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The man in the photograph is Alfred P. Lane, Olympic shooter and gold medalist who was hired by the New York City Police Department (NYPD) in 1914 to train police officers how to shoot. Lane competed in two Olympics, winning three gold medals (50m Free Pistol, 50m Team Free Pistol, and 50m Rapid Fire Pistol) in the 1912 Olympic Games (Stockhom), plus a bronze medal (50m Free Pistol) and two more gold medals (50m Team Free Pistol, 50m Rapid Fire Pistol) in the 1920 Olympic Games (Antwerp). Lane would later be among the first inducted into the United States International Shooters Hall of Fame in 1991. Also of interest in this photograph is the pistol Lane is shooting. It is a Colt Model 1908 Hammerless Pistol (Colt M1908), designed by John Moses Browning, and manufactured by Colt. It is noteworthy because during this period the NYPD became one of the few police departments of the era to have adopted a semi-automatic pistol as an issued firearm (in this case for its detectives.) However, the M1908's career in the NYPD was short lived, and it was withdrawn from NYPD service by 1918 (thought to be because of accidental/negligent discharges by some of the officers it was issued to). The NYPD would not authorize the widespread issue of semi-automatic pistols again until 1993.

I added him to Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_P._Lane

LOC -- his name is Alfred P. Lane, not "Alf Plane"

Franklin Knight Lane, Jr., son of Franklin Knight Lane, United States Secretary of the Interior from 1913 to 1920 (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Knight_Lane), s. article with photo in fultonhistory.com/Newspapers%2023/Wayland%20NY%20Register...

A similar photo is in the Evening star., June 03, 1917, Page 2 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1917-06-03/ed-...

His father

A cropped version of this photo ran in the St. Nicholas magazine for August, 1917 with the caption: "Franklin K Lane Jr., more often called "Ned" son of the secretary of the interior has a commission as first lieutenant in the navy aviation corps, after a thorough training in flying at Newport News Virginia ." books.google.com/books?id=3g8bAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA878&l...

B-59 and Art Siegel: thanks for finding more information on Franklin Lane. We'll include it in the record.

As a Glaswegian living in Ireland I'd love to know why there was a need for a passenger service from Waterford to Glasgow. Was it trade or emigration (quite a circuitous way to get to the UK though)

Before the railways were built that would have been the fastest way to get from the south coast to Scotland. I wouldn't have thought they'd have got much custom in 1910 though.

One thing Glassgow would have had in 1910 that perhaps Waterford and the surrounding areas wouldn't have had was jobs !! And as derangedlemur said the sea route would have been the fastest way for the men to get there and back to their families.

Gorgeous Clyde Shipping Co. poster from ofarrl's photostream...

Cuddly Nutter Mind you, this bunch are all kitted out in tweeds as if they're going shooting or golfing (or both). It doesn't look like either working in the mill clothes or sunday best.