- Collection:
- Atlanta History Photograph Collection
- Title:
- Lamar, Mrs. Joseph R. and Lady lee
- Creator:
- London News Agency Photos
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Kenan Research Center
- Date of Original:
- 1925
- Subject:
- Women--1920-1930
Clothing & dress--1920-1930
Hats--1920-1930 - People:
- Lamar, Clarinda Pendleton, b. 1856
- Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of Lady Lee and Mrs. Joseph R. Lamar looking at a book containing the names of 35,000 subscribers to the endowment fund for Sulgrave Manor, the ancestral home of George Washington.
colonial; England; Colonial Dames; book; list; donors; gloves; stone; pearls; fashion; George Washington
Clarinda Pendleton Lamar (1856-1943) was the wife of Joseph Rucker Lamar. Mrs. Lamar held the office of President of The National Society of The Colonial Dames of America between 1914 and 1927 and was instrumental in the preservation of Sulgrave Manor in England (the ancestral home of George Washington), Dumbarton House in Washington, D.C. (headquarters of The National Society), and Gunston Hall (the home of George Mason). She published A History of the National Society of Colonial Dames of America in 1934. Her The Life of Joseph Rucker Lamar 1857-1916 was published in 1926. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 170.3259.001
ahc1703259001a.jpg - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/athpc/id/1307
- Additional Rights Information:
- This material is protected by copyright law. (Title 17, U.S Code) Permission for use must be cleared through The Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center. Licensing agreement may be required.
- Extent:
- 6 x 8 in.
- Original Collection:
- Atlanta History Photograph Collection
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
