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Silhouette in diamonds, the life of Mrs. Potter Palmer.
LIBRA CT275.P319 R6
Available from offsite location
LIBRA - Athenaeum of Philadelphia Circulating CT275.P319 R6
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ross, Ishbel, 1897-1975.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pamer, Bertha (Honoré), 1849-1918.
- Pamer, Bertha (Honoré).
- Palmer, Bertha Honoré, 1849-1918.
- Palmer, Bertha Honoré.
- Socialites--United States--Biography.
- Socialites.
- Upper class women--Illinois--Chicago--Biography.
- Upper class women.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 276 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- [First edition].
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Harper, [1960]
- Summary:
- Ross goes beyond the legends of Bertha's jewels, clothes, and lavish entertaining to bring to light astonishing facts about the woman herself. Married to Potter Palmer, the millionaire real estate operator who built the Palmer House and helped to develop Chicago in its early days, her drive, ambition and skill sped the restoration of the shattered city after the Chicago fire of 1871.
- Contents:
- A city in flames
- Merchant prince
- The innkeeper's wife
- Mrs. Palmer invades Europe
- World's Columbian Exposition
- The nation's hostess
- Conquest of Newport
- Art collector
- The Paris Exposition
- Edwardian England
- Chaliapin sings for Mrs. Palmer
- Back to nature.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Livezey Fund bookplate.
- OCLC:
- 709088
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