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That's Mae Ella Nolan (1886-1973) of San Francisco, whose husband John Ignatius Nolan (1874-1822) was a labor leader and Congressman. After he died, she took over his seat in Congress. She was the first woman elected to Congress from California, first woman to chair a Congressional committee, first woman to win a special election for Congress, first widow to fill her husband's seat in Congress. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mae_Nolan en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_I._Nolan

Her entry in the Biographical Directory of Congress bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000125 This picture is probably in connection with her husband's election to Congress in 1913. She married him shortly after his election, according to them more detailed Congressional biography: womenincongress.house.gov/member-profiles/profile.html?in...

pennylrichardsca and artolog: thank you for the additional information on Mrs. Nolan. We will update the description data to include the full name.

Lelia Sinclair Montague Gordon Barnett (1871-1959)--she was a Washington socialite, a widow who married Marine colonel George Barnett (1859-1930), later Commandant of the US Marine Corps. Her daughters here would be Leila and Anne Gordon. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Barnett www.arlingtoncemetery.net/gbarnett.htm The younger Lelia (b 1899) married at least three times, to Robert Russell Dickey Jr. (divorced), in 1934 to Newbold Noyes of the publishing family (he died in 1942), and as her third husband the Rev. Albert Hawley Lucas, who died in 1973. She ran the Lelia Noyes Dress Shop on Connecticut Avenue in Washington DC for many years; she died in 1989. These women were all cousins to Wallis Simpson--they're mentioned in her memoirs.

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I am Lelia Sinclair Baldassari, great granddaughter of Lelia Sinclair Montague Barnett and granddaughter of Lelia Sinclair Gordon Lucas, who owned the dress shop. I have tried for many years to find photos or any remains of the dress shop, an article of clothing, even a label, which was of my granny's signature. Any ideas?

Hello Lelia Baldassari: I checked the Prints and Photographs online catalog www.loc.gov/pictures/ with the term "Newbold Noyes" and found a few images, but none related to the shop. A search for “Lelia Noyes Dress Shop” did not find any images. You may find the guide "Researching Historic Washington, D.C. Buildings" helpful: www.loc.gov/rr/print/coll/dcbuildings.html P&P staff prepared this comprehensive resource which includes numerous places you can look for information such as business directories, newspapers and photograph collections. I hope this helps and good luck with your research!

Wow! What treaty was being signed and who is this?

Figuring out which treaties were being signed may be tough unless we can identify the other signatories. NYT of Aug 14, 1914 query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9C0DE1D8113FE633A... suggests that Bryan felt that peace treaties would prevent war and negotiated many of them while he was Secretary of State. "With only informal discussion, the Senate this afternoon ratified eighteen of the twenty peace treaties negotiated by Secretary Bryan. The treaties with Panama and the Dominican Republic were held back to ascertain what effect they would have on existing treaty relations. One possibility is Sept 15, when treaties were signed simultaneously with Britain, Spain, France, and China. See NYT of Sept 16 query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9504E5DB1638E633A... The guy to Bryan's right in the photo might be the British signatory, Ambassador Spring-Rice [ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_Spring-Rice ].

Another photo by CLINEDINST in the Bain/LOC series:

Thanks so much swanq, for your research. It appears the this is the simultaneous treaty signing mentioned in the Sept. 16th article which is characterized as a peace treaty between the United States, Britain, France, Spain and China. The article also identifies the gentlemen at the table with Secretary Bryan. We'll add the information to the record the next time we update.