tableware

There's a calender on the wall there. If you could zoom in on that you'd have your date precisely!

I don't think the calendar 'date' section is open. There are some sort of cards on the plates.

Lined up for chow. Some things don't change much!

Probably 1912 given the Bain number system in reverse on right hand side.

Made a copy, enlarged the poststamp on the right upper corner, darkened and constrasted it and found 2/24/11 in mirror view (Fegruary 24, 1911?) Dr. Roberto Duarte Plastic Surgeon

Dr. Duarte: Thanks for the detective work on the date of this photograph. Those stickers are the hardest ones to read! We will add the date to the record.

The Washington Times on March 7th, 1911 (Chronicling America) chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026749/1911-03-07/ed-... infomed that American army was rushed to Mexican Border On February 24, 1911, were the soldiers in Galveston, waiting orders to rush to the Mexican Border?

Alfred A. "Al" Bernard (1888-1949) was an American vaudeville singer, known as "The Boy From Dixie", who was most popular during the 1910s through early 1930s. Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, Bernard became a blackface singer in minstrel shows before starting his recording career around 1916.   Bernard composed and recorded more than 100 songs in the first three decades of the 20th century.   He was one of the first white singers to record blues songs.   W. C. Handy credited Bernard with helping his own career by recording a number of his songs, notably "St. Louis Blues".  Bernard recorded the song for nine different record labels, the most successful being what Handy called "the sensational Victor recording in which he sang with the Dixieland Jazz Band". For a brief period in the early 20's Bernard was teamed with Jimmy Durante and wrote the lyrics for "Papa String Bean" for Durante.  He teamed up with the ragtime composer J. Russell Robinson in a vaudeville team called the Dixie Stars and they recorded songs together for a number of famous labels.  Bernard usually sang while Robinson played the piano and added some vocals. Together they composed a number of hit songs including "Blue Eyed Sally" and "Let Me Be The First To Kiss You Good Morning".   Excerpted – [1] [2]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Bernard

Thank you both for the information, we'll add it to our records.