By Lois Parkinson Zamora – LAReviewOfBooks.org – Photo Not Credited.
Photo: Main Court, Hispanic Society of America, New York City.
The Hispanic Society was founded by Archer M. Huntington (1870–1955), the only son of Collis P. Huntington, the vastly wealthy railroad baron. In fact, Collis married Archer’s mother, Arabella, when Archer was 14.