Monday, September 7, 2020

1958 United States Supreme Court Justices & their wives




Standing, left to right:  William J. Brennan, Jr., Tom C. Clark, John M. Harlan, Charles E. Whittaker.  Seated: William O. Douglas, Hugo L. Black, Earl Warren, Felix Frankfurter, and Harold Burton






The Justices' wives. Standing, left to right:  Mrs. Brennan, Mrs. Clark, Mrs. Harlan, Mrs. Whittaker.  Seated:  Mrs. Douglas, Mrs. Black, Mrs. Warren, Mrs. Burton.  Empty chair is for Mrs. Frankfurter (shown below)



Mrs. Frankfurter was ill an unable to pose for the picture.


This was a "first" of its kind photo shoot arranged by Good Housekeeping magazine and they gave permission for a number of newspapers to publish as well. The ladies with "no fuss" and "graciousness" agreed to assemble in the Supreme Court for the photo session. Among themselves, they decided to wear formal gowns.

This was published in the April 1958 edition of Good Housekeeping magazine.