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On board the Rotterdam

Probably Tilly Koenen (1873-1941), a Dutch mezzo-soprano See www.nederlandsmuziekinstituut.nl/en/collections/357 Photo at www.nederlandsmuziekinstituut.nl/en/archives/list-of-musi... seems like a match, although taken when she was younger.

Location looks familiar -- see

NYT of Oct 29, 1916 (bottom of column 5 in PDF of article) query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9404E1DA113CE733A... Indicates that Tilly Koenen would be singing in a concert season just announced by the Society of the Friends of Music. The San Francisco call., March 20, 1910, Page 31 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85066387/1910-03-20/ed-... is a full page about her, with photos. The Weekly times-record., September 14, 1916, col 6 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn89074274/1916-09-14/ed-... reports that Tilly Koenen, "will not be able to book passage for America until late November."

According to fultonhistory.com/Newspapers%206/New%20York%20NY%20Evenin..., she arrived on October 31, 1916 on the Noordam, together with George E. Eager and J. Urlus.

Eduard (or sometimes Edward or Édouard) Tak (1883-1943), violinist www.stokowski.org/Principal_Musicians_San_Francisco_Symph...

Probably Sir William MCMILLAN (1850 - 1926) adb.anu.edu.au/biography/mcmillan-sir-william-1105 www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/members.nsf/0/d1f...

See him with second wife and their two daughters

His wikipedia entry: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_McMillan_%28Australian_poli...

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Thanks swanq, we'll add his full name to our catalog record.