sisters posing humorously with bronze will rogers bench claremore oklahoma

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Sisters posing humorously with bronze of Will Rogers on a bench, Claremore, Oklahoma

Pictured are nine and thirteen year old Amerasian sisters humorously posing with a sculpture of Will Rogers on a bronze bench reading a newspaper. One of his famous quotes was ` All I know is what I read in the papers` published in the New York Times, September 30, 1923. Will Rogers was an actor, vaudeville performer, American cowboy, humorist, newspaper columnist and Social Commentator. Of mixed race, he identified as Cherokee. He was known as `Oklahoma`s Favorite Son`.