1920s
Best friends Lady Elizabeth Watson (later Luker) , left, and Clare Phillips (later Dowell) graduated from Newport High School in 1928. Lady then spent a year at Miss Madeira’s School in Washington, DC, in preparation for college at Wellesley. Clare attended...
1910's, Photo Search
Described only as “Minnie,” this beautifully dressed woman was Lady Elizabeth Watson’s nursemaid. All wealthy white Newport families hired African American nurses for their small children, and they liked to think they treated their maids as a part...
1910's, Photo Search
In May 1914, Cap and Ella Wilmans hosted a house party at their plantation in Louisiana. Among the attendees are Newport residents Mr. and Mrs. Wilmans, Charles Wilmans, Ed Wilmans, Mart Lewis (butler), Elzia (cook), Lula and Charlie (maids), Mrs. George Farrat, Mrs....
1900s, Photo Search
An afternoon card party at the home of O.D. Watson offered a pleasant outing for a few Newport ladies. Pictured here are, from left to right, Mrs. Gus Jones, Kate Watson Bennett, Mrs. Bob Harder, Nettie Bond, Sweet Minor, two unidentified ladies, Bessie Watson, O.D....
1900s, Photo Search
Mrs. O.D. Watson and Mrs. Charles Wilmans sponsored this Tom Thumb wedding as a benefit for the United Daughters of the Confederacy. The performance was in the Newport Opera House. This photograph was taken in front of the Brandenburg house on the southwest corner...
