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| **Elizabeth Kling Trace** (12 November 1914 - 2 October 2006). Known to friends and colleagues as Betsy. | **Elizabeth Kling Trace** (12 November 1914 - 2 October 2006). Known to friends and colleagues as Betsy. |
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| A graduate of Hunter College who entered the antiquarian book trade after her [[blob:null/4133b87d-8902-4c9d-9882-d448340ea2d2|marriage on 15 November 1939]] to [[Timothy Trace]]. At her death, she was the owner of [[Timothy Trace, Booksellers]]. | A graduate of Hunter College, Trace entered the antiquarian book trade after her [[https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=9279&h=11601219&tid=&pid=&queryId=e4c9ac941262407f7cd86380031d1bd8&usePUB=true&_phsrc=OAm454&_phstart=successSource|marriage]] on 15 November 1939 to [[Timothy Trace]]. At her death, she was the owner of [[Timothy Trace, Booksellers]]. |
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| The [[https://dev.abaa.org/images/newsletter_pdf/winter07newsletter.pdf|brief remembrance]] of Betsy Trace from colleague [[Judy Cohen]] in the //A.B.A.A. Newsletter// (Vol. 18, no. 1), Winter 2007 (page 1) notes the firm had been a member of the [[http://www.abaa.org|A.B.A.A.]] since 1950 and had exhibited at the [[Winter Antiques Show]] in New York since 1957, until shortly before Trace's death. | The [[https://dev.abaa.org/images/newsletter_pdf/winter07newsletter.pdf|brief remembrance]] of Betsy Trace from colleague [[Judy Cohen]] in the //A.B.A.A. Newsletter// (Vol. 18, no. 1), Winter 2007 (page 1) notes the firm had been a member of the [[http://www.abaa.org|A.B.A.A.]] since 1950 and had exhibited at the [[Winter Antiques Show]] in New York since 1957, until shortly before Trace's death. |
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| According to an [[https://www.antiquesandthearts.com/elizabeth-trace-91-antiquarian-book-dealer-and-winter-show-exhibitor/|obituary]] published by //[[https://www.antiquesandthearts.com/Antiques and the Arts Weekly]]//, in 1947 "the Traces moved to Red Mill Road in Cortlandt Manor (otherwise Peekskill) in northern Westchester County," where the shop operated out of the home for 59 years. | According to an [[https://www.antiquesandthearts.com/elizabeth-trace-91-antiquarian-book-dealer-and-winter-show-exhibitor/|obituary]] published by //[[https://www.antiquesandthearts.com/|Antiques and the Arts Weekly]]//, in 1947 "the Traces moved to Red Mill Road in Cortlandt Manor [otherwise Peekskill] in northern Westchester County," where the shop operated out of the home for 59 years. The business is reported to have specialized in decorative arts, architectural history, and design. |
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| | Cohen recalls in her remembrance of Trace in the //A.B.A.A. Newsletter// her colleague's expertise in books and generosity with her knowledge. Cohen also recalls a visit she and Trace took to Baltimore to look at a collection of books that turned out to have nothing suitable for purchase; Cohen writes, “But when all was said and done, Betsy made a remark that will remain with me always, ‘Well, at least we had a good lunch.’ She used that line often. We always made sure we had a good lunch, anywhere, although I canʼt tell you how many times we had to stop at Friendlyʼs so Betsy could have her favorite, The Fribble.” |
