Popular lore claims that William Howard Taft got stuck in a bathtub. New research sheds light on the legend's forgotten origins
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Popular lore claims that William Howard Taft got stuck in a bathtub. New research sheds light on the legend's forgotten origins
In 1909, a photograph of four men sitting fully clothed inside a gigantic bathtub built for President William Howard Taft circulated widely across the country. Seventy years later, the image resurfaced on television. In the NBC mini-series “Backstairs at the White House,” an actor portraying Taft holds up an article featuring the photograph ...
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