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Rafael Reyes Prieto (December 5, 1849, Santa Rosa de Viterbo, Boyacá, Colombia – February 18, 1921, Bogotá) was commander in chief of the Colombian National Army and President of Colombia (1904-1909). In his years as president he received money from the United States as part of the indemnity for Panama. This brought years of progress to Colombia but clearly the North American country got more profit from the Panama Canal. After being president Reyes was exiled from Colombia, after suffering several attempts to kill him. Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Reyes James Martin Eder (June 24, 1838 – December 26, 1921), known in Colombia as Santiago Martín Eder Kaiser, or simply don Santiago Eder, is considered the pioneer of the sugar industry in Colombia, and is widely recognized as one of Colombia's leading 19th century industrial pioneers. Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Martin_Eder

I would love to have more information about Mme. De Valenzuela if there is any.

Apparently, there were two barbers' strikes in the era covered by most of these Bain collection photographs. There was the Brooklyn barbers' strike of 1913, and there was the New York barbers' strike of 1914. Having searched the New York Times' accounts of the era, I suggest that the occasion shown in this photograph is Joseph J. Ettor speaking to the striking Brooklyn barbers at Union sqaure on May 16, 1913. Here is the New York Times account from printed the following day: query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9F00E5DF143FE633A... In that account, it also states that, "There were not many mottoes displayed at the gathering, but one of those displayed read, "We were slaves. Now we want to be free." Another read: "The Industrial Workers of the World lead this strike. This means success."." This second slogan, "The Industrial Workers of the World lead this strike. This means success." can be made out on the sign at left of photograph just behind the column. I'll put a note on the pic highlighting that. For what little it is worth, here is the wikipedia bio of Joseph J. Ettor: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Ettor The photograph of Ettor at that wikipedia page also helps to identify him in this photograph.

Fascinating! We'll add the date to the source data and reload the description. Thanks!

This photograph is featured in the Indicommons.org post Labor Day.




Sweet info update!

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called IWW - Industrial Workers of the World - "Wobblies", and we'd love to have this added to the group!

the same thing is true today - IWW means victory for the workers

George W. Wickersham en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Wickersham and ?

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_F._Sheehan

In 1914, the date of this photo, Wikersham was President of the New York Bar Association, and Sheehan was a prominent New York attorney.

Thank you victuallers2 and buckeye616 for the additional information on these men. We will add some of it to the record for this image when we update.