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Herbert O'Conor in an overcoat and bowler hat, holding gloves, standing beside a white column at a White House entrance.
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Herbert R. O'Conor, December 1938 (Library of Congress, Harris & Ewing)

Harris & Ewing photograph of Herbert R. O'Conor, then Governor-elect of Maryland, at the White House on December 29, 1938, eleven years before the Kefauver Committee. It does not show the hearings.

Date
1938-12-29
Kind
photograph
Source
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Retrieved
2026-10-12
Rights
The Library of Congress rights advisory on the item record reads "No known restrictions on publication." Collection: Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division (gift of Harris & Ewing, Inc., 1955). Call number: LC-H22-D- 5313 [P&P]. Reproduction number: LC-DIG-hec-25671.

The Library of Congress gives the caption received with the collection: “Governor-elect of Maryland luncheon guest of President Roosevelt. Washington, D.C., Dec. 29. Governor-elect Herbert O’Connor of Maryland, arriving at the White House where he was luncheon guest of the President today, 12/29/38.” The caption is the photographer’s, not verified by the Library, and spells the name “O’Connor”; the committee’s printed hearings print “O’Conor.”

The photograph is dated December 29, 1938. It predates the Special Committee to Investigate Organized Crime in Interstate Commerce by about eleven years and does not show its hearings. It is filed here only as a portrait of a man who later sat on the committee and chaired it in 1951, as the Senate Historical Office page states.

itemSenate Historical Office: the Kefauver Committee, Notable Senate InvestigationsThe U.S. Senate Historical Office's account of the Special Committee on Organized Crime in Interstate Commerce: its resolution, chairmen and members, funding, extension, and television audience. A secondary account written by the Senate.