ladew

Mr. Harvey Ladew (1887-1976) was apparently a "noted topiary artist": en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey_Ladew

That topiary guy is "Harvey S. Ladew" and this person is labeled " J. Harvey Ladew". Similar, maybe typo, but maybe not. J. Harvey Ladew is noted as a "wealthy leather merchant and yachtsman" in this NY Times article: query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9C04E...

pennylrichardsca & Harry Angstrom: Thank you for your comments! Based on the information provided by both of you, this seems to be J. Harvey Ladew. The topiary artist Ladew was a bachelor and only in his late 20s at the time of this image, while J. Harvey has two children in this photograph, and appears a bit older.

I started an entry on him in Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Harvey_Ladew

Hei! I am so impressed with your pic ;) Have a nice day ^.^

?? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_R._Ladew daughter?

Yes, Elise Wall Ladew (1890–1978) who married William Russell Grace. I wrote the biography that you linked to in Wikipedia. Here is the biography I wrote on her uncle: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Harvey_Ladew,_Sr. And here is the uncle's image. This image prompted me to do the research and write the three articles for Wikipedia:

Here are two Bain/LOC photos of Elsie Ladew in October, 1912, at the Piping Rock horse show:

Beautiful Photo!
Thank you for sharing your photo in our Group!

* We Love the way you CATCH THE FEMALE PORTRAIT!!*

Same family, same day, slightly different pose:

Could be the same J.H. Ladew who sold the steam yacht "Columbia" to the Navy, which they renamed the USS Wasp: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Wasp_(1898)

I started an entry on him in Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Harvey_Ladew

Hei! I am so impressed with your pic ;) Have a nice day ^.^