• Adele Gertrude Neustadt (a.k.a. Mrs. Mortimer Leo Schiff) (1880 - 1932) - tfrancell

Mrs. Seligman, Mrs. M. Schiff (LOC)

Bain News Service,, publisher.

Mrs. Seligman, Mrs. M. Schiff

[between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915]

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

Notes:
 Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative.
Photo shows Mrs. Mortimer Leo Schiff (Adele Gertrude Neustadt) (1880-1932). (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.10860

Call Number: LC-B2- 2448-2

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    16_sparrows, CytecK, BaltimoreGal, aopho, and 2 other people added this photo to their favorites.

  2. ibison4 (56 months ago | reply)

    It looks like they are at the horse races

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    MookieLuv, ericsballoons, huangtenth, tonto--kidd, and 2 other people added this photo to their favorites.

  4. desertdenn (56 months ago | reply)

    those fox furs around their necks... make me cringe...

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    yu-san, martanoz - marta nogueira, and neonspecs added this photo to their favorites.

  6. chickita6123 (55 months ago | reply)

    In the early 1900s the era of Haute Couture began to unfold. Traditionally, women wore full skirts with corsets but as fashion became more prominent, skirts began to slim and even show a little ankle. Supposedly, horse races were the premier time to show off the latest designer fashions.

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    peezeth added this photo to her favorites. (49 months ago)

  8. tfrancell (47 months ago | reply)

    Relatives of mine, Mrs. M. Schiff (on the right) is Mrs. Mortimer Leo Schiff, or to use her maiden name, Adele Gertrude Neustadt, mother of Dorothy and John M. Schiff. Not sure where the location is, but probably one of the towns near the Jersey Shore. As for Mrs. Seligman, I don't know, could be one of a dozen women who married one of the grandson's of David I. Seligman during that time period.

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  10. eliza_c (41 months ago | reply)

    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Fashion at the Races, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

  11. Festin2008 (41 months ago | reply)

    tfrancell I wonder if it could Monmouth race track in NJ it's not far from the shore. Thank you for the information.

  12. Wystan (41 months ago | reply)

    More Schiffs may be found over here:
    www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/368 2649052/

  13. Kristi (LOC P&P) (41 months ago | reply)

    Wystan:

    Thanks for connecting together these various images at a horse show! Can you point to where they have been identified as being at Long Branch, New Jersey? I haven't been able to track down such a reference within this collection, and would love to be able to confirm it.

  14. ibison4 (41 months ago | reply)

    The only reason I said they were at the races is that the women on the right looks like she is holding a racing program.

  15. was_ntme (40 months ago | reply)

    To anyone who is interested..I have Gertrudes birth certificate and documents related to Sigmund Neustadt. I found them in my fathers estate. I do not believe I am related to the Mrs Seligman. Please contact me.
    andyseligmann@yahoo.com

  16. tfrancell (39 months ago | reply)

    The "Monmouth Horse Show" would make sense for this photo, as most of my relatives spent summers at Long Branch, NJ in those days. Not sure of the dates of the "Monmouth Horse Show," but from the way they are dressed, I would guess April or May or even early Autumn, say mid-September or October, I'll try to do more research on it and post what I find.

  17. Wystan (27 months ago | reply)

    The whipped cream of New York society turned out in October, 1912, for the eleventh annual horse show at the Piping Rock Country Club, in Locust Valley, on the north shore of Long Island. A new clubhouse and stepped observation boxes had just been opened for their pleasure:

    Story in The New York Times, October 4, 1912:
    "SOCIETY AMATEURS IN THE SADDLE
    "Piping Rock Horse Show Attracts Hunting Set to Locust Valley Grounds"
    query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9D 06E1D6113BE6...

    Another story in The New York Times, October 5, 1912:
    "SOCIETY AIDS AT PIPING ROCK SHOW
    "Notable People View Amateur Horse Exhibition Amid Long Island Hills"
    query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=95 06E6D7113AE6...

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