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"Charles MacVeagh (June 6, 1860 – December 4, 1931) was an American lawyer and diplomat. He served as United States Ambassador to Japan from 1925 to 1928." [...] "Ambassador MacVeagh presented his credentials to the Japanese government on December 9, 1925 and served until December 6, 1928." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_MacVeagh Another LOC photo of him from October, 1925. www.loc.gov/pictures/item/npc2007014863/ history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/macveagh-charles

"Silas Hardy Strawn (1866–1946) was a prominent Chicago lawyer and one of the name partners at the law firm of Winston & Strawn. He was also the president of the United States Chamber of Commerce during the early years of the Great Depression, in which capacity he supported the policies of Herbert Hoover and was a noted opponent of Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal. [...] U.S. President Calvin Coolidge named Strawn as one of two American delegates to the Special Conference on American Relations with China, held in Beijing on October 26, 1925. Strawn was also chairman of the Chinese Extraterritoriality Commission." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silas_H._Strawn

There's a probability this is from 1925, when they both received appointments from Pres. Coolidge.

State funeral of Maurice Berteaux, French Minister of War, born 1852, died 1911. Minister of War between 2nd March 1911 and 21 May 1911. Biography : www.maisonslaffitte.net/MauriceBerteaux.htm (french)

The very strange circumstances of Berteaux's death can be found here: query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9A01E6D81031E2... See also: query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0B17F93B5517738...

The accident occurred on May 21, 1911. This photo of the funeral procession was taken on May 26, 1911. query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9407EFD81031E233A...

Wystan: Thanks for the date. We'll add it to the description next time we update.

First stab at identification: 1) Walsh 2) Bryan is certainly William Jennings Bryan 3) Foss, Massachusetts Governor Eugene Foss 4)O'Gorman, New York Senator James Aloysius O'Gorman 5) Pomerene For Pomerene the obvious choice to be with these other prominent Democratic Party men of the era would be Ohio Senator Atlee Pomerene, but the fellow on the end doesn't look much like Senator Pomerene's photo on the Senate website

Frog, click on Pomerene tag to see another photo of him.

Okay, I'm going to say the man at the right here IS Senator Atlee Pomerene. Compare with www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2162671759/ where he is clearly labeled by name, and Photo here. Clearly not the same person as on the Senate website photo. (Yes, beards can be shaved, and people age-- but the facial features simply don't match; note for example the drastically different eyebrows.) I'll say the Senate website for some reason has a photo of the wrong gentleman.

This was taken outside the Baltimore Armory. The occasion was the 1912 Democratic National Convention. At least two of the men are sporting delegate badges on their lapels, as is the gent in the background. The straw boater worn by the gent in the background was also characteristic of many attending the convention. www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/3239319120/

lifeasdaddy: Thanks again! We'll add this updated information to our source data.