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David Belasco (1853-1931). Noted for his realistic settings and his pioneer work in stage lighting, U.S. theatrical producer and playwright David Belasco brought a new standard of production to the stage in the United States.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Belasco

The photographers: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pach_Brothers

Thank you Phil Osborne, Richard Norton and Art Siegel for your information on Belasco and the Pach Brothers photographers. We will add more details when we update.

Francis Henry Wadsworth, Captain of the RMS Caledonia, Anchor Line, Glasgow, was elected to the Royal Astronomical Society in 1913: articles.adsabs.harvard.edu//full/1913MNRAS..73..485./000... He had been third mate on the SS Utopia at the time of its sinking disaster in 1891, at Gibraltar: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Utopia

Pach Brothers photographers: broadway.cas.sc.edu/index.php?action=showPhotographer&amp... Caledonia was sunk by a German U-Boat on December 4, 1916, but Wadsworth was no longer her captain at that time. www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?135648

pennylrichardsca and artolog: thanks for the additional information. We will update the 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.