socialite

on board the Mauretania!

LOC: Bain caption is is Ralph Pulitzer and Wife.

Nice ..

artolog, Thanks for the heads up on the mismatch between the two captions provided by Bain. (One comes from the caption cards and one from the negative or negative sleeve - and they often don't agree!) We will expand the title to add Mr. Pulitzer's wife and more details, such as her name and their location. Incidentally, this should be his first wife, Frederica Vanderbilt Webb, as he didn't marry his second wife until 1928 and this photo is earlier.

This is Miss Marjorie Brown (1892-1988) of Atlanta.

Marjorie was a daughter of First Lady Ellen Wilson's cousin, Colonel Edward T. Brown of Atlanta. She had two brothers, Edward M. and Henry W. Brown. [1] [2]   Growing up in Georgia, Marjorie was a long-time childhood friend of Jessie and Eleanor Wilson, and she later shared her college years with Jessie in Princeton.

Marjorie attended Miss Jessie Wilson as one of five bridesmaids at her White House wedding to Francis B. Sayre in November, 1913, and she was also a special guest at the wedding of Eleanor Wilson, six months later at the White House. [3] [4]   A portrait of Marjorie Brown appeared in The Atlanta Constitution on November 9, 1913. (shown below)

Marjorie married Benjamin M. King in Washington, DC, in December, 1920. Miss Margaret Wilson, daughter of the president, was maid of honor, and former First Lady Edith Wilson was among the guests. [5]

Benjamin King had been engaged to Eleanor Wilson. He was the manager of a lumber camp near Madera, Mexico when Eleanor met him while traveling with friends in 1913. The President and Mrs. Wilson liked King and approved of the engagement. However, Eleanor broke the engagement when she met William McAdoo later in 1913. Wilson and King remained friends, and after Benjamin and Marjorie married they would visit the Wilson’s. [6]

 
"Miss Marjorie Brown" by Meade

 

Simple, elegant, and there is something about those beautiful eyes.

A Timeless Treasure, for sure!

It is so amazing to see the intricate tailoring of women's clothing from such a long period of time ago. I wish people still adorned themselves in this type of unique clothing!

This appears from the same event as the next picture of Miss M. Kennedy, which took place on January 10, 1911:
"The first specialty show given by the American Pomeranian Club was held in the sun parlor of the Waldorf-Astoria yesterday with 262 silken-coated entries in the long rows of cages, which took up every available bit of space on the hotel roof garden. The number of dainty little Poms was unusually large and them attendance far exceeded the expectations of the club."
query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9B07E4DB1331E233A...
Mrs. George Russell Peabody is mentioned in the article as having been in attendance.

She is listed in the "Woman's Who's Who In America 1914-15, page 630, as follows:

PEABODY, Natalie Clews (Mrs. George Russell Peabody), Belle Hatch Park, Harpsden, Henley-on-Thames, England.

Born July 30. 1890; dau. John Henry and Jessie (Bradley) Clews: ed. Miss Spence's School, N.Y. City; m. N.Y. City, Nov. 16, 1909, George Russell Peabody; one daughter: Natica Peabody. Episcopalian. Now living abroad.
books.google.com/books?id=34hmAAAAMAAJ&source=gbs_nav...

Marian Kennedy and Buttercup, from the same event:

artolog: Thanks for the detailed information, complete with source citations! We will update this record to reflect more of the details of the event.