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A marvellous legacy. His passion for making books available to all continues to this day.

Here is what it looked like in 2012.

I love the expressions on the faces of people in these old photos. It seems the photographer always captures a moment of reality. In this one there is a sense of urgency; both ladies appear to be hurried.

Widow of William Thaw (1818-1889). According to this site: Following the death of Eliza Burd Blair Thaw (1863), William married Mary Sibbet Copley, the daughter of Josiah Copley (who was one of the founders of Kittanning and at one time the editor of the Pittsburgh Dispatch). So this is presumably Mary Sibbet (Copley) Thaw. Her obituary is on an archived Time Magazine from 17 June 1929: Died. Mrs. Mary Sibbet Copley Thaw, 90, of Pittsburgh, widow of the late steelman William Thaw, philanthropist, charity worker, mother of Harry K. Thaw, who, in 1906, killed Architect Stanford White; at "Oak Lawn," Pittsburgh. A daughter is Countess de Perigny (Margaret Carnegie Thaw).

hilarious.

I wrote a biography of her for Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Sibbet_Copley en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Copley_Thaw

NYT of October 18, 1913 query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9502EFDC133FE633A... Has the headline: CARNEGIE COMES BACK.; Tells of His Talk with the Kaiser -- He'll Vote for Mitchel. and began "Andrew Carnegie returned yesterday from his annual Summer visit to Europe on the Cunard Liner Mauretania, accompanied by his wife and daughter, looking in the best of health." See www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/3490801625/ for the October 1912 equivalent.

swanq: Looks like this does match that October 1913 article. Thanks.

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Clan Carnegie, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

What a great business man

My grandmother worked for the Carnegie family in their 5th Avenue home and returned to Scotland to work at Skibo Castle.