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Visiting New York as part of his duties on the Italian War Commission, arriving on June 21st, 1917. He was to become Duke of Genoa in 1931. The British and French War Commissions had visited New York the prior month and are the subject of many Bain photos. query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9C01E3D8123BE0... query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9B04E3D8123BE0... John Purroy Mitchel (July 19, 1879 – July 6, 1918) was the 95th mayor of New York from 1914 to 1917. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Purroy_Mitchel "Prince Ferdinando of Savoy, Duke of Genoa (Ferdinando Umberto Filippo Adalberto; 21 April 1884 – 24 June 1963) was the third Duke of Genoa and a member of the House of Savoy. He served in the Royal Italian Navy. [...] In May 1917 with War raging in Europe, Prince Ferdinando was appointed to lead an Italian War Commission to the United States of America. The commission which included Guglielmo Marconi and leading Italian political and commercial figures, visited America with the task of discussing financial and trade agreements and increasing co-operation between the two nations to help the Italian war effort." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Ferdinando,_Duke_of_Genoa_(1884%E2%80%931963)#cite_note-Washington-2

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_Hall where Mitchel's body was to lie in state before his funeral, according to plans in NYT of July 8, 1918 query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9B03E0DA1E3BE03AB... Although his casket was at City Hall from Wednesday afternoon until Thursday July 11 as planned, the location of the funeral was changed from the Church of St. Francis Xavier to St. Patrick's Cathedral.

There is a picture of this event without the obliteration at query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9405EEDB133BEE... Better names from NYT accounts of City Hall event Oct. 16, 1917. Dr. Carlos Manuel de Cespedes, "Carlos Manuel de Céspedes y Quesada (August 12, 1871, New York City, New York, United States – March 28, 1939, Vedado, Havana, Cuba) was a Cuban writer, politician, diplomat, and President of Cuba." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Manuel_de_C%C3%A9spedes_y_Qu... Phya Prabha Karavongse of Siam, Don Belisario Poras of Panama, "Belisario Porras Barahona (28 November 1856, Las Tablas – 28 August 1942, Panama City). Panamanian journalist and politician. He served three terms as President of Panama soon after its independence from Colombia." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belisario_Porras_Barahona Sen. Fletcher is Duncan U. Fletcher. "Duncan Upshaw Fletcher (January 6, 1859 – June 17, 1936) was an American lawyer and politician of the Democratic Party. Senator Fletcher was the longest serving U.S. Senator in Florida's history." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duncan_U._Fletcher "Richard Irvine Manning III (August 15, 1859 – September 11, 1931) was a politician from the U.S. state of South Carolina. He served as a state legislator and as the 92nd Governor of South Carolina." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Irvine_Manning_III query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9407E6D7113BE0... query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9F07EED7113BE0...

Thanks for spelling out the fuller names and for the link to a better version of the picture. We'll add information to the description.