finley

Amazing! So beautiful.

AWWW! How cuuuute

TAFT!!

Taft attended a reception at City College in New York for Dr Alexis Carrel, who had won the Nobel Prize for medicine in 1912. The event took place on on Nov 16, 1912. The event was hosted by the President of the City College of New York Dr. John H. Finley. Perhaps the caption should read Dr. Finley not "D.R. Finley". Finley was the 3rd President of City College of NY, serving as President 1903 to 1913. Article from NYTimes describing the event honoring Dr. Carrel: query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9B07E5DE1E3AE633A... Article from Wikipedia about City College, mentioning its Presidents: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_College_of_New_York Article about Nobel Prize winner and honoree: Dr. Alexis Carrel (is he in the photo perhaps?) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexis_Carrel

This article from NYT next day has photo from the big reception with caption identifying Dr. Carrel and also President Finley query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9F0DE6DE1E3AE633A... and here is photo of Dr. Carrel, from this Flicker/LOC set: www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2405656016/in/p...

It does look as though it ought to be "Dr." Finley. Thanks for noting it and for the clues as to the likely event. We'll add the subject note!

Typo in title and text: Sheppard s/b Shepard

Mr. & Mrs. Shepard are attending a polo match at Meadow Brook Field. The Newport Cup, effectively the polo championship of the world, was played there on June 14, 1913. America defeated England. From the New York Times of the following day: " Mr. and Mrs. Finley J. Shepard (Miss Helen Gould) also paid their first visit to Meadow Brook. After they had run the gauntlet of cameras, they sat with Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Gould in a grandstand box. Mrs. Shepard wore a blue poplin dress topped with a blush straw hat which had a single red rose." There were many other society types there whom were fully described in the article: query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9D05E... I believe that the listing of society attendees will help to match up with other photographs taken on the same day.

Pixel Wrangler: Thanks for the heads up on the typo in the caption. lifeasdaddy: Thank you for the extensive description from the New York Times! It was very helpful for confirming the identity of Mrs. Shepard. We will update the description to include more complete names as well as add more information about the polo match they are attending.

I started an entry for him in Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finley_Johnson_Shepard I started her biography in 2005: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Miller_Gould en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meadowbrook_Polo_Club