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Probably should be H.N. Hempstead. See NYT article at query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9800EEDE103CE633A... HEMPSTEAD AT HELM.; Vice President Will Represent Giants at National League Meeting. December 4, 1912, Wednesday INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Dec. 3. -- H.N. Hempstead, son-in-law of the late John T. Brush, President of the New York National League Baseball Club, will depart Saturday for New York, where next week he will represent the team at the annual meeting of the league.

I already added him to Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Newton_Hempstead

swanq and Richard Arthur Norton, Thanks for the information! We'll correct the name on this image of Mr. Hempstead as well as on the other photo of him in Flickr from the Bain Collection.

Another Bain/LOC photo of Harry Newton Hempstead:

Mrs. Helen Britton was "owner of the St. Louis National League Club"--see New York Times, December 10, 1912, p. 13.

Helen (or Helene) Hathaway Robison Britton (1879-1950) was from Cleveland; she inherited ownership of the St. Louis Cardinals (yes, the baseball team!) from her uncle, Stanley Robison, in 1911. So she's baseball history: bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&pid=16895&am... "It was her decision to lure women to games by introducing a Ladies Day, when all "fanettes" accompanied by male escorts were admitted to the grandstand free. She also hired a crooner to perform between innings. In an era when following baseball and attending games unescorted were considered unladylike, Helene abated society's misgivings while encouraging her own gender to develop an interest in the sport." She divorced Cardinals president Schuler Britton in 1917, sold the team in 1918 (after years of resisting offers), remarried, and died in Philadelphia at the age of 71.

she seemed like a fascinating woman.

Here she is at Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helene_Hathaway_Britton

Everyone, Thanks for your comments and information about Mrs. Britton and her very interesting life! We will expand the description when we update.