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Capper of Kansas: 1924

Washington, D.C., circa 1924. "Senator Capper of Kansas." Arthur Capper, a printer and newspaper editor by profession, in the composing room of the Government Printing Office. National Photo Co. glass negative. View full size.

Washington, D.C., circa 1924. "Senator Capper of Kansas." Arthur Capper, a printer and newspaper editor by profession, in the composing room of the Government Printing Office. National Photo Co. glass negative. View full size.

 

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In the senator's left hand, a composing stick.

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The Senator may have been from Kansas, but those are California Cases!

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Sunflower State

Capper (1865-1951) was Senator from Kansas for 30 years (1919-1949.) He started a media empire that lasted into the 1960s. I can still remember Capper's Farmer and Capper's Weekly, which I read in my grandparents' house.

The ghost in the back left

is saying "Hey Mr. Senator, you can't set that type! This is a union shop."

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