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Additional authors

1. Brady, Mathew B., approximately 1823-1896.
2. Barnett, H. Walter (Henry Walter), 1862-1934.

Description

1. 20 leaves from disbound scrapbook; ca. 34 x 22 cm.

Summary

1. Scrapbook relating to Kent's family, Tuxedo Park, where he lived, and to notables of Tuxedo Park. Includes photographs of Thomas Winslow, Edwin Clark (Kent's maternal grandfather), his parents while on a visit at Pompeii, his brother James, the Roman Forum about 1899, portraits of King Umberto and Queen Margherita of Italy, the colonnade of the Hotel dei Cappucini at Amalfi, William Kent, Jr., Peter Kent and boys at boarding school, boarding school football team, wedding party of his nephew, James Kent [Jr.] and Mary K. Verplanck, on porch of home; views around Tuxedo depicting flood of the Ramapo in 1903, showing the iron forge, Augusta Falls, Tuxedo Station, track washed out of the Erie R.R.; five pistols; a woman identified as Mrs. Pierre Lorillard, Jr., attired for presentation at Court, and a portrait of Addison Cammack on the porch of a home with an unidentified man. Also includes two watercolor drawings of battleships by Richard Kent.
2. Clippings include obituaries, articles regarding the Boer War; Richard Delafield; United State Shipbuilding scandal, 1903; the Ramapo flood, 1903; list of boxholders for Opera Season, 1902-03; Allied Armies in China; Samoa; Pierre Lorillard's contested will.

Subject

1. Cammack, Addison, -1901
2. Clark, Edwin
3. Kent, James
4. Kent, William, Jr
5. Kent, Peter
6. Kent, Sarah Irving
7. Lorillard family
8. Margherita, Queen, consort of Umberto I, King of Italy, 1851-1926
9. Umberto I, King of Italy, 1844-1900
10. Erie Railroad Company
11. Floods > New York > Tuxedo Park
12. Hotels > Italy > Amalfi
13. Porches > New York
14. Railroads > New York
15. Waterfalls > New York
16. Women > clothing and dress
17. Warships
18. Weddings
19. Pompeii (Extinct city)
20. Ramapo River (N.Y. and N.J.)
21. Roman Forum (Rome, Italy)
22. Tuxedo Park (N.Y.)

Genre/Form

1. Group portraits.
2. Portraits.
3. Albumen prints.
4. Cartes de visite.
5. Clippings.
6. Photographic prints.
7. Receipts.
8. Silver gelatin prints.
9. Watercolors.

Call number

1. MFY 93-6315

Note

1. Title devised by cataloger.
2. Pages from scrapbook, which includes clippings, receipts, poetry, two drawings and 21 photographs. Includes photographs by Brady, H. Walter Barnett and amateur views.
3. Annotated throughout by Kent with annecdotes and explications. Annotations include references to Grenville Kane, James Lawrence Breese, a speech by Theodore Roosevelt, the Metropolitan Opera's 1902-1903 season, and Addison Cammack among other subjects.

Access (note)

1. Restricted access;

Biography (note)

1. Judge William Kent, resident of Tuxedo Park, was married to Emily Lorillard, daughter of Pierre Lorillard, founder of Tuxedo Park.

Provenance (note)

1. Arents Collection transfer, 1984.

Author

1. Kent, William, 1858-1910. Compiler

Title

1. Pages of a scrapbook compiled by William Kent [graphic] / William Kent.

Imprint

1. 1899?-1903? (album compiled, some materials earlier).

Restricted access

1. Restricted access; Photography Collection; Permit must be requested at division indicated.

Biography

1. Judge William Kent, resident of Tuxedo Park, was married to Emily Lorillard, daughter of Pierre Lorillard, founder of Tuxedo Park.

Provenance

1. Arents Collection transfer, 1984.

Added author

1. Brady, Mathew B., approximately 1823-1896. Photographer
2. Barnett, H. Walter (Henry Walter), 1862-1934. Photographer

Research call number

1. MFY 93-6315