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29 de sept. de 1997 · September 29, 1997 at 1:00 a.m. EDT. The curse of the Hope Diamond was first given credence by Paris jeweler Pierre Cartier -- or so the story goes -- to entice Washingtonian Evalyn Walsh McLean ...
Evalyn Walsh McLean is the co-author of a memoir, Father Struck It Rich (1936), co-written with Boyden Sparkes. She was raised in the first address in Dupont Circle, one of the largest mansions in DC, built by her father in 1903. Walsh was a poor Irish immigrant who made a fortune operating one of the richest gold mines in the world, located in Colorado.
21 de sept. de 2020 · Evalyn Gregory, age 12, showing at the Ravenna Kennel Club in August 1981. Though friends call her Ev for short, Evalyn Gregory’s first name is a nod to her late mother’s own impressive pedigree: Mamie Gregory’s grandmother was Evalyn Walsh McLean, the last owner of the Hope Diamond, which now sits in the Smithsonian.
24 de oct. de 2017 · EVALYN WALSH MCLEAN. By Harris & Ewing ... She happily wore the diamond, and there are even stories that she would affix the jewel to her dog's collar and let him wander around the apartment with it.
Evalyn Walsh McLean was a rich heiress who bought the Hope Diamond from Pierre Cartier in 1912. There are stories that she even affixed the diamond to her dog’s collar. Her ill fate began when her mother-in-law died, and her son died at the age of nine. Her husband left her for another woman and later died in a psychiatric hospital.
13 de sept. de 2015 · The McLeans lived in splendor here with their children, Vinson, Edward, John, and Emily (“Evalyn”) on 75 acres behind the wall. (Their mansion, Friendship, was demolished in 1942 for McLean Gardens.) Evalyn moved easily in Washington's elite social circles, but was best known for wearing the fabulous 45.52-carat Hope Diamond as seen here in ...
18 de nov. de 2019 · The following year, he sold the gem for $180,000 (almost $5 million today) to Evalyn Walsh McLean, a mining heiress and socialite. She was late in paying, prompting a legal dispute that, ...
