Speaker Clark (LOC)

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Speaker Clark

1911 May 15 (date created or published later by Bain)

1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.

Notes:
 Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards.
Photo shows Speaker of the House Jame Beauchamp "Champ" Clark standing at the rostrum in the House of Representatives chamber, United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2008)
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

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

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.09197

Call Number: LC-B2- 2196-6

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    garrettc added this photo to his favorites. (65 months ago)

  2. pixeljones (64 months ago | reply)

    James Beauchamp "Champ" Clark (1850 - 1921)
    Speaker of the House (1911 - 1919)
    Missouri Senator

    This picture may be from the Democratic Convention of 1912, where Clark was initially considered a frontrunner for the Presidential nomination. By the end, though, the nomination went to Woodrow Wilson.

  3. Harry Angstrom (60 months ago | reply)

    Yes, Clark actually received a MAJORITY of the votes on the first ballot. But not 2/3, which is what was required to secure the nomination.

  4. The Library of Congress (60 months ago | reply)

    Thanks! We'll fix the title to include Clark's full name in the source data and reload the description. (Location is the House of Representatives chamber at the U.S. Capitol. Compare this photo from our main photo catalog, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b43283 )

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    blakophoto, strattonbrock, edvia6, dullshick, and 3 other people added this photo to their favorites.

  6. Wystan (27 months ago | reply)

    The photo appears in the Bain Agency's 1911 photostream, and is dated (on the negative) May 15, 1911.

  7. Kristi (LOC P&P) (27 months ago | reply)

    Wystan,

    Thanks for the more accurate date. We will add that to the record when we update.

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    (In My Life) and Our Polity added this photo to their favorites.

  9. Our Polity (10 months ago | reply)

    I used this photo as the starting point of a short essay.
    susanbarsy.com/2012/07/13/an-old-time-speaker /

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    mr.anthropology added this photo to their favorites. (5 months ago)

  11. This photo was invited and added to the Picturing Public Service group.

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