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July 11, 1918, the funeral procession on its way from City Hall to St. Patrick's Cathedral.
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That is Vice Admiral Usher to her right and Mayor Mitchel on her left.
Ceremony on May 30, 1917 to officially launch the U.S.S. Recruit in Union Square. See

LOC note, "Hugh" should be "Hugo" in caption. Olive Child Mitchel, the mayor's widow, married Hugo R. Johnstone in January, 1931, accounting for the changed name and the the new date. fultonhistory.com/newspaper%2011/New%20York%20Evening%20P...

Olive Child Mitchel Johnstone (1887 or 1888 - 1942) viaf.org/processed/LC|no2009177025 S. also the NYT, October 04, 1942 'MRS. HUGO R. JOHNSTONE; Widow of Mayor Mitchel Dies in Hospital in Coronado, Calif.' query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9F0DE7D81F3CE33BB...

Another photo of Olive Mitchel who christened the U.S.S. Recruit with a bottle of champagne is in The sun., May 31, 1917, Page 4 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030431/1917-05-31/ed-...

"Rear Admiral Nathaniel R. Usher, of the navy yard, and a party of officers and officer's wives came alongside presently in the same sort of launches which had conveyed the Mayor. They gathered in the "eyes" of the dry land dreadnought and Mrs. Mitchel broke a bottle of champagne - real champagne, Mr. Daniels - over the bow and cried: "I christen thee Recruit" " New-York tribune., May 31, 1917, Page 3, col. 3 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1917-05-31/ed-...

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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