Tom Nebbia photographs collection, 1955, undated.

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Tom Nebbia photographs collection, 1955, undated.

This collection contains nineteen photographs on 2 CD-ROMs (1 original and 1 user copy) depicting four subjects; photographic achievement awards, Jimmy Byrnes meeting with Bernard Baruch, views of low income housing of Columbia, SC, and various rural scenes in Georgetown, SC area. The photographic achievement awards were from the "National Press Photographers Association," which occurred around 1955. They are L-R: Tom Nebbia, Doug Martin, and Charles Taylor, all staff photographers for "The State-Record Newspaper" in Columbia, SC. The photographs of Byrnes and Baruch were taken at the home of Byrnes in Columbia, SC after his resignation as US Secretary of State (post 1947). Mr. Nebbia was asked to photograph the social order to document living conditions. The Georgetown, SC rural scenes were taken circa 1955. One photo in which a young boy can be seen running away with shoes (belonging to Mr. Nebbia), won him to prize in "Popular Photography Magazine."

1 folder (19 photographs on 2 CD-ROMs, 19 negatives)

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Byrnes, James F. (James Francis), 1882-1972

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James F. Byrnes was born on May 2, 1882, in Charleston, South Carolina, to Elizabeth McSweeney and James Byrnes. On May 2, 1906, he married Maude Busch, who was born in Aiken, SC, on October 22, 1883. Byrnes was elected Court Solicitor of the Second District in 1908; U.S. Congressman from 1911-1925; U.S. Senator from 1931-1941. He was appointed to serve as a Justice of U.S. Supreme Court 1941-1942. He also served as Director of the Office of Economic Stabilization, 1942; Director of the Office o...

Nebbia, Tom

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Tom Nebbia was born in Rochester, New York in 1929. He was a Korean War combat photographer, 1950-1951, a staff photographer for "The State Newspaper" in Columbia, South Carolina, 1953-1958, a staff/freelance photographer for "National Geographic," 1958-1966, and thereafter until 1985 worked freelance. From the description of Tom Nebbia photographs collection, 1955, undated. (Clemson University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 747614067 ...

Baruch, Bernard M. (Bernard Mannes), 1870-1965

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Baruch, a financier and public adviser, was a millionaire by the age of thirty thanks to his investments in the stock market. He put his wealth to use in politics and public affairs and became an adviser to Woodrow Wilson, who appointed him chairman of the War Industries Board and a member of the president's war council. After World War I, he took part in the postwar peace conference and later became an adviser to President Roosevelt on defense matters and industrial preparedness for war. After ...