ladyinhat

24 September 1924 was a Wednesday ...

Fred Piper also commissioned this picture of Gentleman on the 27th of September 1924, sadly not in western get up.

Piper, hmm, wasn't there something with Piper and the Tramore amusements?


Here is a young Fred Piper in the 1911 census, his father a Steam Circus Proprietor.

And here is the record of a Fred Piper, traveller, father William, traveller, marrying Rosie Duffy, traveller, in 1928.

Niall McAuley and he has a rather nonchalant look somewhat like the lady! That hat of his looks "showman"ish?

Ah, the source of my Deja View:


From the comments on that one:
Albert Frederick (Freddie )Piper who was married to Rosina( Rosie) Duffy,she came from a circus family, and had been an acrobat on horses

From the New York Times: DOG SHOW AT PRINCETON.; Mrs. Malcolm Straus's Beau Athos a Winner in French Bulldog Class. December 15, 1912 Link

Another Bain/LOC photo from a dog show:

A bunch of Bain dog show pictures of socialites and their dogs appear to be taken at the same location, which is likely the roof garden of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City.

Thanks to all for their comments. While the New York Times is often a fairly reliable source for the spelling of a name, the December 15, 1912 article mentioned in several comments includes misspellings. It is identified as 'Special to the New York Times', and so may have been provided by a visiting correspondent - and not well fact-checked. This photograph shows Mrs. Malcolm Strauss and her prize-winning French Bulldog Beaux Athos. Bain provides the identities as: Mrs. Malcolm Strauss and Beaux Attos, and this Dec 1912 column offers Mrs. Martin Straus and Beau Athos, where both names are incorrect. Numerous other articles in the New York Times reporting results of dog shows in great detail confirm both the name of the owner - and her husband - and her dog. A good authority for the dog's name in particular is the American Kennel Stud Book of 1913, published by the National American Kennel Club. Here he is noted as: Beaux Athos. We will amend the record to include the correct name for the bulldog.