One of the 20th century's most noted art collectors, founding The Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice, Italy.
Born to Benjamin Guggenheim (1865-1912), a Philadelphia-born businessman who died aboard RMS Titanic, and his wife Florette Seligman (1870-1937), she was the second of three daughters.
Due to her economizing lifestyle, she just owned one phone with a coin slot at her home.