Letter from Gertrude Legendre to her husband, Sidney Legendre, regarding her social outings with generals and a planned trip with friends to Medway Plantation.
Letter from Gertrude Legendre to her husband, Sidney Legendre, regarding family news, her job in Washington and her upcoming trip to Medway Plantation to hunt ducks.
Photographs of time spent at Medway Plantation, Sea Island (Ga. ), Cypress Gardens (S. C. ), the Hutton family's Laurel Spring Plantation (S. C. ). Also includes Sidney's departure to Washington D. C. for World War II, a visit from British commander Sir John Dill, and visits from Charlie and Katherine Biddle, Armant Legendre, Morris Legendre, designer Marion Hall, and Charleston lawyer Ben Scott Whaley. Also includes family photographs taken by Toni Frissell and a Toni Frissell photo shoot for Harper's Bazaar magazine staged at Medway (models include Ruth Ackerman, Sandra Payson, Mary Fenwick, Bokara, and Landine.
Includes photos of Medway "before buying," family members spending time with newlywed Gertrude and Sidney at Medway including Katherine and Charlie Biddle, Jane Pansa, John and Laddie Sanford, Morris Legendre and wife Nancy Newbold, and Landine Legendre. Also includes photos of a quail shoot at Boone Hall Plantation, Charleston (S.C.).
A memorandum listing the real estate statistics for a Game Preserve, Parnassas, and Medway Plantation. [End page 1] An aerial photograph of Medway Plantation taken for real estate purposes. [End page 2] Real estate photographs of the Medway Plantation house and the ancient oak trees on the property. [End page 3] Real estate photographs of the Medway Plantation house. [End page 4]
