RARE Alfred Bloomingdale Hand Signed Vintage Album Page COA
This piece is certified authentic by Todd Mueller and comes with their Certificate of Authenticity. (April 15, 1916 - August 23, 1982) was an heir to the. Bloomingdale was born to a wealthy family on April 15, 1916 in New York City, the son of Rosalind (née Schiffer) and Hiram Bloomingdale, and the grandson of. A co-founder of the famous department store.
Where he was a member of the football team as well as. After school, he worked as a salesman at. But after three years he left to work as a theatrical agent where he represented.
He tried his hand at producing Broadway shows and movies but was not very successful. In 1946, he moved to Los Angeles where he worked as an executive at. To facilitate the need of his wealthy friends who liked to patronize New York city's upscale restaurants following a night at the theater, Bloomingdale launched a. Business called "Dine and Sign" that meant people on a night out no longer needed to carry large sums of cash. In 1951, he merged his company with.And joined the rapidly growing business as an executive, becoming chairman of the board of directors in 1964. In 1969, he left Diners Club, acquiring its "International Floatels" division. Movie starlet and daughter of Dr. Russell Lee Newling who was a.
Alfred and Betsy Bloomingdale had three children. Geoffrey Bloomingdale (born 1950), married to Elizabeth Fahr in 1972.
Lisa Bloomingdale Bell (born 1951), married to R. McKim Bell in 1974; and.
Robert Russell Bloomingdale (born 1954), married to Justine Hayward Schmidt in 1979. Bloomingdale and his wife Betty were friends and confidantes of. In 1981 Reagan, following his election to the U.
Presidency, appointed Bloomingdale to the. President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board. And the following year named him a member of the United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy. Although born to a Jewish family, Bloomingdale became a Catholic to marry Betsy, and later became a member of the. The Bloomingdales maintained homes in New York, the Holmby Hills section of Los Angeles, and an apartment in the.In 1970, while in Los Angeles, 54-year-old Alfred Bloomingdale began an affair with 18-year-old. For 12 years, Bloomingdale kept her in a luxurious apartment, showering her with expensive clothing, jewelry, and cars. When Alfred was diagnosed with terminal cancer, his wife Betsy cut off Morgan's allowance.
Soon after, the affair with Vicki Morgan made headline news as its unsubstantiated and sordid details, which included allegations of sado-masochistic activities instigated by Bloomingdale, were made public after Morgan filed a multimillion-dollar. Lawsuit against Bloomingdale's estate. Morgan eventually moved into a condominium in the San Fernando Valley where she rented a room to a schizophrenic named Marvin Pancoast, whom she knew from the withdrawal clinic. In July 1983, Pancoast beat her to death with a baseball bat. Wrote a guest column for.
In which she stated that Alfred Bloomingdale had attempted to rape her when she was 22 years old.