- Check out that waistline. That's some serious corsetry. - alixsquish
- She looks like an older woman, so maybe she came of age in the 1880s when this type of waist was more fashionable. ouch! - Miss History
- She certainly doesn't look terribly comfortable! - dangle_wtf
- Or a retouch... - Eri_pl
- Resigned to her fate... and passed into immortality via the lens! - Anestis (a.k.a. OlyNikonLearner)
Mrs. F.D. Grant; Mrs. Francis M. Gibson; Mrs. U.S. Grant III; Gen. F.D. Grant (LOC)
Bain News Service,, publisher.
Mrs. F.D. Grant; Mrs. Francis M. Gibson; Mrs. U.S. Grant III; Gen. F.D. Grant
[1911 May 25]
1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
Notes:
Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative.
Date from similar Bain negative: LC-B2-2202-12.
Photo shows General Frederick Dent Grant, commanding officer on
Governors Island, with his wife and guests, probably on the occasion
of the annual lawn party sponsored by the Army Relief Society, which
raised money for widows and orphans of officers and enlisted men of
the regular army. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009)
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
Format: Glass negatives.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain
Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.09434
Call Number: LC-B2- 2230-10
Comments and faves
Miss History, FateWineRoses, elmyrah, evanesca101, and idomusic2 added this photo to their favorites.
evanesca101 (41 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called 1910s Fashion, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Wystan (39 months ago | reply)
Posing on the occasion of the annual lawn party of the Army Relief Society, on Governors Island in New York harbor, May 25, 1911.
Frederick Dent Grant was commanding general at the Army base on Governors Island, where he lived with his family until his death, from cancer, in April, l9l2.
xinem, rik-1986, gennaro_vicenti, and grziszkof added this photo to their favorites.
Shadrach Christopoulos (21 months ago | reply)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulysses_S._Grant_III
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Dent_Grant
www.arlingtoncemetery.net/francism.htm
Shadrach Christopoulos (21 months ago | reply)
Let's give the ladies some names:
Mrs. F. D. Grant, Ida Marie Honore, is here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ida_Marie_Honor%C3%A9
Mrs. Francis Gibson was named Kate. Can't find anything about her.
Mrs. U. S. Grant III was named Edith Root. Edith Root was born circa 1879. She was the daughter of Elihu Root, US Sec of State under T. Roosevelt. Edith Root married Maj. Gen. Ulysses Simpson Grant, son of General Frederick Dent Grant and Ida Marie Honore, on 27 November 1907. Edith Root died on 23 May 1962. She's buried in Hamilton College Cemetery.
Arden (LOC P&P) (21 months ago | reply)
Shadrach Chistopoulos: Great idea to find the names of the women in this image. Thank you! We will add the fuller names to the description when we update.
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