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    Bertha Matilde Palmer (née Honoré; May 22, 1849 – May 5, 1918) was an American businesswoman, socialite, and philanthropist. She was the wife of millionaire...
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    Charles Sumner Frost of the firm Cobb and Frost and built for Bertha and Potter Palmer, a prominent local businessman responsible for much of the development...
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    Florida land purchased by Bertha Palmer, wife of Chicago businessman Potter Palmer. Bertha Palmer, known as Mrs. Potter Palmer, came to Sarasota in 1910...
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  • (1907–1978), American archaeologist Bertha Palmer (1849–1918), American businesswoman, socialite, and philanthropist Bertha Pappenheim (1859–1936), Austrian-Jewish...
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    Analysis at the Palmer Divide Observatory", The Minor Planet Bulletin, Bibcode:2007MPBu...34...72W. Lightcurve plot of 154 Bertha, Palmer Divide Observatory...
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    of brownies is that of Bertha Palmer, a prominent Chicago socialite whose husband owned the Palmer House Hotel. In 1893, Palmer asked a pastry chef for...
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    by her aunt Bertha Palmer. After his divorce, his former wife's cousins, Honore Palmer and Potter Palmer Jr. (both sons of Bertha Palmer), who remained...
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    (1,920 acres or 7.8 km2) of the park was the gift of the family of Bertha Palmer to the state. The park is managed and maintained by the Florida Department...
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  • relocate there. After the move, Bertha learns that her father died in Henning. In reality, both Wil Palmer and Bertha Haley were dead by "late summer"...
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    maroon settlement in its Bradenton area. Bertha Palmer owned substantial lands in the area including what is now Palmer Ranch. The area that is now known as...
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    circulation. The Board of Lady Managers, headed by Chicago socialite Bertha Palmer, wanted a woman to design the coin and engaged Caroline Peddle, a sculptor...
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    Issue commemorative stamps. Cream of Wheat The brownie was invented by Bertha Palmer for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition. Milton Hershey bought a European...
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  • for the community, his daughter, Lillian G. Burns. Bertha Palmer- Bertha Palmer (Bertha Honoré Palmer) was the region's largest landholder, rancher, and...
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    Dent Grant traveled to Europe in the company of her maternal aunt, Bertha Palmer (née Honoré) who was representing the Board of Lady Managers of the...
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  • Torres Episode: "Rerun Gets Married" 1979 Roots: The Next Generations Bertha Palmer Haley Miniseries (3 episodes) 1980 Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim...
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    new settlers. In 1910 a wealthy Chicago socialite named Bertha Palmer, widow of Potter Palmer, purchased the Spanish Point homestead, as well as thousands...
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    about her sister, Bertha Palmer, entitled "Silhouette in Diamonds," the wedding feast was provided by Bertha's husband, Potter Palmer, and included stewed...
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  • Dean of Agriculture of Alabama A&M University. He then met his wife, Bertha Palmer, and gave his mother, Queen Jackson Haley, three grand children: George...
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    Potter Palmer is also responsible for widening State Street. In 1871, he married Bertha Honoré. In 1874 a son, Honoré, was born; in 1875, Potter Palmer II...
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    Congress of Representative Women. New York: Rand, McNally, pp. 46–48 Bertha Palmer was in charge of women's activities at the Exposition. She appointed...
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    street west of Fifth Avenue". However, after Bertha Palmer, society wife of Potter Palmer, built the Palmer Mansion that anchored the Gold Coast along Lake...
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    most prominent of these being the Chicago hotelier Potter Palmer and his wife, Bertha Palmer (1849–1918). The next opportunity for Rodin in America was...
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    Chicago real estate. Ida Marie's sister was Bertha Palmer, the wife of Chicago businessman Potter Palmer. They were married in Chicago and had two children:...
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  • collections of British master paintings in the United States. With Bertha Palmer, he exhibited some of his paintings at the World's Columbian Exposition...
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    renowned for his bone-grafting operations, bought 112 acres (45 ha) from Bertha Palmer to develop Venice. He hired John Nolen to plan the city and create a...
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    fair, the mural came into Bertha Palmer's possession, where it remained as late as 1911, but it disappeared after Palmer's death in 1918. Cassatt made...
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    called "Riverhills" belonging to Chicago socialite Bertha Palmer, wife of businessman Potter Palmer. She played an extensive role in making Sarasota the...
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  • September 28, 1920, he married Bertha George Palmer, the daughter of William E. and Cynthia Murray Palmer of Henning, Tennessee. Bertha was also a Lane College...
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    pandemic. The first was built as a wedding present from Potter Palmer to his bride Bertha Honoré. Located at State and Quincy, it opened on September 26...
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    secretary, vice-chair of the executive committee, and amendments. Bertha Honoré Palmer served as the president of the 117-woman strong Board of Lady Managers...
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