- King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy - MARCO_QUARANTOTTI
Amb. Leishman and Queen of Italy at Rome Exhibition (LOC)
Bain News Service,, publisher.
Amb. Leishman and Queen of Italy at Rome Exhibition
[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.09175
Call Number: LC-B2- 2194-2
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vercellink, gwydasme, Mizrach.McClelland, lookieloo62, and 23 other people added this photo to their favorites.
TamFos (60 months ago | reply)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esposizione_internazion ale_d'arte_(...
-= Hobo =- (59 months ago | reply)
this expo was in 1911
lookieloo62 (57 months ago | reply)
H. M. Queen Elena of Italy (1873-1952) was considered the most influential Montenegrin of the 20th Century because of her role as Queen of Italy. She helped to secure the independence of Montenegro. See:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elena_of_Montenegro
John George Alexander Leishman (1857-1924) was an American steel making tycoon and diplomat. He rose from a position of mud clerk at Shoenberger Iron and Steel to become the President of the Carnegie Steel Company, Pittsburgh . Mr. Leishman saved the life of Henry Clay Frick during the assassination attempt by Alexander Berkman. He was appointed U S ambassador to Switzerland and later served as ambassador to Turkey, Italy and Berlin. See a brief biography of this accomplished man at:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_George_Alexander_L eishman
King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy (1869-1947) can be glimpsed immediately over Ambassador Leishman's left shoulder; he is the man in the military cap with the small moustache. For more see:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Emmanuel_III
roberto_berna (56 months ago | reply)
thx lookielo62 great work
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