After Margaret Bard's death in 1875, John Bard married Annie Belcher a year later. In this photograph, Annie holds their daughter Marjorie who is 10 months old.
After Margaret Bard's death in 1875, John Bard married Annie Belcher a year later. In this photograph, Annie holds their daughter Marjorie who is 3 months old.
As described in William Matthews' scrapbook: "Greybarns, once the winter quarters of forty head of cattle--now a summer vacation place to fifty girls. They cook and eat down in the basement. They sleep where hay once [was stored].
William Matthews' describes this photograph in his scrapbook: "Here are 109 of the 1036 individuals who were welcomed at summer camps and Bungalow Hill over a three month period. Ten minutes before this picture was taken, these girls were romping...
William Henry Matthews plays the trumpet, center, while "Bronco" Charlie Miller listens, at left. Bungalow Hill. William Matthews' scrapbook notes: "Bronco Charley Miller's "saga of the saddle" began in the 1860s when he began riding the Pony...
Dressed in obvious finery, these women are enjoying a meal on the lawn, perhaps for the annual picnic William Matthews describes as "an all important event of the year."
Young wives pose for a photo in front of one of the bungalows. One woman holds a bouquet of fresh peonies. William Matthews' scrapbook provides further description: "18 summer bungalows have been built on the property--completely furnished, these...
Rosalie Bard, 18, stands for a formal portrait. She was the fourth child of John and Margaret Bard, and was only seven years old when her mother died. She married Charles Moran in 1891.
Verso identifies Ellenor Matthews with her children Donna and Hank in the foreground, and Woody Klose on the lifeguard stand. "In the year 1939 a cement swimming pool took the place of the meadow pond where water supply was never sure. From early...
A photo of a formal gathering to celebrate the 12th Anniversary of the opening of Ward Manor. Listed as in the picture are K. Mackenzie, Mary Bell Scott, Mrs. Ethel Shaw, Eleanor Roosevelt, Helen Moore Matthews, and Al Brainard
This view of Blithewood from the southeast depicts the expanse of the building. After acquiring the property from Christian Zabriskie in 1951, Bard renamed the house 'Zabriskie Hall,' and used it primarily as a conference center until it was...
