Pinwheels
A special ball in the Big Apple kicks off the most prized debutante season. Elite debutantes will be kept busy with a never ending whirl of activities, and participation is not optional. Barbara Hutton and Doris Duke attend multiple events as part of their debutante season. Endless activities occurring while further away hints of darker economic times looming. Other people and subjects include: October 18th & 25th, 1930, October Ball, Autumn Ball, Peace Ball, Hotel Pierre, Charles Pierre, Grace Roosevelt, Josephine “Fifi” Laimbeer, June Blossom, Ward Fox, Tuxedo Park, Prince of Wales – King Edward VII, Prince Charles, Duke of Windsor, Nancy Randolph, Cholly Knickerbocker, Inez Callaway Robb, stock market recovery in Spring 1930 & crash again, bank failures increasing, jet set term, EF Hutton, Elizabeth Taylor, Aristotle Onassis, Yves Saint-Laurent, tuxedo dinner jacket, British royal heir apparent, and ongoing lockdown with more illnesses during pandemic. Archival Music provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com.
October 15, 2021
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Pinwheels
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A special ball in the Big Apple kicks off the most prized debutante season. Elite debutantes will be kept busy with a never ending whirl of activities, and participation is not optional.
Barbara Hutton and Doris Duke attend multiple events as part of their debutante season. Endless activities occurring while further away hints of darker economic times looming.
Other people and subjects include: October 18th & 25th, 1930, October Ball, Autumn Ball, Peace Ball, Hotel Pierre, Charles Pierre, Grace Roosevelt, Josephine “Fifi” Laimbeer, June Blossom, Ward Fox, Tuxedo Park, Prince of Wales – King Edward VII, Prince Charles, Duke of Windsor, Nancy Randolph, Cholly Knickerbocker, Inez Callaway Robb, stock market recovery in Spring 1930 & crash again, bank failures increasing, jet set term, EF Hutton, Elizabeth Taylor, Aristotle Onassis, Yves Saint-Laurent, tuxedo dinner jacket, British royal heir apparent, and ongoing lockdown with more illnesses during pandemic.
Archival Music provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com.