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Looking for details on Lota Robinson: According to The Amiable Baltimoreans by Francis F. Beirne, 1984 books.google.com/books?id=WNso9EnqfxcC&pg=PA114 one Alfred Jenkins Shriver left $800,000 to Johns Hopkins University in his will for the construction of a lecture hall on condition that on diplay in the hall would be portraits of ten Baltimore women he remembered as beautiful in his youth. Lota Robinson was among them, although some felt that her distinction was more her vivacity and the only one to remain unmarried. She appears quite often in the social columns, with her hats and other fashionable attire frequently mentioned. The Dispatch (Provo, Utah), May 27, 1891, page 3, bottom of column 3, with picture chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86091037/1891-05-27/ed-... indicates, in a piece on Baltimore Beauties, that she is the daughter of Mrs. John Robinson, a Baltimore social leader. There were clearly rumors of engagements in the press, incluing one as early as 1902, in the Free press., November 22, 1902, page 2. chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84029696/1902-11-22/ed-... I'm inclined to think she is the women in a dark outfit next to Mrs. Roosevelt. Some more family details are in the Harrisburg Telegraph, 2 June 1911, Page 4 www.newspapers.com/newspage/39834434/ "An engagement of much interest to society in Baltimore, New York, Philadelphia and York, Pa., announced today, is that of Mrs. Robinson Boykin, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Moncure Robinson, and John Messick Gross, son of Mr. and Mrs. John K. Gross, of York, Pa. "Mrs. Boykin, who was formerly Miss Mary Washington Robinson, is one of five attractive sisters, the others being Miss Lota Robinson, Mrs. Richard Morton, Mrs. George P. Mordecai and Mrs. Edward Crozer, of Philadelphia. Mrs. J. Ramsay Barry, another sister, died in 1901. "Mrs. Boykin's brothers are Moncure Robinson, of Philadelphia, and J. Randolph Robinson, of New York. The late Mrs. John M. Robinson, Mrs. Boykin's mother, was one of the leaders of the social life in Baltimore for many years and was noted for her charming and winsome manner and the success and originality of her entertainments."

My best guess for Mrs. T. Hitchcock is Mrs. Thomas Hitchcock, the former Louise Mary Eustis. She would be the third from the left in this picture, with her eyes shut. See photos at www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=117708652 Louise Marie "Lulie" Eustis Hitchcock, 1867-1934 and books.google.com/books?id=HVSKAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA42&lp...

Best bet for Miss Alexander from those I've found so far is: Harriet ALEXANDER, b. 1888, New York City, later Mrs. Winthrop W. Aldrich (Harriet Alexander, 1888–1972) www.metmuseum.org/collections/search-the-collections/437707 Her sisters, Mary and Janetta (also possibilities) are with her in www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/Research/Digital-Library/... as is their cousin Eleanor Butler Alexander. Eleanor was already married by 1916. As Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt , Jr., Eleanor was at the parade, but I presume Bain would not make that mistake.

Here is Wikipedia article about polo player Tommy Hitchcock, Jr. (born in 1900) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Hitchcock,_Jr.

the wealthy Whitney Family was very involved in thoroughbred horse racing, according to this article from Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitney_family

Flora Whitney was born in 1897, according to this article about her mother: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gertrude_Vanderbilt_Whitney She was 3 years older than Tommy Hitchcock, which seems about right looking at the photo.

I love their clothes. Such a damn romantic era (though with child labor and racial segregation, I suppose one could argue pretty convincingly that it was all a facade).

Flora Payne Whitney (1897 - 1985) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flora_Payne_Whitney I agree that Miss Whitney looks to be about three years older than young Hitchcock. Do you suppose they would have been at the Steeplechase races without their parents? No way. I've had a look at the uncompressed Tiff version of this photograph downloaded from the persistent URL, and Hitchcock Jr. is holding a card that has a headline at the top "RACING" and lower down "Meadow Brook Steeplechase Association Belmont Park Terminal ..." Therefore, I believe this photograph was almost certainly taken at the Steeplechase meeting held on May 4, 1912. The New York Times report of the following day is here: query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=990DE5DC153CE633A... and amongst the Society notables in the crowd of 4,000 people were Mr. and Mrs. Payne Whitney, and Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hitchcock.

"Charles Seymour Whitman (September 29, 1868 – March 29, 1947) served as the 41st Governor of New York from January 1915 to December 1918."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_S._Whitman

The photo was most likely taken on the occasion of the handover of a flying boat to the NY Naval Militia. See comment under

Thanks B-59 for linking this image to the related ones about the NY Naval Militia ceremony. We will add more details when we update the description.