Natalie Hays Hammond

Heiress Natalie Hays Hammond (1904-1985) was the daughter of millionaire adventurer and philanthropist John Hays Hammond and was, in her own right, a painter, Broadway set and costume designer, author, and patron of the arts. Her former home in North Salem, New York is now part of the Hammond Museum and Japanese Stroll Garden which she founded during her lifetime. Deciding she needed a place to put the things she collected and inherited (about 10... more

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  • Jan 6, 1904

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  • 1985 (age 81 years)

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