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Rachel Maddow’s "PREQUEL: An American Fight Against Fascism" & Emily Hall Tremaine (formerly Von Romberg - Spreckels)

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R.J. Preece (ADP) - 23 Nov 23

Rachel Maddow’s "PREQUEL: An American Fight Against Fascism" & Emily Hall Tremaine (formerly Von Romberg - Spreckels) Top left: After a year-long second marriage, Emily Hall Tremaine (previously Spreckels) sued for divorce (7 Sept 1940; New York Daily News. Top right: Three months later,...

Rachel Maddow’s "Ultra" (2022) & Emily Hall Tremaine (previously Von Romberg - Spreckels)

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R.J. Preece (ADP) - 14 Jul 23

Rachel Maddow’s "Ultra" (2022) & Emily Hall Tremaine (previously Von Romberg - Spreckels) Top left: After a year-long second marriage, Emily Hall Tremaine (previously Spreckels) sues for divorce (7 Sept 1940; New York Daily News. Top right: Three months later, Adolph B. Spreckels declares...

Hitler in Los Angeles: How Jews foiled Nazi plots against Hollywood and America (2017) & Emily Hall Tremaine (previously Von Romberg - Spreckels)

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R.J. Preece (ADP) - 14 Jul 23

Hitler in Los Angeles: How Jews foiled Nazi plots against Hollywood and America (2017) & Emily Hall Tremaine (previously Von Romberg - Spreckels) Top left: After a year-long second marriage, Emily Hall Tremaine (previously) Spreckels sues for divorce (7 Sept 1940; New York Daily News....

Andy Warhol. A boy for Meg (1962) in publications, exhibitions

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R.J. Preece (ADP) - 09 Sep 21

...Baron Max von Romberg, a noted German-American polo player / photographer with German father (deceased many years) and mother being the daughter of New York banker Edmund Converse. For the time, one could consider Max and Emily a power couple in the media, based in Santa Barbara and travelling...

Apéritif magazine (1934-36) - issues, contents, media coverage & shocking context

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R.J. Preece (ADP) - 04 Aug 21

Apéritif magazine (1934-36) - issues, contents, media coverage & shocking context This start-up magazine based in Santa Barbara, headed by Emily von Romberg (later Tremaine) featured provocative content and produced national media coverage in just a two-year run. Why it stopped publication...

Emily Hall Tremaine’s 1930s: In danger, madness, decadence and publicity

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R. J. Preece - 02 Aug 21

Emily Hall Tremaine’s 1930s: In danger, madness, decadence and publicity Left: Wire service photo of Emily Spreckels (later Tremaine) wearing in today’s value from USD$14.5-220m in diamonds, and stealing the press at the Beaux Arts Ball in New York, probably partly a piss-take and...

Emily Spreckels vs. Adolph B. Spreckels, initial divorce court filing & deposition (1940)

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R.J. Preece (ADP) - 29 Jul 21

Emily Spreckels vs. Adolph B. Spreckels, initial divorce court filing & deposition (1940) In 1940, Emily Hall Spreckels (later Tremaine) courageously stood up and publicly blasted her second husband after a turbulent year-long marriage: "no" to his alleged spousal violence and "no" to his...

New discoveries: Emily von Romberg, Max von Romberg, Brünninghausen and more

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R.J. Preece (ADP) - 11 Apr 21

New discoveries: Emily von Romberg, Max von Romberg, Brünninghausen and more Living in California in the crazy and increasingly dangerous 1930s towards WWII, the two socialites accumulated a significant amount of media coverage, some with eye-popping controversy. Unfortunately looking back 80+...

New discoveries: Emily Spreckels, Adolph B. Spreckels, Jr., Brünninghausen and more

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R.J. Preece (ADP) - 11 Apr 21

New discoveries: Emily Spreckels, Adolph B. Spreckels, Jr., Brünninghausen and more Living in California in the crazy and increasingly dangerous late 1930s into the WWII period, the two socialites collided with anti-Nazi vs. alleged pro-Nazi thinking, extreme spousal violence allegations and...