politicians

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_F._Ladd "Edwin Fremont Ladd (December 13, 1859 – June 22, 1925) was a United States Senator from North Dakota. While in the Senate, he was chairman of the Committee on Public Roads and Surveys during the sixty-eighth Congress." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_B._McKinley "William Brown McKinley (September 5, 1856 – December 7, 1926) was a United States Representative and United States Senator from the State of Illinois. He was a member of the Republican Party. He was born near Petersburg, Illinois."

This and several nearby photos will have been taken on the President Harding, a Shipping Board vessel, which sailed from New York on 8/12/1922, carrying Senator McKinley and other politicians to the annual conference of the Interparliamentary Union in Vienna (Austria) See the Evening Star. August 12, 1922, Page 24, column 6, halfway down chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1922-08-12/ed-... "Senator William B. McKinley of Illinois, president of the American group of the Interparliamentary Union and chairman of its executive committee, accompanied by a party of more than twenty persons, including a half dozen officers of the American group of the union, sailed from New York at 1 o'clock today to attend the annual conference of the union at Vienna. The party left Washington late yesterday and will remain abroad for about three weeks. They sailed on the President Harding, a Shipping Board vessel. Among the other officers accompanying Senator McKinley are Vice Presidents Representatives Andrew J. Montague. Virginia, and William A. Oldfield. Arkansas, with Representatives Theodore E. Burton of Ohio, and Henry W. Temple of Pennsylvania, members of the executive committee, Other senators in the party are Senators Edwin F. Ladd, North Dakota: T. H. Caraway, Arkansas; Selden P. Spencer, Missouri, and William J. Harris, Georgia. Representative Frank H. Funk. Illinois, is also making the trip. Other officials include Arthur Deerin Call, secretary of the American group: H. M. Pindall and J. W. Stipes, and the following women: Mrs. William J. Harris, Mrs. A. J. Montague. Miss Montague. Mrs. F H Funk, Mrs. A. D. Call, Mrs. Smith and Miss Mattis."

20th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union 1922, Vienna, Austria en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inter-Parliamentary_Union

swanq and Richard Norton: Thanks for figuring out about the ship voyage and the conference for all of these related images. We'll add the information to the catalog record next time we update.

John Watts (1821-1902), the son of a doctor, was born in Frampton-upon-Severn, Gloucestershire. He worked as a farmer and blacksmith, before emigrating to South Australia in 1840. He returned to England in 1843. In 1847 he again sailed to Australia and settled in Queensland. He worked as the manager on two sheep stations in the Darling Downs owned by Charles Mallard, 'Budgelaing' and 'Felton Downs'. By 1856 he was working for Arthur Hodgson at 'Eton Vale' and subsequently entered into a partnership with Hodgson. Watts had a relatively brief career in Queensland politics. In May 1860 he was elected to the first Parliament as the member for Drayton and Toowoomba. He resigned in July 1862. His wife died in 1863 while he was visiting England. On his return, he was appointed a member of the Legislative Council in April 1864, but resigned on 31 October on his election to the Legislative Assembly as the member for the Western Downs. On 21 July 1866 Watts was appointed minister for Lands and Public Works in the caretaker Herbert Government. When Arthur Macalister returned to power on 7 August 1866, he made Watts was Minister for Public Works. Watts resigned on 3 in May 1867. Watts sold his share of 'Eton Vale' and returned to England in 1868. He re-married and he and his wife lived at Norton Court, Gloucestershire. He died at Wimborne, Dorset, in 1902. Source: nla.gov.au/nla.obj-742947202/findingaid

Left side of photo blurry compared to right side.

Paul Lantz It's like that on the original. Scanned it three times before working that out!!

that's what I thought, problem with original