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Woodrow Wilson was Governor (i.e. "Gov" ) of New Jersey before he was elected president in 1912. Was he also "Coy", as in "shy, demure, or devious",??? well perhaps... Ellen Axson Wilson was Wilson's first wife (until her death). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_Axson_Wilson Gov. William Hodges Mann of Virginia was actually a Confederate soldier earlier in his life. He was governor at the same time as Wilson. Here is a link to Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Hodges_Mann

Henry, that is brilliant--I was wondering why President Wilson was not figured in the caption--because he was Gov Wilson at that time. Brilliant! Note, too, the caption says "Mrs. & Gov Mann". Governor Mann of Virginia is the figure with the white beard on the right.

Thanks, it certainly appears that the first word should be transcribed as "Gov." We'll correct the source data and reload the description.

More about Sylvia Woods (b. 1926): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvia_Woods

Given the fact that the street had been wrecked between 1916 and 1922 it is very difficult to place the shot. I think that you are probably correct and that the old Georgian houses you can see the backs of are those on Parnell St. A Thoms directory of that era might give you a better fix?

Well... the Sinn Fein Rebellion Handbook published a list of damaged or destroyed buildings and included "Henry Taaffe - Gentlemen's Outfitter" at 8 Upper Sackville Street. And if you look at the large version of this pic, you can see "Taaffe" and "Outfitter" on the signs beside the Findlater building... But I can't make sense of the actual landscape on Google Streetview. The Irish Times archive has the headline "Republican meeting in Sackville St" for 18 August, and "Republicans in Dublin" for 20 August, but I can't access the actual articles.

vandillo We have access to the Irish Times and Irish Indo in the Library so I'll try to check those over the next couple of days...

This is indeed O'Connell Street - we are looking at the old Findlaters on the corner with Cathal Burgha street. The building at the extreme left with the arches at first floor level was included in the subsequent rebuilding and survived until the 1970s when the whole lot was replaced with an office block. See Lost Dublin, by Frederick O'Dwyer, 1982

David Thank you. Will seek out Lost Dublin, and your comment reminded me to carry through on promise to check Irish Times/Indo for articles mentioned by vandillo above. Mea culpa.