megaphones

Youssouf Zia Pacha was Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the United States of America from June 14, 1910 to 1914 [ ref. www.state.gov/s/cpr/94538.htm ]

The man carrying the megaphone is also in these photographs:

"John Barrett & Count Von Bernstorff (LOC)"
:

"Dr. Don Francisco J. Paynado - Dominican Minister (LOC)"


"P.C. Knox & wife (LOC)"

The man carryng the megaphone, is a kind of announcer?

wondering if this is during St. Louis, MO world fair in 1914

NOT St. Louis, and NOT 1914: This is the Pan American Union building in Washington, D. C., on January 1, 1913.

Feb 19, 1913 NYT
query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=980DE1D71E3AE633A...
describes Francisco J Peynado (note different spelling) as Minister to Washington from Santo Domingo.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ambassadors_from_the_Domini...
lists Peynado as ambassador from the Dominican Republic for 1912-13.

So the correct spelling is probably "Peynado".

The U. S. State Department lists

Sr. Dr. Don Francisco J. Peynado, E.E. and M.P. for the Dominican Republic from February 23, 1912 to 1914

[ ref. www.state.gov/s/cpr/91605.htm ]

Same occasion as

Thanks for the great research swanq and lifeasdaddy. We'll correct the spelling of his name, and add a better estimate of the date when we update the record.

The correct spelling is Francisco J Peynado

Wonder what they would have thought of "Tessy"