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When Evalyn and Ned McLean got married in 1908, they seemed to have it all. A golden couple, they had wealth, connections and loving families. As a wedding present, the McLeans got a summer cottage (read “mansion”) in Bar Harbor, Maine. Bar Harbor had for decades been a magnet for Gilded Age show-offs. That first summer was perhaps their ...
14 de ago. de 2006 · Former home of: Evalyn Walsh McLean (Mining Heiress, Socialite, Last Owner of the Hope Diamond) Located: 3308 R St. NW, near Wisconsin Ave NW This was the final home of Evalyn Walsh McLean, flashy owner of the 44.5 carat Hope Diamond. Her childhood home, built by Tom Walsh to upstage rivals among Washington's burgeoning nouveaux riches, still stands at 2020 Massachusetts Avenue and is now the ...
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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 ...
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 ...
On March 4, 1932, a con man named Gaston B. Means was approached by Mrs. Evalyn Walsh McLean, of Washington, D.C., who felt that she might be of material assistance to Colonel Lindbergh in ...
