Sixteen year old model, actress and Gibson Girl Evelyn Nesbit was newly married to wild Pittsburgh millionaire Harry K. Thaw while having an affair with prominent New York architect, Stanford White. On June 25, 1906, Evelyn’s husband was, enraged and shot White at Madison Square Garden.
The 1906 murder quickly became known as "The Crime of the Century" and Evelyn Nesbit became known as "The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing." The shocking story and the lurid details that emerged from Thaw's trial became a modern morality tale which informed the consciousnesses of early 20th Century America.
Stanford White’s respectable reputation was destroyed and Evelyn Nesbit became famous for, among other things, "posing on a bear skin rug."
Stanford White’s respectable reputation was destroyed and Evelyn Nesbit became famous for, among other things, "posing on a bear skin rug."
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