Elegance on the beach (1910)
Elegance on the beach. Architect Goodhue Livingstone and Mrs. Oren Root posing for
a Bain News Service photographer in (ab.) 1910. My colorization of an image in the
Library of Congress archive (Bain News Service collection).
"Goodhue Livingston (February 23, 1867 – June 3, 1951) was an American architect who co-founded the firm of Trowbridge & Livingston and designed the Hayden Planetarium.
In 1894, Livingston co-founded Trowbridge, Livingston & Colt along with Samuel Breck Parkman Trowbridge (1862–1925), the son of William Petit Trowbridge. The firm became known for its commercial, public, and institutional buildings, many in a Beaux Arts or neoclassical style, including the B. Altman and Company Building (1905), J. P. Morgan Building (1913), and the Oregon State Capitol (1938). Often commissioned by well-heeled clients, the firm's work especially prevalent in the Upper East Side and Wall Street precincts of New York. He worked on the Equitable Trust Building, Morgan Building, Chemical National Bank Building, the St. Regis Hotel, The Knickerbocker Hotel, the Ardsley Club, B. Altman & Co.'s Building, the New York Stock Exchange addition, the Bank of America Building, and Rikers Island, before his retirement in 1946.
In 1935, Livingston designed the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History, located at West 81st Street and Central Park West"
(Wikipedia)
Here is some information about Aida de Acosta Root:
"Aida de Acosta Root Breckinridge (July 28, 1884 – May 26, 1962) was an American socialite and the first woman to fly a powered aircraft solo. In 1903, while in Paris with her mother, she caught her first glimpse of dirigibles. She then proceeded to take only three flight lessons, before taking to the sky by herself.
Later in life, after losing sight in one eye to glaucoma, she became an advocate for improved eye care and was executive director of the first eye bank in America."
(Wikipedia)
Elegance on the beach (1910)
Elegance on the beach. Architect Goodhue Livingstone and Mrs. Oren Root posing for
a Bain News Service photographer in (ab.) 1910. My colorization of an image in the
Library of Congress archive (Bain News Service collection).
"Goodhue Livingston (February 23, 1867 – June 3, 1951) was an American architect who co-founded the firm of Trowbridge & Livingston and designed the Hayden Planetarium.
In 1894, Livingston co-founded Trowbridge, Livingston & Colt along with Samuel Breck Parkman Trowbridge (1862–1925), the son of William Petit Trowbridge. The firm became known for its commercial, public, and institutional buildings, many in a Beaux Arts or neoclassical style, including the B. Altman and Company Building (1905), J. P. Morgan Building (1913), and the Oregon State Capitol (1938). Often commissioned by well-heeled clients, the firm's work especially prevalent in the Upper East Side and Wall Street precincts of New York. He worked on the Equitable Trust Building, Morgan Building, Chemical National Bank Building, the St. Regis Hotel, The Knickerbocker Hotel, the Ardsley Club, B. Altman & Co.'s Building, the New York Stock Exchange addition, the Bank of America Building, and Rikers Island, before his retirement in 1946.
In 1935, Livingston designed the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History, located at West 81st Street and Central Park West"
(Wikipedia)
Here is some information about Aida de Acosta Root:
"Aida de Acosta Root Breckinridge (July 28, 1884 – May 26, 1962) was an American socialite and the first woman to fly a powered aircraft solo. In 1903, while in Paris with her mother, she caught her first glimpse of dirigibles. She then proceeded to take only three flight lessons, before taking to the sky by herself.
Later in life, after losing sight in one eye to glaucoma, she became an advocate for improved eye care and was executive director of the first eye bank in America."
(Wikipedia)