Cactus Cane gift to the President. Washington, D.C., May 16. A cane, made from Arizona Cholla Cactus, was today presented to President Roosevelt as a gift from the Disabled War Veterans in Veterans Hospital at Tucson, Arizona. Roland M. James, (left) Chairman of the Tucson Allied Veterans Committee
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"Cactus Cane gift to the President. Washington, D.C., May 16. A cane, made from Arizona Cholla Cactus, was today presented to President Roosevelt as a gift from the Disabled War Veterans in Veterans Hospital at Tucson, Arizona. Roland M. James, (left) Chairman of the Tucson Allied Veterans Committee" (1938). Harris & Ewing. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cactus_Cane_gift_to_the_President._Washington,_D.C.,_May_16._A_cane,_made_from_Arizona_Cholla_Cactus,_was_today_presented_to_President_Roosevelt_as_a_gift_from_the_Disabled_War_Veterans_in_LCCN2016873590.jpgNeed photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 274046.
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