Princess Marie Anne Ghika (Liane de Pougy) and Prince Georges Ghika, of Poland, on the passenger liner Wisconsin, Los Angleles, 1932

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Princess Marie Anne Ghika (born Anne Marie Chassaigne) was a famous French courtesan and dancer known by the name Liane de Pougy., Prince Georges Ghika, of Poland, and Princess Marie Anne Olypme Ghika on the passenger liner Wisconsin upon their arrival in Los Angeles from Le Havre. The pair is standing next to the ship railing with a life preserver with the name of the ship partially visible. A ship lamp appears in the background between them. They departed on the ship for Vancouver the evening of the day the photograph was taken., This photograph was taken on the same occasion as another that appears with the article "Royalty Pays Visit To Port. Rumanian Pair Stop on Way North." Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 1932: I3., The Ghica family was a Romanian noble family, active in Wallachia, Moldavia and in the Kingdom of Romania.