journalist

Probably George Brinton McClelland Harvey. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Brinton_McClellan_Harvey

It's him. He arrived in New York, like others in this series of photos, on the liner Rotterdam on December 23, 1915, and had some pithy comments about Wilson and his policy of non-intervention in the war: "With the exception of the Kaiser, outside of Germany, [Wilson is] the most unpopular head of government in the world." Also some prescient words about the war: "I do not think there will be peace for at least 2 years and possibly 5." select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F20714FE3B5B1773...
The second date on the negative, 3/4/21, is when Harvey was made U.S. ambassador to Great Britain.

Thanks for your great research, Ouij and artolog. We'll fill in the name and add some other information to the record the next time we update.

Any idea of the actual date taken? Listed date is January 01, 1900 which can’t be right!

erik jagger upper left corner, looks like a date, with 24 written. maybe 1924 ? it's just a speculation

The date written on the negative is 8/22/24. This could mean that it was taken in 1924, but one practice of the Bain studio was to apply a date when they used the photo later, often because the individual or event was in the news again. LoC does not apply exact dates without confirming evidence and described this photo as "circa 1900." Looking at the photos in en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benito_Mussolini I personally think circa 1920 might be closer. In the Perth Amboy Evening News. April 03, 1924, FINAL EDITION, Page 3, bottom of column 4 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85035720/1924-04-03/ed-... is a photo that looks to be of him with a similar build.

www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/italian-dictator-be... has a copy of this photo and dates it as September 1923. It also reckons the location is Biarritz.

Thanks swanq for looking into this photo and explaining to everyone how Bain's dating of photos worked. From my experience, it seems that Bain rarely sent their photographers outside New York City or the surrounding area. If you see a Bain photo taken in Europe then you can be fairly certain they made a copy of another photo, and the date is probably when the copy was made. I think we'll hold off on adding the date from the Getty Images copy since it also comes from a press agency (in that case, a British one) and I'm not sure if their dating is any more accurate than Bain's.

.....and writing one of the first modern spy thrillers...

Wondering if this might his reburial in 1923 ?? It looks a bit 'fancy' for a prison.
See - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erskine_Childers_(author)#Execution

Or ... 1924?

"This photo is Hardwicke Hall, Dublin in Oct 1924. He was given an IRA Guard of Honour, 4 men at attention in shifts for 24hrs straight. My granduncle, Robert Childers, 2nd son of @erskineandmolly
was present. Molly couldn’t bare it, had collapsed with grief in the morning. " ...
From- x.com/erskinechilders/status/1596269726246006784

He is said to have shaken hands with the members of his firing squad, saying, "Take a step or two forward, lads, it will be easier that way."

Hardwicke Hall

Via Trove, some more details ...

November 1922 - trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/210509012?searchTerm=e... - "He was buried in a grave already prepared nearby" in Beggars' Bush Barracks.

October 1924 - trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/84311173?searchTerm=er... - "Irish Rebels' Remains handed over to Relatives". "Public funerals will be held on Thursday [ed. 30/10/1924].
The bodies in the meanwhile will lie in state at different centres."

October 1924 - trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/54291385?searchTerm=er... - "Wild scenes at re-interment of the executed men".