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A really lovely photo. Well done.

Waterford family c1896 including invalid Lady Waterford (see comments): nli:

I notice Mr Poole has made her look slimmer. scratch scratch.

1901 to 1954 - this is presumably the wife of the 6th marquess, born Lady Beatrix Frances Petty-FitzMaurice. Per thepeerage.com her children were: Lady Blanche Maud de la Poer Beresford+ b. 1898, d. 29 Sep 1940 Lady Katharine Nora de la Poer Beresford+ b. 1899 John Charles de la Poer Beresford, 7th Marquess of Waterford+ b. 6 Jan 1901, d. 25 Sep 1934 Lady Beatrix Patricia de la Poer Beresford+ b. 1902 Lord William Mostyn de la Poer Beresford+ b. 30 May 1905, d. 1973 Lt.-Cdr.Lord Hugh Tristram de la Poer Beresford b. 1 Oct 1908, d. 23 May 1941

Is that perhaps a Christening gown? Baby looks rather old and alert for that in those days...

March 3, 1913.

This looks like it's another photo of German actress Hedwig Reicher dressed as Columbia, doubly misidentified by Bain as Frances F. Noyes dressed as Liberty. Edit: LOC has a photo from this event which is captioned "Liberty and Her Attendants" (link to the large .jpg version, as I'm unable to make a functional link to the photo's info page.) The woman in the dark toga must be Florence F. Noyes, though she is not identified by name on the info page. For comparison, this web page features a photo of Hedwig Reicher portraying Salome in a 1908 German production of the Oscar Wilde play.

Thanks for the information. You are correct about the misidentification of the subject. Take a look at this similar image from Bain News Service: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsc.00032 . It also identifies the subject as Hedwig Reicher posing as Columbia during a suffrage pageant at the March 3, 1913 suffrage march in Washington, D.C. According to the information with this image, Florence F. Noyes may be one of the background figures in veils. We will update the source data and reload the description.

This image has been included in the Indicommons.org post Women across the Commons, prior to International Women's Day.

Made a backpack from this one:

See comments on a 1913 photo of this opera singer from New Zealand:

"Frances Alda (31 May 1879 – 18 September 1952) was a New Zealand-born, Australian-raised operatic soprano. She achieved fame during the first three decades of the 20th century due to her outstanding singing voice, fine technique and colourful personality, as well as her frequent onstage partnerships at the New York Metropolitan Opera with Enrico Caruso." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Alda Another photo of her driving a car is in The Sun and New York press., July 30, 1916, FOURTH SECTION PICTORIAL MAGAZINE, Image 38 with the caption "Frances Alda finds plenty of recreation in driving her 48 horse-power Six over the roads about Grat Neck, L. I. No summer engagements for her" (chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030430/1916-07-30/ed-...).

Excellent

1912 Packard: www.flickr.com/photos/dmentd1/19443579243/in/photolist-vC...