Gallery›Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library›Magna Carta Deposited in Congressional Library. Photo shows Mr. Neville Butler, Charge de Affairs of the British Embassy, (right), and Archibald MacLeish, Librarian of the Library of Congress, examining the Lincoln Cathedral Copy of the Magna Carta after it was placed in a case in the Library of Congress here today. The famous document was signed in 1216 and is insured for 100,000 pounds and will be on display for the duration of the war.
Magna Carta Deposited in Congressional Library. Photo shows Mr. Neville Butler, Charge de Affairs of the British Embassy, (right), and Archibald MacLeish, Librarian of the Library of Congress, examining the Lincoln Cathedral Copy of the Magna Carta after it was placed in a case in the Library of Congress here today. The famous document was signed in 1216 and is insured for 100,000 pounds and will be on display for the duration of the war.
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Magna Carta Deposited in Congressional Library. Photo shows Mr. Neville Butler, Charge de Affairs of the British Embassy, (right), and Archibald MacLeish, Librarian of the Library of Congress, examining the Lincoln Cathedral Copy of the Magna Carta after it was placed in a case in the Library of Congress here today. The famous document was signed in 1216 and is insured for 100,000 pounds and will be on display for the duration of the war.

Wide World Photos, Inc. · [ca. December 1940]

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