Postcard with text on front of card: "Taft at Waverly, photo by F. W. Mueller." The photo shows a crowd watching suited men on the back of a train car
"A crowd gathered to listen to a whistle stop speech by Taft[X]." source Waverly Public Library. Accession No. 90G0027
Waverly newspapers reported that 300 people from Waverly paid 22¢ to travel to Waverly Junction on Saturday, 26 Sep 1909 to see Republican presidential candidate Wm H. Taft. The train arrived at 10:30, Taft appeared on the rear platform and "looked pleasant" but was too hoarse to speak; the train "lingered" for about three minutes.
William Howard Taft was the United States president from 1909-1913.
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Postcard with text on front of card: "Taft at Waverly, photo by F. W. Mueller." The photo shows a crowd watching suited men on the back of a train car
"A crowd gathered to listen to a whistle stop speech by Taft[X]." source Waverly Public Library. Accession No. 90G0027 Waverly newspapers reported that 300 people from Waverly paid 22¢ to travel to Waverly Junction on Saturday, 26 Sep 1909 to see Republican presidential candidate Wm H. Taft. The train arrived at 10:30, Taft appeared on the rear platform and "looked pleasant" but was too hoarse to speak; the train "lingered" for about three minutes.
William Howard Taft was the United States president from 1909-1913.
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