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The
Payne - Whitney Family of Cleveland and New York
Page entitled : The Vanderbilt Whitneys - Gertrude
and Harry
Content of this page is about :
The combined large inheritance of Harry Payne Whitney and Gertrude
Vanderbilt Whitney, their unshared respective passions for thoroughbred
horses and sculpture.
Extract :
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it was far from actually
happy. Absorbed with business and his thoroughbred horses, Harry Payne
Whitney spent little time with his family and Gertrude, an accomplished
sculptress, spent most of her time at her private art studios on the
Westbury estate or in Greenwich Village. Despite the family feud, the
children had contact to their cousins, and were occasionally staying with
their uncle Payne Whitney, who was
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