olivehitchcock

The Governor's daughter Olive Whitman named the Naval Militia's hydroaeroplane. See article in The New York Times, November 2, 1915 "NAMES FLYING BOAT FOR NAVAL MILITIA"

B-59: Thanks for the information about Olive Whitman who is seated in the front row here. We will add more information to the description.

Presumably Mrs. Charles Seymour Whitman. Her husband was elected Governor of New York State in Fall 1914, taking office in January 1915. www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOCTuHLfXd0 (a Pathe News piece on the 1916 GOP convention) gives her name as Olive H. Whitman. From their daughter's 2005 obituary (at www.newportdailynews.com/ee/newportdailynews/index.php?pa... ) "Olive Whitman Parsons ANNAPOLIS, MD - Since 1994 and formerly of Newport, RI and New York, NY, 94, died on February 27th of complications from a stroke at the Ginger Cove Health Center. Daughter of the late Olive Hitchcock and Charles Seymour Whitman, governor of New York from 1914-1918, Mrs. Parsons was born October 28, 1910, in New York City" So this is the former Olive Hitchcock.

swanq: Thanks for the more complete story for Mrs. Whitman. We'll include some of it in the description next time we update.

There are currently 3 pictures of her husband, as district attorney and governor, in the LOC Bain Flickr collection: www.flickr.com/search/?ss=2&w=8623220@N02&q=charl...

A photo of the first family elect was the cover of the NYT pictorial section on Dec 27, 1914 memory.loc.gov/service/sgp/sgpnyt/1914/191412/19141227/00... or memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/np_item.pl?collection=sgproto&...

www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q42297114

Charles L. Poor, Commander of Battalion 1 of the New York Naval Militia. See article in the New York Times, November 2, 1915 "NAMES FLYING BOAT FOR NAVAL MILITIA"

Thanks B-59 for the details about Charles L. Poor and the ceremony. Looks like the family of Governor Whitman in the front row: www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/8704880134/ We will add more details when we update the description.

"Charles Seymour Whitman (September 29, 1868 – March 29, 1947) served as the 41st Governor of New York from January 1915 to December 1918."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_S._Whitman

The photo was most likely taken on the occasion of the handover of a flying boat to the NY Naval Militia. See comment under

Thanks B-59 for linking this image to the related ones about the NY Naval Militia ceremony. We will add more details when we update the description.