Frederick Ogden Beach-“bosom friends” with Willie K’s father
As a follow-up to last week's Mystery Foto, I recalled the above photo of F.O. Beach (circled).
Frederick Ogden (F.O.) Beach was a guest in 1888 on a paddle steamer Price Abbas chartered by his good friend William K. Vanderbilt for an exciting Nile River cruise.
In this photo 10-year old Willie K can be seen just above F.O.
The entire Vanderbilt family was on the cruise including Willie K's mother Alva Vanderbilt posing on the far right. She may have caught the eye of your future husband O.H.P. Belmont on the far left.
Enjoy,
Howard Kroplick
New York Times, April 9, 1912: Frederick O. Beach, clubman and man of wealth, was married on November 29, 1999....William K. Vanderbilt, Mr. Beach's bosom friend, acted as best man.
From left to right, (first row) Oliver Hazard Perry (O.H.P.) Belmont, Frederick Ogden (F.O.) Beach, and Alva Vanderbilt; (second row) William K. Vanderbilt (Willie K’s father), Consuelo Vanderbilt (Willie K’s 11-year old daughter), 10-year-old William K. Vanderbilt, Jr. and Dr. Francis Johnson; (third row) Miss Kulp, Captain Henry Morrison, an unnamed servant and Winfield Scott Hoyt (another William K. Vanderbilt’s friend.
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