sexton

Possible Streetview, awkward angle. Better angle in 2009

Can confirm Meagher as he of the sword based on his famous face in the window. Edmund Leamy after some research: "born in 1848, was a barrister, journalist, author and politician. Son of a merchant, he was educated at the Jesuits Tullabeg College in Co Offaly, he was elected as a Parnellite Home Ruler in 1880, holding one of the two seats in parliament for Waterford City. The story goes that, as he was a friend of Parnell himself, he often, along with John Redmond and Thomas Sexton, accompanied Parnell to various political meetings, and on one occasion, Leamy and Redmond had to hold Parnell back when he tried to swing for Irish nationalist and MP Justin McCarthy. Edmund Leamy died in 1904, and there is much debate as to whether he was in Liverpool or the south of France at the time. His remains currently reside in the cathedral in Waterford City" From: www.waterfordlive.ie/news/home/471970/what-s-in-a-name-th... And Sexton... Thomas Sexton ( Waterford 1848 – November 1, 1932 ) was an Irish politician of the Irish Nationalist Party and later the Irish Parliamentary Party . Sexton was born in Waterford in 1848 and attended the local schools. At the age of 13 he began working for the Waterford & Limerick Railway Company , a railway company. Six years later he joined The Nation , a weekly newspaper. In 1880 Sexton was elected to the House of Commons and served until 1896. In 1887 he was High Sheriff of Dublin . He then held the office of Lord Mayor of Dublin for two consecutive terms in 1888 and 1889 . [1] From 1892 to 1912 he was chairman of the Freeman's Journal . The street on which his birthplace stood was renamed Sexton Street in his honor. Love how A.H. Poole & Co. are reflected in the window.

I see in Streetview that H.D. Keane and Co. are now in the taller building to the left.

In 1911 census, Henry Declan Keane is 39, single, living with his mother on John's Hill.

2 January 1914 was a Friday ... Edit - 26 January 1914 was a Monday ...

Go NAVY!

According to the El Paso herald., February 02, 1917, HOME EDITION, Page 10, col. 2, "The GOSSIP CORNER", a new junior naval reserve school, aka John Paul Jones naval school, opened on January 30, 1917 in Corpus Christi chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88084272/1917-02-02/ed-... S. also Corpus Christi caller and daily herald., January 15, 1917, Page PAGE THREE chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86088527/1917-01-15/ed-...

Another school of naval reserves was in New York, the Sunday Oregonian, June 03, 1917, SECTION FIVE, Image 68, col. 1 reported that "A SCHOOL ff Naval Reserves has been established in New York where those who have enlisted In that body may study practical navigation and chartreading. Classes of 15 meet three times a week in the Mc Creery building." oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn83045782/1917-06-03/ed-1/se...

Universal Carrier aka Bren Gun Carrier.

My first thought was a Bren Carrier, too, but then I realised that it's much too big. It's actually a Sexton: www.flickr.com/photos/15632944@N00/6426367011 Sextons are Canadian-produced self-propelled artillery: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexton_(artillery)

I think the man in the top hat is Rhinelander Waldo, then NYC's Police Commissioner: www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Rhinelander_Waldo And that's "Paymaster" Charles Conard -- many Google hits for him, but I didn't find anything biographical.

In the movie, "Ragtime," Rhinelander Waldo was played by Jimmy Cagney.