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March 4, 2009

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The New York Athletic Club celebrated "Ladies' Day" at its summer clubhouse on Travers Island annually in the late 19th century. I previously have written of this grand, annual event. See Thursday, April 28, 2005: Ladies' Day on Travers Island in the 19th Century.


Below is the text of an article that described Ladies' Day held on Travers Island on July 18, 1894.

Post Card View of NYAC Clubhouse Opened in 1889, Later Destroyed by Fire.

"'LADIES' DAY' AT TRAVERS ISLAND.

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ENJOYABLE OPEN-AIR CONCERT OF THE NEW-YORK ATHLETIC CLUB.

The first open-air concert of the season on the grounds of the New-York Athletic Club, at Travers Island, near Pelham Manor, Westchester County, was given last evening, and, combined with 'Ladies' Day,' served to attract a large number of the members and their wives, sisters, cousins and sweethearts. Most of the guests went up from town in the late afternoon trains, and arriving at Pelham Manor station, were met by large stages, in which they were conveyed to the pretty clubhouse, where they were received by the members of the Entertainment Committee, Charles L. Burnham, Bartow S. Weeks, James Whitely, Frederick Vilmar, T. E. Deeley, R. C. Fisher, F. W. Lawton, Frank Burke, W. H. Harrison, Dr. F. W. Curran, B. C. Williams, George D. Phillips, A. H. Wheeler, I. Bell Brennan, H. E. Zittel, C. J. Kintner, J. T. Fisher, Dr. H. Eugene Smith and J. H. Haslin. The plazzas of the clubhouse were prettily decorated with bunting and flags, and after dinner, which most of the guests enjoyed out of doors, the huge Japanese lanterns were illuminated. The bandstand, erected on the lawn facing the bay side of the house, was also gayly decorated with flags and surmounted by a large dome-shaped arrangement formed of electric lights. Here the 7th Regiment Band and the Metropolitan Quartet furnished music. Some of those who enjoyed the concerts were Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Stewart, Mr. and Mrs. James Whiteley, Miss Whiteley, Mrs. E. P. Greene, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Harrison, Miss Baker, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Kendall, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Remington, Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Kemble, Dr. and Mrs. G. W. Chandler, Miss Crocker, Mr. and Mrs. M. V. Vaughan, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Blaisdell, Mr. and Mrs. Bartow S. Weeks, Miss Martin, Mr. and Mrs. George D. Phillips, George W. Scott, J. Wilson, Robert Lee Mordecai, Eugene Lentilhon, W. C. Downs, E. C. Carter, A. W. S. Cochrane, Dr. Richards and Miss Davenport. The guests returned to New-York before midnight."

Source: "Ladies' Day" at Travers Island, New-York Tribune, Jul. 19, 1894, p. 7, col. 2.

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