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Shocked at corruption--I do not see how it is possible for the plain every-day Republican to close his eyes to what is going on" - Mr. Bryan in a speech at Salem Illinois – Antique Wall Art

Shocked at corruption--I do not see how it is possible for the plain every-day Republican to close his eyes to what is going on" - Mr. Bryan in a speech at Salem Illinois, LOT 5103 [item] [P&P]Check for an online group record (may link to related items) — historic image
Shocked at corruption--I do not see how it is possible for the plain every-day Republican to close his eyes to what is going on" - Mr. Bryan in a speech at Salem Illinois, LOT 5103 [item] [P&P]Check for an online group record (may link to related items). Historic image from the Aviation collection.

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A window into the past: Shocked at corruption--I do not see how it is possible for the plain every-day Republican to close his eyes to what is going on" - Mr. Bryan in a speech at Salem Illinois, preserved in this historic image. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.

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Shocked at corruption--I do not see how it is possible for the plain every-day Republican to close his eyes to what is going on" - Mr. Bryan in a speech at Salem Illinois

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This photograph is tied to a remark William Jennings Bryan made in a speech at Salem, Illinois, the town where he was born in 1860. The quoted line, which expresses dismay at official corruption and asks how an ordinary Republican could overlook it, shows the moral, populist tone that made Bryan one of the most recognized orators of his era, a three-time Democratic presidential nominee. The record gives a date of c1936, but Bryan died in 1925, so that date is likely a cataloging error. The subject heading "Aviation" also does not clearly match the quoted text, so the link between the image and the speech is worth checking against the original source.

Created / publishedLOT 5103 [item] [P&P]Check for an online group record (may link to related items)
Medium94509045
Genrec1936 July 22.
Subjects1 photographic print.
Original scan4,096 × 3,287 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-187812

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