1909 PHOTO UPDATE Public Deposited
The E-Sylum: Volume 6, Number 38, September 21, 2003, Article 11
1909 PHOTO UPDATE
Regarding the request for help identifying people appearing in
the 1909 American Numismatic Association photo, David
Sklow, ANA Historian adds: "Mrs. Zerbe's name was Bessie,
that was Farran's first wife -- he married her in 1908 and
married Gertrude in 1932. Mrs. Waldo Moore's name was
Imogene."Karl Moulton writes: "In response to additional names for the
1909 ANA photograph, here are a few:Number 1 is Paul Napoleon Breton, who earlier that day had
tried to disrupt the business meeting.Number 2 is Judge William A Ashbrook, who was elected to
the board of governors.Number 3, the taller gentleman with the gray hair is most likely
William Forrester Dunham, also elected to the board that year.Number 4 may be J. de Lagerberg, board member.
Number 5 may be M. Belanger or M. Tessier.
Number 6, the older gentleman with the gray beard may be one
of the names mentioned in number 5. One of the other two
may be Mr. Mousseau or Mr. Richards, both were newspaper
reporters covering the convention. One of these reporters is
standing in front of the two ladies in the back row on the far right
side. The third reporter, of "La Patrie", a French daily, was Mr.
Edmond Chasse and his young wife of a few weeks. They are
in the back row to the left of Ben Green.Number 7 possibly Henry Chapman's wife, as she is sitting next
to Henry in the "official" convention photograph described below.This photograph is just one of several taken at the convention.
As it was taken on a separate outing early in the proceedings on
Tuesday August 10, I doubt that it is the official convention
photograph, even though it is the one published in the September/
October issue of The Numismatist, p. 259. A more believable
"official" convention photograph was taken on Thursday, August
12 in front of the Cartier Normal School and was published in
Mehl's Numismatic Monthly, September 1909, p. 131."- 2003-09-21
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