Name/Title
The ClerkEntry/Object ID
2011.300.037Description
Cyanotype print of Anita Thayer, The Clerk
Research per Chelsea Mitchell, September 2025: "Anita Thayer (1890-1976) was born in Stonington on July 27th to Edward and Marietta Slade Thayer. Her father worked as a bookkeeper. Sometime between 1900 and 1910 the Thayer family moved to Newport, RI. In 1913, Anita married William Edward of Newport. In 1930 the Edwards were living in Manhattan on East 62nd Street, and William was supporting Anita and their son John as a chauffeur for a private family. They later had a second son, William. William Sr. died in 1951. Anita spent her later years in Newport, where she died in July of 1976."Collection
Cyanotype Album from LighthouseMade/Created
Date made
1880 - 1920Notes
Medium: cyanotype print