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Sec. of the Navy during WWI: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josephus_Daniels

The Sunday Oregonian, August 25, 1912, SECTION FIVE, Image 63 used this photo with the caption: "Josephus Daniels, of North Carolina, is chairman of the publicity committee of the Wilson campaign for the Presidency. This photograph was made to day In the Wilson headquarters in New York City. Mr. Daniels is a newspaper man. He was born In Washington, D. C, May 18, 1862. He Is editor of the News and Observer of Raleigh, N. C. He has twice been delegate to Democratic National conventions."

Thanks for locating this photo and article in the newspaper. We'll update the date in the catalog record.

In which WH room was the photo taken?

www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/pietown.html?c... Great article with the history of Pie Town inspired by these photographs. This picture is described in detail in the article.

So many are barefoot.

I wonder if that is the teacher leading them? She looks like a child herself.

highly probable that it is a student in charge of them...a town like this would have had a 1 or 2 room school where the older children would be tasked with helping the younger ones learn....most of these kids wouldn't have finished the 7th or 8th grade anyway given that they'd start having to work around the age of 14-15 on the homesteads... as per the shoes....well, this is just coming out of the depression..many folks from that time talk about only getting one pair of shoes a year at christmas and these would be used for shcool and church only..not going to the fair...though they do seem to be in their sunday best even though alot of the material comes from the large flour sacks of the time period....even a pllowcase was used to make one girls outfit.....there are a few store bought items there too.. the ads are because they are at a fair..not at school..

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Funky Wallpaper and other Funky Backdropz, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group. Love it.