johnpurroymitchel

That is Vice Admiral Usher to her right and Mayor Mitchel on her left.
Ceremony on May 30, 1917 to officially launch the U.S.S. Recruit in Union Square. See

LOC note, "Hugh" should be "Hugo" in caption. Olive Child Mitchel, the mayor's widow, married Hugo R. Johnstone in January, 1931, accounting for the changed name and the the new date. fultonhistory.com/newspaper%2011/New%20York%20Evening%20P...

Olive Child Mitchel Johnstone (1887 or 1888 - 1942) viaf.org/processed/LC|no2009177025 S. also the NYT, October 04, 1942 'MRS. HUGO R. JOHNSTONE; Widow of Mayor Mitchel Dies in Hospital in Coronado, Calif.' query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9F0DE7D81F3CE33BB...

Another photo of Olive Mitchel who christened the U.S.S. Recruit with a bottle of champagne is in The sun., May 31, 1917, Page 4 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030431/1917-05-31/ed-...

"Rear Admiral Nathaniel R. Usher, of the navy yard, and a party of officers and officer's wives came alongside presently in the same sort of launches which had conveyed the Mayor. They gathered in the "eyes" of the dry land dreadnought and Mrs. Mitchel broke a bottle of champagne - real champagne, Mr. Daniels - over the bow and cried: "I christen thee Recruit" " New-York tribune., May 31, 1917, Page 3, col. 3 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1917-05-31/ed-...

See www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/28172963665/

The photo was taken at 447 W 162nd Street, New York Streetview 2014: goo.gl/maps/yN4b6SFAt6Q2 This was the home of the mother of John Purroy Mitchel, Mary Mitchel, where where the body was brought, s. The evening world., July 09, 1918, Final Edition, Image 4 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030193/1918-07-09/ed-...

This photograph was likely taken on August 21, 1917, when the Belgian Mission visited New York City and was greeted by New York Mayor John Purroy Mitchel (Mayor 1914 - Dec 1917).

A similar photo is shown in the September 2, 1917 Sun (The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]), 02 Sept. 1917. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030431/1917-09-02/ed-... ) and NARA has some images of the event on Wikimedia (commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Commission_-_From_Foreign... catalog.archives.gov/id/26431636) (commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Commission_-_From_Foreign...(right)_in_automobile_at_the_Cit(...)_-_NARA_-_26431602.jpg)

Thanks Dean Z, I think you're right. We'll add some of this info to the catalog record.