The 1906 murder of Stanford White by Harry Thaw at Madison Square Garden, a building designed by White
White's decision to place a nude 13-foot statue of Diana atop the tower at Madison Square Garden created controversy. Diana now resides at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
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Madison Square Garden, designed by architect Stanford White, as it appeared in 1906. Harry Thaw, angered by White's prior affair with his wife Evelyn (then only 16-years-old), murdered White at the Garden on June 25, 1906. |
A June 29, 1906 cartoon in the New York American showing White shooting arrows at young virgins. In 1901-1902, the 47-year-old White had a torrid affair with 16-year-old model (then actress) Evelyn Nesbit. |
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The rooftop theater at Madison Square Garden, scene of the murder of Stanford White. |