bishopgreer

Should be Seamen's Institute, not Seaman's. See www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/3239312588/ for similar picture.

Thanks for catching the spelling error on this one, too! We'll adjust the title in the source data and reload the description to Flickr.

Marvelous photo collection here. Diving into the past is a passion of ours, too. Thank you for sharing these images. If anyone is interested in the RMS Titanic, you should check out photos from our recent mission, Expedition Titanic. We have first-time high definition sonar imaging of the Ship, a map of the entire miles-wide debris field, plus other exclusive footage from the expedition. Images and video live on our website, ExpeditionTitanic.com, with more photos on Flickr and Facebook as well. Much obliged, RMST

The Seamen's Church Institute at 241 Water Street in New York, NY 10038. It opened in 1913.

At that time, I believe the Seamen's Church Institute was located at 25 South Street.

Note; caption should be "seamen's" not "seaman's". See www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/3276255195/ for similar picture.

This may have been in April 15, 1913. See NYT from April 16, 1913. query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9B02E2DE103BE633A...

Thanks for all the information and for pointing out the typo. We'll adjust the spelling in the title and reload the description.

This is David Hummell Greer, Episcopal Bishop of New York. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hummell_Greer New York Public Library also has a photo of him: digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?1247777

j3net: Thank you for the additional information on Bishop Greer. We will expand the description when we update the record.

The same choir habit this bishop wears was used by the Catholic Bishops who received Pope John Paul II on his visit to Mexico in 1979. These are called penguin suits.