thomasrileymarshall

Vice President Marshall arrived at Gettysburg on the afternoon of July 3, 1913 for the purpose of addressing the assembled Civil War Veterans at the 50th Anniversary commemorationso of the Battle of Gettysburg (battle ran from July 1 to July 3 1863 See this report from the New Yrok Times of the next day, July 4, 1913: query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9F01E0DD153FE6...

Thanks lifeasdaddy for the link to the NYTimes article and for connecting the photographs from this group that were taken at the same event at Gettysburg. We'll fill in the caption information next time we update this record.

There are a bunch of other photographs in the Bain Collection related to this event, although not yet uploaded to Flickr. Most of them are consistent with the newspaper description of the event, such as the tented encampment etcetera. You can find them by searching for "gettysburg" in the Bain Collection at the LOC. This link should work for the search page: lcweb2.loc.gov/pp/ggbainquery.html

During a debate in the U. S. Senate, Thomas Riley Marshall coined the immortal phrase, "What this country needs is a really good five-cent cigar." (As Vice President, he presided over the Senate.)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Riley_Marshall

Thomas Riley Marshall (1854–1925), 28th Vice President of the United States (1913–1921.) He was a native of Indiana and served the state as Governor from 1909 to 1913. Short but tolerable Wikipedia biography. His wife, Lois Irene Kimsey Marshall (b1979), was 19 years his junior.

Thanks! We'll add the additional identification to the source data and reload the description.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lois_Irene_Marshall

Thomas Riley Marshall (1854-1925) was Governor of Indiana when he received the nomination to be Woodrow Wilson's running mate in 1912. He served as Vice President for both of Wilson's terms.

Thanks for the full name and contextual information. Will submit it for review and possible update to the catalog record.