charities

In 1914, William C. Muschenheim, owner of the Hotel Astor in New York City, provided a function room and other amenities to the Santa Claus Association of New York. The hotel space, called the Santa Claus Cave, allowed hundreds of volunteers to sort, investigate and refer to charities thousands of letters sent to Santa Claus from poor children of New York. —The New York Times

Thanks for the information Pixel Wrangler. We'll add some of it to the record the next time we update.

In 1914, William C. Muschenheim, owner of the Hotel Astor in New York City, provided a function room and other amenities to the Santa Claus Association of New York. The hotel space allowed hundreds of volunteers to sort, investigate and refer to charities thousands of letters sent to Santa Claus from poor children of New York. —The New York Times  

Thanks for the information Pixel Wrangler. We'll add some of it to the record the next time we update.

This looks like it goes with the other Christmas, 1914, "Santa Claus Cave" pictures:

>>King Baggott Typo s/b Baggot

Good catch artolog. The woman seated second from the left on the left side of the table in the photo is the same person who is standing behind the three actors in this photo. We'll add some of the information to this record next time we update.

Maidel Turner (1888-1953): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maidel_Turner Josephine Victor: www.ibdb.com/person.php?id=16404 www.imdb.com/name/nm0896123/

"William King Baggot (November 7, 1879 – July 11, 1948) was an American actor, director and screenwriter. He was an internationally famous movie star of the silent era. The first individually publicized leading man in America, Baggot was referred to as "King of the Movies," "The Most Photographed Man in the World" and "The Man Whose Face Is As Familiar As The Man In The Moon." " en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Baggot