Crowd to meet T.R. at Chicago (LOC)Guy in hat. My Grand Pa. "CALIFORNIA / REFUSES / To try title to property / BEFORE THE THIEF / WHO STOLE IT." ![]() Bain News Service,, publisher.
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Crowd to meet T.R. at Chicago [1912] 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. Notes: Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Photo probably relates to Teddy Roosevelt candidacy for president in 1912. He spoke at the Progressive Party meeting in August, but was also in Chicago for other meetings that year. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2008, New York Times article, and date of neighboring negatives.) The sign says "California refuses to tie title to property before the thief who stole it." Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Subjects: Chicago Format: Glass negatives. Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication. Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.10625 Call Number: LC-B2- 2423-9 CommentsNieuwenhuis Fotografie
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This would appear to be from approx. 1912: see a reference to the phrase on the sign in the image in This New York Times article
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