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The Elkins - Widener family from Philadelphia
Page entitled : Josephine "Fifi" Pancoast Widener
Content of this page is about :
Of Fifi Pancoast Widener and the affront at the Philadelphia Assembly ball
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Josephine “Fifi” Pancoast
Widener, born in 1902 to Joseph E. Widener and Eleanor Holmes “Ella”
Pancoast, was the main actress in a scene where the Widener family was
socially humiliated by the Old Guard of Philadelphia. Because of his origins
and his longtime activity as a butcher, Peter A. B. Widener was never
accepted in the inner circle of Philadelphia’s high society, despite his
large fortune, his regal mansion and his extensive art collection. A
practically minded businessman, Widener did not care too much, being more
interested in his investments and the art collection. ...
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