A Collection of Photos Feat. Rita de Acosta Lydig

Cuban-American socialite Rita de Acosta Lydig (1875 – 1929) was in her heyday one of the foremost women of high society -  photographed by Adolf de Meyer, Edward Steichen and Gertrude Käsebier, she was regarded: "the most picturesque woman in America." She was sculpted in alabaster by Malvina Hoffman and  painted by Giovanni Boldini and…

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Rita de Acosta: Portrait of an Icon

Acosta

December 2016/January 2017 Issue of Inside New Orleans by Inside

5 x 110 cm hi-res stock photography and images - Page 2 - Alamy

1929 Black Tuesday Stock Market Crash - ™

5 x 110 cm hi-res stock photography and images - Page 2 - Alamy

Adolph de Meyer FROM THE BYGONE

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