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swanq said:
Date written on negative is 9/17/13 -- 2nd day of play of the USGA National Open Championship played at the Brookline Country Club. See NYT of Sept 17, 1913 query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9F02EFDA163DE633A... and Sept 19,1913 query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9407E4D7113BE633A... for reports on the tournament.
Kristi (LOC P&P) said:
swanq: Thanks for both the date and the links to more information. We will expand this photograph's description to reflect these details.

erna marcus said:
here you go for the dating I suppose? query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9400E2D91F31E233A...
Wystan said:
No, that was 1912. This is Wednesday, October 20, 1913, and William Howard Taft, who had left the Presidency on March 4 (when Woodrow Wilson, former president of Princeton University, succeeded him) is now Kent Professor of Law at Yale University (a post he will fill until 1921). He has returned to Princeton University to dedicate the Cleveland Tower, a memorial to former U. S. President Grover Cleveland, who had made his home in Princeton, N.J., from 1897 (when his second Presidential term ended) until his death in 1908. Taft will conclude the dedication ceremony by delivering an oration on the life and career of Grover Cleveland. The tower is visible behind this group of scholars, which includes John Grier Hibben (1861-1933), who was president of Princeton University from 1912 to 1932.
Richard Norton said:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Grier_Hibben
Wystan said:
A damaged Bain/LOC photograph of the Cleveland Memorial Tower:
erna marcus said:
wow! the LOC is lucky to have you checking and correcting, Sir Wystan. So they met twice in consecutive years. how interesting. The world was so much smaller.

swanq said:
June 8, 1912 See www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/3512133775 and linked NYT article from June2.
Richard Norton said:
SPLENDID COLUMBUS MEMORIAL TO BE UNVEILED IN WASHINGTON ON SATURDAY June 2, 1912, Sunday In the Union Station Plaza in Washington, shrouded in canvas, but ready for its auspicious unveiling ceremonies next Saturday, stands the splendid new statue of Christopher Columbus.
Kristi (LOC P&P) said:
swanq and Richard Arthur Norton: Thanks for the additional details about this photo. We will expand the description when we update.