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Not the Canadian Dr. Mary Crawford of the same era: www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/features/timelinks/reference/db0013.shtml This Dr. Mary Crawford was from Brooklyn and was part of a group of doctors who went to help at the American Ambulance Hospital in Paris; she returned in the autumn of 1915 and gave an interview to the New York Times about her experiences there ("Woman Surgeon Home from War: Dr. Mary Crawford Says American Hospital in Paris Has Accomplished Wonders," 1 October 1915).

pennylrichardsca: Thanks for the information on Dr. Mary Crawford - and for pointing out which Dr. Mary Crawford she was! We will add more information about her to the record.

The camera is a Mitchell BNC on a Mitchell gear head on a spider dolly. That is a Mole-Richardson Arc lamp on the right with a yellow filter that was always added to counter the blue color of the arc itself. Sorry but I do not know the men in the picture for sure so I am guessing. I suspect the man in the dark jacket is Director Nicholas Ray while the man in the hat is the camera operator. Ray has just approved the framing and that is why the operator has his hands on the wheels so that he knows for sure the shot as approved. The man in the light jacket is probably the 1st Camera Assistant. The man with the dark hair is possibly the Director of Photography Joseph C. Brun for he is wearing a lanyard possibly holding the "badge of office," a contrast viewing filter. He normally would stand near the director so they could discuss the upcoming shot.