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I think this is en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Crooks "Richard Alexander Crooks (June 26, 1900 – September 29, 1972) was an American tenor and a leading singer at the New York Metropolitan Opera."

See oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt3z09q52j/ for a finding aid to the Richard and Mildred Crooks Collection, ARS-0004, held by the Stanford Archive of Recorded Sound, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif. "Alexander Richard Crooks, tenor, was born in Trenton, N.J. on June 26, 1900. He toured widely, and sang with the Metropolitan Opera Company from 1933 to 1942. Crooks recorded extensively for the Victor record company, and was featured on several radio series from 1929 to 1945. He married his childhood friend Mildred Pine in 1921 and they had two children, Patricia and Richard, Jr. In retirement, the couple settled in Portola Valley. Richard Crooks died on September 30, 1972." His NYT obituary from Oct. 1, 1972 www.nytimes.com/1972/10/01/archives/richard-croohs-tenor-... indicates that "in 1925, Mr. Crooks left for Europe to further his studies and by 1927 he was singing opera in Hamburg and Berlin." "He leaves his wife, the former Mildred Wallace Pine ..." See: www.findagrave.com/memorial/201023835/richard-crooks www.findagrave.com/memorial/200991783/mildred-wallace-crooks

SS Cleveland www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1100677 Registered in Panama.

Thanks swanq, we'll add this info to the catalog record.

Given the date inscribed on the negative, "10/28/25", and "President Harding" caption, this is the ship SS President Harding, arriving in New York Harbor after it rescued 28 members of the crew of the Italian freighter, SS Ignazio Florio in the North Atlantic, on October 21, 1925. The Italian freighter was floundering and suffering a list of 30-degrees in rough seas when the President Harding came upon her, and was able to rescue 28 souls before the Italian ship sunk below the ocean's surface. See: "How an Invisible Lifeline Rescues Men from the Sea - A Story of Heroism Made Possible by Wireless", Page 11, Popular Science Monthly, January 1926 See also (unfortunately behind a pay wall): "CHEERS GREET LINER AND 28 SHE RESCUED; President Harding Arrives Four Days Late, Bringing Crew of Freighter Saved in Storm. DEATH NEAR DURING GALE Italian Ship Nearly on Beam Ends When Help Arrived -- Officer Describes the Rescue. CHEERS GREET LINER AND 28 SHE RESCUED", October 28, 1925, The New York Times, Page 1. www.nytimes.com/1925/10/28/archives/cheers-greet-liner-an... "SAVES 38 AT SEA FROM SINKING SHIP; President Harding's Captain Rescues Freighter's Crew in Third Attempt", October 22, 1925, The New York Times, Page 27. www.nytimes.com/1925/10/22/archives/saves-38-at-sea-from-...

Thanks for explaining why this photo was taken TVL1970. We'll update the catalog record.

Left side of the frame is Wilmer "Bill" Stultz, next to him is Amelia Earhart, Capitain of the SS President Roosevelt Harry Manning, and Lou Gordon, second from right.