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This is David Hummell Greer, Episcopal Bishop of New York. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hummell_Greer New York Public Library also has a photo of him: digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?1247777

j3net: Thank you for the additional information on Bishop Greer. We will expand the description when we update the record.

The same choir habit this bishop wears was used by the Catholic Bishops who received Pope John Paul II on his visit to Mexico in 1979. These are called penguin suits.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Van_Schaick_Cochrane Aaron Van Schaick Cochrane (March 14, 1858 - September 7, 1943) was a U.S. Representative from New York, nephew of Isaac Whitbeck Van Schaick. Born in Coxsackie, New York, Cochrane attended the common schools and the Hudson River Institute at Claverack, New York. He graduated from Yale College in 1879. He moved to Hudson, New York, in 1879, where he studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1881 and commenced practice in Hudson, New York. He served as city judge of Hudson in 1887 and 1888. He served as district attorney of Columbia County 1889-1892. Cochrane was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fifth and Fifty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1897-March 3, 1901). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1900, but was elected associate justice of the Supreme Court of New York in 1901. He was reelected in 1915 for the term ending in 1928, designated by Governor Nathan Lewis Miller presiding justice of the appellate division of the State supreme court in 1922. Cochrane retired from the bench in 1928 but served as official referee until 1941. He died in Hudson, New York, September 7, 1943. He was interred in Riverside Cemetery, Coxsackie, New York.

Wystan, I think it's probably Pach Brothers, not Pack Brothers, a the original photographer. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pach_Brothers

Thanks Richard Arthur Norton. We'll fill in the name in the caption next time we update this record.

He looks like: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_George_Besler William George Besler (1865 - May 20, 1942) was president of the Central Railroad of New Jersey I wrote the short biography in Wikipedia last time he cropped up.

Here's W. G. Besler, in the earlier Bain/LOC photo:

Wystan: thanks for pointing out the problem with the middle initial. We'll correct this in the description next time we update.