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A Look Back at the White House Visitors on January 24th, 1912

Take a look back at the early 20th century version of open government and transparency with this review of the White House visitors list from January 24th, 1912, when President Taft received members of Congress, ambassadors and more.
Children playing in the Defrees Alley, NE Washington, D.C.; Near Capitol Building; One basement room rents for $9.00 a month, two rooms upstairs for $ 16.00, one bath and cold water in the hall for entire building.. Wolcott, Marion Post -- Photographer
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For the next “This Day in History” post, I came across this list of White House visitors for January 24th, 1912. A long list of prominent individuals visited President Taft that day, from the Italian Ambassador, to the Secretary of War and many Members of Congress.

White House callers on January 24th, 2012
White House callers on January 24th, 2012

This is the early 20th century version of open government and transparency and it’s really interesting to see this printed in the newspaper.

Here’s a photo of Henry Stimson, Taft’s Secretary of War.

Secretary of War Henry Stimson
Secretary of War Henry Stimson
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