[AnAmericanMother]

The lead photo is NOT, repeat, NOT a debutante!

That is the actress and pinup girl Evelyn Nesbit, who wound up in a messy love triangle that culminated with Harry Thaw (her husband) shooting architect Stanford White dead at the Roof Garden cabaret in NYC.

"Stanny White died, but my fate was worse. I lived."

- Evelyn Nesbit Thaw

[Tax-chick]

I noticed only the polar bear’s toothy grin.

[Dr. Ursus]

Yes,I knew that picture looked familiar.

[nopardons]

Exactly and I'm so very glad that I decided to read the posts, before I posted the same thing.

Have you read the books about her (THE GIRL IN THE RED VELVET SWING and AMERICAN EVE and PRODIGAL DAYS:THE UNTOLD STORY OF EVELYN NESBIT ) and/or have you seen the movie ( THE GIRL IN THE RED VELVET SWING ), with a very young Joan Collins?

[MayflowerMadam]

IIRC,the movie, “Ragtime”, was about the Thaw - Nesbitt story — loosely, I expect. Very interesting, in any case.

[PlateOfShrimp]

Thanks for the info. When I saw the photo, I thought that it looked like EN as well. Boy, she sure was something in those photos!

Youtube has a film (with sound) of her doing a singing routine in some nightclub in the ‘30’s. She was much older, but still fairly attractive. Seeing her in live motion with sound was fascinating for me.

[trisham]

Holy cow.