Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and white; Size: 4w x 3h; Type of Image: Person, candid; Medium: Photographic print
Type:
Photographic print
Person, candid
Date:
1906
Category:
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Summary:
Laura Barney poses with an umbrella. Laura Barney was the daughter of Alice Pike Barney who is remembered for her efforts to transform Washington, D.C., into the nation's cultural capital. Laura married French lawyer Hippolyte Dreyfuss, was an early proponent of Bahaism, and an active campaigner for women's rights and world peace. She was made a chevalier and then an officer of the French Legion of Honor for her service to France during both World Wars. Laura and her sister Natalie gave Studio House, an arts center created by their mother Alice Pike Barney, to the Smithsonian Institution for use as an arts and cultural center. The building initially housed offices and visiting scholars and guests.
Contained within:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 96-153, Box 1, Folder Section 3.44
