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The 1912 Progressive Party Convention, that nominated Teddy Roosevelt for President and Governor Hiram Johnson of California for Vice President, was held at the same venue, in August.

In this photo of some of the same people, they are identified as being members of a Pennsylvania delegation, so Bain's fact checking left something to be desired: www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2163942622/in/p...

Fella on the right there showing off his fine evening wear.

On June 8, 1915. a Chinese trade delegation visited Thomas Edison in Llewellyn Park, West Orange, New Jersey, where he lived. There were 18 in the delegation, with three secretaries. Some of them are indentifed in this new york times account: query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9902E6D81338E6...

Pennyrichardsca found this account of the trip in Electrical World Magazine:

"The commission spent the entire day of June 8 at the plant of Thomas A. Edison, Inc., traveling in a special train directly to the establishment. The members of the commission were received by Mr. Edison in the laboratory and were then taken by Mr. M. R. Hutchison, chief engineer, on a tour of the buildings. The morning was spent in the Edison Storage Battery Company building. The members of the commission and the large party accompanying them were entertained at lunch and afterward viewed educational, comic and talking moving pictures. The guests also saw a demonstration of the machine that records telephone conversations."
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Thanks to both of you for this excellent research into the visit by the trade commission. We'll add some of this information to the record the next time we update.

1912 Republican National Convention was held at held at Chicago Coliseum Chicago, Cook County, Illinois June 18 to 22, 1912. politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1912/index.html

Actually these same people ran John McCain's campaign (and voted for him).