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<p>[QUOTE="Bookahtoo, post: 67798, member: 31"]My son picked up this framed 20" by 26" photo the other day. It was probably reframed at some point. It has the names of the men and some info on the back.</p><p><br /></p><p>What I have found out about the men so far - they were all graduates of Yale, and at least 2 were members of the Skull & Bones Society.</p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Julian Curtis (1858 - 1944) president of the Spalding sports equipment company and a pioneering promoter of golf in the United States. started the first manufacture of golf equipment in the US</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Otto Bannard – owner of “Windward” , Chairman <i>New York</i> Trust Co., ran for Mayor of NYC </span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">William Milo Barnum – founder of a law firm in New York City - Simpson, Thatcher & Barnum</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Henry James <b>– </b> lawyer</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">George Adee <b>(Info on photo wrong)</b>- most likely father of George Adee, who played football for Yale, in the International Tennis Hall of Fame for his contributions as an administrator. president of the US Tennis Assn member of the Davis Cup and Amateur Rules Committees</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Thomas G. Thatcher <b>(Info on photo wrong)– </b>president of the Yale Alumni Assn in New York from 1895 to 1897 and from that time until 1904 as president of the Yale Club of NYC</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Anyway, my son wants to know if besides being very cool, the photo has any value. I told him I'd ask here. Thanks.</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">[ATTACH=full]17541[/ATTACH]</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">[ATTACH=full]17542[/ATTACH] </span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">[ATTACH=full]17543[/ATTACH]</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">[ATTACH=full]17544[/ATTACH] </span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">[ATTACH=full]17545[/ATTACH] </span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bookahtoo, post: 67798, member: 31"]My son picked up this framed 20" by 26" photo the other day. It was probably reframed at some point. It has the names of the men and some info on the back. What I have found out about the men so far - they were all graduates of Yale, and at least 2 were members of the Skull & Bones Society. [COLOR=#000000] Julian Curtis (1858 - 1944) president of the Spalding sports equipment company and a pioneering promoter of golf in the United States. started the first manufacture of golf equipment in the US Otto Bannard – owner of “Windward” , Chairman [I]New York[/I] Trust Co., ran for Mayor of NYC William Milo Barnum – founder of a law firm in New York City - Simpson, Thatcher & Barnum Henry James [B]– [/B] lawyer George Adee [B](Info on photo wrong)[/B]- most likely father of George Adee, who played football for Yale, in the International Tennis Hall of Fame for his contributions as an administrator. president of the US Tennis Assn member of the Davis Cup and Amateur Rules Committees Thomas G. Thatcher [B](Info on photo wrong)– [/B]president of the Yale Alumni Assn in New York from 1895 to 1897 and from that time until 1904 as president of the Yale Club of NYC Anyway, my son wants to know if besides being very cool, the photo has any value. I told him I'd ask here. Thanks. [ATTACH=full]17541[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]17542[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]17543[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]17544[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]17545[/ATTACH] [/COLOR][/QUOTE]
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