josephhodgeschoate

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1915

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Richard Norton said:
Joseph Hodges Choate (January 24, 1832 – May 14, 1917) was an American lawyer and diplomat. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Hodges_Choate "May 18, 1917. NATIONS JOIN IN LAST TRIBUTE TO CHOATE; Funeral Attended by Spring-Rice, Delegated as Personal Representative of the King. FRANCE SENDS HOVELACQUE St. Bartholomew's Not Quite Filled Owing to Restrictions;-Buried at Stockbridge, Mass. Throng Remains Outside. Prominent Men in Delegations. Flowers at the Church. BURIAL AT STOCKBRIDGE. Stores and Schools Closed as a Final Tribute to Mr. Choate. CHOATE AS AN EXAMPLE. Merchants' Association's Statement Says Life Is Worthy of Emulation. Without eulogy and with only the Episcopal burial service, the fnneral of Joseph H. Choate was held at 9:45 o'clock yesterday morning at St. Bartholomew's Church, Madison Avenue ..." query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9901EEDB123AE433A...

dale.neighbors said:
The building in the back is New York Public Library, at Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street. Joseph H. Choate and William W. Appleton were both Trustees named in the first year of the New York Free Circulating Library. This photo may have been taken at the opening of NYPL in 1911.
BobMeade said:
Compare with this image in the set: www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2162669255/
John Hartsock said:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Choate
The Library of Congress said:
Thank you all for the information on the NY Public Library and the two men in this photo. We will add some of it to the information when we update the database.
Elizabeth Thomsen said:
There's a memorial to Joseph Hodges Choate in Salem, Massachusetts, his birthplace, featuring an allegorical statue of Liberty by sculptor John Massey Rhind (1860-1936).

Richard Norton said:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Hodges_Choate
Wystan said:
While J. H. Choate was U. S. Ambassador to Britain (1899-1905), Henry White served as the embassy secretary. But who was Austen?
B-59 said:
It's Austen G. Fox (Austen George Fox, 1849-1937, according to www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n85-363486), a lawyer who was candidate for District Attorney in 1897 (query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F20B1FFA385416...) The New-York tribune., June 01, 1902, Page 4 (with photo) says that he was Vice-President of the Harvard Club in 1902. The sun., January 24, 1915, FIFTH SECTION, Page 9, last column ("NOVEL INSURANCE POLICY A MEMORIAL OF R. W. GILDER") mention him together with Joseph H. Choate.

Richard Norton said:
Joseph Hodges Choate (January 24, 1832 - 1917), was an American lawyer and diplomat. Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Hodges_Choate
Ryan (LOC P&P) said:
Thanks for your research Richard Norton. We'll fill in the caption and add some of the information to the record the next time we update.