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Wonder how many minks died to make those coats?

That's railroad magnate George Jay Gould (1864-1923): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Jay_Gould_I (One of his morbid claims to fame is that he was a victim of the "mummy's curse," dying from pneumonia soon after visiting the tomb of Tutankhamen.) The little girl is probably the ill-fated Gloria Gould Bishop Barker (1906-1943), who would marry twice before drowning in her swimming pool at 37: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloria_Gould The other one is probably Edith Catherine Gould Wainwright MacNeal (Lady MacNeal) (1902?-1937), who also married twice before dying young; her son Stuyvesant Wainwright II (b. 1921) was briefly a Congressman. He's apparently at his sister Helen Miller Gould's 1913 wedding to Finley Johnson Shepard: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Miller_Gould

The fur worn by the children is ermine.

very interesting ... always nice to have a look into the past :)

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Helen Miller Gould Shepard (1868-1938): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Miller_Shepard

She appears on a page of photos of the 1915 Governors Island Garden Party in the New-York tribune., June 06, 1915, [Page 3, Image 49] chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1915-06-06/ed-... which also suggests that the officer is Lt. Col. William E. Horton

....HISTORY OF THE OLD AMERICANA PHOTOS This image comes from the George Grantham Bain Collection which represents one of America's earliest news picture agencies. The collection richly documents sports events, theater, celebrities, crime, strikes, disasters, political activities including the woman suffrage campaign, conventions and public celebrations. The photographs Bain produced and gathered for distribution through his news service were worldwide in their coverage, but there was a special emphasis on life in New York City. The bulk of the collection dates from the 1900s to the mid-1920s, but scattered images can be found as early as the 1860s and as late as the 1930s. (Library of Congress).... If we can have a short descrption of each photo introduce the name of event and little background story about the people inside each photo that really is a good education to viewers today who did not know anything about 1900 in the world but can see the history being brought to life. The historical photos are valuable assets.

Helen Gould's wedding was Jan 22, 1913 Helen Gould's Home, Scene of Her Wedding To-day to F.J. Shepard (NYT January 22, 1913) query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9D01EFD6123BE633A...

Helen Gould's home was Lyndhurst, at Tarrytown, NY, seen in this Bain Collection photo. The photo above appears to have been taken in the porte-cochère seen at right in the Lyndhurst photo. Frank Jay Gould (1877-1956) was Helen Gould's youngest brother. The Mrs. Gould in this photo is Frank's second wife, the former Edith Kelly, an actress he married in 1910. They were divorced in 1919.

Helen Gould's Home, that is a small size castle. It must be their dream house. Beautiful. People always has fantacy dreams about castle; especially castles in Europe with many mysterious or fancy stories happened in the castle.