Thornton Wilder (130 page)

Isabel, Thornton, Isabella, and Janet in Surrey, England, celebrating the international success of
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
, 1928.
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Isabel Wilder, 1933.
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Charlotte Elizabeth Wilder, 1930s.
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Janet Frances Wilder, Mount Holyoke graduation, 1933.
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Amos Niven Wilder, 1930s.
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Thornton and Isabel, 1933.
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The house at 50 Deepwood Drive, Hamden, Connecticut, built by Thornton for his family. The Wilders called this “the house
The Bridge
built,” because Thornton's royalties from the novel paid for the design and construction.
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A page from the first manuscript draft of
Our Town
, 1937.
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Thornton standing beside his Chrysler convertible with a rumble seat, his 1939 Christmas gift from producer Sol Lesser for his help with the film adaptation of
Our Town.
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Thornton Wilder with Ellen Weston and Robert Hock in
Our Town
, Williamstown Theatre, Williamstown, Massachusetts, 1959. This was Wilder's final theatrical performance as the Stage Manager.
(Photograph by William Tague. Courtesy of the Williamstown Theatre Festival.)

Lieutenant Colonel Wilder serving as an intelligence officer in the U.S. Army Air Forces, World War II, 1945.
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The novelist, playwright, lecturer, and global citizen in midcareer, undated photograph.
(Photograph by LeTrelle. Courtesy of the Wilder Family LLC and YCAL.)