- Image ID
- DN-0007670
- Headline
- Schoolchildren on Taft Day
- Date Depicted
- September 16, 1909
- Date Created
- September 16, 1909
- Creator
- Chicago Daily News, Inc.
- Creator Role
- photographer
- Artwork/Object Depicted
- glass negatives
- Copyright Notice
- © Chicago Historical Society, published on or before 2013, all rights reserved
- Credit Line
- DN-0007670, Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Chicago History Museum
- Inventory Number
- 1960.784
- Storage Location
- Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Chicago History Museum
- Acquisition Source
- Gift of Field Enterprises, Inc.
- Max Pixels - Height
- 2912
- Max Pixels - Width
- 3989
- KEYWORDS
- Chicago Daily News, Inc.
Chicago (Ill.)
1960.784
Taft, William Howard
children
transportation
trolleys
DN-0007670
DN-0007670.tif
glass negatives
DN-0007670
Portrait of schoolchildren on a trolley on Taft Day, September 16, 1909, in Chicago, Illinois. Many of them are holding American flags. 150,000 schoolchildren formed an avenue to greet President William Howard Taft during the Chicago stop on his cross-country journey.