edwardmandellhouse

I notice Wilson's black armband. I suppose he was still officially in mourning of his wife Ellen, who died in August the previous year.

The second negative date of March, 1926, might refer to its use at the time of publication of the first volume of Col. House's "Intimate Papers". www.unz.org/Pub/Outlook-1926mar10-00376

We will add their full names to this record.

That's Edward "Colonel" House, Wilson's close adviser. He's pretty fascinating.

Edward Mandell House (July 26, 1858 – March 28, 1938) was an American diplomat, politician, and presidential advisor. Commonly known by the title of Colonel House, although he had no military experience, he had enormous personal influence with U.S. President Woodrow Wilson as his foreign policy advisor until Wilson removed him in 1919.

Thanks bior and Richard Arthur Norton, we'll add their full names to the record. Col. House was very interesting guy. Maybe with the 100th anniversary of WWI coming up more people will learn about him.

Edward Mandell House (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_M._House), important advisor to President Wilson.

Other Bain photographs with House:

see comments there

Another:

Mr. and Mrs. House arrived in New York, en route to Washington, on March 5, 1916, returning from a two month diplomatic trip to Europe.
select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60712F93B5B1773...
His wife was Loulie Hunter House (1859 - 1940).
www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=50885782
books.google.com/books?id=4jcL20ZS_KUC&pg=PA23&lp...

The man on the right is identified as D.F. Malone (then the port's Collector of Customs) in this photo:

artolog and B-59: Thanks for pointing out the full name for Colonel House here. We will update our records with this new information.

D. F. Malone (Dudley Field Malone) (June 3, 1882- Oct 5, 1950)
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Edward Mandell House (1858-1938),Texan who was a close advisor to President Woodrow Wilson. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_M._House

In the thumbnail, it looked like airplanes flying around his head.

Those are just edit marks: x-es meaning "leave this (background) out" of the printed photo -- use the figure only.

nice knowledge... thank you Wystan!

This photo ran in The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, September 28, 1913, SECTION FIVE, Image 66 oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn83045782/1913-09-28/ed-1/se...