Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
PS1342_03 |
Collection |
Small Photograph Collection |
Title |
Tea at Pickering House |
Date |
May 1951 |
Year Range from |
1951 |
Year Range to |
1951 |
Description |
Guests of the President's Tea with hostess Margaret Shrigley Sweetser, seated and serving tea, in the William Pickering House, Greenland, NH. The tea was given in honor of all the presidents of the Women's Clubs in the Portsmouth District, which included about 21 women's clubs. About twenty clubwoman from greater Portsmouth and the New Hampshire Federation of Women's Clubs attended the event. Sweetser was district chairwoman and owner of the Pickering house. "Mrs. Sweetser pours tea for her guests while the ladies discuss the coming Annual Conference to be held this month at Hotel Farragut. (Left to right): Mrs. George E. Wright, Exeter; Mrs. [Margaret] Arnold; Mrs. Chester Wellington of Hampton Falls; Mrs. [Hazel] Ramsay." One of seven images photographed for the article "Tea at Pickering House" in the June 1951-issue of Shoreliner magazine. Caption comes from the magazine. The two women standing at far right were cropped from the photo in the magazine. The woman at edge of image was Gladys E. Sewall. The other woman holding her tea cup is unidentified. A full guest list can be found in the magazine article. |
Photographer |
Armsden, Douglas |
Object Name |
Negative, Roll Film |
Search Terms |
Greenland (N.H.) Route 151 / Post Road (Greenland, NH) Pickering, William House (Greenland, NH) New Hampshire Federation of Women's Clubs Women's Clubs of Greater Portsmouth Shoreliner, The (publication) |
Subjects |
Greenland (N.H.) Clubs Clubwomen Associations, Institutions, etc. Women's organizations Tea Tea parties Women Celebrations Hats Unidentified Negatives |
People |
Flanigan, Margaret Meader Sweetser, 1904-1986 Sweetser family Arnold family Arnold, Margaret Burman (Long), 1912-2004 Ramsay family Ramsay, Hazel Marsh, 1896-1993 Wright family Wellington family Wellington, Audrey Merrick, 1913-2009 Wright, Alice Muchmore, 1903-1989 Sewall family Sewall, Gladys Moulton, 1888-1966 |
Related Publications |
Shoreliner magazine, June 1951, p. 33-36. |