vernoncastle

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spotboslow said:
Irene (Foote) Castle, who with her husband Vernon formed the most popular dance partnership of their era: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernon_and_Irene_Castle
plausible trail said:
We used to go see Rogers/Astaire movies in NY as a little kid (in the 70s). Of course they were all happy movies, with the exception of the story of Vernon and Irene Castle... what a sad ending.
mambo1935 said:
good portrait!
Pete (LOC P&P) said:
spotboslow: thanks for the additional information. We will update the record.
swanq said:
They are shown together in another Bain photo:

Richard Norton said:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernon_Castle
B-59 said:
With his pet monkey, Jeffrey, s. hometownbyhandlebar.com/?p=2118 S. also www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/27288652485/
B-59 said:
His wife had a pet monkey as well, named Rastus: www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/7949420400/
B-59 said:
"On February 15, 1918, at a military airfield outside of Fort Worth, Texas, his plane stalled during a climb and roll maneuver. (Vernon was trying to avoid crashing into another cadet-piloted plane.) Vernon was only 75 feet in the air, but he had given the safer rear seat to his student, and died when the plane fell nose first into the ground. According to the monument at the crash site, "Neither the other pilot, his student cadet, nor Vernon's pet monkey, Jeffrey, were seriously injured." (Jeffrey's ultimate fate is unknown, but Irene's monkey, Rastas, is buried at the Hartsdale Pet Cemetery in New York.) www.roadsideamerica.com/story/13035

swanq said:
Perry Belmont's wife is the former Miss Jessie Ann Robbins and had been married to Henry T. Sloane before her marriage to Belmont in April 1889. See NYT query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F40614FC3E5811738... Vernon and Irene Castle were best known for their dancing, but Vernon Castle was also a polo fan. See The [Chicago] day book., May 29, 1915, NOON EDITION, Image 11 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045487/1915-05-29/ed-...
Art Siegel said:
Looks like she's holding her pet monkey, as she does in the next shot in the series:
Ryan (LOC P&P) said:
Thanks so much for your research swanq. And yes, artolog, it appears as if the other photograph of Irene Castle was taken at this event given her dress and the way she is holding her pet monkey. We'll fill in the names in the caption the next time we update the record.