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28 de feb. de 2021 · Evalyn Walsh McLean at a Washington, DC book-signing for her biography Father Struck it Rich in 1936. Evalyn, as always, is wearing the Hope Diamond, undoubtedly as a draw to sell books. Library of Congress. Between 1936 and 1937, the U.S. government used the house for New Deal programs.
10 de may. de 2024 · In 1910 the Hope Diamond was shown to Mrs. Evalyn Walsh McLean, of Washington D.C., at Cartier's in Paris, but she did not like the setting. Cartier had the diamond reset and took it to the U.S. where he left it with Mrs. McLean for a weekend. This strategy was successful.
4 de may. de 2021 · Evalyn Walsh grew up in the stately Walsh mansion (today the Indonesian Embassy) located just off DuPont Circle. As daughter to a mining tycoon, she was fabulously wealthy. She eventually married Ned McLean, whose family owned the Washington Post. The pair ran the Post until 1933. The marriage ended poorly.
30 de oct. de 2021 · The McLeans wrote to Cartier and confirmed that they would buy the Hope Diamond, paying the agreed-upon price in a series of installments. (Sources disagree about the price. In her memoir, Evalyn says it was $154,000; Francesca Cartier Brickell states that it was $180,000, and includes a photo of the receipt.)
In 1947, Evalyn Walsh McLean dies. Her collection of jewelry, including the prized blue diamond, is sold to pay the debts of her estate. In 1949, New York jeweler Harry Winston purchases Evalyn's ...
Title: Evalyn Walsh McLean Papers Inclusive Dates: 1874-1948 ID No.: MSS32318 Creator: McLean, Evalyn Walsh, 1886-1947 Extent: 45,000 items Extent: 113 containers plus 3 oversize Extent: 46.4 linear feet Language: Collection material in English Location: Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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.
