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Jos. Stransky & wife (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• hobvias sudoneighm said:

  possibly Josef Stránský.

  "Josef Stransky (1872 – March 6, 1936) was a Czech conductor and composer. Born in Bohemia, he worked as a conductor in Prague and Berlin before being selected by the New York Philharmonic to replace Gustav Mahler on Mahler's death in 1911." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Str%c3%a1nsk%c3%bd

• swanq said:

  www.rgrossmusicautograph.com/conduct74.html has a picture of the conductor Josef Stransky, autographed in 1912. [The photos on the page are in alphabetical order,so he's near the bottom.] It looks like the same person, although younger. But he wouldn't be the first person to autograph photos at a younger age for publicity!! NYT article of Oct 6, 1912 query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=980CE3D7113AE633A... indicates that he would sail for the United States on Oct 15, and was in Berlin "with his wife and mother-in-law, Mrs. William Loomis."