World’s Fair opening-day crowds gather, with William Howard Taft in the foreground. (10/223)

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World's Fair opening-day crowds gather, with William Howard Taft in the foreground.

At the time, Taft was serving as the U.S. secretary of war under President Theodore Roosevelt. The Palace of Manufactures stands in the background.

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