Page 11: L. Mendel Rivers at Luncheon

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Color photograph of Congressman L. Mendel Rivers shaking hands with Colonel Sacks at a luncheon in the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Rivers is also holding an oversize certificate appointing him to the rank of Honorary Colonel as a member of the Old Guard, City of Philadelphia. Major Burr is visible in the center. Handwritten album label at the bottom, "Col. Sacks, Maj. Burr, Col. Rivers, Bellevue-Stratford Hotel Luncheon June 6, 1964."

Gift of Margaret Middleton Rivers Eastman.