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[Hedwig Reicher as Columbia] in Suffrage Pageant (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• 4 older comments, and then…
• Nathan Adams said:

  But, as we all know, that isn't Frances Noyes.

• Joe said:

  And we know that Hedwig isn't dressed as Liberty, but as Columbia. Poor Hedwig Reicher, to lose her identity on the Internets! And she got such a splendid writeup in the New York Times in 1909! And on top of that she remains in the shadow her brother, Frank Reicher, whose IMDb page is so much longer than hers.

• swanq said:

  NYT article on February 7, 1913 [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9907EED81E3AE633A25754C0A9649C946296D6CF ] says that Florence Fleming Noyes will wear sandals as Liberty -- however cold the weather. The article reassures the public that most will wear wool and therefore not be cold! Perhaps Florence Noyes is behind and to left of Hedwig Reicher. The article also suggests that the building is the U.S. Treasury.

• Wystan said:

  LOC's history of the Woman Suffrage Procession (and Pageant) confirms that that is the Treasury building: www.loc.gov/loc/lcib/9803/suffrage.html

• pennylrichardsca (now at ipernity) said:

  Here she is guarding a train case I just restyled: