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.
Letter from Gertrude Legendre to her husband, Sidney Legendre, regarding her social outings with generals and a planned trip with friends to Medway Plantation.
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.