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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/77th_Sustainment_Brigade en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Aquitania The vanguard of the 77th (Liberty) division arrived on April 24, 1919 aboard the Aquitania in New York from Brest. Evening star., April 24, 1919, Page 13, col. 4 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1919-04-24/ed-...

Likely the wife of Martin Beck (July 31, 1868 – November 16, 1940). Beck was a "vaudeville theatre owner and manager, and theatrical booking agent, who founded the Orpheum Circuit, and built the Palace and Martin Beck Theatres in New York City's Broadway Theatre District." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Beck_(vaudeville) The Omaha daily bee., March 24, 1921, Page 5, col. 2 reported that Beck, accompanied by his wife sailed for London for an extended tour of the European continent, including Paris and Rome, in search ot novelties to be booked on the circuit in America. chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn99021999/1921-03-24/ed-... He sailed on the Aquitania, s. The Rock Island Argus and daily union., March 22, 1921, Page 9, col. 3 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn92053933/1921-03-22/ed-...

The photo was likely taken on April 30, 1921, when she returned from Europe on the Aquitania, together with Mrs. Wendell Phillips (depicted in a photo nearby), s. New-York tribune., May 01, 1921, Page 12, col. 1 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1921-05-01/ed-...

Thanks B-59 for all the pieces to put it together. Thank goodness for the Aquitania hint with these related photos, we've been able to find out a lot about these passengers!

See www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/45684915734/