Eight more images added, now scroll through 16 images. Vanderbilt archive 5 photo albums important Hawaiian surfing content plus camping yachting fairs beaches and travel. Includes a photograph of Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney standing with surfing legend Duke Kahanamoku on a Hawaiian beach, Duke by his surfboard, lava, lei makers, etc. as well as pictures of the Panama Canal, a few Asian photos however mostly rural American black and white snapshots of canoes, tennis, picnics, some yachting, hunting and fishing. A few wedding related images and family photos.Provenance: The Vanderbilt Whitney Family Archive from the landmark Old Westbury, Long Island, NY studio former residence of noted sculptor Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, founder of the Whitney Museum and great granddaughter of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt, removed by our staff this spring during real estate staging. Comprising over 500 to 1000 items offered as 50 to 100 lots including the Cornelius Vanderbilt era, late Victorian photography including Yale athletics and fraternal photography, important Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney and Flora Whitney items including soiree costumes and couture as well as love letters, documents, equestrian memorabilia, ephemera and more. A once in a lifetime glimpse into family threads that are forever woven into the American experience of a nature seldom seen on the market. The Studio, decorated with murals by prominent Gilded Age to Art Deco artist colleagues and the site of legendary soirees attended by a Whos Who of actors, painters and philanthropists, has been listed for sale, emptied of contents and staged for its real estate sale listing. Earlier this year our firm was commissioned by the Vanderbilt Whitney family owners to offer 22 lots of GVW sculpture and 32 lots of paintings, important silver, jewelry, fine art photography, decorative arts and Chinese antiques descended in multiple branches and generations of the Vanderbilt Whitney family. We are now excited to present a second sale including the Vanderbilt Whiney Archive and Important Studio Garden Sculpture and Decorations. All lots but the 18 large garden sculpture and annex decorations have been transported to our Florida facilities, including Archive items, for FL pick up or shipping with the 18 large garden sculpture and decorative arts now in Greater NY NJ CT TriState area storage for pick up 1 hour from Manhattan. Florida previews are 1 person at a time for specific advance requested lots by appt at our St. Petersburg, FL warehouse from Saturday July 15th through Friday July 21st as items are not staged for exhibition and are securely housed outside of preview times at multiple locations. ALSO NOTE: There is no in person preview available for the 18 large garden sculpture and decorations stored in the Greater NY NJ CT TriState area. Their preview is photo only. Note the sale is online only with no in person auction audience or warehouse activity the day of sale or the Sunday after the sale.

Eight more images added, now scroll through 16 images. Albums variously worn, some photos deadhered, faded, sometimes poor. General estate discovery condition.