F. Schnell, Mayor Klin[e], wife and daughter (LOC)

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F. Schnell, Mayor Klin[e], wife and daughter

[1913 Sept.]

1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.

Notes:
 Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Date from similar Bain negative: LC-B2-2837-3.
Photo shows Ardolph Loges Kline (1858-1930), a Republican politician who became acting Mayor of New York City after the death of Mayor William Jay Gaynor; with his wife, daughter and son-in-law Fred Schnell. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2010)
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.14178

Call Number: LC-B2- 2820-5

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    queenbotu (is a busy little gnome) and technogeo added this photo to their favorites.

  2. pennylrichardsca (36 months ago | reply)

    Fred Schnell and Col. Ardolph Kline:

    Col. Kline (1858-1930) briefly became mayor of NYC after Mayor Gaynor was assassinated, but he left office in 1914 when Mayor Mitchel was elected. Kline later served a term in Congress.
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ardolph_Loges_Kline

    Schnell was apparently his son-in-law.

  3. Wystan (36 months ago | reply)

    LOC -- that should be "F. Schnell" or "Fred Schnell" -- not "Fr." which could be mistaken for "Father". Fred was not a priest.

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    siimvahur added this photo to his favorites. (36 months ago)

  5. Kristi (LOC P&P) (35 months ago | reply)

    pennylrichardsca and Wystan,

    Thank you both for your information on Mr. Kline and Mr. Schnell. We will expand the caption when we update this record.

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  7. proscriptus (35 months ago | reply)

    The automobile is a five-passenger Touring S.G.V. (clearly visible on the hubs on the high-res .tiff). Manufactured in Reading, PA, 1911-1915. It appears to be a factory body (as opposed to a custom Fleetwood or Quinby), and I believe the cowl lamps date it to 1911 or 1912. I know I've seen the "DD&F"; lettering before, but I can't recall where.

    Kline was involved in motorcar legislation in 1913, and honored at the Manhattan Motorcar Club for his efforts, that year.

    A very, very high-end automobile, featuring a pushbutton, electrically-shifted four-speed transmission. The windshield supports are an S.G.V. hallmark. The Astors, Vanderbilts, Edward VIII, Czar Nichlolas II and Kaiser Wilhelm II were all customers.

  8. Wystan (34 months ago | reply)

    Other photos taken on this occasion:

  9. Wystan (32 months ago | reply)

    @pennylrichardsca: Mayor Gaynor was not assassinated. He received a gunshot wound in 1910, but did not die. He died in September, 1913, while on a voyage to Europe. Ardolph Kline became interim mayor until January 1, 1914.

  10. pennylrichardsca (32 months ago | reply)

    Good catch, Wystan. Looking at the story again, it sounds like he did die from the shooting, but it took four years to happen--the death in 1913 was caused by the complications of having a bullet lodged in his neck since 1910. Wonder how that gets counted legally....

  11. Wystan (32 months ago | reply)

    I don't know about the legal part, but I count only three years . . . .

  12. pennylrichardsca (32 months ago | reply)

    Shot in August 1910, died September 1913--so it's three years and a month (and a day). Still wondering if it's an assassination if the death follows three years and a month (and a day) after the shooting...

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    jamu98765 added this photo to his favorites. (25 months ago)

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