oliveparsons

"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.

beautiful shot

From the 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"

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Gov. and Mrs. Whitman at the 1916 Republican Convention (Pathe Newsreel) hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/trmp.4115

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.

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.