Original 6.5 x 8.5 silver gelatin Underwood and Underwood photo of Astor leaving church on Easter Sunday in White Sulphur Springs, on the second anniversary of the Titanic disaster, with her sister and fiancee behind her. Reverse is stamped Underwood and Underwood and has a press caption taped at the top, dated April 14, 1914. Caption reads, in part: “Mrs. John Jacob Astor, the young widow of the late Col. Astor leaving the chapel of the church on the grounds of the Greenbrier Hotel…Mrs. Astor has recently come out of mourning she still wears the sombre hued garments while attending church.” Lightly trimmed top edge, silvering to darker areas of image, a few surface marks, and a ding to right side, otherwise fine condition. RR Auction COA.
