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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.

Her wikipedia entry: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mabel_Thorp_Boardman An appreciation: redcrossggr.wordpress.com/2012/06/28/mabel-boardman-the-o...

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"James Gibbons (July 23, 1834 – March 24, 1921) was an American Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Richmond from 1872 to 1877, and as ninth Archbishop of Baltimore from 1877 until his death in 1921. Gibbons was elevated to the cardinalate in 1886, the second American to receive that distinction, after John McCloskey."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Gibbons