the photo of Cecilia Hall when the Bradley's lived there? What source is it from?
The Preservation Society of Newport County. Back in 1925 a whole series of photos were taken shortly after the debut of the newly completed Seaview Terrace. The PSoNC has copies of them - though from time to time some of the photos show up in various articles on the Newport mansions and even as post cards. Honestly, because of how the house was vandalized during the years it was left empty and unattended and, of course, what some of the Salve students have done to it, I always feel quite sad whenever I come across something showing the house in its glory days.
But I suppose things could be worse - in 1949 Newport could have demolished the house and simply sold the land rather than putting the land
and the house up for sale. But then, they wanted to fork out as little as possible to unload it, so that's probably the only reason the house was spared the wrecking ball...