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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.
In the senator's left hand, a composing stick.
The Senator may have been from Kansas, but those are California Cases!
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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.
is saying "Hey Mr. Senator, you can't set that type! This is a union shop."
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