Elks Club

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Title

Elks Club

Subject

Morris, Lester
Cannon, Joseph Gurney, 1836-1926
Macdonald, Robert D., 1834-1915
Jewell, W. R., 1837-1921
Mann, Joseph B, 1843-1924
Black, John Charles, 1839-1915

Description

Members of the Elks Club. Seated left to right are Lester Morris (driver), "Uncle Joe" Cannon and Robert G. Macdonald (front seat), W. R. Jewell, Joseph B. Mann, and John Charles Black (back seat). Black was a Union Army Lieutenant Colonel and Brevet-Brigadier General during the American Civil War, a U.S. Congressman, and a U.S. District Attorney at Chicago. Joseph Gurney ("Uncle Joe") Cannon was perhaps the most powerful Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives in the history of Congress.

Creator

Bowman Studios

Publisher

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum

Date

ca. 1914

Format

John C. Black Collection
jpg

Language

en

Identifier

400244

Original Format

photographic print
b&w
1

Physical Dimensions

20 x 25 cm