Off to Newport with a Saratoga trunk filled with chic gowns all by Worth. Imagery from May King Van Rensselaer’s 1905 “Newport: Our Social Capital.” Gracie Mansion, current home of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani  and his wife Rama, is named for Mrs. Van Rensselaer’s ancestor Archibald Gracie whose country home it was.

Photographs, Plates (llustrations) from books 3 Minutes
Watching a Lawn-Tennis Tournament, Casino Grounds: From a photograph by Alman and Company. Page 321 of May King Van Rensselaer’s Newport: Our Social Capital. Privately published in Philadelphia and London in 1905 by  J.B. Lippincott. Collections of the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/newportoursocial00vanr_1/page/n320/mode/1up
The Gardens: Doctor Henry Barton Jacobs. Page 17 of May King Van Rensselaer’s Newport: Our Social Capital. Edward Stratton Holloway, illustrator. Privately published in Philadelphia and London in 1905 by  J.B. Lippincott. Collections of the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/newportoursocial00vanr_1/page/17/mode/1up
Eastons Beach: From a photograph by Child. Page 31 of May King Van Rensselaer’s Newport: Our Social Capital. Privately published in Philadelphia and London in 1905 by  J.B. Lippincott. Collections of the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/newportoursocial00vanr_1/page/n30/mode/1up
‘Hopedean,’ Residence of Mrs. E. H. G. Slater, Annandale Road: From a photograph by Alman and Company. Page 78 of May King Van Rensselaer’s Newport: Our Social Capital. Privately published in Philadelphia and London in 1905 by  J.B. Lippincott. Collections of the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/newportoursocial00vanr_1/page/n78/mode/1up
Grand Staircase and Hall, ‘The Elms,’ E. J. Berwind, Esquire, Bellevue Avenue: From a photograph by Alman and Company. Page 194 of May King Van Rensselaer’s Newport: Our Social Capital. Privately published in Philadelphia and London in 1905 by  J.B. Lippincott. Collections of the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/newportoursocial00vanr_1/page/n194/mode/1up
Ballroom in ‘Ochre Court,’ the Home of Mrs. Ogden Goelet. Image copyright by Frank H. Child. Page 268 of May King Van Rensselaer’s Newport: Our Social Capital. Privately published in Philadelphia and London in 1905 by  J.B. Lippincott. Collections of the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/newportoursocial00vanr_1/page/n268/mode/1up
Marble House: After a photograph by Child. Page 292 of May King Van Rensselaer’s Newport: Our Social Capital. Privately published in Philadelphia and London in 1905 by  J.B. Lippincott. Collections of the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/newportoursocial00vanr_1/page/n292/mode/1up
Judging Four-in-Hands at the Horse Show: After a photograph by Alman and Company. Page 300 of May King Van Rensselaer’s Newport: Our Social Capital. Privately published in Philadelphia and London in 1905 by  J.B. Lippincott. Collections of the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/newportoursocial00vanr_1/page/n300/mode/1up
Automobile Racing on the Beach: From a photograph by Alman and Company. Page 380 of May King Van Rensselaer’s Newport: Our Social Capital. Privately published in Philadelphia and London in 1905 by  J.B. Lippincott. Collections of the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/newportoursocial00vanr_1/page/n380/mode/1up
Staircase, ‘The Breakers,’ Residence of Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt: Image Copyright, 1900, by Frank H. Child. Page 431 of May King Van Rensselaer’s Newport: Our Social Capital. Privately published in Philadelphia and London in 1905 by  J.B. Lippincott. Collections of the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/newportoursocial00vanr_1/page/n432/mode/1up
Cliff Walk, Bridge at Rough Point: From a photograph by Child. Page 464 (upper image) of May King Van Rensselaer’s Newport: Our Social Capital. Privately published in Philadelphia and London in 1905 by  J.B. Lippincott. Collections of the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/newportoursocial00vanr_1/page/n464/mode/1up
Bedroom, ‘Stoneacre,’ Residence of E. R. Thomas, Esquire, Bellevue Avenue: From a photograph by Alman and Company. Page 486 (upper image) of May King Van Rensselaer’s Newport: Our Social Capital. Privately published in Philadelphia and London in 1905 by  J.B. Lippincott. Collections of the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/newportoursocial00vanr_1/page/n486/mode/1up

There are more house drawings and photographs along with a few monuments and other things. I find many of the blog post subjects myself but this one is because I found a listing for the book here https://www.backintimerarebooks.com/pages/books/7649/mrs-john-king-van-rensselaer/newport-our-social-capital-231-of-347-copies. I remember their booth at the Antiquarian Book Fair here last fall but what I do is pick up a few copies of the fair catalogue and work my way through the listings looking for ideas.

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