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Chandler Hale was an Assistant Secretary of State. "Virbeck" should have correct spelling "Verbeck" query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9E0DEFDF123AE6...

August 4, 1911 per NY Times "Last night he wore a light gray overcoat, a black suit, black derby and patent leather shoe" -Togo "Those in the party that went on board the Lusitania to welcome Admiral Togo were Third Assistant Secretary of State Chandler Hale and Capt. Templin M. Potts, U.S.N, representing the United States Government; Major Gen. Frederick D. Grant, commanding the Easter Division of the Army on Governors Island; Commander Hiraga, the Japanese Naval Attache in Washington; Mr. Hanihara, the First Secretary of the Japanese Embassy; Adjutant Gen. William Verbeck of the New York National Guard, who represented the State of New York, and Gen. Nelson H. Henry, the Surveyor of the Port." query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9C05EEDE1531E2...

Ck tags for other photos from Togo's visit to the U.S.

Another Bain/LOC photo of the after-dark reception of Admiral Togo in New York. (Togo actually disembarked in New York after midnight, on the morning of August 4, 1911; the photographer may have been dozing -- his camera suffered a jolt during the exposure:

LOC -- your misspelling of Verbeck in the title has not been emended. The error appears to have originated with Bain.

Photo precedes this one. August 15, 1911.

What a great and historic picture, fantastic.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inoue_Yoshika Marshal-Admiral The Marquis Tōgō Heihachirō, OM, GCVO (東郷 平八郎; 27 January 1848 – 30 May 1934), en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C5%8Dg%C5%8D_Heihachir%C5%8D en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keisuke_Okada

We have seen Togo before, e.g.,

Inoue looks to be en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inoue_Yoshika "Marshal Admiral Viscount Inoue Yoshika (井上 良馨, 3 November 1845 – 22 March 1929) was a career naval officer and admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during Meiji-period Japan."

Okada looks to be en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keisuke_Okada "Keisuke Okada (岡田 啓介 Okada Keisuke, 20 January 1868 – 7 October 1952) was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy, politician and the 31st Prime Minister of Japan from 8 July 1934 to 9 March 1936."

Thanks Richard Norton and swanq, we'll add their full names to the catalog record. There's a reversed date in the lower left corner of the image. It is either 1/30/27 or 7/30/27. If it's January, then this could be from either the funeral of Emperor Taisho (died Dec. 25, 1926) or the installation of Emperor Showa (Hirohito). I found a New York Herald Tribune article from Jan. 23, 1927 (p. B4) which listed Inoue and Togo amongst people at the at Showa's installation ceremony.