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Underwood & Underwood The great crowd intently listening to President Roosevelt's now famous "Trust" speech

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06449.27 Author/Creator: Underwood & Underwood Place Written: Providence, R.I. Type: Photograph Date: 1902 Pagination: Stereoview. Order a Copy

A mass of people standing behind a wooden fence. A woman and two children figure in the front row; the crowd appears relaxed and interested, and several people are smiling.

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

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