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Drexel family homes photographs (PSNCA.H.027)

The Preservation Society of Newport County

424 Bellevue Avenue
Newport, RI 02840
Tel: 401-847-1000
museumaffairs@newportmansions.org

Collection Overview

Title: Drexel family homes photographs
Date range: 1921-1959
Creator: Drexel, Alice Gordon Troth
Abstract: Photographs of Drexel homes in Paris, France and Newport, Rhode Island. Notable French firm Studio Waléry photographed the interiors of the Alice Troth Drexel and John Drexel Sr. apartment at 34 rue François-Ier, Paris, France, to which Mrs. Drexel added room descriptions. Collection also includes photographs taken by Richard Nelson depicting Rock Cliff in Newport, mostly in panoramic format.
Language of materials: English.
Repository: The Preservation Society of Newport County
Collection number: PSNCA.H.027