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Richard Haldane, Viscount Haldane, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, visiting the United States in 1913. New York Times, 31 Aug 1913 uses a cropped version of this photo. The caption identifies the gentleman on the right as Sir Kenneth Muir Mackenzie; the LOC text seems to have misread Bain's "K" as an "H". Accompanying story: "WEST POINT, Aug. 30. -- Viscount Haldane, Great Britain's Lord High Chancellor and former British War Secretary, spent a busy three hours at the Military Academy this afternoon. Accompanied by a distinguished party, the Lord High Chancellor sailed up the Hudson on J. Pierpont Morgan's yacht Corsair, arriving at West Point at 1:30." Wikipedia: J.P. Morgan, Jr. (corrected per Richard Arthur Norton, thanks; yeah he looked too young and unscarred here to be the father.) Viscount Haldane Kenneth Muir Mackenzie

A correction, it is J.P. Morgan Jr. His father had already died that year on March 31, 1913: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._P._Morgan,_Jr.

The detail present in these vintage photos is always amazing considering the technology of the time, although it was state of the art then. Viewed large, the background structure looks sharper than the three men, probably because of a slow exposure and a little movement by the subjects.

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Yes, and they say you can't teach an old dog new tricks. Now stay off the furniture!

That's Judge Dickinson, and J. P. Morgan, JUNIOR. Another Bain/LOC photo of the pair: www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/4058499994/

Wystan: Thanks for the additional info. We'll add it to the record next time we update.

See www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/4058500130/ for very similar photo

There's no such title as "Sir McKenzie" (or "Sir Churchill") -- The title Sir is followed by the man's first name, as in "Sir Kenneth" or "Sir K. M." (or "Sir Winston.") One should note also that this is not the original John Pierpont Morgan, fabulous financier, but his son, J. P. Morgan, Jr. (This photo was taken on August 30, 1913; the old J. P. Morgan died earlier in that year.)

Wystan: Thanks for catching the omission of McKenzie's initials. We'll add them to the record.

Another Bain/LOC portrait of Viscount Richard Haldane:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._P._Morgan,_Jr.

captain slack, I had a problem with your link. Maybe this will work better. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._P._Morgan,_Jr.. [The problem was that the Wikipedia URL finishes with a period, but Flickr assumes that a period following a URL is not part of the URL!!!!] "John Pierpont ("Jack") Morgan, Jr. (September 7, 1867 — March 13, 1943) was an American banker and philanthropist. He was born in Chicago and graduated from Harvard in 1886, where he was a member of Delta Phi and Delta Kappa Epsilon. He was the son of banking tycoon, J. P. Morgan." Several other photos in this Bain batch are of his father's funeral. See www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/tags/jpmorganfu...

I think this is 231 Madison Avenue. See www.themorgan.org/about/historyImage.asp?id=57

It looks like the house next door survived.

Thanks Swanq! We'll add the address in the source data and reload the description.