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Image CreditsO.A. Brower, Nessie Hyde, Sam Hoopes and Polly Hoopes having a tea party, ca. 1906, Gelatin silver print, 6 1/8 x 8 1/4 in., The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, New York, Gift to The Pruyn Family Collection, 1997.20.17.
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Image CreditsAlice Ruggles (American, 1880 – 1969), Portrait of Samuel and Polly Hoopes, 1910, Oil on canvas, 60 × 42 in., The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, New York, Gift of Thomas A. Lapham to the Pruyn Family Collection, 2005.1. Photograph by Michael Fredericks.
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Image CreditsEdmund Tarbell, American (1862-1938), “Portrait of Mary Van Ness Hyde”, 1909, oil on canvas, 49 3/4 x 39 1/2 in. The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, New York, Gift of anonymous donor, 2015.7.1. Photography by Michael Fredericks.
Growing Up In Hyde House
The only child to grow up in Hyde House was Mary Van Ness Hyde, known as Nessie, the daughter of Charlotte and Louis Hyde. Nessie was born in 1903, so she was already nine years old when the family moved into their newly-completed home in Glens Falls in 1912. Nessie’s bedroom was located on the third floor of Hyde House, with a bathroom and enclosed porch, along with a room for her governess. She lived at the house until she was in her late twenties; in 1936 Nessie married Raymond Whitney, a farmer from Vermont, and moved to Connecticut.
Charlotte’s younger sister Mary had two children with her husband Maurice Hoopes: a son Samuel, born the same year as Nessie Hyde, and a daughter Mary, known as Polly, born in 1905. Sam and Polly grew up in Hoopes House, located to the west of Hyde House. This exhibition explores the childhoods of Nessie, Sam, and Polly, through both works of art and the cousins’ everyday objects, such as clothes, toys, and books.
Sponsors
Growing Up In Hyde House
Campus Location
Whitney-Renz Gallery
On View
Oct 5, 2024 - Jan 5, 2025
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