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| Title | Guendolen and Theodor Plestcheeff at "Gay Nineties" party at Carkeek mansion, February 1934 |
| Photographer | Unknown |
| Date | 1934 |
| Caption | Guendolen Carkeek Plestcheeff (1892-1994) was born in Seattle in 1892 at the First Hill mansion home of her parents, British-born Seattle pioneers Morgan and Emily Carkeek. She married refugee Russian aristocrat Theodor Plestcheeff in 1929, and the couple lived at the Boren Street mansion after her father's death in 1931. In 1934, with the neighborhood no longer as fashionable as it once was, Guendolen decided to sell her parents' home. The Plestcheeffs threw a costume dinner to commemorate the event, the last party given in the mansion before the building was torn down. Guendolen Plestcheeff decorated the rooms in 1890s style and played music of that period, while the women wore petticoats and frilly trains, and the men, fake handlebar moustaches and top hats.
The dress worn by Guendolen Carkeek Plestcheeff, pictured here, was a gown of yellow satin worn by her mother in 1880. |
| Notes | Written on verso: Mr. & Mrs. T. Plestcheeff. 1934 |
| Subjects | Costumes |
| Personal Names | Plestcheeff, Guendolen Carkeek, 1892-1994
Plestcheeff, Theodor, 1886-1967 |
| Places | United States—Washington (State)—Seattle |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1995.71.201 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or to inquire about permissions contact photos@mohai.org or phone us at 206-324-1126. Please refer to the Image Number and provide a brief description of the photograph. |
| Credit Line | Guendolen Carkeek Plestcheeff photographs and other material, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI). |
| Repository Collection | Guendolen Carkeek Plestcheeff photographs and other material |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 photographic print: b&w; 8 x 10 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original photograph as 4350 pixel TIFF image in 24-bit RGB color, resized to 700 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop CS2. |
