President Taft, Governor [Charles] Hughes, Cardinal Gibbons and other state and church dignitaries [posed outside at top of steps] at the Catholic Summer School of America, Cliff Haven, N.Y. – Antique Print
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Step back in time with President Taft, Governor [Charles] Hughes, Cardinal Gibbons and other state and church dignitaries [posed outside at top of steps] at the Catholic Summer School of America, Cliff Haven, N.Y., a historic photograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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President Taft, Governor [Charles] Hughes, Cardinal Gibbons and other state and church dignitaries [posed outside at top of steps] at the Catholic Summer School of America, Cliff Haven, N.Y.
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Few summer gatherings of the period brought a president, a governor and a cardinal into one frame, but this photograph records just that at the Catholic Summer School of America in Cliff Haven, New York. Founded in the early 1890s on the shore of Lake Champlain, the school offered lectures and discussion for Catholic adults, and visits by public officials helped draw attention to its work. The group poses at the top of a flight of steps, with President William Howard Taft, Governor Charles Evans Hughes and Cardinal James Gibbons among the state and church figures. The date of c1909 comes from an old caption card and has not been independently verified, so treat the exact occasion as approximate.
| Created / published | c1909. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | Photo copyrighted by George T. Woodward. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Ph. Ind.; Geogr.; Schools; Religion; Pres.; B.I.(2). |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,166 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-143661 |
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