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When: 01 January 1910
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Bain News Service,, publisher.
Bull Mooser
[between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915]
1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
Notes:
Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards.
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
Format: Glass negatives.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.11630
Call Number: LC-B2- 2527-15
Source: Flickr Commons
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Bull Mooser
[between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915]
1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
Notes:
Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards.
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
Format: Glass negatives.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.11630
Call Number: LC-B2- 2527-15
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Owner: The Library of CongressSource: Flickr Commons
Views: 5983
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captainslack
But where's Teddy?!
cotinis
A "Bull Mooser" was a supporter of the Progressive Party, important in the 1912 Presidential election.
Morven
And the 2-8-8-0 locomotive arrangement was known as the "Bull Moose". I'd never heard of the political connection, but the name probably came from it (it was the most powerful type of locomotive at the time).
scintillating self
4th man from the left is Louis Hill, son of James J. Hill most likely taken same time and place as LC-B2- 2527-14 Saint Paul Minnesota Union Depot