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Parade at the decennial Great International Congress of the Salvation Army, London, June 1914. The Salvation Army's Great International Congress was held in London, England, beginning June 11, 1914. The congress was held every 10 years, and this was an auspicious opportunity to share experiences and enthusiasms with thousands of people from 58 countries including England, Australia, New Zealand, United States and Canada. The largest delegation, outside of England, was from the United States, which sent 600 men and women and 100 children. The American delegation included four bands, from New York; Chicago; Worcester, Massachusetts; and Flint, Michigan. The 55 band members from Flint were auto workers, and their expenses were paid by local businessmen. Elsewhere, American delegates paid their own expenses.

Other Bain/LOC photos of the 1914 Salvation Army Congress:

But for luck and your wonderful comment, Wylan, who would have known about all this? Many sincere thanks for a World gone by

Oooops sorry Wystan, screen doesn't shew the past when commenting, pardon moi

Wystan, Thanks for collecting the images related to this event, and for the further details. Per the New York Times, the procession through London was June 13, 1914, and it looks like it was quite the show! We will add more information to this photograph's record as well as to the records of other related images.

Present at the decennial Great International Congress of the Salvation Army, in June, 1914. The Salvation Army's Great International Congress was held in London, England, beginning June 11, 1914. The congress was held every 10 years, and this was an auspicious opportunity to share experiences and enthusiasms with thousands of people from 58 countries including England, Australia, New Zealand, United States and Canada. The largest delegation, outside of England, was from the United States, which sent 600 men and women and 100 children. The American delegation included four bands, from New York; Chicago; Worcester, Massachusetts; and Flint, Michigan. The 55 band members from Flint were auto workers, and their expenses were paid by local businessmen. Elsewhere, American delegates paid their own expenses. Other Bain/LOC photos from the Great International Congress:

Afficionados of the Bain Agency's photostream on Flickr last saw the Salvation Army's General Bramwell Booth, with his sister, Eva, in New York City, on November 26, 1913:

Wystan, Thanks for collecting the images related to this event, and for the further details. We will add more information to this photograph's record as well as to the records of other related images.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Booth-Tucker "Commissioner Frederick St. George de Lautour Booth-Tucker, OF (21 March 1853 – 17 July 1929) was a senior Salvation Army officer of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and the son-in-law of Willam and Catherine Booth, the Army's founders." Indiana daily times. October 14, 1921, Last Home Edition, Page 19 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85047611/1921-10-14/ed-... has a photo of Booth-Tucker and his wife with caption "Commissioner and Mrs. Frederick Booth-Tucker, photographed upon their arrival. Commissioner Booth-Tucker once was head of the Salvation Anny in America, but has spent much of the last thirty-nine years in India."

See also www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/5621414477/

On November 30, 1921 he sailed on the White Star liner Adriatic for Europe, together with W. K. Bixby and Admiral Beatty (s. photos nearby), s. The New York herald. [volume], November 30, 1921, Page 8, col. 6 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045774/1921-11-30/ed-...

swanq B-59 Thank you for the additional identifying information.