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[Gee, ain't it fine that our teacher could go abroad this summer?]
Summary
A young boy, seated with his dog by a roadway, smiles at the thought of his school teacher being stranded on a dock in Europe, just as school is scheduled to open in the United States.
Inscribed in pencil below image: Gee, wasn't it fine that our teacher could go abroad this summer?
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Signed, lower right: Clubb 14 / [club logogram].
Title from The Rochester herald.
Bequest and gift; Caroline and Erwin Swann; 1974; (DLC/PP-1974:232.92)
At the outbreak of World War I in early August 1914, all passenger ship service from European ports was curtailed, stranding hundreds of foreign travelers.
Published in: The Rochester Herald, August 23, 1914.
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Date
01/01/1914
Contributors
Clubb, John Scott, 1875-1934, artist
Source
Library of Congress
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No known restrictions on publication. No renewal in Copyright Office.
