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Sec'y Stimson & Gen. Grant, Lawn Party, Gov's Island (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • mhobl said:
    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Just walking, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
  • mhobl said:

    Your Walking-picture is really interesting! Gratulations!
  • Wystan said:
    The Lawn Party on Governors Island in New York harbor was an annual fundraising event for the Army Relief Society, which provided succor to widows and orphans of officers and enlisted men of the regular army. Henry L. Stimson, the newly-appointed Secretary of War, attended this affair on May 25, 1911. Here is another photo of Stimson with General Grant: www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2163471766/in/p...
  • Barbara (LOC P&P) said:
    Wystan: Thanks for pinning down the event and tying this and related images together. We'll add information when we update the descriptions.

Cigarette girl, Governor's Isl'd [i.e., Island] (LOC)

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Mrs. L.B. Gilespie, Mrs. T.O. Donaldson, Sue Spiller (LOC)

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  • swanq said:
    See
    Virginia Pritchard, Sue Spiller, Gertrude Watson (LOC)
    for a similar picture, also with Sue Spiller, although I would not be certain about the two pictures having a woman in common. But it does seem likely that these women are telling fortunes to raise money for war relief. And since the next picture is on Governor's Island, this could also be there. The War Relief garden party on Governor's Island would appear to be an event that took place annually for several years, at least:
    1914, see NYT of 5/27/1914
    query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9500E2DC1F39E633A...
    1915, see NYT of 5/27/1915
    query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9F05E7D91338E633A...
    1917, see NYT of 6/7/1917
    query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9F03E7DE133AE433A...
    This last piece mentions both Miss Sue Spiller (as Princess Ismah) and Mrs. T. Q.[sic] Donaldson.
  • swanq said:
    Mrs. T.Q. Donaldson is almost certainly the wife of Major General Thomas Quinton Donaldson, who was stationed at Governors Island as Assistant Inspector General during the first three years of WWI. www.arlingtoncemetery.net/tqdonaldson.htm His widow was Mrs. Elizabeth Wilson Donaldson.
  • skillful north said:
    Is this picture flipped? The stars should be on the left not the right.