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Hellraisers Journal – Tuesday July 30, 1912
Cascade Park, New Castle, Pa. – Debs and Seidel Speak at Interstate Socialist Picnic
From The Coming Nation of July 27, 1912:
Note: Photograph was taken June 22, 1912 at Cascade Park, New Castle, Pennsylvania, at the Grand Interstate Socialist Picnic. Speakers included Eugene Debs and Emil Seidel, candidates for President and Vice-President, Socialist Party of America. Transportation was provided from as far away as Pittsburgh.
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SOURCES & IMAGES
Quote EVD, SPA Campaign Opens, Riverview Park, Chicago, June 16, 1912
https://www.marxists.org/archive/debs/works/1912/120616-debs-buttwopartiesandbutoneissue.pdf
The Coming Nation
(Girard, Kansas)
-July, 27, 1912
https://www.newspapers.com/image/488967857/
June 9, 1912, Pittsburg Press
-re Socialist Interstate Picnic June 22. Debs & Seidel to Speak
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106545979/june-9-1912-pittsburg-press-re/
June 23, 1912, Pittsburg Press
-Debs and Seidel Speak at New Castle Picnic on June 22nd
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106546161/june-23-1912-pittsburg-press-debs-and/
See also:
Postcard NEW CASTLE PA Cascade Amusement Park
Band Stand Gazebo 1906
https://www.ebay.com/itm/371831884486
Note: I found no evidence of Debs having been in Pittsburgh during June (early in campaign). This photo is most likely of the New Castle picnic. More research needed.
Tag: Debs Campaign 1912
https://weneverforget.org/tag/debs-campaign-1912/
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