President Taft on train, Custer memorial celebration

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President Taft on train, Custer memorial celebration

Description

View of President Taft on rear platform of railroad car during festivities surrounding the 1910 dedication of the Custer equestrian monument in Monroe, Michigan. Crowd and Custer equestrian monument in foreground. Handwritten on back: "Personalities. President Howard Taft at dedication ceremony, Custer monument at Monroe, MI."

Details

Resource ID:: na010523
Subject:: Railroad trains--Michigan--Monroe; Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930; Crowds--Michigan--Monroe; Custer, George A. (George Armstrong), 1839-1876--Monuments--Michigan--Monroe; Custer, George A. (George Armstrong), 1839-1876--Anniversaries, etc.; Equestrian statues--Michigan--Monroe; Photographic prints
Date:: 1910-06
Format:: 1 photographic print ; 8 x 9.75 in.
Department:: National Automotive History Collection
Collection:: Lazarnick Collection
Location:: Personalities
Copyright:: Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.