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From Wikipedia Frances Alda (born Fanny Jane Davis) (May 31, 1879 - September 18, 1952) was a New Zealand-born soprano. She achieved fame as an operatic diva during the first three decades of the 20th Century due to her outstanding singing voice and colourful personality.

Date written is 4/29/13. The NYT the following day query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9502E2DA1F3AE633A... says that Geraldine Farrar, Frances Alda, and Mary Garden all left on the same boat , the Kaiser Wilhelm II, for Europe. This group of photos were probably taken on the boat.

First off, her real name is Fanny Jay Davis. She was "New Zealand's most favorite daughter who began her career in Europe, singing at Covent Garden, La Scala and the Opera-Comique in Paris, and became a star member of the New York Metropolitan Opera.

There is a full biography of Frances Alda in the Dictionary of NZ Biography: www.dnzb.govt.nz/dnzb/default.asp?Find_Quick.asp?PersonEs...

Frances Alda (1879-1952), New Zealand-born, Australian-raised operatic soprano who sang for 21 year, from 1908-1929, at the Metropolitan Opera in New York and recorded for Victor Records. www.discogs.com/artist/1935923-Frances-Alda timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1952/09/19/84356965...

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Evening star. [volume], October 03, 1920, Image 70
chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1920-10-03/ed-...
has a picture from this photo opportunity. It was on the Aquitania.

New-York Tribune., September 18, 1920, Page 11
chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1920-09-18/ed-...
says that the Aquitania came in "yesterday."

Among the passengers listed are Alda and Marshall Field. The report also indicates that 24 olympic athletes traveled in steerage. That could be the athletes pictured in