta is placed in Library. Washington, D.C., Nov. 28. Among the notables to witness the deposit of the Magna Carta in the Congressional Library today was Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes who is shown in this picture with British Ambassador Lord Lothian

http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/hec2009014424/ (not the item, but the people are interesting)

Title: [Luther Harris Evans, with British Ambassador viewing Lacock Abbey copy of Magna Carta]

http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2005693300/

Circa 1946: Ranking Minister of the British Embassy in Washington, John Balfour (R) accompanies the crated Magna Carta carried by US Marines Honor Guard as it leaves the US Library of Congress. (Photo by George Skadding/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images)

http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/50863486/Time-Life-Pictures

A guard standing post by the Magna Carta. (Photo by George Skadding//Time Life Pictures/Getty Images) (Created October 1, 1944)

http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/50493485/Time-Life-Pictures

UNSPECIFIED - 1939: Magna Carta (Photo by David E. Scherman/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images)
Date created:	01 Jan 1939

Picture of Exhibit - UNSPECIFIED - 1939: Magna Carta (Photo by David E. Scherman/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images (Created January 1, 1939)

http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/53371169/Time-Life-Pictures (upside down, took me a second)

A copy of the Magna Carta being kept in the Library of Congress. (Photo by Bernard Hoffman//Time Life Pictures/Getty Images) (Created January 1, 1941)

http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/50618451/Time-Life-Pictures

UNSPECIFIED - 1939: Magna Carta (Photo by David E. Scherman/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images) (January 1, 1939)

http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/53371167/Time-Life-Pictures

UNSPECIFIED - 1939: Magna Carta (Photo by David E. Scherman/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images) (January 1, 1939)

http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/53371165/Time-Life-Pictures

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