Members of the Congressional Districts Modification League and members of Congress with a huge petition. — Open the full imageJPG, 1024 × 829 px, 0.1 MB

Modification League presents a petition of more than 5,000,000 names to Congress (15 April 1932)

Library of Congress Underwood & Underwood photograph of members of the Congressional Districts Modification League with a petition urging modification of the National Prohibition Law, and members of Congress who received it.

Date: 1932-04-15
Kind: photograph
Source: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Retrieved: 2026-10-11
Rights: The Library of Congress item record states: "No known restrictions on publication. For information see "Underwood & Underwood," https://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/468_unde.html" Collection: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, LOT 12656. Call number: LOT 12656 <item> [P&P]. Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-104409 (b&w film copy neg.). The photograph is credited to Underwood & Underwood; the rights statement above is the one this archive relies on.

The Library of Congress title reads “Modificationists present huge petition to congree [i.e. congress] urging…” The Library’s description says the petition was said to contain more than 5,000,000 names and urged modification of the National Prohibition Law. It names Rep. W.C. Hull, Sen. Hiram Bingham and Mrs. Lorraine Catlin Brower, the League’s vice president. The negative is dated 15 April 1932. The figure is the figure in the Library’s description of the petition; this page cannot confirm it.

The photograph is credited to Underwood & Underwood; the rights statement quoted above is the one this archive relies on. The copy stored here is the Library of Congress service JPEG.

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