march1913

The caption, somewhat legible, on several of these photos (just barely on this one), says "3/4/13", corresponding to the first inauguration of President Woodrow Wilson, March 4, 1913, as noted, for instance, in this source and also the date is noted by the Library of Congress. Edit: Gen. Leonard Wood, Army Chief of Staff 1910-1914.

Cotinis: Thank you for the information. Looks like the photo does relate to the first Wilson inauguration. We will update the source data and reload the description.

William Jennings Bryan (1860-1925) "For supporting Woodrow Wilson for the presidency in 1912, he was appointed as Secretary of State. However, Wilson only nominally consulted Bryan and made all the major foreign policy decisions. Bryan negotiated twenty eight treaties that promised arbitration of disputes before war broke out between countries and the United States; onto which Germany never signed. In the civil war in Mexico in 1914, he supported American military intervention." Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Jennings_Bryan

Richard Arthur Norton (1958-): Thanks ! We will add information to the source data and reload the description to Flickr.

Albert Sydney Burleson was postmaster general, appointed by Wilson, whose inauguration this seems to be. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_S._Burleson Click on Burleson tag and you will find a famous suffragette. A relation? (she was "married to an army officer" according to one NYTimes article). Franklin Lane was Secy of the Interior for Wilson: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Lane

Either Sen. Cummings is wearing football pads or his head is way to small for his body.

William Squire Kenyon , R-IA: bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000129 John Downey Works, R-CA: bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000743 not sure about Cummings, can't find a listing for a Senator by that name or a Congressman who was in office in 1912.

"Cummings" is Albert Baird Cummins, R-IA: bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000988 served 1908-1926.

Hello Harry and cogsdillc. Thanks! We'll add the names to the source data and reload the description.

Outside the White House, Washington, D. C., March, 1913. (State, War and Navy Building in the background -- now called the Executive Office Building.)