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About Alma de Bretteville Spreckels
Alma de Bretteville Spreckels was a wealthy socialite and philanthropist in San Francisco, California. She was known both as "Big Alma" and "The Great Grandmother of San Francisco". Among her many accomplishments, she persuaded her first husband, sugar magnate Adolph B. Spreckels, to donate the California Palace of the Legion of Honor to the city of San Francisco.
Everything about Alma de Bretteville Spreckels →- Occupation
- socialite, philanthropist, art collector
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- March 24, 1881
- Died
- August 7, 1968