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[Evalyn Walsh McLean on automobile on the McLean estate, Clonmel, in Colorado] – Vintage Print

[Evalyn Walsh McLean on automobile on the McLean estate, Clonmel, in Colorado], [1909(?)] — historic photograph
[Evalyn Walsh McLean on automobile on the McLean estate, Clonmel, in Colorado], [1909(?)]. Historic photograph from the Automobiles collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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[Evalyn Walsh McLean on automobile on the McLean estate, Clonmel, in Colorado]

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Evalyn Walsh McLean, a young heiress who had married Edward Beale McLean in 1908, is posed here with an automobile on the family's estate. The Walsh fortune came largely from her father's Camp Bird gold mine in Colorado, which helped finance a lifestyle that included fine cars and grand homes. Around 1909, motorcars were still a novelty for most Americans, so a privately owned automobile on a country property signaled both wealth and the new mobility of the Progressive Era. Later she became known for owning the Hope Diamond, a fact that gives this quiet scene an unexpected second life.

Created / published[1909(?)]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1900-1910.
SubjectsMcLean, Evalyn Walsh,--1886-1947--Homes & haunts. Automobiles--1900-1910.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,335 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-203082

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