- Date on Bain's negative: 8/8/12. The 1912 date was a hasty error, where 1913 was intended. - Wystan
- Was Knapp an amputee, or is he sitting on his folded leg? - Wystan
- Spelling corrected from Hanger to Hangar. - Wystan
- NYT identifies him as Judge Martin A. Knapp of the Commerce Court. - Wystan
- G. W. W. Hangar was Acting United States Labor Commissioner. - Wystan
- Judge William Lee Chambers was appointed chair of the three-man panel of arbitration. - Wystan
W.A. Knapp, Wm. Lee Chambers, G.W.W.Hangar (LOC)
Bain News Service,, publisher.
W.A. Knapp, Wm. Lee Chambers, G.W.W.Hangar
1912 August 8.
1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
Notes:
Title and date from data provided by the Bain News Service on the
negative.
On negative; 4/14/20.
Photo shows members of the Board of Mediation and Conciliation for the
settlement of disputes between railroads and their employees including
Judge Martin A. Knapp, Judge William Lea Chambers, and George W.W.
Hangar, acting U.S. Labor Commissioner. (Source: Flickr Commons
project, 2009 and New York Times, July 16 and July 20, 1913)
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
Format: Glass negatives.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain
Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.13670
Call Number: LC-B2- 2769-9
Comments and faves
Wystan (41 months ago | reply)
Judge Knapp and Commissioner Hangar announce that they have selected Judge Chambers to serve on a panel of three mediators in a 1913 attempt to forestall a firemen's strike on eastern railroads.
Chambers' portrait, also taken on this occasion:
www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/377 5426652/in/p...
Mona Loldwoman (Look for the good) (41 months ago | reply)
I think Chambers might be younger here. There are two dates. One upper left center, look like 8/8/12, and the other on the top right edge looks like 4/14/20. A curiosity.
Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (41 months ago | reply)
I started an entry for Chambers:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lea_Chambers
The Library of Congress (40 months ago | reply)
Thanks for your helpful comments about the identities of these men and for correcting the typo in Hangar's name. The two dates may reflect date of creation (8/8/12) and date of later use (4/14/20). We will update our information when we reload the database.
Wystan (40 months ago | reply)
New York Times story (February 28, 1913) says that Judge Martin A. Knapp [not W. A. Knapp, as given in photo caption] and G. W. W. Hangar [NYT misspells his name as Hanger] will select third man to serve on a three-member arbitration panel:
query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9D04E 2D6163FE633A...
They selected Judge Chambers; apparently this is a press conference on March 8, 1913, at which Chambers made his public debut. The reversed date on the Bain negative appears to say 1912, which must have been an error made in haste; the year was 1913.
Kristi (LOC P&P) (40 months ago | reply)
Wystan,
Thanks for the additional details and the correction for Judge Knapp's name. We will add this information as well.
Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (35 months ago | reply)
I started an entry for Hanger:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._W._Hanger
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Augustine_Knapp
Notice he is misidentified in the image as "W. A. Knapp"
Wystan (35 months ago | reply)
Richard, will wikipedia have a cross-reference to the spelling "Hangar"? (Note correction added to caption on photo, above.)
香 波 added this photo to his favorites. (13 months ago)