debutante

16 photos tagged debutante, from 2 members of Flickr Commons.

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1900

1953

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Young women making their debut accompanied by the younger attendants, Queensland, ca. 1948 from State Library of Queensland uploaded May 2020
Dorothy Haight (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded October 2013
Margaret Read (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded September 2013
Dorothy Dennett (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded September 2013
Grace Overman (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded September 2013
Hope Williams (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded August 2013
Mary Joy Ahern as a debutante from State Library of Queensland uploaded July 2013
Illustrated front cover from The Queenslander, May 30, 1929 from State Library of Queensland uploaded July 2013
Hilda Cowlinshaw making her debut in 1900 from State Library of Queensland uploaded July 2013
Debutantes at the Cloncurry Coronation Debutante Ball from State Library of Queensland uploaded July 2013
Charmian Bernays posing for her debutante photograph from State Library of Queensland uploaded July 2013
Agnes Melanie Dickson as a debutante, ca. 1890 from State Library of Queensland uploaded July 2013
Mary Ethel Westgart from State Library of Queensland uploaded July 2013
Florence Gilbert (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded October 2012
Barbara Rutherfurd (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded October 2012

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Hope Williams (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

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trialsanderrors said:
Gosh, those eyes! She's listed in a play by Philip Barry in 1928, although that might be a bit late. A few more roles in the 1930s follow en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holiday_(play) "Hope Williams, New York society girl, has her first starring role." There are also a few society listings in the 1910s of Hope Williams as a bridesmaid. Not an altogether uncommon name, so it's hard to tell if it's her.
pennylrichardsca (now at ipernity) said:
I'm seeing Hope Waldron Williams as a debutante in fall 1915; her married older sister threw a luncheon for her in November 1915: query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0810F9395D16738... There's also a wedding announcement in 1922, for Hope Waldron Williams ("Junior League member and amateur actress") and R. Bartow Read, married at her sister's house in Rye NY. query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F20815FF3C5D1A7A9... R. Barton Read (d. 1931) was part of the "Millionaires' Unit" from Yale, during WWI : www.millionairesunit.org/index.php?option=com_content&...
Janet Lindenmuth said:
It's definitely her, there's a photo of her in Holiday on this page: thegreatkh.blogspot.com/2012/06/holiday-1938.html She died in 1990. www.nytimes.com/1990/05/04/obituaries/hope-williams-92-ac...
Janet Lindenmuth said:
The NYPL has some photos of her as well digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?th-62447 and they have a bunch from "Holiday"
Dave Miller said:
A 1922 passport photo of Hope and her husband.

Dorothy Dennett (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

B-59 said:
A debutante, see The Washington times., October 13, 1915, HOME EDITION, Page 11, with photo
pennylrichardsca (now at ipernity) said:
Think this might be her--age is right on, and the Washington setting also matches. www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=64936004 A letter by Dorothy Dennett Slemp to Congresswoman Alice Robertson, written from Cincinnati 1928: www.lib.utulsa.edu/digital/robertson/Series_II/transcript... Her father was General Commissioner of the Land Office: www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=29881973 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Dennett I'm going to take a guess that the Rev. Dennett Slemp of Virginia is her son: www.youtube.com/watch?v=sz4eMCs8vJQ&feature=share&amp...
Kristi (LOC P&P) said:
B-59 and pennylrichardsca: Thanks for the visual confirmation as well as the further details about her life post-debutante! We will add a few more details to the catalog record.

Dorothy Haight (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

swanq said:
Possibly the daughter of Mrs. William Burgoyne Haight That Dorothy Haight was a debutante in November 1914 according to the New-York tribune., November 19, 1914, Page 7, column 7 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1914-11-19/ed-... She was engaged in 1930, according to NYT of May 6, 1930 (needs subscription) select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0D14F73C5C157A... DOROTHY B. HAIGHT ENGAGED TO MARRY; Writer, a Member of the Junior League, to Wed Lewis Wilmot-Johnson. FIANCE SERVED IN THE WAR He Is the Son of Mrs. Edward H. Packe and a Captain in Reserve of British Army. The announcement has a picture which is compatible with this one. According to NYT of March 10, 1937, the couple were divorced on March1, 1937 in Carson City, Nevada. They had one child.
swanq said:
She was pictured in the NYT pictorial section of November 1, 1914, page 11 memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/np_item.pl?collection=sgproto&... or memory.loc.gov/service/sgp/sgpnyt/1914/191411/19141101/00... confirming the identification as debutante daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William B. Haight.