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I can't tie this picture to a particular news event, but the 6/27/04 date written on the negative was shortly after the 1904 running of the Gordon Bennett Cup automobile race in Europe and provoked discussion about the lack of entries of American cars. In October 1904, the first international automobile race was held on Long Island roads, the Vanderbilt Cup. See Oct 8, 1904 article in NYT at query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9402E0D71F3AE733A...

Mrs. Percival used to beat Mr. Percival with her riding crop, according to the New York Times, leading to his divorce in Reno on grounds of HER extreme cruelty. query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9C02EFDA173CE633A...

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See also www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/27013319210/

There's a Mary Constance Farmer in Clonmel in 1910, the wife of Langford Llanwarne, "Captn Infantry Retired Special Reserve".

Here is the marriage record for Mary Constance Barry and Langford Llanwarne Farmer in Kanturk on April 22nd 1903.

And here are the birth records for their sons Arthur Henry Llanwarne and Frank Darrell Langford. The latter gives their address as Sweetbriar Cottage, Clonmel.

Here is Stream Vale on the 25" OSI. Sweetbriar Lodge is the other side of the train station, closer to the town.

Here is Mary Constance's birth record, which gives her parents as Henry Harte Barry and Annie Josephine Bethell, and she was born 16th April 1870, making her almost 40 in this photo.