cswhitman

Candidate (and winner) in the race for governor of New York: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_S._Whitman

Thanks rjones0856 for the full name and context for the photo. We'll add information when we update the description. (While checking in our Prints & Photographs Online Catalog to verify visually that this was Charles S. Whitman, I found not only a photograph of him in office--literally--but also some editorial cartoons commenting on his activities and World War I posters that bore his name: www.loc.gov/pictures/search/?q=%22whitman+charles%22+1868... -- a much documented fellow!)

There seems to be some confusion here: is this a polling place or a pooling place?

Charles L. Poor, Commander of Battalion 1 of the New York Naval Militia. See article in the New York Times, November 2, 1915 "NAMES FLYING BOAT FOR NAVAL MILITIA"

Thanks B-59 for the details about Charles L. Poor and the ceremony. Looks like the family of Governor Whitman in the front row: www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/8704880134/ We will add more details when we update the description.

The Governor's daughter Olive Whitman named the Naval Militia's hydroaeroplane. See article in The New York Times, November 2, 1915 "NAMES FLYING BOAT FOR NAVAL MILITIA"

B-59: Thanks for the information about Olive Whitman who is seated in the front row here. We will add more information to the description.