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11 de feb. de 2021 · Portraits from a Marriage: Photographing the Fricks. Henry Clay Frick and Adelaide Howard Childs were married one hundred and forty years ago this year, on December 15, 1881. Not surprisingly, there are no images of the wedding itself, since the practice of documenting weddings outside of a photographer’s studio did not become commonplace ...
11 de jul. de 2019 · She enjoyed both riding horses and taking them on carriage drives in the park. Horseback riding even played a role in the Fricks’ courtship, for in 1881 Henry Clay Frick invited young Adelaide Childs for an evening ride. Adelaide Frick driving the Basket Phaeton Carriage with Helen Clay Frick, ca. 1902, Prides Crossing, MA.
14 de feb. de 2019 · Henry Clay Frick and Adelaide Howard Childs, known respectively as Clay and Ada to friends and family, were acquainted by April 1881. They were possibly introduced at a party by Andrew Mellon, Frick’s good friend and a Pittsburgher who would likely have known Adelaide through social events.
They had four children: Childs Frick (born March 12, 1883), Martha Howard Frick (born August 9, 1885), Helen Clay Frick (born September 3, 1888) and Henry Clay Frick, Jr. (born July 8, 1892). In 1882, after the formation of the partnership with Andrew Carnegie, Frick and his wife bought a home they eventually called Clayton , an estate in Pittsburgh's East End.
Brief Life History of Adelaide Howard Childs. DR. ADELAIDE FRICK Services for Dr. Adelaide Frick, 41, a pediatrician on the staff of New York Hospital and a granddaughter of Henry Clay Frick, Pittsburgh steel manufacturer, will be held at 10 A. M. Tuesday at Church of the Holy Innocents, West Orange, N. J. Dr. Frick, who lived at 274 Old Short ...
Childs Frick married Frances Shoemaker Dixon in 1913, and they had four children: Adelaide (1915-1956), Frances (1916-1971), Martha (1917-1996), and Henry Clay II (1919-2007). The family lived at Clayton, an estate located in Roslyn, N.Y., which was a gift to Childs and his wife from Henry Clay Frick. Childs Frick died at Clayton in 1965.
Childs Frick's children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren have served as presidents of The Frick Collection and members of the Board of Trustees since the museum formally opened to the public in December 1935. In May 1882, Frick entered into partnership with the Scottish-born steel manufacturer Andrew Carnegie.
