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Daughter of financier Jay Gould: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Miller_Gould

Since it is captioned with her maiden name, it was presumably taken before she was married in January 1913 (see query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9D01EFD6123BE633A... ) to Finley Johnson Shepard. The article indicates that they were both 44.

Wonder how many minks died to make those coats?

That's railroad magnate George Jay Gould (1864-1923): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Jay_Gould_I (One of his morbid claims to fame is that he was a victim of the "mummy's curse," dying from pneumonia soon after visiting the tomb of Tutankhamen.) The little girl is probably the ill-fated Gloria Gould Bishop Barker (1906-1943), who would marry twice before drowning in her swimming pool at 37: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloria_Gould The other one is probably Edith Catherine Gould Wainwright MacNeal (Lady MacNeal) (1902?-1937), who also married twice before dying young; her son Stuyvesant Wainwright II (b. 1921) was briefly a Congressman. He's apparently at his sister Helen Miller Gould's 1913 wedding to Finley Johnson Shepard: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Miller_Gould

The fur worn by the children is ermine.

very interesting ... always nice to have a look into the past :)

best shot

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Miller_Gould

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called 1910s Fashion, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

Another Bain/LOC photo from Helen Gould's wedding:
www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2162670695/