Who is this person?

[Rob Wick]

Shucks, Roger. I knew if anyone would get it, it would be you. I guess I'm too predictable. It is Tarbell and Will. I found the picture in the collection of the Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America at the Radcliffe Institute. I got some doctoral dissertations the other day and one mentioned some Tarbell papers at Harvard (which I think was her manuscript for The Nationalizing of Business). I looked and found a number of pictures, including these.

Here is a picture of Tarbell as a baby with her mother, Esther.


Here is another picture of Tarbell, her sister, Sara and their brother, Will.


When Will nearly drowned, it was because Ida was conducting a "science" experiment. She was standing next to a creek with Will, who was a baby, and wondered if he could float. She picked him up and threw him in the creek. The only thing that saved him was his screams of terror and the fact that he was wearing a blouse, which blew up around him, keeping his head above water.

Roger, for your prize you win a Franklin Tarbell-designed oil storage tank full of John D.'s black gold. As soon as you can find Rockefeller's phone number, give him a call and claim your reward.

Best
Rob