https://www.loc.gov/resource/mss52571.mss52571-02-011_0075_0097/?sp=1
Library of Congress Olmsted Associates Records Files: 100 Westhampton Park Railway Co. Park; Richmond VA 1901-1902, mss 52571 box B14 reel 11
(Note: this link includes pages of correspondence included on Basecamp)
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038615/1909-04-02/ed-1/seq-4/#da…
see 4th coloumn #4a
https://www.newspapers.com/image/77827425/?terms=Westhampton%20Park&match=1
RD 17 Feb 1900, p. 5 - Del. Felix M. Jones offers bill to incorporate Westhampton Park Railway Co.
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85034438/1901-07-11/ed-1/seq-3/#da…
see 4th column NOLLE PROSEQUI ENTERED 2nd paragraph, Mortgage deed for purchase of property to create Westhampton Park on June 29th 1901
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038614/1900-02-17/ed-1/seq-5/#d…
RD 17 Feb 1900 p. 5 - Bill signed to incorporate Westhampton Park Railway Company
https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=RD19010103.1.3&srpos=256&e…-"westhampton+park"-------
RD 3 Jan 1901 p. 3 - "Electric Railway to Green's Ice Pond Which Will Be Made a Resort"
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85034438/1901-01-03/ed-1/seq-6/#d…"Green%27s+pond"&y=0&x=0&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=2
Times 3 Jan 1901 New Road to be Built....Out to Green's Mill Pond
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85034438/1901-07-11/ed-1/seq-3/#d…"westhampton+park"&y=14&x=15&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=3
Times 11 July 1901 - purchase of 403 acres on Westham Creek
https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=T19010718.1.2&srpos=55&e=-…-"westhampton+park"-------
Times 18 July 1901 p. 2 - Jenkins Ordinance
p. 5 - purchase of right of way through farm
https://www.newspapers.com/image/92970549/?terms=Westhampton%20Park&match=1
RD 10 Aug 1901, p. 8 - WPRC purchases tract from PA Lowry
https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=T19010903.1.6&srpos=241&e=…-"westhampton+park"-------
Times 3 Sep 1901 p. 6 - Olmstead drawing plans for park
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78942937/times-24-sep-1901-p-2-westhampton-…
Times 24 Sep 1901 - Westhampton Park Line - dam mentioned
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85034438/1901-10-29/ed-1/seq-6/#d…"westhampton+park"&y=14&x=15&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=8
Times 29 Oct 1901 - Tracks Completed
https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=T19011030.1.3&srpos=7&e=--…-"westhampton+park"-------
Times - 30 October 1901 -- moving golf club from Lakeside to Westhampton
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78941590/rd-26-mar-1902-p-2-tuckahoe-club/
RD 26 Mar 1902 p. 2 - Tuckahoe Club golf course
https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=T19020330.1.22&srpos=17&e=…-"westhampton+park"-------
Times 30 March 1902 p. 22 - Park will open by late May
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78929445/rd-13-apr-1902-p-21ad-for-westhamp…
RD 13 Apr 1902 p. 21 - Westhampton Park Farm ad
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85034438/1902-04-22/ed-1/seq-8/#d…"westhampton+park"&y=14&x=15&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=7
Times 22 April 1902 p. 8-- Fatal Shooting (among workers building park)
https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=RD19020423.1.2&srpos=177&e…-"westhampton+park"-------
RD 23 Apr 1902 p.2 - shooting of road worker by another worker; road near park
https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=T19020424.1.1&srpos=104&e=…-"westhampton+park"-------
Times 24 Apr 1902 p. 1 - Street Railway & Electric Properties Consolidated
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85034438/1902-04-26/ed-1/seq-3/#d…"westhampton+park"&y=0&x=0&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1
Times 26 April 1902 p.3 - consolidation, park will be more nature themed than vaudeville
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85034438/1902-05-04/ed-1/seq-15/#…"westhampton+park"&y=14&x=15&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=2
Times 4 May 1902 p.15 - description of park, note of NO AUDITORIUM
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78934586/rd-12-jun-1902-p-10blue-co-b-milit…
RD 12 Jun 1902 p. 10 - Blues Co. B military expedition
https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=T19020517.1.6&srpos=281&e=…-"westhampton+park"-------
Times 17 May 1902 p. 6 - Flying Bicketts (family of five) to perform, natural amphitheatre, portable stage, cafe with coll piazzas all round, 2 story dancing pavilion
photos and article of Flying Bicketts -
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85034438/1902-05-25/ed-1/seq-22/#…"westhampton+park"&y=14&x=15&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=2
Times 25 May 1902 p. 22 - Young lady describes her visit to park and its natural surroundings, mentions paths cut through woods
https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=RD19020527.1.4&srpos=277&e…-"westhampton+park"-------
RD 27 May 1902 - description of park being built
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85034438/1902-05-25/ed-1/seq-3/#d…"westhampton+park"&y=14&x=15&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=7
Times 27 May 1902 - talks of aerialists and gondolas purchased from Charleston Exposition (note metadata states 5/25/1902, but newspaper is date 5/27/1902.)
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85034438/1902-06-06/ed-1/seq-4/#d…"westhampton+park"&y=14&x=15&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=8
Times 6 June 1902 - Redcay, Duffy & Redcay Aerialist and Iardella's Band performing at park
http://www.performingartsarchive.com/Vaudeville-Acts/Vaudeville-Acts_D/Duff…
http://www.performingartsarchive.com/Ephemera/Trade-Publications/B-F-Keiths…
includes photo of Redcay, Duffy Troupe and description of act
https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=T19020611.1.8&srpos=304&e=…-"westhampton+park"-------
Times 11 June 1902 p. 8 - Big searchlight from top of Park's Eiffel tower on top of kopje concerns residents as far as Bremo
https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=T19020617.1.10&srpos=284&e…-"westhampton+park"-------
Times 17 June 1902 - shower of frogs at Park
https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=RD19020618.1.5&srpos=276&e…-"westhampton+park"-------
RD 18 June 1902 p.5 - manager declares no disorder at park & no liquor sold on Sunday
https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=T19020531.1.2&srpos=53&e=-…-"westhampton+park"-------
Times 31 May 1902 p, 2 - Formal opening of park yesterday
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78940393/times-5-jun-1902-p-6-trolley-party…
Times 5 Jun 1902 p. 6 - Trolley party to Westhampton Park
https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=RD19020608.1.6&srpos=96&e=…-"westhampton+park"-------
RD 8 June 1902 - merry go rounds, gondolas, dancing, restaurant
https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=RD19020615.1.23&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN--------
RD 15 June 1902 - drawings of Eiffel Tower, aerialist, boats, merry go round, etc.
https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=RD19020625.1.7&srpos=24&e=…-"westhampton+park"-------
RD 25 June 1902 - New Owners
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78935949/times-richmond-va-29-jun-1902-p1th…
Times (Richmond VA) 29 Jun 1902 p. 1 - Festival of the Gesangverein (German Club)
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78936769/times-29-jun-1902-p-8palmistry-mad…
Times (Richmond VA) 29 Jun 1902 p. 8 - Palmistry Madame Rozitta ad
https://www.newspapers.com/image/77837955/?terms=Westhampton%20Park&match=1
RD 29 Jun 1902, p. 16 - Iardella's Band
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78942088/rd-29-jun-1902-p-20boat-house-keep…
RD 29 Jun 1902 p. 20 - Boat-house keeper at Westhampton Park
https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=RD19020622.1.19&srpos=137&…-"westhampton+park"-------
RD 22 June 1902 - Slot machine confiscated
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78943669/rd-24-jun-1902-p-10not-at-westhamp…
RD 24 Jun 1902 p. 10 - Not at Westhampton No Gambling Devices Allowed...
more on Iardella's Band in Richmond
https://www.newspapers.com/image/80970323/?terms=iardella%27s%20band&ma…
Times 5 Sep 1902, p. 5 - Iardella's Band Raised the Roof
https://www.newspapers.com/image/146430169/?terms=iardella%27s%20band&m…
TD - 5 Aug 1906, p. 8 - Park Concerts
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78244610/daily-press-newport-news-17-apr-19…Felix Iardella, Clarinet Soloist Dies in Phoebus
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78935185/norfolk-landmark-1-jul-1902-p-1wed…
Norfolk Landmark 1 Jul 1902 p. 1 - Wedding of Westhampton Park Asst. Manager
https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=RD19020702.1.3&srpos=97&e=…-"westhampton+park"-------
RD 2 Jul 1902 - Japanese fireworks, sham battle, dancing, boating, fire flight by aerialist Prof. Deane
https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=RD19020704.1.2&srpos=70&e=…-"westhampton+park"-------
RD 4 July 1902 - Company B camped at Park by lake
https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=T19020705.1.6&srpos=290&e=…-"westhampton+park"-------
Times 5 July 1902 - frank description of 4th of July events at Westhampton and Reservoir Parks
https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=T19020710.1.8&srpos=60&e=-…-"westhampton+park"-------
Times 10 July 1902 - Tuckahoe Club
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78946725/rd-12-jul-1902-p-2concert-by-iarde…
RD 12 Jul 1902 p. 2 - Concert by Iardella This PM at Westhampton Polk Miller's Quartette Will Sing To-Night Between Dances in Pavilion
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85034438/1902-07-12/ed-1/seq-3/#d…"westhampton+park"&y=14&x=15&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=10
Times 12 Jul 1902 - Iardella's Band and Polk Miller Quartet perform at park
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h74UXqijkYY
Recording of Polk Miller Quartet
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85034438/1902-07-15/ed-1/seq-6/#d…"westhampton+park"&y=14&x=15&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=10
Times 15 Jul 1902 - Manager of park will travel and lecture/manage the Polk Miller Quartet at the end of season
http://museumcatalog.virginiahistory.org/final/portal.aspx?lang=en-US
Polk Miller & His Old South Quartette
produced by Ken Flaherty, Jr.; performed by Polk Miller, 1844-1913, Randell Graves and James Stamper, Polk Miller and His Old South Quartette (Tompkins Square Records, 2008), 42 mins
https://richmond.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?context=PC&a…
BOOK CHAPTER
Polk Miller and His Old South Quartette
Tim Brooks
Lost Sounds, 2004-02-13, p.215
Valentine Museum Collection
V.2000.04.01 - .18a-b Polk Miller Collection, 1889 – 1955 1 Box (.75) Polk Miller (1844-1913) was a pharmacist and musician most famous for his “Old South Quartet”. This collection contains items related to his life including four scrapbooks, sheet music, a photograph, a November 1889 copy of “The Amateur Sportsman”, lecture leaflets, advertisements for the Polk Miller Drug Company and miscellaneous articles and correspondence relating to Polk Miller, hunting and dog medicines, for which he was famous. Also included is a letter from Woodrow Wilson dated July 8, 1912 and a letter to “baby” in which Miller mentions Henry Clay Beattie’s deathbed murder confession.
https://blackmusicscholar.com/polk-miller-and-the-old-south-quartette/
Black Music Scholar
https://www.allmusic.com/artist/polk-miller-mn0001683672/biography
Polk Miller Artist Biography - includes music
https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120398673
An Unlikely African-American Music Historian
November 17, 20094:00 PM ET
Heard on All Things Considered
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038614/1902-07-13/ed-1/seq-19/#…"westhampton+park"&y=14&x=15&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=4
RD 13 July 1902 p. 19 - Gypsy Fortune teller & her husband Prof. Cooke at park
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85034438/1902-07-20/ed-1/seq-1/#d…"westhampton+park"&y=0&x=0&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1
Times 20 July 1902 p.1 - Rumor of park closing denied
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78927752/rd-20-jul-1902-p-18rumor-as-to-wes…
RD 20 Jul 1902 p. 18 - Rumor As To Westhampton
https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=T19020724.1.6&srpos=156&e=…-"westhampton+park"-------
Times 24 July 1902 - Cake Walk by Jackson Ward artists - Thilow will provide Rag
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78949752/mathews-journal-mathews-va-6-oct-1…
Mathews Journal Mathews VA 6 Oct 1910 p. 3 Was Musician to the King Death of Thilow (Carl Wilhelm Thilow 1830-1910)
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78928302/rd-24-jul-1902-p-3cake-walk/
RD 24 Jul 1902 p. 3 - Cake Walk To-Night
https://www.newspapers.com/image/77840027/?terms=Westhampton%20Park&match=1
RD 31 Jul 1902, p. 7 - prize waltz
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78943953/rd-1-aug-1902-p-2-won-dancing-priz…
RD 1 Aug 1902 p. 2 - Won Dancing Prizes at Westhampton
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85034438/1902-08-03/ed-1/seq-23/#…"forest+Hill+park"&y=13&x=15&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=13
Times 3 Aug 1902 - Westhampton Park losing money as trolley can't make run profitably for 10 cents a passenger -- moving shooting gallery and merry go round to Forest Hill Park
http://museumcatalog.virginiahistory.org/final/portal.aspx?lang=en-US
Carousel horse
https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=RD19020805.1.3&srpos=6&e=-…-"westhampton+park"-------
RD-5 August 1902, p. 3 - Westhampton Park Not for Colored Folk
https://www.newspapers.com/image/80967179/?terms=Westhampton%20Park&match=1
Times 5 August 1902, p. 6 - Flat Denial Made
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85034438/1902-08-19/ed-1/seq-6/#d…"westhampton+park"&y=14&x=15&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=18
Times 19 August 1902 - attractions moved to Forest Hill Park, cafe closed.
https://www.newspapers.com/image/77842371/?terms=Westhampton%20Park&match=1
RD 4 Sep 1902, p. 10 - Dance and Trolley Party
https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=TD19030503.1.2&srpos=184&e…-"westhampton+park"-------
TD 3 May 1903 p.13 - Blues Battalion 110th Anniversary at Park
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78944483/td-10-may-1903-p-15-old-15th-reuni…
TD 10 May 1903 p. 15 - Old Fifteenth Reunion at WP
https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=TD19030526.1.13&srpos=141&…-"westhampton+park"-------
TD 26 May 1903 - Old 15th Reunion picnic at park
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78936301/td-11-may-1904-p-10blues-have-a-fi…
TD 11 May 1904 p. 10 - Blues Have a Fine Time ....at WP
https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=TD19040526.1.3&srpos=78&e=…-"westhampton+park"-------
TD 26 May 1904 - Park reopens
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038615/1904-05-29/ed-1/seq-16/#…"westhampton+park"&y=14&x=15&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=4
TD 29 May 1904 - mentions dancing, rowing, and bowling at park
https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=TD19040619.1.6&srpos=16&e=…-"westhampton+park"-------
TD - 19 June 1904 -- Westhampton Park has splendid dance floor and offers dancing Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays with orchestra
https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=TD19040630.1.4&srpos=26&e=…-"westhampton+park"-------
TD 30 June 1904 p.3 - Light Guard
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78936613/td-3-jul-1904-p-2370th-regiment-co…
TD 3 Jul 1904
p. 23 - Company B Takes Up Quarters at Westhampton Park
https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=TD19040705.1.12&srpos=99&e…-"westhampton+park"-------
TD 5 Jul 1904 - Pickett Reunion
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78939965/td-7-jul-1904-p-6-for-charity-coti…
TD 7 Jul 1904 p. 6 - For Charity cotillion at WP
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78940917/td-14-aug-1904-p-15many-prizes-won…
TD 14 Aug 1904 p. 15 - Many Prizes Won Master Plumbers' Outing at WP
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78942727/td-21-aug-1904-p-5-trolley-party-b…
TD 21 Aug 1904 p. 5 - Trolley Party at WP
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038615/1905-05-16/ed-1/seq-3/#d…"westhampton+park"&y=14&x=15&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=2
TD- 16 May 1905 p. 3 - canvas to be put up on edge of lake to show moving pictures at park.
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78944286/td-17-may-1905-p-10-attraction-at-…
TD 17 May 1905 p. 10 - Attraction at Westhampton free moving picture show
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038615/1905-05-19/ed-1/seq-7/#d…"westhampton+park"&y=14&x=15&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=14
TD 19 May 1905 - moving picture of Richmond Blues at Roosevelt's Inauguration to be shown at park
https://www.loc.gov/item/mp76000047/
TR's Inauguration, 1905 [No.1] film of parade.
https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=TD19050523.1.9&srpos=68&e=…-"westhampton+park"-------
TD 23 May 1905 - moving pictures to be shown
https://www.newspapers.com/image/145519433/?terms=Westhampton%20Park&ma…
TD 25 May 1905, p. 12 - Old Soldiers at Westhampton Park
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038615/1905-05-28/ed-1/seq-10/#…"forest+Hill+park"&y=13&x=15&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=5
TD 28 May 1905 -- adding shooting gallery & hobby horses to Westhampton Park
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038615/1905-06-03/ed-1/seq-3/#d…"forest+Hill+park"&y=13&x=15&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=4
TD 3 June 1905 -- move hobby horses from Forest Hill Park to Westhampton Park
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78929263/td-14-jul-1905-p-7ad-for-colored-m…
TD 14 Jul 1905 p. 7 - Ad for Park Colored Moving Pictures
films were shown at Westhampton Park one week and Forest Hill Park the next. This film was listed in a July 16, 1905 article on Forest Hill Park as being part of the nightly film showing.
https://www.loc.gov/item/mp73003400/
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78942373/td-22-aug-1905-p-6-gala-day-and-pi…
TD 22 Aug 1905 p. 6 - Gala Day YMCA picnic at WP
https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=TD19060426.1.14&srpos=122&…-"westhampton+park"-------
TD 26 Apr 1906 - overhauling park, children's playground, tables and benches, merry go round, steel boats
https://www.newspapers.com/image/146337894/?terms=Westhampton%20Park&ma…
TD 29 Apr 1906, p. 6 - Blues Celebrate
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038615/1906-05-03/ed-1/seq-2/#d…"westhampton+park"&y=14&x=15&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=18
TD 3 May 1906 - Fishing at Westhampton Park allowed in boats not shore
https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=TD19060627.1.12&srpos=23&e…-"westhampton+park"-------
TD 27 June 1906 - discusses donkey rides & dancing in pavilion with music by Corrado's Band
https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=TD19060613.1.6&srpos=164&e…-"westhampton+park"-------
TD 13 June 1906 - Corrado's Italian Band will play afternoons for private picnic parties at park
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78925982/td-16-mar-1907-p-10no-transfers/
TD 6 Mar 1907 p. 10 - No Transfers to Westhampton Line
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038615/1907-08-23/ed-1/seq-10/#…"westhampton+park"&y=14&x=15&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=11
TD 23 August 1907 - Trouble on Line to Westhampton
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78934877/td-27-nov-1907-p-10hunters-defy-of…
TD 27 Nov 1907 p. 10 - Hunters Defy Officer
https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=TD19100616.1.10&srpos=11&e…-"westhampton+park"-------
TD 16 June 1910 - Bond Call for Westhampton Park
https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=TD19101120.1.9&srpos=84&e=…-"westhampton+park"-------
TD 20 Nov 1910 - citizens demand better service of trolley
https://www.newspapers.com/image/172018478/?terms=Westhampton%20Park&ma…
TD 4 Sep 1914, p. 8 - Tuesday, the 9th Day of September, 1914 at 5 o'clock sale of land
https://www.dhr.virginia.gov/VLR_to_transfer/PDFNoms/127-6064_Three_Chopt_R…
National Register of Historic Places Registration Form, mention of Albert Warren selling tracts of land of Cool Springs Farm for Park, page 5
http://ww3.rediscov.com/Olmsted/default.asp?IDCFile=/olmsted/PAGE.IDC
list number of plans for Westhampton Park. Note: some include the Westhampton Park in NY, take care when searching under the name Westhampton
http://centuries.richmond.edu/files/original/cd7d6995f52ae27ef606b371273a08b5.jpg%20
only known photo of Westhampton Park, note casino, terraced steps with seating, buildings
Five drawings are all that are shown. It would be worth while to investigate drawings for the casino, zoo keeper's house, boathouses, etc. as well as the photos mentioned in correspondence between Olmsted and the railway company
https://www.flickr.com/photos/olmsted_archives/albums/72157676416609001arch…
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/service/gdc/scd0001/2012/20120913002tr/20120913002tr.…
"Trolley Rides in Cities and Country" guide to Richmond streetcar lines and parks, with photo of casino and 'Eiffel Tower' [same photo included here and dated 1907: https://rvahub.com/2016/12/30/must-see-rva-boyd-house/]
https://chpn.net/images/RTD_The_Last_Trolley.pdf
You've Missed the Last Trolley Just Waiting for a Street Car? RTD 27 Nov 1949