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I find most of these women in a list of names in the February 1914 Congressional Directory at books.google.com/books?id=mLw-AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA289&l... "THE CONGRESSIONAL CLUB 1432 K Street Phone Main 7400 Incorporated by act of Congress approved May 30 1908 Membership composed of women in official life President Mrs Duncan U Fletcher Vice presidents Mrs Frank H Briggs Mrs Henry A Cooper Mrs Thomas P Gore Mrs James T Lloyd Mrs Lemuel P Padgett Recording secretary Mrs Horace M Towner Corresponding secretary Mrs John E Raker Treasurer Mrs Fred Dennett" So this is a collection of wives of senators and congressmen, perhaps even a picture of the club's officers. Although the word Ladies does not appear in the directory, the club seem's often to be known as the Ladies Congressional Club of Washington DC

Yes, here's a use of the picture. The Washington times., February 18, 1915, HOME EDITION, Page 6 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026749/1915-02-18/ed-... Congressional Club Playing Important Part in Lives of Official Women in Washington -- Organization, Now Occupying New Home at Sixteenth Street and New Hampshire Avenue, Is Distinct, Having Been Formed Under Special Act of Congress.

The building is still used for the same purpose www.thecongressionalclub.com/ "Founded in 1908, the original purpose of The Congressional Club was to provide a non-partisan setting for friendships among the spouses of members of the House and Senate in Washington, D.C. Although the scope of the Club and the breadth of its activities have increased over the years, its purpose remains the same."

Here's the picture's caption from the link to the Washington Times, above: Front row, (left to right), MRS. HORACE M. TOWNER, recording secretary; MRS. DUNCAN U. FLETCHER, president; MRS. JAMES T. LLOYD, vice president; MRS. LEMUEL P. PADGETT, vice president; MRS. FRED DENNETT, treasurer. Top row (left to right) MRS. THOMAS I. GORE, vice president; MRS. HENRY A. COOPER, vice president; MRS. JOHN E. RAKER, corresponding secretary; MRS. FRANK H. BRIGGS, vice president.

Thanks for all the great info swanq and artolog, well update our records.

Presumably en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Cabot_Lodge "Henry Cabot "Slim" Lodge (May 12, 1850 – November 9, 1924) was an American Republican Senator and historian from Massachusetts." Picture at www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/wilson/peopleevents/p_lodge.html seems to confirm.

Boston Public Library has a signed copy of the same Clinedienst portrait.

In 1916, Lodge was a possible candidate of the Republicans for President of the United States. He was supported by Theodore Roosevelt, but Charles E. Hughes was nominated, see The day book., June 10, 1916, LAST EDITION, page 1f and The Evening herald., June 10, 1916, Image 1, with photo.

swanq: Thanks for Lodge's fuller name and for spotting the name of the photographer. We'll add the information to the catalog record when we update.

His Wikipedia page: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_A._Miles Notice that he has a Medal of Honor, and that Miles City, MT is named after him.

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Miles was a great soldier, and a fine human being.

He was featured in an extensive piece in The menace. (Aurora, Mo.), 19 May 1917 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn89066178/1917-05-19/ed-...

All, thanks for the information about Miles. We will add more details to the record when we update.