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John Brown was the servant who became close to Queen Victoria after the death of Prince Albert. Their relationship was the subject of the 1997 movie "Mrs. Brown," starring Dame Judi Dench and Billy Connolly. "Much gossip attached to the unlikely relationship and much animosity generated by those who resented the trust placed in the 'low-born' Brown by the Queen. The Queen refused to desert Brown because of the scandalous talk - which she dismissed as 'ill-natured gossip' " From the Royal Deeside website: John Brown, Faithful Servant to Queen Victoria --

Hi, this photo has been mentioned in a discussion thread in the Flickr Commonsgroup, and we'd love to have this added to the group pool! -- Seen in a discussion of Flickr Commons. (?)

Wow, i'd never seen a photo of John Brown before, only heard the story.

He looks as though his glare could melt the film, as if the photographer is intruding. Which I guess would fit the story as we know it.

To see these two! It is totally a smashing photograph!

Helen Preece (b. 1897) was a young English equestrian competitor in the 1910s, at Madison Square Garden and elsewhere.

New York Times Article from 5 November 1911:
query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=980DE...

wonderfullllllllll !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A Powerful and Dominant lady.

looks like conservative

Mrs. Paul Drennan Cravath was Agnes Huntington (1862-1926), a former opera singer; and her daughter was Vera Agnes Huntington Cravath (1895-1985): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Drennan_Cravath books.google.com/books?id=34hmAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22Agnes%20... Vera married James Satterwhite Larkin in the summer of 1917, and she married William Francis Gibbs in 1927. Elsewhere:

Mrs. Cravath is holding a rosette, likely won by Vera or by her father, Paul D. Cravath.
NYT of Sept 19, 1915
select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10B1FFE3F551273...
indicated that both were entered for the Mineola Horse Show -- so this may be the location.
Also elsewhere:

I wondered what she was holding! Mothers are always stuck holding things. ;)

Thanks for the information! We will update our record.