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Archives For November 30, 1999
Exciting news! We now have 11 photo albums available in the Lowcountry Digital Library:
http://lcdl.library.cofc.edu/content/gertrude-sanford-legendre-papers-1836-2000
Coming soon: WWII Nazi and Fascist leader photographs, approximately 10 new photo albums (including Indo-China and various African expeditions), World War II correspondence, and photo portraits of Gertrude Legendre by famed artists such as Man Ray, George Platt Lynes, Toni Frissell and Charlotte Fairchild. Enjoy!
Gertrude’s sister, Sarah Jane (“Janie”) Cochran Sanford, married Italian diplomat, Mario Pansa, in 1937. Pansa played polo with Stephen Sanford, and served as a social adviser to Benito Mussolini before and during World War II. Below are images of the couple, as well as images from Mario’s time in fascist Italy and Germany during WWII.
We are still in the process of identifying some of the men in these photographs. If you recognize someone, let us know (mchughck@cofc.edu)!
Jane (left) and Mario Pansa
The Pansa’s wedding invitation and portrait
Jane golfing in Palm Beach, Florida
Mario and his polo team
Mario with his elephant trophy, 1930
June 1943. Benito Mussolini (in white), Mihai Antonescu, Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs, (2nd from right) Mario Pansa (6th from left), others unidentified
June 1943. Mihai Antonescu, Mussolini (center), and Pansa (second from center), others unidentified
Mihai Antonescu, June 1943
June 1943. Mihai Antonescu, others unidentified
June 1943. Benito Mussolini (right), Mihai Antonescu (left)
June 1943. Benito Mussolini (right), Mihai Antonescu (left)
Galeazzo Ciano (center), Foreign Minister of Fascist Italy from 1936 until 1943 and Benito Mussolini’s son-in-law.
June 1943. Mihai Antonescu (center), Mario Pansa (front left), others unidentified