Elinor Moses II
Los Angeles, CA
1922
Los Angeles, CA
1922
The “Stunt” Book kept by Elinor Moses in the 1920s includes endless mementos: fabric swatches, photographs, dance cards, stunt cards, place cards, news clippings, calling cards, school programs, invitations, post cards, telegrams, letters, pressed flowers, a 1918 visitor’s pass to Camp Kearny, even a calling card for Mrs. C. B. de Mille. And then this: on June 8, 1920, at a bridal dinner given for her cousin Edward, three intruders (allegedly seeking the $15,000 in diamonds worn by the twenty members of the bridal party) broke into the Moses residence, and shot the bridegroom and two other men, including the bride’s younger brother. The wedding took place a day later at the hospital (where the groom lay recuperating), and the “Nuptial Bandits” were apprehended several days later.
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The New York Times June 8, 2008
In this Op-Ed page SUMMERSCAPES, Jessica Helfand reflects on the fascinating "Stunt" Book kept by a young California debutante in the summer of 1920.
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came from a distinguished family in Natchitoches, Louisiana. She kept a detailed scrapbook of her adventures that profiles life in the south during the 1920s.
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