Vanderbilt-Szechenyi wedding, NYC, Jan. 27, 1908: Dorothy Witney [and H.P. Whitney] at wedding – Historic Print
![Vanderbilt-Szechenyi wedding, NYC, Jan. 27, 1908: Dorothy Witney [and H.P. Whitney] at wedding, c1908. — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/49/49f95ddeaef3-L.webp)
(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 Vanderbilt-Szechenyi wedding, NYC, Jan. 27, 1908: Dorothy Witney [and H.P. Whitney] at wedding, a historic photograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Vanderbilt-Szechenyi wedding, NYC, Jan. 27, 1908: Dorothy Witney [and H.P. Whitney] at wedding
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This photograph is catalogued as the Vanderbilt-Szechenyi wedding in New York City on January 27, 1908, a match that drew wide press attention because it joined an American heiress, Gladys Vanderbilt, with Count Laszlo Szechenyi of Hungary. The record names Dorothy Whitney and H.P. Whitney as those shown at the ceremony, but that information comes from old, unverified caption cards, so the identities should be treated with some caution. The image comes from the George Grantham Bain Collection, a body of news photographs made for newspapers in the early 1900s, which offers a snapshot of how society weddings were documented for the public.
| Created / published | c1908. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Subjects | Photo copyrighted by George G. Bain. Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: NY--NYC--Misc.--1908; Marriage; BI; NYC; Weddings; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,092 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-143417 |
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