Virginia (Fair) Vanderbilt (1875-1935)

She was known as "Birdie" and was the younger of the two daughters of "Slippery Jim" Fair who struck it rich mining silver in California and left her $20 million. In 1898, she married railroad heir William Kissam Vanderbilt II and they were the parents of three children. They separated in 1909 but did not divorce until 18-years later. After her divorce, she lived between three homes (see images) - 60 East 93rd Street, New York City; "Cottage Normandy" at Brookville on the North Shore of Long Island, designed by John Russell Pope, circa 1911.