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. 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. Photograph appears with the article, "Observance Dates Few," Los Angeles Times, 29 Feb 1936: A3. 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. 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. Handwritten on negative: Mr+Mrs. Orson S. Whitney great-grand-daughter-Nancy Joyce Barber 7 mo 141 2/27/36 141 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, Orson S., b. 1850 Whitney, Mary, b. 1855 or 1856 Barber, Nancy Joyce, 1935
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