1985, Trump, then a businessman, bought the manor and used it to receive celebrities from all walks of life after transformation.
After Trump took office as president, he held many meetings and foreign affairs activities at Hu Hai Manor, so Hu Hai Manor was called the "Winter White House" and the second power center in the United States.
Although the membership fee (US$ 200,000) is high and the annual fee (US$ 65,438+US$ 400,000) is also high, the big shots are flocking to it. As of 2065,438+08, Hu Hai Manor Club has about 500 members.
Because being a member of Hu Hai Manor is not only a symbol of money and status, but also a ladder to the upper class.
How deep is this manor?
▲ Exterior location of Hu Hai Manor
Covering an area of about 80,000 square meters, it has 58 bedrooms, 33 bathrooms, a banquet hall of 1.858 square meters, sports and entertainment venues such as tennis and gateball, and three air-raid shelters.
Whether it's interior or exterior decoration, a hand is full of money. ...
This mansion was built in 1927, and its builder and former owner was a woman named Mahli Mervid Post.
▲ Marjory meriwether Post
Strictly speaking, Trump had to call her a "big landlord".
What is this, Mahli?
She is the richest woman in American history. She is called "Cartier Jewelry Harvester", and her jewelry can be called gold. After her death, she turned her home into a museum. ...
Today we will talk about the most embarrassing woman in history.
1887, Mahli was born with a golden spoon in her mouth.
Her father is the founder of American cooked food industry and the president of postal food company.
At that time, the package of cereal contracted almost everyone's breakfast in new york. As an only child, Mahli is the heir of great wealth from birth.
19 14, when Mahli was 27 years old, her father died, and she became the richest woman in the United States at that time, with a wealth of about 250 million US dollars. However, money is not her purpose. What she wants is love. But all the gifts given by fate have already been priced in the dark.
In this life, Mahli experienced four marriages and four husbands. She was either a politician or a rich man, but each time she ended in regret.
/kloc-at the age of 0/8, Mahili married Edward Seth, who was five years older than her, and gave birth to two daughters.
But Edward was tyrannical, and the marriage lasted 14 years later, Mahli couldn't stand it anymore, and filed a lawsuit for divorce.
Soon, Mary married the financier edward horton.
Although it's also called Edward, it's completely different.
The couple not only love each other very much, but also achieve each other in their careers.
▲ Mahli and her second husband, edward horton.
With the cooperation of the two, the company's business has developed rapidly.
1929, they renamed the company and became the famous General's Mill.
Since the development of General Mill, the famous Wan Chai Wharf and Haagen-Dazs are its brands.
After that, Mahli, who has a keen sense of fashion and smell, began to pay attention to jewelry. Priceless jewels set her off more expensively and beautifully.
This is what happened to Mary. Once she fell in love, it got out of hand. Her jewelry collection is enough to hold a large exhibition.
Let's take a look at some of her collections first.
Set 1
Mahli started from Cartier at first, which can be regarded as VVVIP of Cartier family.
The necklace worn by Mahli in the painting was made by Cartier for her.
It is composed of two diamond and sapphire bracelets with a cushion-cut sapphire in the middle.
Coincidentally, this oversized sapphire can also be taken down as a brooch to wear alone.
Set 2
This photo shows Mary and her little daughter. Mary is wearing an Indian emerald brooch.
This brooch is made of diamond-encrusted platinum, with enamel coating on the surface and seven carved Indian emeralds of different sizes. Wear it on your chest, elegant and generous.
In addition to sparkling jewels, Mahli has countless beautiful clothes that are enough for all women to envy.
Seeing this, I have been amazed, but this is not where to go!
This is just the beginning of her collection. She also owns a private jet, a yacht and many luxury houses ... Originally, her family's business was so good that jewelry could be sold by the catty. Mahli was arguably the most successful woman in the world at that time. But after all, things can't be satisfactory. With the expansion of wealth, the contradiction between husband and wife is getting bigger and bigger, and finally it ends in breaking up. However, although we parted ways, it's not ugly. If the husband and wife can't do it, the partners can still do it, and they live in harmony as business partners.
Despite two failed marriages, Mahli did not give up the pursuit of love.
1935, at the age of 48, she married a lawyer named Joseph Davis. Later, Davis was appointed as the American ambassador to the Soviet Union, and Mahli followed her husband to Moscow.
Since then, Mahli's collection began to have a Russian style, especially the royal treasures, which made her fondle admiringly. Many collections come from the Romanov family.
1958, the third husband died, and Mahili's third marriage ended.
But after loving for a lifetime, how can you easily give up the right to love?
After her husband died, Mahli, who was over 70 years old, fell in love again.
Although everyone told her that the other side was coveting her property, the onlookers were fascinated by the authorities. Mahli, who is rich and in love, married Herbert May, who is four years younger than her.
▲ Mahli and her fourth husband, Herbert May.
Sure enough, Herbert is a typical playboy, lingering in romantic places.
Six years later, Mahli finally realized the truth and decisively ended her fourth marriage.
After four marriages, Mahli could never fall in love with it again. Love and hate, anger and delusion are fleeting, and only jewelry will accompany her all her life.
When you leave wealth to the world, wealth will play a real role.
Mahli believes in "doing something for your time". She said, "I want young people to see how people lived and collected works of art in the 20th century, and I want to share what I have with the whole world.".
She founded the Post Foundation, which is a charity.
During World War I, she established a US military hospital in France to receive wounded soldiers and was awarded the Medal of Honor by the French government.
During the Great Depression after the war, she donated a large sum of money to the relief station in new york.
She attached great importance to the development of culture and education, and donated 654.38 million US dollars to the National Cultural Center of the United States, which later became the famous Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
She also donated money to the National Symphony Orchestra to hold free concerts, which was the first of its kind in the United States.
195 1 year, she sold her holiday manor with an area of 1000 mu (equivalent to the size of 94 football fields) to Long Island University in new york at a low price of 200,000 US dollars, and named it after her father as a branch school (C.W.Post).
This campus, embracing the Gold Coast of Long Island, is recognized as one of the most beautiful campuses in the United States.
She donated the Hu Hai Manor, which was built at a cost of $7 million, to the US federal government as a retreat for the President and visiting foreign dignitaries.
▲ Hu Hai Manor of that year.
1980, the US government returned it to the Post Foundation, and then Trump acquired it.
1973, Mahli lived an extraordinary life at the age of 86.
According to her will, later generations turned Hillwood, where she lived for a long time, into a private museum, displaying her Russian and French art collections for people to visit.
Apart from the Kremlin, it is the most complete and precious collection of Russian imperial art treasures, and it is also one of the most important collections of French art in the18th century.
As long as you spend more than ten dollars, you can go in and feast your eyes.
Looking back on Mahli's life, I would rather stare at her wonderful life from a female perspective than her emotional gossip, her exquisite clothes and jewelry.
From her, we can see a woman's desire and struggle, struggle and struggle in that era.
Free to love, to take, to have, to love, to hate, to have, to give, this woman has lived the lives of several ordinary people.