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Series V. Photographs

 Series

Scope and Contents

Photographs of Caroline Werner Gannett with Frank E. Gannett, family members, friends, business associates, and others include early photographs of the Gannett, Werner, Boller, and Brooks families; family photos of CWG's parents, Judge William C. Werner (ca. 1912) and Lillie B. Werner, and of Caroline Werner as a child; photos of Douglas C. Townson (CWG's brother-in-law, 1918); childhood photographs of Sally and Dixon Gannett; and later photos of Sally Gannett McAdams. There are a number of photographs of CWG from the 1930s to approximately 1966, and several with her husband in 1945, 1948, and 1953. Also, Count Felix von Luckner, a family friend; Thomas E. Dewey; Richard Nixon; Mary Pickford Rogers; Charles Kettering; and Winston Churchill. Included are several photos of the New York State Board of Regents; the Mees Observatory; the awarding of honorary degrees to CWG and FEG from Keuka College (1947) and from Syracuse University (1953) and to CWG from Ithaca College (1959); and photographs of portraits of Caroline Gannett.

Dates

  • 1888-1978.

Creator

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Extent

8.5 cubic feet. (8.5 cubic feet.)

Repository Details

Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository

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