Eleonora Sears – Newspaper Navigator Profile

“Girl Who Plays Polo.”

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This picture is from a photograph of the Boston society woman and reported fiancee of Albert G. Vanderbilt, in men’s attire. Miss Sears, who was prevented from playing a polo match at the Berlin game grounds at California, insists that she will yet take part in a polo game clad as a man.

The Washington Herald, May 9, 1909

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