MNY381606 Group portrait of Sydney Dillon Ripley, Mrs. J.T. Burden, Mrs. Wm. Jay, Benjamin Nicol, and Col. Wm. Jay at the James Hazen Hyde Ball, New York, January 31, 1905 (silver gelatin print) by Byron Company (fl.1890-1942); 27.9x35.6 cm; Museum of the City of New York, USA; (add.info.: James Hazen Hyde (1876-1959) American millionaire socialite who inherited majority shares in the Equitable Life Assurance Society; His opulent New Year\'s Eve party of 1905 had a c18th French motif and filled two ballrooms at Sherry\'s Hotel;); 穢 Museum of the City of New York ; American, out of copyright.