Conference

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Title

Conference

Subject

Meetings
Illinois--Chicago
Illinois--Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal
Governors
Tanner, John R., 1844-1901
Illinois--Chicago Sanitary District

Description

Governor John Riley Tanner meets with members of the Canal Commissioners, the Special Inspection Commissioners, and the Trustees of the Sanitary District of Chicago to determine whether or not the state will issue permissions to open the main channel.

The gentlemen in the photograph are identified from top to bottom, left to right, as follows: "Clarence E. Snively, William Boldenweck, John R. Tanner, (2nd from left, seated at far left table) Isaac Taylor, Joseph F. Haas, Thomas S. Bell, Thomas Kelly, Bernard A. Eckhart, P. C. Haley, Edward J. Coen, Charles C. Gilbert, Howard O. Hilton, Daniel W. Braden, Alexander J. Jones, Homer J. Tice, Leon McDonald, Al. F. Schoch, Howard M. Snapp, Frank Wenter, Zina R. Carter, James P. Mallette, William U. Riley, Joseph C. Braden, and Thomas A. Smyth.

Publisher

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum

Date

1899-12-02

Format

jpg

Language

eng

Identifier

402422
Chicago Drainage Collection
Chicago Drainage Photo Album

Original Format

photographic print
b&w
1

Physical Dimensions

18 x 23 cm