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Walter C. Whitaker to Abraham Lincoln, Thursday, January 01, 1863 (Seeks promotion to brigadier general)

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Standing, left to right: Charles v. McLaughlin, Undersecretary of Labor; Eugene Meyer, publisher of the Washington Post; Roger D. Lapham, president of the American Hawaiian Steamship Company; Cyrus Ching, Vice President, U.S. Rubber Corporation; Walter C. Teagle, former President, Standard Oil Company of New Jersey; George M. Harrison, grand president, Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks; George Meany, general secretary of the AFL (American Federation of Labor); Philip Murray, CIO (Congress of Industrial Organizations) President; Thomas Kennedy, secretary treasurer, United Mine Workers (UMW). Seated, left to right: Frank P. Graham, University of North Carolina President; Sidney Hillman, Associate Director General representing the Office of Production Management (OPM); Chairman Clarence Dykstra; Daniel Tracy,

John Porter, a descendant of Walter C. Porter, at the still-working Porter Farm near Terrell in Kaufman County, Texas

Walter C. Whitaker to Abraham Lincoln, Thursday, January 01, 1863 (Seeks promotion to brigadier general)

Walter C. Beckjord, residence on Bobolink Ln., Greenwich, Connecticut. General, rear facade

Four separate historical markers attest to the significance of the Porter Farm, also known as Walter C. Porter Farm, near Terrell in Kaufman County, Texas

Modern farm buildings at the Porter Farm, also known as Walter C. Porter Farm, near Terrell in Kaufman County, Texas

General Walter C. Wittacker, 6th Ky. Infantry, U.S.A.

General Walter C. Wittacker, 6th Ky. Infantry, U.S.A.

National Woman's Party Headquarters in Nashville, Tenn., in which the campaign for ratification of the suffrage amendment is being conducted, photographed on the day that Parley P. Christensen, presidential nominee for the new Farmer-Labor Party addressed a mass meeting, urging immediate ratification. Left to right: Rankin Smith, Central Trades and Labor Council; Jim F. Nicholson, Business Manager of the Machinist; W.C. Birthright, Secretary of the Tenn. Federation of Labor; Mrs. Anne Calvert Neely, Mississippi state chairman of the National Woman's Party; W.M. Mitchell; Mrs. Mabel Reber, of New York; Mrs. Walter C. Jackson of Murfreesboro; Mrs. Florence Bayard Hilles, of Wilmington, Delaware, member of the Executive Committee of the Woman's Party; Parley P. Christensen, Presidential candidate of the Farmer-Labor Party; Miss Sue White, of Nashville, Tennessee state chairman of the Woman's Party; W.M. Fox, president of the Trades and Labor Council; Miss Mary Winsor of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, member of the Advisory Council of the Woman's Party; Archie Craig; Charles P. Sweeney.

Standing, left to right: Undersecretary of Labor; Eugene Meyer, publisher of the Washington Post; Roger D. Lapham, president of the American Hawaiian Steamship Company; Cyrus Ching, Vice President, U.S. Rubber Corporation; Walter C. Teagle, former President, Standard Oil Company of New Jersey; George M. Harrison, grand president, Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks; George Meany, general secretary of the AFL (American Federation of Labor); Philip Murray, CIO (Congress of Industrial Organizarions) President; Thomas Kennedy, secretary treasurer, United Mine Workers (UMW). Seated, left to right: Frank P. Graham, University of North Carolina President; Sidney Hillman, Associate Director General representing the Office of Production Management; Chairman Clarence Dykstra; Daniel Tracy, second Assistant Secretary of Labor; William H. Davis, Vice-Chairman, new Mediation Board, former Chairman of New York state mediation board

Early-20th Century farm equipment, retained as a reminder of harder days at the Porter Farm, also known as Walter C. Porter Farm, near Terrell in Kaufman County, Texas

Walter C. Louchheim, Jr. - Public domain portrait photograph

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