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Evelyn Nesbit’s Broken Wings

By: Kimberly 29 August 201623 August 2017

Crime & Intrigue1900s, cocaine, Evelyn Nesbit, Harry Thaw, Madison Square Garden, morphine, New York City, Stanford WhiteLeave a Comment

This is Part III of Evelyn Nesbit’s story. (Read Part I and Part II.) Evelyn Nesbit married Harry Kendall Thaw at age 20, 18 months after she accused him of beating and raping her, while holding her prisoner for weeks in an Austrian castle. At 17, Evelyn underwent an emergency operation for appendicitis. That was the official…

Stanford White, Old Sins, and Madison Square Garden

By: Kimberly 21 February 201615 April 2019

Crime & Intrigue1890s, architect, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Beaux-Arts, Evelyn Nesbit, Gilded Age, goddess Diana, Harry Thaw, insane, Madison Square Garden, Matteawan State Hospital for the Criminally Insane, McKim Meade & White, murder, Stanford White1 Comment

Late on the night of June 25, 1906, architect Stanford White passed suddenly and violently out of life and into legend. He was 52 years old. Stanford White shone in his personal and professional life. He was well-known for his work, his generosity, and his charm. He lived in a decadent home, filled with oil paintings and…

Evelyn Nesbit: The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing

By: Kimberly 21 September 201420 January 2019

Crime & Intrigueabortion, biography, Evelyn Nesbit, Floradora, Gilded Age, glamour, Harry Thaw, John Barrymore, New York City, rape, Stanford White, The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing, vintage fashion5 Comments

This is part 2 of Evelyn Nesbit’s story. Read Part 1 here! Thanks to her success as a Floradora girl, Evelyn Nesbit was offered a one-year contract to perform in The Wild Rose. And instead of being in a group of chorus girls, Evelyn was given a real role. All New York was in love with her beauty. Her acting,…