Elly Ney and Willem van Hoogstraten
- 371N1872
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- 1925 - 1927?
Photograph of Elly Ney standing on the steps of a train car and looking down at Willem van Hoogstraten, who is doffing his hat. Ney is wearing a hat and fur coat, and is holding a small bouquet in one hand. Van Hoogstraten is wearing a hat, overcoat, and gloves. Ney, a pianist, and van Hoogstraten, music director of the Portland Symphony Orchestra (now the Oregon Symphony) were married but divorced in 1927. The name “Ely [sic] Ney” is written on the negative and is visible on the right side of the image.