Mrs. Samuel A. Wimsatt,Mrs. Claude Tschiffely,Washington,DC,District of Columbia

Title: Blood flows at post office dedication over question of property rights. Washington, D.C., July 22. When Mrs. Claude Tschiffely and her sister, Mrs. Samuel A. Wimsatt appeared this morning in front of the Rockville, MD., post office which was to be dedicated later in the day, armed with hatchet and signs and began posting the property which she claims was not legally sold and thus is still hers. P.C. Wroe, superintendent of construction, also began posting 'keep off the grass signs'. An argument began over who had the right to post signs on whose property, and during the course of events, Mr. Wroe got his hand cut with Mrs. Wimsatt's hatchet. The iodine which he applied can be seen in the above photo on the hand resting upon one of his own 'no [...]
Creator(s): Harris & Ewing, photographer
Date Created/Published: [19]39 July 22.
Notes:
Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection.
Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955.
General information about the Harris & Ewing Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.hec
Temp. note: Batch five.
Subjects:
United States--District of Columbia--Washington (D.C.).
Glass negatives.
Bookmark /hec2009013734/
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