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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grant's_Tomb

Other Bain/LOC photos of New York City suffragette events on May 2, 1914:

Mrs. Oliver H.P. Belmont was a prominent suffrage leader. She wrote a suffrage operetta called "Melinda and Her Sisters." Additionally, she was an early advocate for equal pay for equal work, regardless of gender. Mrs. Belmont was also known for "good works" donating time and money to hospitals etc. One of her famous quotes: "The term 'idle rich' is certainly a misnomer now if it ever had a foundation in fact."

Mrs. Belmont's husband, Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont, was a grandson of Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, whose U. S. Navy squadron defeated a British fleet in the Battle of Lake Erie, during the War of 1812.

Other Bain/LOC photos of doings on Suffrage Day in New York City, May 2, 1914:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alva_Belmont Alva Erskine Belmont (January 17, 1853 – January 26, 1933), née Alva Erskine Smith, also called from 1875 to 1896) Alva Vanderbilt, was a prominent multi-millionaire American socialite and a major figure in the women's suffrage movement. Known for having an aristocratic manner that antagonized many people, she was also noted for her energy, intelligence, strong opinions, and willingness to challenge convention. She was married first to William Kissam Vanderbilt, with whom she had three children, and secondly to Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont. She died on 26 January 1933 in Paris, France.

A. Belmont: www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/8079896358/

Platt Adams (b.1885), his brother Ben Adams (b.1890), and Jim Duncan (b.1887) were American track & field athletes who competed in the 1912 Olympic games in Stockholm. Platt Adams won the silver medal in the standing long jump and the gold medal in the standing high jump: www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=ADA... Ben Adams won the bronze medal in standing long jump and the silver medal in standing high jump: www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=ADA... Olympics.com Jim Duncan won the bronze medal in the discus throw: www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=DUN...; This photo looks as though it was taken on board a ship. It might have been taken on the occasion of the team's departure for Europe. The American Olympic team sailed for Stockholm on June 14, 1912, on board the USS Finland, which had been chartered for the voyage by the American Olympic Committee: en.wikipedia.org/wiki?title=USS_Finland

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platt_Adams en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Willard_Adams en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Duncan_(athlete)

whyaduck: Thanks for the more complete names of these athletes. We will expand the caption of this photograph to reflect these details.