Gates to Wm. Jennings Bryan home

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Material Information

Subjects / Keywords:: Bryan, William Jennings, 1860-1925--Homes and haunts
Dwellings--Florida--Miami
Villa Serena (Miami, Fla.)
Spatial Coverage:: 3115 Brickell Ave Miami, FL 33129
Coordinates:: 25.747194 x -80.208306

Abstract:: William Jennings Bryan (1860–1925) was an American politician in the late-19th and early-20th centuries. He was a dominant force in the liberal wing of the Democratic Party, standing three times as its candidate for President of the United States (1896, 1900 and 1908). He served in the United States Congress briefly as a Representative from Nebraska and was the 41st United States Secretary of State under President Woodrow Wilson, 1913–1916. Bryan was a devout Presbyterian, a supporter of popular democracy, an enemy of gold, banks and railroads, a leader of the silverite movement in the 1890s, a peace advocate, a prohibitionist, and an opponent of Darwinism on religious grounds. With his deep, commanding voice and wide travels, he was one of the best known orators and lecturers of the era. Because of his faith in the goodness and rightness of the common people, he was called "The Great Commoner." -- From Wikipedia. In 1913, Bryan moved to Coconut Grove in Miami, Florida. This postcard shows the gate of his home decorated with a flower arch and shaded in huge tropical trees.
General Note:: 1 postcard, postally used; caption on recto: "Gates to Wm. Jennings Bryan Home, Miami, Fla." and postmark on verso: "Feb 23"