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Third from left, "Baron Wakatsuki Reijirō (若槻 禮次郎?, 21 March 1866 – 20 November 1949) was a Japanese politician and the 25th and 28th Prime Minister of Japan." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wakatsuki_Reijir%C5%8D More detailed bio at ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%8B%A5%E6%A7%BB%E7%A6%AE%E6%AC%A...

To the right of Wakatsuki, "Hamaguchi Osachi (濱口 雄幸 Hamaguchi Osachi, also Hamaguchi Yūkō?, 1 May 1870 – 26 August 1931) was a Japanese politician, cabinet minister and Prime Minister of Japan from 2 July 1929 to 14 April 1931. Nicknamed the "Lion Prime Minister" (ライオン宰相?) due to his dignified demeanor and mane-like hair,[1] Hamaguchi served as leading member of the liberal Rikken Minseitō (Constitutional Democratic Party) during the "Taishō Democracy" of interwar Japan; he survived an assassination attempt by a right-wing fanatic in 1930, but died a few months later." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osachi_Hamaguchi

Date on negative is 8/27/26. Wakatsuki's complete cabinet listed at: books.google.com/books?id=bAIXZlNFinEC&pg=PA279&l...

Thanks Art Siegel. We will add some of this information to the description.

Baron Wakatsuki Reijirō (若槻 禮次郎?, 21 March 1866 – 20 November 1949) was a Japanese politician and the 25th and 28th Prime Minister of Japan. Opposition politicians of the time derogatorily labeled him Usotsuki Reijirō, or "Reijirō the Liar".
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wakatsuki_Reijir%C5%8D

The two dates on the negative, 6/14/24 and 1/27/26 "to news"
correspond with his June, 1924 appointment as Home Minister and the January, 1926 beginning of his first term as Japan's Prime Minister.

Eleftherios Venizelos (1864-1936), Prime Minister of Greece from 1910-1920 (and later again from 1928-1932): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleftherios_Venizelos This photograph, according to the note scratched into the negative at the bottom, was taken on November 20, 1916.

Over December 1915 and January 1916, Venizelos was in the NYT almost daily over disputes/discussions with King Constantine of Greece over his premiership and strategies for Greece wrt WWI. Example from Jan 5, 1916 select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0A15FF3B5B1773... Headline: KING CONSTANTINE TURNS TO VENIZELOS; Ex-Premier Declines to Return to Power at Present -- Greece May Yet Join Allies. His identity was the subject of a question in a quiz intended to assess the familiarity of college students with current affairs and the "European War.". From the headline: "Questions About Men Named Daily in the Newspapers Brought Ludicrous Replies." The students had the most trouble with, "Who is Venizelos?" See NYT of Jan 11, 1916 select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F40A13FC3B5B1773...

Thanks! We will use "Eleutherios" per LC Name Authority Records.

Its seems that is a cropped version of a photo from National Library of France (Bibliothèque nationale de France - BNF) : gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b9043000b/f1.item.r=V%C3%A9.... "M. Venizelos, ministre de Grèce : [photographie de presse] / Agence Meurisse, 1914