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O. Straus, receiving at Cochran's [i.e., Cockran] (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • Harry Angstrom said:
    Looks like Oscar Straus, who ran for gov of NY in 1912: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Solomon_Straus
  • The Library of Congress said:
    Thanks! We'll add the information to the source data and reload the description.
  • Wystan said:
    September 28, 1912 "Lawn Fete for Oscar Straus" Bull Moose Candidate for Governor of New York in 1912. [Kicking off the Bull Moose (Progressive Party) campaign in Nassau County.] Held at the Long Island home of Bourke Cockran, Bull Moose candidate for Congress. Story in The New York Times, September 29, 1912: query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9F04EFD9113AE6... Other Bain/LOC photos of the Lawn Fete for Oscar Straus:
  • Wystan said:
    LOC: Cockran's name is misspelled in your title and in Bain's.
  • Wystan said:
    Wikipedia entry for William Bourke Cockran: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Bourke_Cockran

L.L. Bonheur, Mrs. B. Cochran [i.e., Cockran], O. Straus & wife, T. Roosevelt, Jr., & wife (LOC)

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  • Matt Ewalt said:
    OMG she has a bird for a hat!
  • Joe said:
    According to the 1918 Brooklyn Daily Eagle Almanac, an L.L. Bonheur was manager of the Theatre Francaise, 35th Street near 6th Avenue. Mrs. & B. Cochran remain a mystery to me.

    O. Straus is undoubtedly Oscar Straus, of the family which controlled Macy's Department Store by the 1910s. Oscar was the younger brother of Isador Straus who went down with the Titanic. He was the first Jewish cabinet member, serving as Secretary of Commerce and Labor under President Theodore Roosevelt from 1906-1909. Not surprising that he was hanging with TR, Jr. at whatever event this photo depicts.
  • Harry Angstrom said:
    Oscar Straus was also the Progressive Party candidate for governor of NY in 1912. This might be a photo from the campaign. The winner of the election was William Sulzer and there are other LOC photos of him on Flickr (he was impeached soon after he took office.)

    Here is article about younger Roosevelt:
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt,_Jr.
  • The Library of Congress said:
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  • disastrous bushes said:
    Anyone know who the Mrs. B Cochran is? Her husband's name too? My maiden name is Cochran. I've been told that a grandfather (several greats in front of the grand) was in the Congress of Williamsburg. Would be interesting to see if I could track down whether or not I was related to this Cochran in the picture.

Oscar Straus at B. Cochran's [i.e., Cockran] (LOC)

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  • Wystan said:
    The photo was taken at a reception for New York Bull Moose gubernatorial candidate Oscar Straus, held at the Port Washington, Long Island, home of Bull Moose congressional candidate (and former Congressman) Bourke Cockran, on September 28, 1912 -- a kick-off event for the fall campaign of the Bull Moose (Progressive) Party in Nassau County. Story in The New York Times, September 29, 1912: query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9F04EFD9113AE6... Other Bain/LOC photos of the Lawn Fete for Oscar Straus:
  • Wystan said:
    LOC: Cockran's name is misspelled in your title, as well as in Bain's.