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4 photos tagged id4508, from 1 member of Flickr Commons.

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1910

1918

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Harry Angstrom said:
Tennis star and grandson of the railroad magnate, here is Wikipedia blurb: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Gould_II He married Anne Douglass Graham.
Kristi (LOC P&P) said:
Harry Angstrom: Thank you for the information! We can expand this record to identify him as Jay Gould II, pictured with his wife Anne Douglass Graham (maiden name).
swanq said:
See www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/3219730821/

Wystan said:
Son of George Jay Gould I; grandson of the 19th-century Wall Street robber baron (and Titan of the Great Northern Railroad), Jay Gould. See Harry Angstrom's note, below, and the Wikipedia entry it references.
Doug Berryhill said:
I didn't think he looked like a Georgie.
The Library of Congress said:
Oops! Sorry for the mix up. This is one of five captions and images that got out of alignment back when the negatives were first scanned. Now fixed!
Harry Angstrom said:
Might be Frank's nephew, Jay2: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Gould_II
Kristi (LOC P&P) said:
Harry Angstrom: It does look like this is Jay Gould II. We will update the record with this more full name. Thanks for the heads up!

BobMeade said:
As is named on the lifeboat behind Mr. Gould, this is the German Liner S.S. Kronprinzessin Cecilie. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Kronprinzessin_Cecilie Later to become USS Mount Vernon: www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/3006358188/
Harry Angstrom said:
Could be this fellow, sure looks like him: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Gould_II Frank (identified above) is his uncle: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Jay_Gould
The Library of Congress said:
Thanks for spotting the second generation Gould and the boat name. We updated our source description today, aiming to reload the record by October for Flickr. Sorry we got so behind.

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Robert Carrier said:
Love these panoramas. Great stuff.
Mark said:
Josephus Daniels was Secretary of the Navy under Woodrow Wilson as well as a newsaper publisher. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josephus_Daniels The U.S.S. Mount Vernon (ID #4508) was originally a German Trans-Atlantic passenger liner named Kronzprinzessen Cecilie. www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-m/id4508.htm
bhisham pratap padha said:
cool
Adam Stevens said:
Dazzle Painting! Cool! Neat camo attempt to thwart U-boats, hard to gauge direction and speed due to lack of uniformity in paint....
BobMeade said:
See a photo of a portion of Kronprinzessin Cecilie here: www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/3775431480/in/p...