Newport society at Grosvenor lawn fete – Historic Reproduction
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with Newport society at Grosvenor lawn fete, a historic photograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Newport society at Grosvenor lawn fete
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The lawn fête at Grosvenor, shown in this c1910 photoprint, captures a summer gathering of Newport's social set, the wealthy families who spent the season in the resort's grand shingle-style and stone summer houses. Such garden parties were a staple of the Newport season, when hosts set out tea tables and hired musicians on sweeping lawns. The photoprint is credited to Paul Thompson, though the caption card's details are unverified. The record's notes on clothing and dress point to the era's long skirts and elaborate hats, which make the scene a useful glimpse of Edwardian leisure.
| Created / published | c1910. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Subjects | Photoprint copyrighted by Paul Thompson. No copyright renewal. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Photog. Ind.; Rhode Island--Newport--1910; BI; Upper Classes--1910; Clothing and Dress--1910; Society; Shelf. Sources checked and other information on verso of card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,044 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-150640 |
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