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Perry Belmont's wife is the former Miss Jessie Ann Robbins and had been married to Henry T. Sloane before her marriage to Belmont in April 1889. See NYT query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F40614FC3E5811738... Vernon and Irene Castle were best known for their dancing, but Vernon Castle was also a polo fan. See The [Chicago] day book., May 29, 1915, NOON EDITION, Image 11 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045487/1915-05-29/ed-...

Looks like she's holding her pet monkey, as she does in the next shot in the series:

Thanks so much for your research swanq. And yes, artolog, it appears as if the other photograph of Irene Castle was taken at this event given her dress and the way she is holding her pet monkey. We'll fill in the names in the caption the next time we update the record.

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Thanks Art Siegel, for pointing out that this photo was taken at Vernon Castle's funeral. We will update the record.

Irene (Foote) Castle, who with her husband Vernon formed the most popular dance partnership of their era: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernon_and_Irene_Castle

We used to go see Rogers/Astaire movies in NY as a little kid (in the 70s). Of course they were all happy movies, with the exception of the story of Vernon and Irene Castle... what a sad ending.

good portrait!

spotboslow: thanks for the additional information. We will update the record.

They are shown together in another Bain photo: