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Eagle Rock, New York, and Clayton (PS-26), 1906 - 1909

 File — Box: 28

Scope and Contents note

Views of the house and grounds at Eagle Rock, including lawn and ocean views, exteriors of the house, "The Lodge" (gardener's cottage?), tennis court, and two interiors (one is a picture of Romney's "Henrietta, Countess of Warwick and Her Children"). Also includes views of Myopia Hunt Club, a visit to the Westinghouse estate, trips to Hot Springs, Va., and Lexington, Mass., a parade on New York's Fifth Avenue, and a handful of images of Clayton, the Frick home in Pittsburgh. Images also depict games of croquet, tennis, and golf, as well as horseback riding and a reunion of the True Blue Girls.

People appearing in photos include Adelaide H.C. Frick, Henry Clay Frick, Martha H. Childs ("Attie"), Marika Ogiz, organist Archer Gibson, Virginia Frew, Henrietta Thaw, Katherine McCook Knox, Eleanor Whitney, Marshall Childs, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Woodwell, Childs Frick, Helen Clay Frick, coachman James Elmore, Percy Martin, Renee Gourd, S.L. Schoonmaker, K. Tweed, Elizabeth Holmes, Mr. and Mrs. J. Horace Harding, Helen Henderson, Lucy Blair, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Schoonmaker, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Denny, Howard Phipps, Ruth Edwards, Mrs. Jay Phipps, Dr. Leon Gorodiche, Mary McNeal Dilworth, Louise Speer, George Westinghouse, John Brashear, Philander Chase Knox, Helen Ferguson, J.G.A. Leishman, Elsie and Jeannette McClintock, "Mr. English, the decorator," Mrs. Anson McCook, and Maria Frick Overholt.

Dates

  • Creation: 1906 - 1909

Repository Details

Part of the Frick Collection Archives Repository

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