helengould

some big society wedding query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9F05EFD91330E233A...

We have to be careful here, Jay Gould had two daughters: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Miller_Gould Helen Miller Gould married Finley Johnson Shepard (1867-1942) on January 22, 1913, and she appears in the other photos in this series in a wedding dress. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Gould Anna Gould married Hélie de Talleyrand-Périgord, Duc de Sagan ‎ (1859-1937) in 1908 George Jay Gould I had two daughters: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Vivien_Gould Helen Gould married John Graham Hope de la Poer Horsley Beresford (1866-1944), the 5th Baron Decies, on February 7, 1911

right but these are pix from the 1910s...

The lady in the white dress looks like George W. Bush! EEEEEEEWWW!!

Helen's engagement was listed as the event "of the season" because of the aristocratic connection query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9F05E... a description of the wedding follows: query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9E0CE7DE1439E3... this set has other photos identifying it as this wedding and the background photos match as far as time of year etc.

query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9E01E2DA163BE733A...

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Gould Helen Gould was the daughter of railroad "robber baron" Jay Gould. He died in 1892 and his house passed down to his daughter(s) (sister Anna donated it to the Natl Trust). The Gould home had a name, Lyndhurst. Here is an article about Lyndhurst, including its association with Dark Shadows: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyndhurst_(house) Here is the Lyndurst website: www.lyndhurst.org/ Here is its location on Google Maps: maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=lyn...

Another picture of the home: Helen Gould's Home, Scene of Her Wedding To-day to F.J. Shepard query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9D01EFD6123BE633A...

Here is Flickr LOC photo of Helen Gould: www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2162673457/

Is this image reversed? Compare with www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/3159331415/

Helen Gould Shepard was the daughter of Jay Gould. www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,743004,00.html

Why, there she is now! And, my, what a lovely home, too! And let's not forget the greenhouse.

boeke, that's a nicely phrased comment. thank goodness someone can combine the links and HTML. and that's a mighty nice icon.

579 Fifth Ave, ny

lucky_dog: Thanks for the information. Here's a link to a picture of the house some years later. www.nycago.org/Organs/NYC/html/ResShepardHG.html We'll add the address to the description when we update the record.