A COLLECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE YACHTS WINCHESTER III AND WINCHESTER IV, A COLLECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE YACHTS WINCHESTER III AND WINCHESTER IV

A COLLECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE YACHTS WINCHESTER III AND WINCHESTER IV

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A COLLECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE YACHTS WINCHESTER III AND WINCHESTER IV
ALONG WITH A GROUP OF CHINA FROM THE WINCHESTER. THE DISHES ARE WHITE WITH BLUE AND GOLD TRIM AND BEAR THE NAME WINCHESTER, BY JOHN MADDOCK AND SONS, LTD., ENGLAND, AND INCLUDE: TWO BOWLS, TWO DEMITASSE CUPS, ONE SAUCER, ONE SALAD PLATE AND ONE LUNCH PLATE. THE PHOTOGRAPHS INCLUDE A PORTRAIT, AN EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR VIEWS OF THE SHIP. ALONG WITH A COUPLE OF CONSTRUCTION PHOTOGRAPHS AND SOME NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS. THE PHOTOGRAPHS ARE BY N.C. STEBBINS AND EDWIN LEVICK.

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MRS GEORGE J. PATTERSON (THE DAUGTHER OF PETER WINCHESTER ROUSS)
BY DECENT THRU THE FAMILY

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THESE PHOTOGRAPHS ARE OF THE WINCHESTER III AND IV WHICH BELONG TO PETER WINCHESTER ROUSS WHO WAS A MEMBER OF THE NEW YORK YACHT CLUB, COLUMBIA YACHT CLUB AND SEAWANHANKA CLUB. MR. ROUSS WAS REVERED AS ONE OF THE FINEST YACHTSMAN AND WITH THE REPUTATION AS GOTHAM'S PREMIERE LAVISH ENTERTAINER, ROYAL HOST AND CONSUMMATE BUSINESSMAN. HIS FATHER, THE FLAMBOYANT CHARLES BROADWAY ROUSS, SERVED WITH STONEWALL JACKSON DURING THE CIVAL WAR AND PENILESS WALKED TO NEW YORK CITY AND FOUNDED WHAT BECAME ONE OF THE DOMINATE MERCANTILE FIRMS IN THE U.S., A CONCERN WHICH PETER WINCHESTER ROUSS HEADED UNTIL RETIRMENT IN 1929.

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