may251911

Picture was taken September, 1912 at the christening of the USS Wyoming in Philadelphia, PA. Note Dorothy Knight's identified picture here. The riveted metal shape is the boat's prow. J.M. Carey was a congressman and then governor of Wyoming, elected 1912 (see book reference here).

Picture was taken on May 25, 1911. www.glasglow.com/e2/us/USS_Wyoming_(BB-32).html: USS Wyoming (BB-32), the lead ship of her class of battleship was the third ship of the United States Navy named in honor of the 44th state. Her keel was laid down on 9 February 1910, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by William Cramp and Sons. She was launched on 25 May 1911, sponsored by Miss Dorothy Eunice Knight, the daughter of former Chief Justice Jesse Knight of the Wyoming Supreme Court. The ship saw service in WWI and WWII, and was scrapped in 1947.

Joseph Maull Carey (January 19, 1845 – February 5, 1924) was a lawyer, rancher, judge, and politician, who spent most of his political career in Wyoming before and after it achieved statehood. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Maull_Carey en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Wyoming_(BB-32)

Wystan and Richard Arthur Norton: Thanks for the names here. We'll include them next time we update the description.

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called 1910s Fashion, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

Posing on the occasion of the annual lawn party of the Army Relief Society, on Governors Island in New York harbor, May 25, 1911. Frederick Dent Grant was commanding general at the Army base on Governors Island, where he lived with his family until his death, from cancer, in April, l9l2.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulysses_S._Grant_III en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Dent_Grant www.arlingtoncemetery.net/francism.htm

Let's give the ladies some names: Mrs. F. D. Grant, Ida Marie Honore, is here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ida_Marie_Honor%C3%A9 Mrs. Francis Gibson was named Kate. Can't find anything about her. Mrs. U. S. Grant III was named Edith Root. Edith Root was born circa 1879. She was the daughter of Elihu Root, US Sec of State under T. Roosevelt. Edith Root married Maj. Gen. Ulysses Simpson Grant, son of General Frederick Dent Grant and Ida Marie Honore, on 27 November 1907. Edith Root died on 23 May 1962. She's buried in Hamilton College Cemetery.

Shadrach Chistopoulos: Great idea to find the names of the women in this image. Thank you! We will add the fuller names to the description when we update.

Photographed on Governors Island in New York harbor, May 25, 1911. Henry L. Stimson had been appointed Secretary of War in the administration of President Taft just a few weeks earlier. General Frederick Dent Grant (son of President Grant) was commanding officer on Governors Island, where he lived with his family. This occiasion was the annual lawn party sponsored by the Army Relief Society, which raised money to succor widows and orphans of officers and enlisted men of the Regular Army. The Lawn Party: