A letter from William Ball in Edinburgh, Scotland to his brother John Ball Jr. at Comingtee Plantation discussing hunting with his brothers, the Christmas holiday, and Scottish religion.
Three photographs on page. Top: Man stands by tree on the grounds of a plantation, likely in Georgetown; plantation structures or dwellings in background. Bottom left: Boy after hunting, holding his rifle in one hand and a dead bird in the other; plantation structures or dwellings in background. Bottom right: Boy seated on a mule in front a plantation dwelling.
This album is comprised of portraits and photographs of Gertrude Sanford and members of her family, including her grandmother, Gertrude Ellen du Puy, her father, John Sanford, and her siblings, Stephen and Sarah Jane Sanford.
This album is comprised of photographs from the Sanford-Legendre Abyssinia Expedition, including photographs of Gertrude Sanford, Sidney and Morris Legendre, and T. Donald Carter of the American Museum of Natural History hunting and camping.
This album is comprised of photographs of Gertrude and Stephen Sanford hunting wild game in East Africa, including elephants, zebras, and water buffalo.
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.).
This album is comprised of photographs from the Legendre Indochina Expedition, including photos of Gertrude and Sidney Legendre and T. Donald Carter of the American Museum of Natural History. Photos show expedition members hunting and traveling in Vietnam and the ruins at Angkor.
This album is comprised of photographs from the Legendre Indochina Expedition, including photos of Gertrude and Sidney Legendre and T. Donald Carter of the American Museum of Natural History. Photos show expedition members hunting and camping in Laos and Vietnam.
This album consists of photographs, newspaper clippings, and other documents related to the Legendre South West Africa Expedition for the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.
This album consists of photographs, travel permits, newspaper clippings, and other documents related to the Legendre Iran Expedition for the American Museum of Natural History. Photos show Gertrude and Sidney Legendre camping and hunting with George Goodwin from the Museum.
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.
This album is comprised of photographs, letters, newspaper clippings, and other documents from an expedition to French Equatorial Africa, in which Getrude Legendre participated. The expedition was sponsored by the American Museum of Natural History and the National Geographic Society, and collected plant and animal specimens, photographs of wildlife and people, and recordings of native dialects and music.
