Name/Title
PHOTOGRAPHS V. W. D.Entry/Object ID
MP.2007.79Description
Textured green cardboard album of photographs, embossed in gold upper case letters "PHOTOGRAPHS / V.W.D." in gold upper case letters, covers and pages secured by brown shoelace threaded through three holes on open spine edge, approximately 54 pages of black and white and color photographs on heavy pale brown paper; photos of Montgomery Place (the mansion and grounds), family members, surrounding buildings and parades and historic dinners, all inscriptions handwritten; no page numbers written on pages; inside covers lined with green silk faded to brown around the edges; page one has two photographs with inscriptions "Same visitation at / St. Paul's Church / Tivoli N.Y," "Dutchess County Historical Society / Visitation, Edgehouse Club, Tivoli, N.Y. / September 1936 / Miss Helen W. Reynolds with / J R D and traffic policeman," with images of church, John Ross Delafield and automobiles; page two has one photograph with inscription "Red Deer on lawn at Montgomery Place" with image of two deer on lawn in front of trees; page three has two photographs with inscriptions "M.P. / 1907 / View from / west / terrace" and "The / green / garden" (Ellipse) with images of river view, lily pond, urn, garden seats and table; page four has four photographs with inscription "J.W.D. with his son Dennis," images of John White Delafield and toddler J. Dennis Delafield in garden, low fencing, wooden fence; page five has five photographs with inscriptions "The great pine tree," "The double hemlock," "The great tulip tree," "The mansion," "Woods to the north;" page six has five photographs with inscriptions "Long garden (Perennial Garden) / path looking west / 1937," "V.W.D. and Denis (sic)," "Long garden / path looking east / 1937," "The prize wayside stand," "Arbor in the garden (Perennial Garden)," with images of Violetta White Delafield and toddler J. Dennis Delafield on the East Lawn, roadside fruit stand; page seven has five photographs with inscriptions "Brook garden (Rough Garden) steps," "Lily "Missouri" / in Green Garden (Ellipse)," "South woods in / winter 1938," "Urn in green garden (Ellipse)," "V.W.D. in green garden (Ellipse), woods in snow and in autumn/winter with dog; page eight has five black and white photographs, inscribed "Miss Spicer and Denis," "Denis," "JWD and his car - 1937," and "Denis;" page nine has one black and white photograph of the West Terrace, the photograph inscribed in pencil "Margaret D. M. Brown" lower right corner, page inscribed "View from west terrace 1938;" page ten has one black and white photograph of the East Lawn and the mansion's east façade, inscribed "The Mansion House 1937" (page 9, 10 detached);
page eleven has three photographs inscribed "S woods in winter new years eve 1938," "Power house," "Power house;" page twelve has one photograph with inscription "J.R.D. on horse Dwight - Army Day 1937," background of New York City street; page thirteen has one photograph with inscription "J.R.D. and staff commanding Organized Reserves Army Day 1937," with parade of mounted military on Fifth Avenue, New York City, marching band on right side of photograph; page fourteen has five photographs with inscriptions "Coach house," "Bee hives in garden," "L.C. Dorsey packing apples 1937," Cortland tree in orchards," "The Simmons cottage (detached)," with image of dog in front of the apple packing; page fifteen has six photographs, with inscriptions "The Swiss cottage (detached)," "The Farm House," "The Barns," "The Barns & the milkhouse," "The North cottage," "The spur (sic) cottage (detached);" page sixteen has six photographs with a title at center top "Dermot" and inscriptions "Let me in (detached)," "Who comes there," "The Packard 1937," "Give me a ride," "The power house dam," "The twin hemlocks," with images of a dog in two photographs; page seventeen has one image with inscription, "The Mansion House west elevation 1937," page eighteen has one photograph with inscription "The Entrance Hall 1937," facing west from the front door into open dining and drawing room doors; page nineteen has one photograph with inscription "The Drawing Room 1937," from within facing north; page twenty has one photograph with inscription "The / dining / room / 1937," facing south west; page twenty one has one photograph with inscription "The / library (The Montgomery Room) / 1937," from within facing south west; page twenty two has one photograph with inscription "The / study (Second Floor Library) / 1937," from within facing west; page twenty three has one photograph with inscription "The / slave pen / door;" page twenty four has one photograph with inscription "From / the north / porch (North Pavilion)," facing north west with chair on lower right; page twenty five has one photograph with inscription "The green / garden (Ellipse) / 1937," with lily pond, urn, garden furniture; page twenty six has one photograph with inscription "Pool in / the brook (Rough Garden) / garden / 1937," with plants, stones, pool; page twenty seven has one photograph with inscription "A flower / of the / old / hardy / hydrangia (sic);" page twenty eight has four photographs with inscriptions "The Delafield Mausoleum / Woodlawn," "Teviotdale / 1937," "Old tapestry / chair (detached)," "17 East 79th St (sic) / New York City" (detached), "Samuel J. Skidmore," (East Lawn?) with part of large stuffed toy on wheels in right foreground; page twenty nine has six photographs with inscriptions "The Mansion (detached)," "The lily pond"(West Lawn), "The broken hemlock," "Dick, Margaret and Flicka," "The Mansion west porch," with images of the house and hemlock in winter, a child on a pony on East Lawn; page thirty has one photograph with inscription "J.R.D. on horse Captain (Pershing's / horse) at Montgomery Place;" page thirty one has inscription "Col. Kruger Major Waggerman Gen. Delafield / Col. Ijams Major Bettelhiessr Adm. Cowie Adm. Belknap / Pres. Hoover Gen Hines / Military Order World War Convention 1932 (photograph missing); page thirty two has three photographs with inscriptions "Cecily and / Felicia / in the green / garden," with images of toddlers on lawn, by pond, in a swing, garden furniture; page thirty three has six photographs with inscription "John and Dennis," with images of John White Delafield playing with J. Dennis Delafield on the Front Lawn, also J. Dennis Delafield riding a tricycle in front of the Mansion House, standing on low balustrade near North Pavilion, with rabbit in hutch; page thirty four has three photographs with inscription "Sleepy Hollow / Cemetery (sic) J.R.D. / making memorial / day address on / Sunday, 29 May 1938. / At his right Col. Geo. / W. Burleigh and / Chaplain Baldwin. / At his left Admiral / Reginald. Belknap / and Gen John J. / Byrne. / At right - Luncheon / after the church / service and before / the exercises," "Richard Jr.," with images of John Ross Delafield with military and civilian personnel in front of war memorial, toddler Richard Delafield sitting in a little boat on the beach, outdoor luncheon party; page thirty five has four photographs with inscriptions "Penny / 1938," "Felicia," "Cecily and Dickie (mislabeled)," "Cecily and Dickie," with images of a baby, children playing on lawn and at the beach; page thirty six has six photographs, no inscriptions, four of the Rough Garden and steps, one of the sundial (in Rose Garden?) swathed in growth/ivy, one of the Ellipse; page thirty seven has five photographs with inscription "The Garden, Montgomery Place," with images of the path in the Perennial Garden, the Arbor, the sundial in the Rose Garden , the potting shed, greenhouse; page thirty eight has one photograph with inscription "Worlds (sic) Fair new York 18th June 1939 J.R.D. taking review of parade / on occasion of unveiling of Columbus Memorial model. At his right George Gordon Battle / presiding at meeting, Senior (sic) Don Andreas Pastoriza, Dominican Minister, and William Green, Pres. / Am. Fed. of Labor. At his left Capt (sic) George Djanigaroff and Commander Holden;" page thirty nine has one photograph with inscription "J.R.D. addressing members and guests of the Dutchess County / Historical society (sic) at the Hermitage, Columbia County, N.Y. on the pilgrimage / of the Society 9 September 1939," with image of audience of men and women seated in outdoor setting; page forty has four photographs with inscriptions "Cecily / Flicka / Dickie / Dennis / Penny," "Dennis," with images of the children in front of the wayside stand, the Mansion House and on a bench; page forty one has one photograph with inscription "J.R.D. on horse Dwight in Army Day / parade 6 April 1940," with image of mounted parade in front of the Metropolitan Museum of Art at Fifth Avenue and 81st Street; page forty two has one photograph with inscription "Thomas J. Watson President of International Business Machine / at luncheon with J.R.D. at the annual meeting of the Pilgrims Society / at the Biltmore 24 January 1940;" page forty three has one photograph with inscription "Mrs (sic) Wales Latham, President of Bundles for Britain, J.R.D. vice (sic) President / and the Duchess of Leinster making a short wave address to England over / WGBX Columbia International Station on 5 September 1940.;" insert (now in separate folder with album) at page forty two of two identical black and white photographs of military parade on Fifth Avenue with Central Park in background on a rainy day, one black and white photograph of same parade but closer up and out of focus; insert (now in separate folder with album) at page forty three of photograph identification on thin paper of short wave broadcast inscribed in mimeographed text: "…ENGLAND TO (THURSDAY, SEPT. 5, 1940) OVER / WCBX, COLUMBIA'S INTERNATIONAL STATION, AS THEY / DESCRIBED THE AIIMS/ GODSPEED TO ENGLAND! / LEADERS IN THE "BUNDLES FOR BRITAIN" MOVE- / MENT IN THE UNITED STATES WISHED GODSPEED TO / ENGLAND TODAY (THURSDAY, SEPT. 5, 1940) OVER / WCBX, COLUMBIA' INTERNATIONAL STATION, AS THEY / DESCRIBED THE AIMS AND PURPOSES OF THE AMEICAN / ORGANIZATION, WHICH SENDS MEDICAL AND SURGICAL / SUPPLIES AND KNITTED GARMENTS, SEATED, (LEFT / TO RIGHT): - MRS. WALES LATHAM, PRESIDENT; BRIG- / ADIER-GENERAL JOHN ROSS DELAFIELD, VICE-PRES- / IDENT, AND THE DUCHESS OF LEINSTER. / PHOTO GRATIS::::FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE / FROM: SELVAGE & SMITH / 16 E. 48TH ST., / (PL-8-0350) / NEW YORK CITY / FOR: BUNDLES FOR BRITAIN, INC.;" page forty four has one photograph with inscription "Photograph taken at Ordnance Committee luncheon at / Yale Club, New York City, 17 September 1940 showing Howard County / President of Walworth Co. and Chairman of National Association / of Manufacturers talking with J.R.D.;" insert (now in separate folder with album) at page forty five of small piece of paper with typewritten script inscribed "LUNCHEON HELD FOR ARMY EMERGENCY RELIEF CHAMPIONSHIPS / At a luncheon held today (Thursday) at the Park Lane Hotel, / final arrangements were made for the Army Emergency Relief / National AAU Track Championships to be held at the Triborough / Stadium June 19th and 20th. PHOTO SHOWS: - Gloria Gallen, / swimming champ; Brigadier General John Ross Delafield, / chairman, and Gregory Rice, champion distance runner. / PHOTO GRATIS ---ARMY EMERGENCY RELIEF;" page forty five has one photograph of John Ross Delafield with a woman and a man, no inscription; page forty six has one photograph of John Ross Delafield with a group of men saluting in an outdoor setting; page forty seven has one photograph of a formal banquet with military and civilian personnel, John Ross Delafield in the lower right foreground, no inscription; page forty eight has three photographs, no inscriptions, images of roadside memorial plaque in Canada commemorating the defeat of Richard Montgomery in 1775; insert (now in separate folder with album) at page forty eight of typed copy of letter dated April 10th, 1931 to "Messrs. Parker and Son, / 8 High Street / High Wycombe, Bucks. / England" from John Ross Delafield about "Court Rolls" and "ancient deeds;" insert at page forty nine (now in separate folder) of torn fragment of yellow pad paper with "Color prints were / taken in 1942" written in pencil on it; page forty nine has three color (faded) photographs with inscriptions "Dick 1942 Astrid," "Anthony / Adrian / Flicka / Dick," "Cecily and Dick (detached)," with images of the children on a porch at Montgomery Place, on the West Terrace, boating on the Lake; page fifty has six photographs with inscription "Dennis," with images of J. Dennis Delafield as a child in near the Potting Shed, the Cold Frame, on a slide, raking, digging with a shovel, in roller skates seated on the terrace on the west side of the mansion, riding a toy horse in front of the greenhouse, garden furniture; page fifty one has six photographs with inscription "Dennis / VWD," with images of J. Dennis Delafield as a child on climbing set in front of Potting Shed, standing on a garden path, seated with Violetta White Delafield on the front steps of the mansion, swinging on bars on playset with trees in background; page fifty two has five photographs with inscriptions "D MGD C. F," "Astrid," "P. C. F. D.," "Dickie & / R. D.," with images of three children, one adult and a pony on the drive in front of the mansion, a baby, four children together, Dickie balancing on Richard Delafield's hands on the East Lawn, four children and a dog on a lawn; page fifty three has four photographs of rally in front of Federal Hall, New York City, being addressed by John Ross Delafield on the steps in front of the statue of George Washington, microphone of WNYC, banner of "AMERICA'S / GOOD WILL / UNION, " crowd, no inscription; page fifty four has four photographs with inscription "R.D.," images of "On the beach at / Chichagof Harbor with / captured Jap equipment," "FAW 4 - 1908 / Left to right - / Ens. Loehr, Ens. Twichell, Lt. Holt, / Ens. Condon, Lr. Wehmeyer & Lt. Atherton / PASSED BY NAVAL CENSOR / RD" stamp, "FLEET AIR WING FOUR / NOV 24 1943 / Officers (sic) Ready Room / Attn. / PASSED BY NAVAL CENSOR / RAB," "RELEASED OFFFICIAL NAVY PHOTOGRAPH / IF PUBLISHED / CREDIT LINE SHOULD READ / "OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTOGRAPH" / NO. FAW-4 NO. 6345 DATE 18 NOV 1943 / MADE FOR / UNIT - FLEET AIR WING FOUR / PASSED BY NAVAL CENSOR / RAB," all printed and written on reverse of photos, images of military personnel examining captured airplane parts, reading, relaxing, playing cribbage (detached), an empty room with benches and logos on the wall, a long dock covered in snow with crashing waves (detached); page fifty five has one photograph, detached, no inscription, of ship in water with coast at right, printed and inscribed on reverse, "OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH / NOT TO BE USED FOR PUBLICATION / BY ORDER OF / CHIEF OF THE BUREAU OF AERONAUTICS / NO. FAW4-5381 DATE 14 MAY 1943 / SUBJECT / MADE FOR / UNIT FLEET AND WING FOUR / U.S.S. Casco servicing / a Catalina at Casio Cove, / Attn (sic) during battle of Alte (illegible word) / Note captured Jap landing bridge / alongside & this picture is not / to be shown to the public;" inserted page fifty nine (removed) of photo mechanical engraving on paper with view of West Terrace and Hudson River; Cross gold insignia on bottom center of silk lined inner back cover.Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Violetta White DelafieldAttribution
PhotographerDate made
1936 - 1943Inscription/Signature/Marks
Type
InscriptionTranscription
(See Description)Dimensions
Dimension Description
OverallHeight
9-7/8 inWidth
12 inDepth
1 inDimension Notes
Display Dimensions: 9 7/8 x 12 x 1 in. (25.1 x 30.5 x 2.5 cm)Material
mimeograph print, Pencil, Glue, Paper, photographic chemicals, ink, Cotton, typewriter print, CardboardCondition
Notes
Remarks: Extensive scratching and chipping on worn cardboard cover; colors on front cover from bright blue to faded green and brown; stain on lower left side of front cover, near fold of spine; greenish-blue silk lining of inside front cover faded to brown around the edges; interior pages vary from creasing, to chipping, folds at corners, missing corners, worn edges; page 8, 9 is detached (removed to folder); 12 photographs detached (removed to folder); 5 paper slips removed to folder; photographs are in good condition except for the three color ones which are badly faded and discolored; traces of glue remain where photographs have become detached or are missing; inside of back cover also has greenish-blue silk lining which has faded along the edges to brown; exterior of back cover still retains much of the original blue color with fading around the edges but is very scratched and chipped along the edges; accretions on outside of back cover; shoelace holding the covers and pages together still sturdy though faded in color.Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Violetta White DelafieldNotes
Former ownerRelated Entries
Notes
MP.87.220 - Garden chair - Related - Image on page 24
MP.88.306 - Garden chair - Related - Images on pages 7, 25, 32, 50, 51
MP.88.307 - Garden chair - Related - Image on pages 7, 25, 32, 50, 51
MP.87.221 - Garden chair - Related - Image on page 24General Notes
Note Type
Curatorial RemarksNote
Detached and loose images and loose paper scraps were removed from the album and are contained in two acid-free folders that are stored with the album. The detached and loose photographs were scanned; the scraps were not.Note Type
StorageNoteNote
Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Union Church, Storage, Shelf 29ANote Type
DepartmentNote
Library