augustbelmontjr

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This is August Belmont, Jr. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Belmont,_Jr. Eleanor Robson Belmont, English actress en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_Robson_Belmont "She worked as an actress for ten years before retiring when she was married to August Belmont Jr. They were inseparable from 26 February 1910 until his death on 10 December 1924." Possibly Mrs. William Butler Duncan? "William Butler Duncan, known as Butler Duncan, was born in New York in 1853. His father, William Butler Duncan was from Scotland, and completed his college education in this country. He became a banker in New York City and then President and Chairman of the Board of the Mobile & Ohio Railroad Company from 1874 until his death in 1912." www.mysticseaport.org/Library/manuscripts/coll/coll215/co...

Dear LOC - there is a typo in your title (no "e" on August)

Equina27: Thanks! We'll fix the typo in the source data and reload the description.

See also

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Belmont_Jr.
"August Belmont Jr. (February 18, 1853 – December 10, 1924) was an American financier. He financed the construction of the original New York City Subway line (1900–1904) and for many years headed the Interborough Rapid Transit Company, which ran the transit system. He also financed and led the construction of the Cape Cod Canal in Massachusetts, which opened in 1914. Belmont bought the land for and built New York's Belmont Park racetrack—named for his father—and was a major owner/breeder of thoroughbred racehorses. He served as chairman of the board of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. He also served as a director of the Southern Pacific Co., parent of the railroad, and National Park Bank."

Thanks swanq, we'll add some of this info to the catalog record.

August Belmont, Jr. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Belmont,_Jr. Father-in-law of socialite Margaret Andrews.

Thanks for your research Cynthia Wenslow. We'll fill in the name in the caption and add the date to this record the next time we update.