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Payson, Joan Whitney, 1903-1975

LC control no.nr 95017547
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Personal name headingPayson, Joan Whitney, 1903-1975
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Variant(s)Payson, Charles Shipman, Mrs., 1903-1975
Whitney, Joan, 1903-1975
Other standard no.Q518668
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Associated countryUnited States
Birth date1903-02-05
Death date1975-10-04
Place of birthNew York (N.Y.)
Place of deathNew York (N.Y.)
Field of activityArt--Collectors and collecting
AffiliationNew York Mets (Baseball team)
Profession or occupationArt patrons Baseball team owners Businesswomen Heiresses Philanthropists
Found inThe Joan Payson Whitney collection, 1980: page 2 (Mrs. Charles Shipman Payson) page 14 (b. 2/5/1903) page 19 (d. 10/14/1975)
Wikipedia, June 2, 2021 (Joan Whitney Payson; Joan Whitney; born February 5, 1903, New York, died October 4, 1975, New York; American heiress, businesswoman, philanthropist, patron of the arts, art collector, and member of the prominent Whitney family; co-founder and majority owner of Major League Baseball's New York Mets baseball franchise, the first woman to own a major-league team in North America without inheriting it; married Charles Shipman Payson in 1924)
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Find A Grave WWW site, June 2, 2021 (Joan Whitney Payson; birth 5 Feb 1903; death 4 Oct 1975; Major League Baseball executive)
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