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From around 1905 comes this grimy 5x7 glass negative that Shorpy bought years ago but never got around to scanning till today. On the piano: That old toe-tapper "Roosevelt's Grand March." Photographer mercifully unknown. View full size.
The old dear looks as if she's had a couple of belts before settling in for the photograph.
And someone told Junior to fall in, so he did.
Visiting the family homestead, he rises to fetch Granny yet another bottle of Lydia Pinkham's.
Someone looks like they had a bit too much of the cooking sherry.
Composer of "Roosevelt's Grand March" was a musician and politician from Ohio.
While not the same tune, here is a sample of his work from Youtube, played on a period instrument.
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