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www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/pietown.html?c... Great article with the history of Pie Town inspired by these photographs.

life was good in pie town

Real Bonnie and Clyde scene.

total B&C secene! LOL!! "Ma Grab my rifle,its time to start lookin for dinner" LMAO!! wonderful picture.

wow

Looks 1900ish to me.

According to thepeerage.com, Charles Victor Albert Aubrey de Vere Beauclerk was the 11th Duke of Saint Albans from 1898 to 1934 and never married, so the Duchess cannot be his wife, it must be his mother, Lady Sybil Mary Grey who was duchess from her marriage in 1867.

Edit: No, she died in 1871, aged 22! Did her husband remarry?

Yes, he married Grace Bernal-Osborne in 1874 in Tipperary.

The Bernal-Osbornes owned Newtown Anner house and demesne near Clonmel. Poole has a shot in the archive commissioned by the Duchess of St. Albans.

Congratulation for your beautiful Album.

From the Wikipedia article on her sister, Edith Blake: The Osbornes appear to have become estranged early in their marriage, with her father living in London, seeing Edith and her Grace raised by her mother alone. Mrs Osbourne was a talented artist, and encouraged both her daughters to take up artistic pursuits. Artists often stayed at Newtown Anner, including Thomas Shotter Boys and Alexandre Calame, and it is possible the sisters received tuition from them.

And: In 1874 she married widower and Royal Irish Constabulary sub-inspector Henry Arthur Blake. As her parents did not approve of the marriage and had been arranging a suitable marriage for her, the couple eloped. Following the marriage, Edith was disinherited.

So it looks as if Grace got the Demesne.

Grace was born sometime after 1846, so she was 54 in 1900. That is surely her sitting with the grey hair and big hat.

Article from 3-18-1914 (Wedensday), Page 11, 300 words. In NY Times Archives: MISS ELISE LADEW TO WED W.R. GRACE; Daughter of Late Mr. and Mrs. E.R. Ladew Engaged to Grandson of Late Mayor Grace. NIECE Of E. BERRY WALL Bride-to-Be Returned Last Summer from Tour of \qorld -- Mr. Grace Her Senior by Eleven Years PDF Link: query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9900E...

I love all the little handwritten notes at the tops of these pictures

Elise Ladew was Mrs. W.R. Grace so maybe the caption refers to one person rather than two people. Elise inherited a fortune from the leather industry. Her brother created a topiary garden of renown in Maryland. She married into another wealthy family, the Graces. Here is link to book about her brother: www.amazon.com/Life-Gardens-Harvey-Ladew/dp/0801861128/re... W.R. Grace is the famous name of a large diversified chemical company, formerly associated with a distinctive curved office building on 43rd st in New York. Here is an article from Wikipedia about the company. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._R._Grace_and_Company here is one about the building: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W.R._Grace_Building The chemical company was run by the man who was also mayor of NYC. Here is article on him: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Russell_Grace

Very rich history lesson here.

The whipped cream of New York society turned out in October, 1912, for the eleventh annual horse show at the Piping Rock Country Club, in Locust Valley, on the north shore of Long Island. A new clubhouse and stepped observation boxes had just been opened for their pleasure: Story in The New York Times, October 4, 1912: "SOCIETY AMATEURS IN THE SADDLE "Piping Rock Horse Show Attracts Hunting Set to Locust Valley Grounds" query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9D06E1D6113BE6... Another story in The New York Times, October 5, 1912: "SOCIETY AIDS AT PIPING ROCK SHOW "Notable People View Amateur Horse Exhibition Amid Long Island Hills" query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9506E6D7113AE6...