frances folsom cleveland was a celebrity first lady unlike almost any before her, and the mass production of her image to sell a variety of goods by the american consumer industry in the mid-1880s angered both her and her husband, president grover cleveland. to help us understand the frances cleveland sensation sweeping the country, we begin our story inside 1600 pennsylvania avenue as a curious nation waited for the details of a 49-year-old bachelor president marrying his 21-year-old bride inside the white house for the first and only time in our country s history, launching frances cleveland into instant celebrity. you re standing in the cross hall of the modern white house. it s the same basic layout as it would have been on june 2, 1886, when president grover cleveland and his bride-to-be, frances folsom, came down what was then the large staircase to the family quarters at the west end of this corridor. they would have proceeded down the hallway. the music started
he was thrilled to see him on the cover of the book. brian: why is he such a big deal? jane: he was an original. the general manager of the washington nationals, one of the first guys i interviewed eight years ago, he said he was the original original. he is an archetype. he is the guy who came into baseball and changed everything, from the way it was played to the way players were represented, to the way rchitecture was built everything was different after babe ruth. brian: let s go through some basics. born where? jane: baltimore. brian: to what parents? jane: george and katie. he was the first of their children, she was two months pregnant when they got married. there was a sequence of children born to them afterward. there is some dispute whether they had eight or six, but of the children i could locate in our archives, four died in infancy, and of those, two died of starvation. brian: where did he go to school and how much did he have? jane: he was sent to st. mary s i
this is about 30 minutes. frances cleveland was a celebrity first later unlike any before her. and the mass production of her image to sell a bride of goods by the consumer industry angered her and her husband, president grover cleveland. to help us understand the sensation sweeping the country we begin our story inside 1600 pennsylvania avenue. for the first and only time in our countries history. watching frances cleveland into instant celebrity. this is the modern white house. it is the same basic layout as it would have been on june 2. when president grover cleveland and his bride to be came down what was then about large staircase to the family quarters at the west end of this corridor. they would have proceeded on the hallway, the music started up at the east side behind us here where the united states marine band was assembled. the famous john philip sousa played the wedding march as the happy couple came down the hallway. they would have passed through these doors
in the courtroom, they are fighting to save their careers and lives. the last image i wanted to bring to your attention is a. there was a book fair in chicago 10 years ago. those are wonderful things to go to. for historical research, you can get some great finds. there was, wrapped up in plastic, front page copy of the sinking, july 25. there was a wonderful cartoon that to me, after all the years of research, brings it in chilling fashion to life. the cartoonist s blaming greed for the shipwreck. this is a pretty good representation. this has actually shipped the tipped the ship the wrong way. but, the point is well made. that brings to a close the image portion of the presentation. i would be happy to take some questions. we have some books. some questions? i was in chicago for a few days and took an agricultural tour of the smell river. it is in the middle of chicago. smale river. it is in the middle of chicago. i get on my boat in south michigan. you were very
does not reach a deal. we will take your questions about the labor department s latest regional job summary. it is a report that found upon it that live tomorrow morning at seven eastern. season two of first ladies begins monday, september 9, with the look at the life of edith roosevelt. we are showing encore presentations for season one every weeknight at 9:00 eastern. every first lady. tonight, frances cleveland. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] frances cleveland was a celebrity lady unlike anyone before her. to help us understand the frances cleveland sensation sweeping the country, we begin our story inside 1600 pennsylvania avenue as a curious nation awaited the details of a 49-year-old bachelor president marrying his 21-year-old bride inside the white house for the first and only time in our launchinghistory, frances cleveland into instant celebrity. president grover cleveland e d