Katharine Longstreth Sayen, Saturday Club Founder

2009.056.001

 

Other copies of this image:

2011.SWT.152




Object ID#    2009.056.001                

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Description    
Black and white newspaper picture of Katharine Burling Longstreth Sayen or Mrs. William Henry Sayen. A close-up of her face and upper torso, one can distinguish a double strand of pearls.

Notes    
Captioned below the photo: “Katharine Burling Longstreth Sayen (Mrs. William Henry / Sayen) founder of the Saturday Club, who invited several of her / friends to tea one day in the winter of 1886 to discuss the forming / of a club. Her brainchild is still going strong and has become one / of the largest --0 and best -known in the United States.” Handwritten on the rear: “Genealogy: Sayen.”