Object number:
2000.1.1038
Object name:
photograph
Date made:
1912
Material / Technique:
gelatin silver
Dimensions:
H: 8 in, W: 10 in
Credit line:
The Oakland Tribune Collection, the Oakland Museum of California. Gift of ANG Newspapers.
Copyright status:
In Copyright
Copyright holder:
Oakland Museum of California
Content description:
According to the notation on the back of thephoto, this is "William J. Bryan campaigning for Wilson, 1912." Wm. Jennings Bryan, a previous candidate for the presidency, is speaking to a crowd of people seated in an outdoor grandstand. urging their vote for Woodrow Wilson. Bryan is standing in front of a railing draped with bunting. looking to [not shown] people to his left, hat in in his right hand. At the upper right corner a U.S. flag is flying from the top of the grandstand
Concepts:
election; flag; campaign; grandstand; spectator
Persons:
William Jennings Bryan; Woodrow Wilson
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