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W.H. Taft (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • Infrogmation of New Orleans said:
    Companion image to www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/3350948255/
  • vic sama said:
    Wow. This is a good picture of President Taft, although you can not really make out his body size. He was the largest president of all time weighing over 300 pounds. The picture also conveys how big steam cars at the time were in relation to President Taft.
  • technogeo said:
    This automobile is a Pierce-Arrow, not a White steamer. They have very different shaped hoods and radiators. The name "Pierce-Arrow is visible on the rear hub cap in another photo. The radiator cap indicates that this is a gasoline automobile.
  • Howard33 said:
    I considered Pierce-Arrow, but desided the shape of the hood looked like a Packard. Early models of Pierce-Arrow didn't have headlights that faired into the fenders, so you are probably correct. Taft is clearly the largest man in the picture.
  • Dean Z said:
    To continue the conversation about the make of the vehicle. The White House Historical Association (whitehousehistory.org) has an image of this vehicle, it is described as a "White House Pierce Arrow 66 A. P. Touring Car" Source: Motor Cars Come to the White House: Taft Administration. White House Historical Association (www.whitehousehistory.org/galleries/motor-cars-come-to-th...) Picture 5 of 6.

Taft breaking ground for Indian Statue. R. Wanamaker (LOC)

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Taft and Notification Comm. at Wh. House (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • Wystan said:
    The photo was taken at the White House in Washington, D. C., in June, 1912, when Taft was the incumbent President. This was his second experience of the notification ritual. The committee had traveled from the Republican National Convention in Chicago, where Taft had been nominated for a second term. In the era before a candidate attended the convention in person, this was his ceremonial acceptance of the nomination. But of course, Taft went down to defeat in November. Woodrow Wilson, the Democratic candidate, was victorious, and Theodore Roosevelt, leader of the Bull Moose Party, came in second. In the Bain Company files at LOC is a photo of Taft's 1908 notification, in Cincinnati (his home town) -- but LOC has not yet posted that photo on Flickr.