US UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph appears with the article, "Observance Dates Few," Los Angeles Times, 29 Feb 1936: A3. Because Mr. and Mrs. Orson S. Whitney wed on February 29, 1872 they are celebrating their sixteenth wedding anniversary even though they have been married for sixty-four years. The 86-year-old and his 80-year-old wife are celebrating at the home of their daughter Mrs. Gertrude Goodcell of 2919 Asbury Street with their two other children, five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Mr. and Mrs. Whitney sit beside each other in rocking chairs; Mr. Whitney holds their great-granddaughter Nancy Joyce and her bottle while he critiques his wife on her knitting. Handwritten on negative: Mr+Mrs. Orson S. Whitney great-grand-daughter-Nancy Joyce Barber 7 mo 141 2/27/36 141 Text from newspaper caption: Although they were married in 1872, Mr. and Mrs. Orson S. Whitney are celebrating the sixteenth anniversary of their nuptials today-having been married on February 29. Whitney, holding one of their great-grandchildren, Nancy Joyce Barber, 7 months of age, is shown telling Mrs. Whitney how to knit. Text from negative sleeve: 3876 - Mr. + Mrs Orson S. Whitney from Iowa (60th b/c of leap year) 64th Wedding Anniv. 2/26/36 [stamped:] Mar 6 1936
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_12907 ark:/21198/zz002hn0r6
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Knitting--California--Los Angeles Anniversaries--California--Los Angeles Whitney, Mary, b. 1855 or 1856 Whitney, Orson S., b. 1850 Barber, Nancy Joyce, 1935
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