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
I noticed only the polar bear’s toothy grin.
Yes,I knew that picture looked familiar.
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?
IIRC,the movie, “Ragtime”, was about the Thaw - Nesbitt story — loosely, I expect. Very interesting, in any case.
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.
Holy cow.