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France, Switzerland, and Germany album

 Collection
Identifier: HCFF-06-PS-07 (Album 2)

Scope and Content Note

Album consists chiefly of photographs taken by Helen Clay Frick during her family's 1905 trip abroad. Predominantly taken in France, Switzerland, and Germany, images include views of Versailles, Fontainebleau, Lake Geneva, Zurich, Baden-Baden, Munich, Regensburg, and Nuremburg, with a large portion of the album devoted to views of castles and palaces throughout France's Loire valley. People depicted in the album include Helen Clay Frick's father, Henry Clay Frick, her mother, Adelaide H.C. Frick, her brother, Childs Frick, and her governess, Marika Ogiz. A small section of images at the end of the album shows scenes around Clayton, the Frick family's Pittsburgh residence, and Eagle Rock, the family's country estate in Prides Crossing, Mass., which was under construction in 1905. Family employees James Elmore, a coachman, and Spencer Ford, a chef, can be seen in some of these images.

Dates

  • Creation: 1905 - 1905

Access Restrictions

These records are open for research under the conditions of The Frick Collection/Frick Art Reference Library Archives access policy. Contact the Archives Department for further information at archives@frick.org.

Biographical Note

Helen Clay Frick (1888-1984) was the daughter of art collector and industrialist Henry Clay Frick.

Extent

0.13 Linear feet (1 box)

Language of Materials

English

Provenance

On deposit from the Helen Clay Frick Foundation, 2001.

Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the Frick Collection Archives Repository

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