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I was in high school in Ft. Lauderdale back then! Wow! GO TRUMP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Another New York Times article on the 15th International Congress on Hygiene and Demography, opened 23 September 1912, in Washington, D.C. It seems most delegates arrived in New York City and did some touring. Quoting the 15 September 1912 article (link): Hundreds of European physicians will arrive here this week on their way to Washington to attend the Fifteenth International Congress on Hygiene and Demography, which opens on Sept. 23. Among the members are some 300 medical men from Germany, who will reach New York on the Cincinnati on Tuesday.

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Odds are that this is the Republican Convention of 1912, which was held at the Chicago Convention Hall. Note the Texas and Illinois delegation signs in the lower left.

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Odds are that this is not the Republican Convention. In 1912, both the Republican and Bull Moose (Progressive Party) conventions were held at the same Chicago Convention Hall. Both conventions had delegates from various states. Roosevelt attended both conventions, but he was humiliated at the GOP gathering and lionized later at the Bull Moose conclave. Although women did not yet have the vote, they were included in the councils of the Progressive Party. The presence of several women delegates in this photo makes it likely that this is the "Bull Moose" convention.