OCTOBER 13, 2007 - JANUARY 5, 2008
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Mrs.
Potter Palmer II née Pauline Kohlsaat 1882 – 1956 Born and raised in Chicago, the daughter of a Chicago newspaper editor, and a leader in Illinois Republican politics, she married Potter Palmer II, the child of one of the leading families in Chicago, director of the First National Bank of Chicago and President of the Art Institute of Chicago. When he died in 1943, he left Pauline an estimated 4.5 million dollars. She donated many couture garments to the Chicago History Museum, by designers such as the Callot Sisters. |
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