cravath

I see that the negative has the name "Cravath" on it, not Paskert. Unless this is another Bain error (not unthinkable), then this photo would depict Clifford Carlton "Gavvy" Cravath (1881-1963), a native of Escondido, California (some sources cite Poway, a nearby settlement), who played for the Phillies from 1912 through the end of his career in 1920. Previously he had played for the Red Sox, White Sox, and Senators, as well as playing semi-pro and minor league ball. Here's a biography of Gavvy Cravath from the Baseball Biography Project website. In case the Bain negative caption is wrong and this is actually Dode Paskert, here's some stuff about him, too: George Henry "Dode" Paskert (1881-1959) was a native of Cleveland, Ohio. He began playing in the minor leagues in 1904, and following three seasons in Dayton, Ohio, he played one season in Atlanta before starting his major league career with the Cincinnati Reds. He joined the Philadelphia Phillies in 1911, went to the Chicago Cubs in 1918, and returned to the Reds for his final season in 1921. The Baseball Biography Project has a fairly extensive biography of Dode Paskert.

The former Agnes Huntington, an actress and opera singer. Her husband and daughter Vera are in this one: She can be seen in a much younger (and highly corseted) portrait here: www.life.com/image/50335442

Thanks for providing a fuller name. We'll add it to the source data and reload the description.

her husband, Paul Drennan Cravath, was a name partner of Cravath, Swain and Moore law firm in NYC: here is his bio: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Cravath

Paul Drennan Cravath (1861-1940) was a prominent New York attorney and a power in the Republican party for several decades. The son of militant abolitionists (his father, Erastus Cravath, was the founding president of Fisk University), Cravath graduated from Oberlin in 1882 and from Columbia College law school in 1886. He married Agnes Huntington, a former opera singer, in 1892. His law firm, now Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, remains one of the most succesful in the world. Vera Agnes Huntington Cravath (b.1896), who appears with him in this photo, was his daughter. The occasion was probably a horse race or horse show. Both Cravath and his daughter, an avid horsewoman, exhibited show horses during the period when this photo was taken. Vera Cravath married at least twice: to Lt. James S. Larkin, about 1917, and to William Francis Gibbs in 1927.

Thanks! We'll add a subject note to the source catalog to flesh out the names, and then link here for the additional information. There's at least one New York Times article from 1912 about a horse show they attended, query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60D11F9395517738...

Vera Cravath Gibbs (1895-1985) She died in Boston in July of 1985 and was born on August 28, 1895.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Drennan_Cravath