elliottccowdin

E. Cowdin, Prince Poniatowski (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• B-59 said:

  Elliott C. Cowdin, American aviator in the French air squadron, returned on February 8, 1917 from Europe on the French liner Espagne (The Washington herald., February 09, 1917, Image 1, col. 5, "Americans Quit Service of Entente to Aid U. S. If German Clash Results", chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045433/1917-02-09/ed-...). A photo of Cowdin, taken oviously on the same occasion, is in the East Oregonian, February 21, 1917, DAILY EVENING EDITION, Page PAGE NINE, Image 9 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88086023/1917-02-21/ed-.... About Cowdin: ralph.smith.angelfire.com/Flying_Corps/Pilots/ElliottCowd... Cowdin in 1915: www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/9574734715/

• Art Siegel said:

  Prince Poniatowski "the French financier and sportsman" arrived in New York aboard the liner L'Espagne on February 8, 1917, on a mission from the French finance ministry.
  query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9D05EFDC1538EE...
  More about the prince, from a 1916 Bain photo:
  

• Jon (LOC P&P) said:

  Thanks B-59 and Art Siegel. We'll all both of their full names, as well as the date they arrived in New York.