{"id":38589,"date":"2022-08-25T07:12:48","date_gmt":"2022-08-25T11:12:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=38589"},"modified":"2022-08-25T07:12:48","modified_gmt":"2022-08-25T11:12:48","slug":"the-dorothy-haon-letters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2022\/08\/25\/the-dorothy-haon-letters\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dorothy Haon Letters"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I was running errands in my neighborhood, when I came across old letters scattered on the rain soaked steps of a Church. The envelopes were yellowed with age and one had a three cent stamp affixed to it. My curiosity got the better of me – I scooped them up, brought them home, and sandwiched them between paper towels to dry. <\/p>\n

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The letters belonged to sisters Dorothy, Marion, and Ruth Haon. An internet search revealed that the Haon sisters were persons of considerable note. They were well off, and for a time, they lived together at 300 Park Avenue in New York. Other pieces of mail showed that there were trips to Paris on the Cunard White Star R.M.S. Caronia – which featured the post war luxury of an outdoor swimming pool and bathroom\/shower facilities in every cabin.<\/p>\n

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As it turns out, Dorothy Haon was a graduate of The New York School of Fine and Applied Art (which eventually became Parsons The New School of Design) in 1923 – 24. She went on to become a fashion designer and had a career in merchandising, sometimes working with her sister Marion. Among the letters were delicate pencil drawings of dresses, accented with colored pencils on tracing paper.<\/p>\n

I’m not sure why these pieces of correspondence and sketches were discarded in the rain, but I’m glad that I didn’t ignore them. There’s a lot of food for thought.\u00a0Once I have time to go over the letters, I will post again with more information.<\/p>\n

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