C. Nichols -- Edith Sloan -- Margaret Luce -- Margaret Overton -- Kath. Lamont -- Julia Edey -- Rita Boker (LOC)

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    C. Nichols -- Edith Sloan -- Margaret Luce -- Margaret Overton -- Kath. Lamont -- Julia Edey -- Rita Boker

    [between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915]

    1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.

    Notes:
     Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards.
    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

    Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.18937

    Call Number: LC-B2- 3452-3

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    1. pennylrichardsca (4 months ago | reply)

      Possible IDs for a few of the women here:

      Julia Heyward Edey (1894-1965) of Bellport, Long Island, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Edey, married Douglas Warner Paige of Schenectady in May 1916. Her mother, Birdsall "Bird" Otis Edey, was national director of the Girl Scouts early on.
      spoonercentral.com/Bellport/Bell2.html
      Julia and Douglas had at least two children, Peter Paige and Mary Tolfree Paige McGuirk (1920-2009).
      Here's Julia's grave in Bellport:
      www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr& GRid=67377615

      Edith Sumner Sloan Griscom(1895-1988) of New York City, daughter of William Simpson Sloan and Julia Rapallo Sloan; her father, a railroad VP, died young just after Edith was born; she trained as a nurse, and married Ludlow Griscom (a noted ornithologist) in 1926; they had three children.
      Ludlow's wikipedia entry:
      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludlow_Griscom

    2. artolog (4 months ago | reply)

      These are the Court Attendants from the Spence School Society's production of Old King Cole described in comments to the two other Bain photos of the production below.
      There are 8 women, and 7 identifications. The eighth woman is Evelyn Walker, according to the New York Times account. More complete names from the Times account of the production:
      Margaret P. Luce, Christina Nichols, Katherine Lamont, Edith S. Sloan

      query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9D 05E3DF1338E6...
      Eleanor Davies -- Marion Gibney -- Emalena Sizer -- Caryl Hackstaff -- Elizabeth Kirlin -- Laura Parsons -- Sophie Young, Elise Rice (LOC) Louise Freeman and Caramoi Carroll (LOC)

    3. pennylrichardsca (4 months ago | reply)

      Now that artolog found her full name, I think this might be the same Christina Nichols:

      Christina Nichols Rainsford (1894-1994), daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Livingston Nichols of Katonah, NY, married W. Kerr Rainsford (Harvard '05), a WWI veteran, and architect. Long life, and busy too:
      Their son George Nichols Rainsford (d. 1993) was a college administrator:
      www.nytimes.com/1993/09/30/obituaries/george- rainsford-65...
      I've found some volumes of poetry published by Christina Rainsford, widow of Kerr Rainsford, from the 1960s, listed online--the bio for those said she was living in Westchester at the time.
      www.abebooks.com/book-search/author/rainsford -christina/
      In 1969, she helped create the Ketchum Sanctuary, a preserved section of woods on the property of St. Matthew's Church, Bedford Village NY.
      images.acswebnetworks.com/1/1182/Finalhistori esforbooklet...
      She's also mentioned here, riding in the first automobile to come to Westchester when she was a little girl:
      www.dispatchesfromthevanishingworld.com/pastd ispatches/we...

    4. artolog (4 months ago | reply)

      Margaret P. Luce (1895-1986), daughter of Harry J. and Katherine Luce, married Hamilton Vose Bryan in 1919. He was a naval commander and died in 1944. They are buried in Arlington National Cemetary.
      books.google.com/books?id=-4ISAAAAYAAJ&pg =PA18&lp...
      www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr& GSln=Bryan&...;

    5. pennylrichardsca (4 months ago | reply)

      Margaret C. Overton Olmsted (1894-1973) was daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clough Cosby Overton. She married William Beech Olmsted Jr. at Ridgefield CT in June 1917. (Christina Nichols was one of the bridesmaids.) Both Margaret and William went to France soon after the wedding, William to work with an ambulance corps, and Margaret to do relief work with children. Their surname is sometimes shown as Olmstead. She and Caramai Mali (see nearby photo) were among the five women who signed the Certificate of Incorporation of the Association of Junior Leagues International in 1921.

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    7. pennylrichardsca (4 months ago | reply)

      Think I found Katharine Lamont:

      In September 1922, Katharine "Kitty" Lamont (b. 1898), daughter of Hammond Lamont and Lillian Mann Lamont (1868-1953), married Sidney E. O'Donoghue of Maryland. Hammond Lamont (1864-1909) was editor of The Nation and managing editor of the New York Evening Post before his early death. Sidney O'Donoghue was a career diplomat, serving in Singapore, Trieste, Athens, Malta, Germany, the Netherlands, Mexico, Argentina, Cuba, Guatemala and Bulgaria. The O'Donoghues had three sons: Sidney Jr., Derek, and Thomas. Kitty was widowed in 1964.

    8. pennylrichardsca (4 months ago | reply)

      And finishing off this group...

      Rita Boker, daughter of Carl Frederick Boker and Teresa Delius Boker of New York City, married Luke Cantwell Doyle (1887-1952), Yale alum and WWI veteran, in 1928. They had at least one son, Luke Francis Boker Doyle (b. 1931 in New York City), and a daughter, Nancy.
      Rita's granddaughter Jessica's wedding announcement in the New York Times (2007):
      www.nytimes.com/2007/10/28/fashion/weddings/2 8doyle.html

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    10. Kristi (LOC P&P) (2 months ago | reply)

      pennylrichardsca and artolog:

      Once again, an abundance of good information on this photograph! We will expand the caption for this and related images when we update. Thank you!

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