Barbara Baer Capitman

Her father was a children's clothing manufacturer and her mother, artist Myrtle Bachrach Baer, was an industrial designer of cars, planes, and appliances.

[1] She graduated from New York University and worked as a reporter for the Atlantic City Daily World and wrote advertising copy.

Capitman's son, Andrew, bought several art deco buildings in the area including the Cardozo Hotel on Ocean Drive.

Rediscovering Art Deco: A Nationwide Tour of Architectural Delights, which she wrote with Michael D. Kinerk and Dennis W. Wilhelm, was published in 1994.

[3] A memorial featuring a bronze bust of Capitman was dedicated in Miami Beach's Lummus Park during Art Deco Weekend on January 16, 2016.