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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunter_College

The older woman is Edna Owen, s. comment under www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/19983926048/

This photo, or one very similar from the same event, ran in The Sun., July 15, 1917, Section 4 Pictorial Magazine, with the caption: "Senator Marconi, here with the Italian War Commission, recently lectured to the girl students of Hunter College who have been studying wireless telegraphy. The class plans to replace the navy's radio operators ashore if need arises." chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030431/1917-07-15/ed-...

Thanks B59 for identifying Edna Owen.

Guglielmo Marconi, 1st Marquis of Marconi (Italian: [ɡuʎˈʎɛlmo marˈkoːni]; 25 April 1874 – 20 July 1937) was an Italian inventor and electrical engineer. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guglielmo_Marconi

The inventor of the first band-aid?

And Nobel Prize winner.

Happy New Year !

Definitely some "Heavy Hitters" here, men who shaped the world at that time, including President Castro.....of Venezuela!

Jacques Loeb was a German-born American physiologist and biologist. He was one of the most famous scientists in America, widely covered in newspapers and magazines and nominated many times for the Nobel Prize.

Joseph Chamberlain was an influential British businessman, politician, and statesman. Despite never becoming Prime Minister, he is regarded as one of the most important British politicians of the late 19th century and early 20th century, as well as a colourful character and renowned orator. He was Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain's father.

Alberto Santos-Dumont was a Brazilian aviation pioneer, who designed, built, and flew the first practical dirigible balloons. He became the first person to demonstrate that routine, controlled flight was possible. Winning the Deutsch de la Meurthe prize on October 19, 1901, on a flight that rounded the Eiffel Tower, made him one of the most famous people in the world during the early 20th century.