- ribbon says "MEMBER" in big letters; can't read the rest. Center photo seems to be a woman? - pennylrichardsca
- Date inscribed on the Bain negative appears to be 7/2/20(?) - Wystan
J.J. Fitzgerald (LOC)
Bain News Service,, publisher.
J.J. Fitzgerald
[between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915]
1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
Notes:
Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the
negatives or caption cards.
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
Format: Glass negatives.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain
Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.13565
Call Number: LC-B2- 2758-10
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David Stall added this photo to his favorites. (41 months ago)
pennylrichardsca (41 months ago | reply)
Might be John Joseph Fitzgerald (1872-1952), lawyer, US Representative from NY (7th district) from 1903-1917?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_J._Fitzgerald
bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?i ndex=F000165
The name and initials are pretty common, though. And this guy looks older than his forties.
BobMeade (41 months ago | reply)
pennylrichardsca - I had a look at the uncompressed image through at the Persistent URL.
The ribbon reads:
"MEMBER
ANNUAL OUTING
((portrait in circular vignette ))
TIMOTHY D. SULLIVAN
ASSOCIATION
[ ILLEGIBLE ] POINT "
Timothy Danial Sullivan was a big wheel Tammany Hall politician who died in 1913.
According to the NYT of December 24, 1913 ,
" It was announced also last night that the Timothy D. Sullican Association, which was recently incorporated, had as its objective the carrying out of the benevolent work of the late "Big Tim"."
(ref. query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=980DE 3DB173DE633A... )
However, there are references to the Timothy D Sullivan Association which far predate 1913, including this one from 1897 about an outing to College Point:
query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9A0CE 0DB1E39E433A...
The portrait on the ribbon appears to be that of Big Tim Sullivan. Either him, or a very manly looking woman.
Can't shed any light on who J. J. Fitzgerald is.
rjones0856 (41 months ago | reply)
Big Tim was killed by a train locomotive in 1913 -- how likely is that? Politics was a messy business back then.
I think pennylrichardsca has the right guy -- here's another picture from about the same time:
cgi.ebay.com.my/1913-photo-FITZGERALD-JOHN-J- REP-FROM-NY-...
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