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Mabel Riegelman was an opera singer. See digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/cdm/ref/collection/... for a photo and adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/talent/detail/18785/Riegel... for a discography.

NYT of June 24, 1917 query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9C01E5D7123BE03AB... indicated that the B. Altman regiment of the Home Defense League, commanded by Colonel J. H. Thompson gave demonstrations of drills and Red Cross methods in the Lewisohn Stadium of the College of the City of New York the day before (June 23, 1917). Mabel Riegelman sang "The Star-Spangled Banner" and "Dixie."

More info on Ms. Riegelman: books.google.com/books?id=KJrcN1CzFTUC&lpg=PA190&... On B. Altman & Co.: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B._Altman_and_Company

Thank you swanq for your research. We'll add a bit more information to the record the next time we update.

Just ran into another connection between Lewisohn Stadium and opera at www.facebook.com/MetOpera/photos/a.134969600532.229232.20...

This is a fantastic image. We've tracked down the location and mapped it... Click here to see this image mapped on SepiaTown and compare it to contemporary street view

Very interesting! Thanks for that...and for viewing our images.

Other Bain/LOC photos of beach and water fun, July 25, 1914:

The photos featuring Elsie Hanneman and "canoe tilting" were taken at the Colonial Yacht Club, located on the small beach just below Riverside Drive on the Hudson River, roughly between 140th and 142nd Streets in Harlem. Today, the Henry Hudson Parkway and North River Wastewater Treatment Plant occupies this and surrounding property. However, in 1993 the site returned to being a place of recreation, as Riverbank State Park was constructed on top of the wastewater plant, some 69-ft above the Hudson. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riverbank_State_Park