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Mrs. Gertrude Sheldon Sands, widow of Samuel Stevens Sands III, married Richard Whitney on May 27, 1916, in New York City. [1] Samuel Stevens Sands III, a son of Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt, Sr., was killed in an automobile accident in West Hampton, NY on July 2, 1913. They had been married less than three years (October 18, 1910). [2]   [The date "7/3/13" is written on the above negative – perhaps a publication date.] Richard Whitney (1888–1974) was an American financier. Whitney was president of the New York Stock Exchange 1930–1935, and a convicted embezzler.

"On April 12, 1938, six thousand people turned up at Grand Central Station to watch as a scion of the Wall Street Establishment was escorted in handcuffs by armed guards onto a train that delivered him to prison." [3]

Mrs. Gertrude Sheldon Sands Whitney, who once summered on a 400 acre estate in the Berkshires,[4] then moved into a farmhouse in Far Hills, New Jersey.  

Bewitching - probably breathtaking with her hair down!

Pixel Wrangler: Thanks for the information and for spotting the date (dates on the negatives can be mysterious but likely do indicate when the photo was used). We'll add information to the description when we update it.

This would be in 1913 when her first husband died. I added her to Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gertrude_Sheldon_Sands

Wow!

man, this would be great as a tee shirt

quite a theme in this upload. this is fantastic!!!! from our perspective as well as from its power of expression( not merely a blogg or headline scrawled across a tv screen.

George H. Kendall was the president of the New York Bank Note Company, which amongst other things, printed stock certificates. That matter was the root of a long running dispute with the NYSE. From the New York Times of March 10, 1913 : "The fight between the exchange and Mr. Kendall is an old one. He said at the hearing it had been going on for thirty-four years. He has sued the exchange and its members and the case is pending in the United States District Court. From time to time he has exhibited on his building inlower sixth avenue enormous painted signs denouncing the "thieves of the New York Stock Exchange." Some of the signs are in place at the present time. " (ref. query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9903E2D9103CE633A... ) See a raft of New York Times stories on the dispute here: query.nytimes.com/search/sitesearch?query=George+H.+endal...

I started a Wikipedia entry for him: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_H._Kendall

I don't know what this picture means but I'm favoriting it anyway!

what an incredible missive! you don't see many businesses wear the heart on the sleeve this, let alone wrap their heart as a banner around their place of business.