MNY381615 Dancing 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; Equitable subsided into chaos later that year after Hyde was accused of being too frivolous to run an insurance company;); 穢 Museum of the City of New York ; American, out of copyright.