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Clare Cassell and Mrs. Marshall McLean were both tennis champions in the New York area.

Thanks penny. We can also add that the photo was taken at the Montclair Athletic Club women's singles tournament in Montclair, N.J.

I started a biography of each in Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mrs._Marshall_McLean en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clare_Cassell

The image was taken on September 19, 1913 at the Montclair Athletic Club. Miss Clare Cassell Plays Plucky Game in Montclair Tourney. select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60A15F6395B1373...

Prague is not in Austria!!!! it is CZECH - please update your title. Perhaps the Czech republic was part of the Austro-Hungarian empire at the time, but Austria is something else altogether.

Thanks! Prague was indeed part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire at the time that the photo was taken. We'll change the information in the source data and reload the description.

yes, this is also true about all the other sokol images:) they are not austria

It must be from 1912. sechtl-vosecek.ucw.cz/en/cml/desky/deska4809.html sechtl-vosecek.ucw.cz/en/cml/desky/deska4804.html

Ah, the fury of Austrians mistaken for someone else! :P At least you didn't call it Germany! It happens in most countries (like calling Scotland England). Love the ballet performance with tennis raquets!

From the "Convention Tickets" sign, I'm guessing this is the 1916 Republican Convention.

Isn't that Rand Paul dressed as Uncle Sam to the right of the elephant?

This is flippin' fantastic!!!!

—From The New York Times, June 9, 1916 The elephant mascot, Chin-Chin, is a four and a half foot tall midget [dwarf] elephant. Weighing 350 pounds it was brought to Chicago from New York to head the Sherman outdoor parades. The baby elephant wearing a blanket with the inscription “Sherman G.O.P., a United Party” spent the night in the Sherman headquarters on the second floor of the Congress Hotel. On orders of the hotel manager, the elephant was taken to the baggage room (as they check trunks there).  

People are so invested in divisive politics that they are tagging this fun, historical image with ridiculous, hateful tags. Sad.