Box 1

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This folder contains black and white photographic prints depicting members of Harriet Meserole’s extended family, her friends, and herself. Folder contains some tintype prints, while most are on paper including some cartes de visite. Photographs are undated, possibly from the late 1800s through to the mid 1900s.

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This folder contains two small photographs of Harriet Meserole, one labelled as a passport photograph and dated 1924. There is also a large portrait of an unnamed elderly woman, and a portrait of Harriet's mother Rebecca Martin Meserole holding two pekingese dogs.

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This folder contains a collection of snapshots of Harriet Meserole posing on a terrace wearing a variety of outfits. Three photographs are labelled "HM 1928-30 Beekman Place" and "HM 1931 Beekman Place Terrace." These photographs were contained in a a Fashion Institute of Technology envelope labelled "Harriet Meserole photos, 1925+," which is retained in the folder.

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This folder contains three photographs of Harriet Meserole, two with her mother Rebecca Martin Meserole. One is labelled "Europe '24-25." The envelope they were held in has printed one of Harriet's addresses "360 East 72nd Street, New York, New York 10021," and is retained in the folder.

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This folder contains three photographs, two of which are duplicate postcards depicting Harriet and her mother Rebecca Martin Meserole outdoors wearing Chanel garments. The third is Rebecca's passport photograph from 1924. These photographs were contained in an envelope labelled "Cannes - France 1925," which has been retained in the folder.

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This folder contains photographs mostly dated in 1937 depicting an outing to London's Great Fosters Restaurant with family and friends of Harriet Meserole's, in addition to other subjects including Alexandra Palace, Wood Green, and Harriet's own "cocktail terrace." People depicted include Gladys Clark, James Clark, Betty Smith's aunt, Joseph Whitehead, Edgar Tallman, and Charles White. Porter Woodruff is mentioned, and the Fosters Restaurant and park are depicted.

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This folder contains photographs found in an envelope labelled "Belfrort, H. Meserole." Photographs depict family and friends of Harriet Meserole, however most are not labelled except for a portrait of Wolcott Meserole wearing a Reserve Force uniform. Harriet Meserole and her mother Rebecca Martin Meserole are recognizable in some of the photographs. It is unclear what "Belfrort" is referring to.

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This folder contains snapshots of Harriet Meserole with family and friends in Stamford, CT.

Scope and Contents This folder contains portraits of Harriet Meserole, as well as her extended family and friends. People depicted include Harriet's cousin Sophie L. Meserole, Harriet's paternal aunt Marya Meserole Wilson "Aunty Rye", Benjamin R. Meserole (noted as being the first cousing to Harriet's father), John, David, and Peter Burr, Desmond Cochrane, Mr. Rosoff, Miss Decurey, Harriet's father Abram Vanderbilt Meserole, General J. V. (Jeramiah Vanderbilt) Meserole, Benjamin Richardson Meserole (son of J....