mrswilliamgoadbyloew

I think this may be a wife from the Loew Theater family.

Possibly Mrs William Goadby Loew, or E. Victor Loew - society leaders of New York? Their wives are mentioned in New York Times articles of that era as hostess of balls, events - with the likes of Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt, Mrs Alfred G. Vanderbilt, Mrs Stuyvesent Fish all part of the Newport Circle. She would have attended balls and dinners at Crossways, the Breakers, Beaulieu all famous mansions of New York Society of the Gilded Age.

Another photo of her here:
www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2162678747/

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called 1910s Fashion, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

The name "Mrs. W. G. Loew" is actually inscribed on the negative. The Bain collection has other photos of her in which she is identified in full as Mrs. William Goadby Loew.

This was taken in front of the original Colony Club Building (1904-1908) at 120 Madison Avenue in New York City. The Colony Club moved uptown, but the building's still there, and today used by the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. The AIA Guide to New York City notes that its architect, the renowned Stanford White, was assassinated during its construction only three blocks away. You can read a great New York Times article about the building here.

This was likely an exhibition of The Ladies' Four-in-Hand Driving Club. The Club’s founder and president was Helen Benedict Hastings, wife of the famous architect Thomas Hastings, designer of the New York Public Library, the front façade of the U.S. Capitol Building, and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington Cemetery. –National Sporting Library Mrs. Arthur Iselin (vice president), is seen here driving the coach (whip), with Mrs. Hastings seated next to her. Mrs, William Goadby Loew (Miss Florence B. Baker), seated to the rear, can be seen between them. The Ladies' Four-in-Hand Driving Club regularly made trips to and from the Colony Club.

"With the advent of Spring weather and the roads in good condition, the Ladies' Four-in-Hand Driving Club, an organization of enthusiastic horsewomen of this city, will inaugurate the 1912 coaching season with daily trips between the Colony Club and Rockingstone, Bronx Park." –New York Times

Mrs. Loew could well afford to indulge her whims in Bronx Park. She was an heiress; her father had left her 5 million. Her husband, William, was a stockbroker, noted for his snappy attire. In 1935, a panel of tailors voted him the best-dressed man in the country. William and his buddies once rode a coach-and-four 206 miles from Manhattan to Newport, RI, just to play polo. The trip, taken at a gallop, required 21 changes of horses. Here's the story, reported decades later, in a 1935 issue of Time Magazine: www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,748315,00.html

Wystan: typo fixed – thanks!

Wystan-- Thanks. Does look like it should be Hastings'. Will submit for update to the catalog record. --Jeff

Mrs. (William) Goadby Loew. Mrs. A. S[cott] Burden.

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...

Wow, neat photograph iconic of the times and of Mrs. Livermore.

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William Goadby Loew House 56 E. 93rd St is on list of NY Registered Historic places.

Previously Miss Florence B Baker? query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9B04E1D9133CE433A...

Wow – that New York Times write-up of the (April, 1898) wedding was a trip! They had a 50-piece orchestra in the church to play the wedding music. A "breakfast reception", immediately following, at the home of the bride's parents (258 Madison Avenue) ... where "a light breakfast was served to 500 people" ... former President and Mrs. Benjamin Harrison were in attendance. They sailed on the Britannic for their two-month honeymoon in Europe ... (looks like there was enough money to go around). That would have been a hell of a wedding to shoot carrying around 4x5 cameras. (Another photo of Mrs. Loew here.)

Whoa! All for the low price cost of $300.00 - (joking) compared to today's cost which would be about $3 mil for that. What a party that would have been.

I did some research and found she is Florence Bellows Baker Loew. I started an entry in Wikipedia for her: Florence Bellows Baker Loew (1876–1936) was a horse woman and philanthropist and award winning horticulturist. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Bellows_Baker