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Sir Geo. & Lady Reid (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• BobMeade said:

  Famous Australian politician. Wikipedia entry is reasonably accurate: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_George_Reid See also here: www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2349130513/

• The Library of Congress said:

  Thanks! We'll fix the title in the source data and reload the description.

• BobMeade said:

  According to the New York Times article of Thursday September 19, 1912, Sir George Reid arrived in New York the previous day. (ref. query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9C06E5D6123CE633A... According to ellis Island records he also arrived on Caronia from Liverpool on May 04, 1913. He is also known to have visited the USA in November 1917 for a speaking tour, during which he contracted pneumonia and had to cancel much of the engagements. (ref. about 1917 speaking tour: query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9901E4DB163AE532A... ) According to Ellis Island records he arrived on New York, from Liverpool on October 22, 1917. Lady Reid was later to become Dame Flora Reid in her own right: "During the First World War his wife Flora Reid worked to provide services to the Australian troops. For this she was made a Dame Grand Cross of the British Empire in 1917 and was among the first to receive the award." (ref. www.nma.gov.au/education/school_resources/websites_and_in... and www.naa.gov.au/naaresources/publications/research_guides/... and the New York Times article mentioning her honor here: query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9D06E4DD123FE433A... )

• swanq said:

  See www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/3238477345/ Could be at same event.

• Wystan said:

  Other Bain/LOC photos of Sir George Reid: