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"Ex-housewife" sounds like she divorced her house.

Apparently Mrs. Mazurek died in Milwaukee in 1991. Many more details about this photo at Shorpy's site: www.shorpy.com/node/2083

Thanks for that link, Kayak49...fascinating read and now I'm hooked on Shorpy's site!

She's beautiful.

The book he is holding says "THE WORLD". I found one interesting lead:--a bibliographic entry on amazon.com and bookfinder.com: A general history of the world: Briefly sketched, upon scriptural principles (Unknown Binding) by Christian Gottlob Barth (1799-1862), a German evangelist--see German Wikipedia. A relative? This could be a coincidence. Edit. Alternative theory--the period at the end of the name indicates an abbreviation, so this is Louis Bartholomew. I see a reference to an atlas from the early 20th century edited by a J.G. Bartholomew, but it appears to be John. Oh well, that looked promising.

He looks a bit posh to be J Louis Barth painter and decorator.

I think this might be the Louis Barth who was the subject of a New York Times article published on December 10, 1911: "LONDON, Nov. 29. -- The most remarkable autograph album in existence is the property of Louis Barth of Arad, Hungary. Herr Barth, who is a Government official, has made the completion of the album a lifework. He wants it to contain the signature of every celebrity of the world, and he has gone a long way toward accomplishing his object." I'd surmise that the book he's holding in the photo is his autograph album. (PDF of the whole Times article is available at the link).

If i had not read the above comments i would have thought him to be a Fictional character..Perry Mason

Note the beautifully crafted steel 'cruiser' sterns on the ships behind, never again will ships look so pretty.

What a wonderfull old picture TWAM, I'll bet THAT visitor was'nt comfortable in that rig he was wearing. No one can say that the Japanese did'nt learn how to use the ships and expertise that they took away from Jolly Old England.

Here's a lovely Japanese Christmas card (also from Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums), sent from Lieutenant Akemoto to James Donnelly, who was a foreman at Armstrong's Elswick shipyard. When Lieutenant Akemoto came to Newcastle to inspect naval guns being built by Armstrong, he stayed with James Donnelly and his family. After his return to Japan, he kept in touch with his hosts and sent them postcards and gifts from time to time. www.imagine.org.uk/details/index.php?id=TWCMS:1994.194.1&...

That's a propeller mount.