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Adamo Didur (1874-1946), Polish-born opera singer with a long career at the Met; this picture seems to be from the debut of this particular opera in New York, in 1913: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adamo_Didur

Correct name would be Adam Didur. pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Didur

Thank you for the information. Will submit for review and possible update to the catalog record.

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Wife of railroad president Howard Elliott (1860-1928)? He became president of the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad in 1913. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Elliott

I wonder if this isn't the former Mrs. Elmer Black, (nèe Madeleine Powell), widow of banker Elmer E. Black (1860-1909). Madeleine married Major Howard Elliott on June 15, 1920, in Natick, Massachusetts. She devoted much of her time to industrial and civic movements in New York and authored an authoritative report on the workings of European markets. – New York Times A portrait of the then Mrs. Madeleine Black, very similar to the portrait above, was the frontispiece of her 1911 book, Civilize The Nations. (Portraits by Mishkin Studio of New York, N. Y.)

Yeah, that theory makes more sense given the cross-out of one name for another. Hard to imagine a more likely scenario for getting both photos relabeled.

In 1913-14, as Mrs. Black, she offered, through the Lake Mohonk (N. Y.) Conference on Arbitration, the third annual series of "Black Essay Prizes" to college women. Two women were chosen annually for prizes of $200 and $100, respectively, for essays on the subject of "International Peace." The Lake Mohonk Conference achieved the establishment of the International Court of Arbitration at the Hague, but it ended its existence in 1917, having been unable to forestall U. S. entry into the World War. The Black Prize Essay Contest: books.google.com/books?id=nGkNAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA217&l... Evidently the Bain News Agency retrieved its 1913 portraits of her in 1920, and altered the name on the negatives to reflect her new married status. Another portrait of the widow Black, retitled as Mrs. Elliott:

The wedding of Eleanor Nash to Culver McWilliam as in April 1916. See NYT of April 5, 1916 query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F70F15FE3D5F13738... Eleanor Arnett Nash was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edmund A. Nash, who lived in Rye, NY. She was apparently an excellent golf player, as well as a tennis player.

According to the NYT article her father was Edmund A. Nash, but The sun., April 02, 1916, THIRD SECTION, Image 22, col. 6 wrote that his name was Edmund S. (for Strudwick) Nash (chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030272/1916-04-02/ed-...), and she was obviously a sister of the poet Ogden Nash (www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/ogden-nash, see also The Life and Rhymes of Ogden Nash: A Biography by David Stuart, p. 21 & 22 (books.google.com/books?id=MWsYAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA22&lp...)

This is likely her: www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=83084113

This photo was used in The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, May 21, 1916, SECTION FIVE, Image 60 with the caption: "An April bride was Eleanor Nash, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Nash, who was married to Culver McWilliams. Mrs. McWilliams is one of two attractive sisters' feted in New York society. Gwendolen Nash married Douglas O'Gorman of Baltimore." oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn83045782/1916-05-21/ed-1/se...

Thanks swanq and B-59, I'll ask that we adjust the date range and remove the 's' from "McWilliams".