Vail's Cocktail Party

Object/Artifact

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Historic Stonington

Name/Title

Vail's Cocktail Party

Entry/Object ID

2020.202.027

Description

A black and white framed photograph measuring 22 x 18", which was created for the Rollie McKenna exhibit, A Village Love Affair, in the Woolworth Library in November 2018. This image depicts a cocktail party being held at Donald and Priscilla Vail's home at 100 Water Street in the mid 1960s. None of the party-goers have been identified, but it appears to be a group of about 20 in a yard that stretches down to the water. Several sailboats are moored just off the retaining wall. According to local tradition, these cocktail parties at the Vail home were commonplace in the 1960s summers.

Collection

Rollie McKenna

Made/Created

Artist

McKenna, Rollie

Date made

1965 - 1972