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Daughter of financier Jay Gould: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Miller_Gould

Since it is captioned with her maiden name, it was presumably taken before she was married in January 1913 (see query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9D01EFD6123BE633A... ) to Finley Johnson Shepard. The article indicates that they were both 44.

Fritzi Scheff (1879-1954), Vienna-born American vocalist: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritzi_Scheff

A "Liberty Loan" would put this in the World War I era. In fact, this photograph would have been taken in late April, or during March 1919. A Liberty Loan was the name given to the U. S. Treasury's means of raising funds from the public via bond issues to pay for war work. The Fifth Liberty Loan, with the slogan "Finish The Job" was launched on 21 April, 1919, with a canvass period of three weeks: query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9C05E6DA1E39E13AB... More on Liberty Loans: www.answers.com/topic/liberty-loans And here's some information about the photographer, Gabriel Moulin: www.moulinstudios.com/history.htm As for the Magnavox, this is a vacuum tube amplifier with speaker horn. Electrically amplified sound was a relatively new technology in 1919, and in that year the Magnavox gained national attention after President Woodrow Wilson used a Magnavox to amplify a speech he gave in San Diego. [ history.sandiego.edu/gen/recording/jensen.html history.sandiego.edu/gen/recording/wilson.html ]

wonderful image!

From a old photo a "old" illustration for popular magazine

"Hi Tech Show -Vintage" by photocomix-mandala [?]


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Mrs. Steven Beckwith Ayres (that spelling), wife of a congressman from the Bronx; in 1912 Mrs. Ayres was a leader of women supporters of the Democratic Party in New York City: uic.edu/orgs/cwluherstory/jofreeman/polhistory/1912.htm

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