Gov. J.M. Carey & wife (LOC)

    Bain News Service,, publisher.

    Gov. J.M. Carey & wife

    [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.09239

    Call Number: LC-B2- 2202-8

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      ‹shin› added this photo to her favorites. (60 months ago)

    2. DaShlom (60 months ago | reply)

      Picture was taken September, 1912 at the christening of the USS Wyoming in Philadelphia, PA. Note Dorothy Knight's identified picture here. The riveted metal shape is the boat's prow.

      J.M. Carey was a congressman and then governor of Wyoming, elected 1912 (see book reference here).

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      nigelewan, StevPalmer, and ahoffmeow added this photo to their favorites.

    4. Wystan (41 months ago | reply)

      Picture was taken on May 25, 1911.
      www.glasglow.com/e2/us/USS_Wyoming_(BB-32).ht ml:
      USS Wyoming (BB-32), the lead ship of her class of battleship was the third ship of the United States Navy named in honor of the 44th state. Her keel was laid down on 9 February 1910, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by William Cramp and Sons. She was launched on 25 May 1911, sponsored by Miss Dorothy Eunice Knight, the daughter of former Chief Justice Jesse Knight of the Wyoming Supreme Court.

      The ship saw service in WWI and WWII, and was scrapped in 1947.

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      presidentadow, mafer-nriquez, and John McNab added this photo to their favorites.

    6. Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (26 months ago | reply)

      Joseph Maull Carey (January 19, 1845 – February 5, 1924) was a lawyer, rancher, judge, and politician, who spent most of his political career in Wyoming before and after it achieved statehood.
      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Maull_Carey

      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Wyoming_(BB-32)

    7. Anne (LOC P&P) (26 months ago | reply)

      Wystan and Richard Arthur Norton: Thanks for the names here. We'll include them next time we update the description.

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      RichardDemingPhotography, CARLA802, 蘆筍橋, iced4me, and 3 other people added this photo to their favorites.

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