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Version: 5 (current) | Updated: 12/9/2025, 9:52:17 PM | Created: 12/9/2025, 7:37:17 PM
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Each image is accompanied by OCR‑derived text that reproduces the invitation’s wording, dates, and locations.
@file_pinax -> documents -> @alice_austen_social_invitations_collection:collection {title: "Alice Austen Social Invitations Collection, 1897", creator: [@beverley_robinson, @george_p_ludlam, @albert_c_rupe, @rev_william_wardlaw, @william_francis_russell], institution: @alice_austen_house, created: @date_1897, description: "A collection of social invitations and marriage announcements from 1897, primarily from Staten Island, New York.", subjects: ["Social invitations", "Weddings", "Marriage announcements", "Victorian social life", "Staten Island social events"], places: [@staten_island, @new_brighton, @fort_wadsworth, @clifton, @new_york_city, @newark]}
@alice_austen_house:organization {type: "Museum", location: @staten_island}
@beverley_robinson:person {full_name: "Mrs. Beverley Robinson"}
@george_p_ludlam:person {full_name: "Mr. George P. Ludlam"}
@albert_c_rupe:person {full_name: "Mrs. Albert C. Rupé"}
@rev_william_wardlaw:person {full_name: "The Rev. William Wardlaw"}
@william_francis_russell:person {full_name: "Mr. William Francis Russell"}
@staten_island:place {city: @new_york_city, state: @new_york, country: @united_states}
@new_brighton:place {city: @staten_island, state: @new_york, country: @united_states}
@fort_wadsworth:place {city: @staten_island, state: @new_york, country: @united_states}
@clifton:place {city: @staten_island, state: @new_york, country: @united_states}
@new_york_city:place {state: @new_york, country: @united_states}
@newark:place {state: @new_jersey, country: @united_states}
@christ_church:place {location: @new_brighton, city: @staten_island, state: @new_york, country: @united_states}
@fox_hill_villa:place {location: @fort_wadsworth, city: @staten_island, state: @new_york, country: @united_states}
@grace_church:place {city: @newark, state: @new_jersey, country: @united_states}
@maud_de_lancey:person {full_name: "Maud de Lancey"}
@william_j_gordon:person {full_name: "William J. Gordon"}
@marriage_invitation_beverley_robinson:document {type: "Marriage invitation", source_file: @file_1897_1_6_jan_2002_copy_jpg}
@beverley_robinson -> announced marriage of -> @maud_de_lancey:person {spouse: @william_j_gordon, when: @date_1897_01_06, where: @christ_church}
@clarice_kennedy:person {full_name: "Clarice Kennedy"}
@william_l_de_bost:person {full_name: "William L. De Bost"}
@marriage_invitation_ludlam:document {type: "Marriage announcement", source_file: @file_1897_11_4_nov_1002_copy_jpg}
@george_p_ludlam -> announced marriage of -> @clarice_kennedy:person {spouse: @william_l_de_bost, when: @date_1897_11_04, where: @new_york_city}
@miss_rupe:person {full_name: "Miss Rupé"}
@at_home_event_albert_rupe:document {type: "At‑home social invitation", source_file: @file_1897_11_6_nov_2002_copy_jpg}
@albert_c_rupe -> hosted at home -> @miss_rupe:person {event: "At Home", when: @date_1897_11_06, start_time: "16:00", end_time: "19:00", where: @fox_hill_villa, activity: "Dancing after nine o'clock"}
@regret_notice_albert_rupe:document {type: "Regret notice", source_file: @file_1897_11_6_nov_2003_copy_jpg}
@albert_c_rupe -> issued regret notice {reason: "death of Mrs. L. H. Meyer", when: @date_1897_11_06, affected_event: @at_home_event_albert_rupe}
@l_h_meyer:person {full_name: "Mrs. L. H. Meyer"}
@janet:person {full_name: "Janet"}
@william_cathbertson_evans:person {full_name: "William Cathbertson Evans"}
@marriage_announcement_wardlaw:document {type: "Marriage announcement", source_file: @file_1897_4_21_april_2002_copy_jpg}
@rev_william_wardlaw -> announced marriage of -> @janet:person {spouse: @william_cathbertson_evans, when: @date_1897_04_21, where: @clifton}
@mabel:person {full_name: "Mabel"}
@frederick_william_mercer:person {full_name: "Frederick William Mercer"}
@marriage_announcement_russell:document {type: "Marriage announcement", source_file: @file_1897_4_28_april_1001_copy_jpg}
@william_francis_russell -> announced marriage of -> @mabel:person {spouse: @frederick_william_mercer, when: @date_1897_04_28, where: @grace_church}Mrs. Beverley Robinson requests the honour of your presence at the marriage of her daughter, Maud de Lancey, to Mr. William J. Gordon, on Wednesday afternoon, January the sixth, at four o'clock. 1897 Christ Church, New Brighton, Staten Island.
Mr. and Mrs. George P. Ludlam have the honour of announcing the marriage of their daughter, Clarice Kennedy, to Mr. William L. De Bost, on Thursday, November the fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, at Eight West Sixteenth Street, New York.
Mrs. Albert C. Rupé Miss Rupé At Home on Saturday, November the sixth, 1897 from four until seven o'clock, at the residence of Mrs. L.H. Meyer: Fox Hill Villa, Fort Wadsworth, Staten Island. Dancing after nine o'clock.
Mrs. Albert C. Rupé, Miss Rupé regret that in consequence of the death of Mrs. L. H. Meyer, they will be unable to receive their friends on Saturday, November the sixth.
The Rev. William Wardlaw announces the marriage of his daughter, Janet, to William Cathbertson Evans, on Wednesday, April twenty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven. Clifton, Staten Island.
Mr. and Mrs. William Francis Russell request the honour of your presence at the marriage of their daughter Mabel to Mr. Frederick William Mercer on Wednesday, April the twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, at twelve o'clock noon. Grace Church, Newark.
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