02386ckm a22004217a 4500 19089174 20250607071246.9 kh bo| cr ||||||||||| 160510s1944 xxunnn || kneng 19089174 7 cbc orignew u ncip 20 y-printpho qw09 2016-05; qw08 2021-04r 2016647868 LC-DIG-ds-09163 DLC (digital file from original) DLC eng dcrmg DLC DLC U.S. GEOG FILE - Washington, D.C.--Library of Congress--Treasures [item] The Declaration of Independence returned: 1944 [graphic] ; The Library is the official depository of both the Declaration of Independence and Constitution of the United States. [September 1944] 1 photograph : print ; sheet 26 x 21 cm (8 x 10 format) still image sti rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia sheet nb rdacarrier Title from item. Press Association, Inc. photograph. Photograph shows the Declaration of Independence after its return to the Library of Congress from Fort Knox where it was housed during World War II. It is being examined by (left to right) David Mearns, director of the Reference Department; Archibald MacLeish, Librarian of Congress, and Verner Clapp, director of the Acquisitions Department. ( Source Library of Congress Bulletin, August 1997: https://www.loc.gov/loc/lcib/9708/declare.html ) Rights status not evaluated. For general information see "Copyright and Other Restrictions ...," http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/195_copr.html Mearns, David C. (David Chambers), 1899-1981. Clapp, Verner W. (Verner Warren), 1901-1972. MacLeish, Archibald, 1892-1982. Library of Congress Associated objects Washington (D.C.) 1940-1950. Library of Congress People Washington (D.C.) 1940-1950. United States. Declaration of Independence. Photographic prints 1940-1950. gmgpc Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print digital file from original ds 09163 p http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ds.09163 pp/cph c-P&P