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A Sunday Afternoon, Songs & Fresh Air, July 1903
At a July 1903 Sunday afternoon rehearsal with a mentor in Manhattan, Edith Vail Ross sang numerous songs for his critical review and assessment. She wrote home in a letter home to her parents in...
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Happy Birthday Paul! Alles Gute zum Geburtstag!
Vienna – Wien, Aspernbrücke, (Bridge) 1875, PD-Art, Wikipedia On September 9, 1875 Paul Josef Martin Eisler was born in Vienna, the second son to Sigmund and Fanni Eisler. Above is a picture of the...
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O’Where, O’Where in the World Might the Photographs Be?
Somewhere in the world are dramatic photographs of a costumed Edith Vail Ross from the summer of 1903. From her descriptions to her parents it seems that at least 5 maybe 6 dramatic and costumed photo...
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Luna Park, Coney Island, 1903 –“…I guess I will”
1906 1908 Envelope postmarked July 29, 1903 from Edith Vail Ross in New York City to her mother in Rutland, Vermont Letter July 29, 1903 “My Dears: No letter from you today which I regret. It has been...
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Rooftop Games &“Three Men in a Boat”
The summer of 1903 saw Edith becoming quite the New Yorker and nothing speaks more loudly to that experience than hi-jinks on a rooftop patio. Edith Vail Ross, Miss Schirmer and fellow boarders Mr....
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Crying in the Rain on the Pending Nuptials of Miss Lamois
image from http://www.vintag.es/2012/03/people-with-umbrella.html On an August evening Edith Vail Ross was out in the city (NYC) and got caught in a “another hard thundershower [that] came up while we...
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Climb into the Crown, Statue of Liberty, 1903
On Tuesday August 4, 1903 Edith Vail Ross had her usual voice lessons in the studio of Mr. Desci and practice time until three o’clock in the afternoon when her friends Miss Clarke and Miss McKay...
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23rd & Madison, NYC, Met Life Insurance
By 1905 the headquarters stretched to 4th Avenue. The Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church nestled against the northern wall and Stanford White’s version of the Venice Campanile at Madison Square Garden...
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Duss At Madison Square Garden, 1903
The photo above is of Madison Square Garden, June 1903, taken from Madison Square Park. Before Madison Square Garden and Penn Station were all jammed together, the Garden had the castle-like...
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Helen Gould’s Art Collection on View at Hotel Martha Washington, 1903
In mid August 1903 Edith Vail Ross wrote home to Rutland, Vermont about another adventure she and Miss Schirmer had in New York City. http://ephemeralnewyork.wordpress.com/tag/hotel-martha-washington/...
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