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Cultural Services of the French Embassy

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Description

Cultural services of the French embassy was formerly the Payne Whitney house.

Payne Whitney, (formerly William Payne Whitney) was one of Oliver's favorite nephews. He inherited Oliver's Thomasville Georgia estate. The Fifth Avenue townhouse , occupied by Payne's widow, Helen, until 1944, houses the Cultural Services for the French Embassy

Creator

Richard Foy

Date Created

10 February 2004

Type

photograph

issue

Photograph