Elisabeth Marbury
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Elisabeth Marbury was a pioneering American theatrical and literary agent and producer who helped shape business methods of the modern commercial theater, and encouraged women to enter that industry.
Bessie Marbury and Elsie de Wolfe, from My Crystal Ball (published 1923)
Irving House, New York City, NY
William Bruce Ellis Ranken (1881-1941)/LOC cph.3c13318. Photograph of painting by William Rankin of Elisabeth Marbury in her summer home
Anne Harriman Vanderbilt
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Anne Harriman Sands Rutherfurd Vanderbilt was an American heiress of the wealthy Harriman family. She was known for her marriages to prominent men and her role in the development of the Sutton Place n
Harriman, circa 1915
The William K. Vanderbilt House on Fifth Avenue, New York City. Although originally the house of W.K. Vanderbilt, Alva Erskine Smith maintained ownership of the Petit Chateau after she divorced W.K. Vanderbilt in 1895. She would also keep the Marble House in Newport, and custody of the couples 3 children. Anne Harriman Vanderbilt never resided in 660 5th Avenue.
1 Sutton Place North
First Colony Club House, New York City