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Gift of the Rosalie Thorne McKenna Foundation, 2011.344.49  © 2012 The Connecticut Historical S ...
Dining Room at Okeetee Club
Gift of the Rosalie Thorne McKenna Foundation, 2011.344.49 © 2012 The Connecticut Historical Society.

Dining Room at Okeetee Club

Photographer (American, 1843 - 1926)
Dateabout 1900
MediumPhotography; gelatin emulsion on glass
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 4 11/16 x 7in. (11.9 x 17.8cm) Plate (height x width): 5 x 7in. (12.7 x 17.8cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of the Rosalie Thorne McKenna Foundation
Object number2011.344.49
DescriptionDining room at Okeetee Club with man standing behind set table. The room is wallpapered and decorated with plants and two framed paintings. A calendar is visible but illegible.
NotesSubject Note: The man in the image is Mr. Walker, the first steward of the Okeetee Club.

Okeetee Club, incorporated in 1894 and possibly designed by the New York, N.Y. architectural firm McKim, Mead & White, was founded as a hunting club in Ridgeland, South Carolina. Jonathan Thorne, Jr., Harriet V.S. Thorne's husband, was a co-founder and is listed as having been present during the years of 1895-1897, 1899-1907, 1909 and 1914. It is unclear whether Harriet was in attendance with her husband.

From Rollie Thorne McKenna's correspondence with Leland M. Roth, Assistant Professor of Art History, University of Oregon and Gay Attaway, 1979.
Status
Not on view