- Bain's date on photo:
April 20. 1914. 4/20/14. - Wystan
Wilson before Congress, 4/20/12 (LOC)
Bain News Service,, publisher.
Wilson before Congress, 4/20/12
4/20/12 (date created or published later by Bain)
1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
Notes:
Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the
negatives or caption cards.
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
Format: Glass negatives.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain
Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.16318
Call Number: LC-B2- 3103-7
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bior added this photo to their favorites. (20 months ago)
Infrogmation (20 months ago | reply)
The inscription on the photo looks to read "Apr. 20 1914", not 1912 as captioned here.
swanq (20 months ago | reply)
From www.firstworldwar.com/source/tampicoincident. htm
"Thus on 20 April 1914 President Woodrow Wilson went to Congress and requested authorisation to use military force to produce the required form of Mexican contrition. Wilson was concerned that Tampico merely comprised the latest in a series of such incidents. Two days later Congress granted Wilson the authority he sought."
The text of his address is at
www.wwnorton.com/college/history/archive/reso urces/docume...
Ricky_tha_man added this photo to his favorites. (20 months ago)
Kristi (LOC P&P) (19 months ago | reply)
swanq:
Thanks very much for the supporting evidence for the date on this photograph, as well as the bigger story of why Wilson was addressing Congress. There are two other photos (here and here) from this address with the incorrect date of 4/20/12, and we will be able to adjust the records for all three with a correct date and a bit more context. Thanks again!
whoischrisjones added this photo to her favorites. (15 months ago)