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Who do you think this is?

i really would love to see all the threads be like this one. gratz guys

Many thanks to goldendog who started it four years ago. And to all the contributions along the way.

the farmer from the movie BABE... his name?? marshall?? :))

Great pics! lov the Tal and Reshevsky pics the best!

Yep.

Referencing the poem?

Easy one.  In 1935   6 year old Freddie Rathmann lasted 19 moves against this master.

Is it Lasker?

Yup. You get extra credit for that one.

Lasker? no.

I only know moves, not faces. Also Tal's gaze.

Is it Alekhine (alive)?

No, it's neither Alexander Alexandrovich nor his brother Alexei Alekhine.

Pretty sure it's I A Horowitz.

I'm pretty sure you are right.

I'm absolutely sure that @batgirl is nearly always right about Chess culture pre-1950. 

"The American Chess Magazine" 1897:

It will be a genuine surprise for most of our readers to learn that the eminent financier, whose likeness we bring on another page, is a devotee of Caissa and The American Chess Magazine takes just pride in being first to make this announcement. In Europe, affiliations between Haute Finance and chess have been many, and the name of Baron Albert de Rothschild is a household word to amateurs; American chess players now can point with equal pride to George Jay Gould, who is one of those who, by reason of modesty, have never intruded themselves upon public notice by seeking reputation through display of their abilities. Our picture shows Mr. Gould in the railroad car coming from his home to the city studying some game.

from Georgia Court:

Georgian Court was the Gould family’s kingdom, being fitted up with every equipment of country sport, including three polo fields, an immense riding ring, golf links, playing courts for squash, tennis, and racquet ball, a gymnasium, and a 56 x 26 foot swimming pool, next to which was access to a Turkish and Russian baths, steam room, bowling alley, automobile room, club parlor, a breakfast room, kitchen, and some thirty bedrooms. Equally impressive were the extensive gardens, three of which were designed by Bruce Price–the Italian Garden, the Sunken Garden, and the Formal Garden–,while the Japanese Garden was designed by Takeo Shiota. So grand was Georgian Court, a visit to Lakewood to take part in the sporting and social events was added to the Social Calendar for spring, where the greatest novelty was a living chess game held at the Georgian Court Casino.

Okay, I'm pretty sure that's George J Gould.

One polo field would certainly be insufficient.