Inside Whitehall
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The Magazine for Flagler Museum Members
Fall 2016 Volume Twenty-Three • Number Four
Visitors arriving for Founder’s Day 2016.
Museum Trustees
Museum Hours and Admission
President: George G. Matthews Vice President: G. F. Robert Hanke Treasurer: William M. Matthews Secretary: Thomas S. Kenan, III Trustee: Alexander W. Dreyfoos Trustee: Kelly M. Hopkins Trustee: Richard M. Krasno
The Flagler Museum is open year round, Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. Closed Mondays, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Day. Admission is $18 for adults, $10 for youth ages 13-17, $3 for children ages 6-12, and children under 6 are free. Admission is free for Members. Special rates are available for groups. The Museum and grounds are wheelchair accessible.
Leadership Staff Executive Director: Erin Manning Chief Financial Officer: Rudina Toro Chief Curator: Tracy Kamerer Member & Visitor Services Director: Allison Goff Facilities Manager: William Fallacaro Public Affairs Director: David Carson Store & Cafe Manager: Kristen Cahill
On the Cover The classic landscape image titled An Oasis in the Badlands was taken by Edward Curtis in the renowned Badlands of South Dakota in 1905.
Inside Whitehall is published quarterly by the Henry Morrison Flagler Museum, Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation. The Flagler Museum One Whitehall Way Palm Beach, Florida 33480 Telephone (561) 655-2833 Fax (561) 655-2826 e-mail: mail@flaglermuseum.us website: www.FlaglerMuseum.us © Flagler Museum, 2016
Trustee News John B. Rogers In April, John B. Rogers announced that he was stepping down from the Flagler Museum’s Board of Trustees, after 37 years of dedicated service. The Trustees and the staff of the Flagler Museum are very grateful for his term of service on the Board, and his contributions during an era of great progress for the museum.
Richard M. Krasno The Flagler Museum Board of Trustees welcomes Richard Krasno and looks forward to a long and mutually beneficial working relationship. Dr. Krasno holds a Ph.D. from Stanford University and two honorary doctorates from Sacred Heart University and the College of St. Rose. He was the Executive Director of the William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust and President of the four affiliated William R. Kenan, Jr. funds in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He was President of the Monterey Institute of International Studies as well as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Institute of International Education in New York. He has served on a number of corporate and nonprofit boards, and has held the position of Deputy Assistant U.S. Secretary of Education in Washington, D.C.
Museum Receives Grants and New Sponsorship The Flagler Museum was recently awarded several grants for marketing and program support during the upcoming year. These include a fourth Small Business Grant from VISIT FLORIDA, the State’s official tourism marketing corporation. This funding will support print advertising in Brazil for the Museum’s recently added Portuguese audio tour. Additionally, the Board of County Commissioners, Palm Beach County, has again awarded the Museum a grant for marketing and cultural programming through the Cultural Tourism Development Fund. The Flagler Museum’s 2016-17 grant award amount is the highest among large cultural organizations in Palm Beach County, reflecting continued success at promoting cultural tourism. The Wise Foundation has also provided the Museum with a generous grant for general operating support. The Museum is extremely grateful for new and returning program sponsors that underwrite program costs. Program sponsorships are indicated on each of the following pages. To learn about sponsorship opportunities, please be in touch with the Museum’s Grants and Sponsorships Manager.
Edward S. Curtis: One Hundred Masterworks From October 11 to December 31, 2016, the Henry Morrison Flagler Museum will present Edward S. Curtis: One Hundred Masterworks, which features extraordinary vintage photographs of the North American Indian by Edward S. Curtis. Curtis, born in 1868, first encountered intact Native American culture on a trip to Montana in 1900, sparking a monumental quest to safeguard and preserve the sacred legacy of the North American Indian for future generations. Financed by J.P. Morgan and his heirs, the project took thirty years, culminating in Curtis’ magnum opus, The North American Indian, a twenty-volume, twentyportfolio set of handmade books. By his death in 1952, however, Curtis had faded into oblivion. Only recently has his work been rediscovered and treasured as it was more than 100 years ago. Today, this work stands as a landmark in the history of photography, book publishing, ethnography, and the history of the American West.
The exhibition, which is divided by geographic area, features both iconic and little-known works carefully curated from a collection comprising more than 3,000 rare vintage Curtis photographs and related objects. The one hundred images, created in seven different photographic print processes, are complemented by more than twenty objects and ephemera that enrich the masterworks. The prints are among the finest examples that exist and, in some cases, are the only known example of a particular image. This exhibition has been organized by the Foundation for the Exhibition of Photography, Minneapolis/New York City/Paris/Lausanne, in collaboration with the Flagler Museum. The exhibition was curated by Christopher Cardozo, author of nine monographs on Curtis and curator of Curtis exhibitions seen on six continents.
Below: At the Old Well - Acoma was made near the Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico, in 1904.
Fall Exhibition October 11 - December 31, 2016
Left: Edward Curtis created this powerful portrait of Qahatika Girl in 1907. Middle: Kótsuis and Hóhhuq – Nakoaktok shows two masked performers in the winter dance, each representing large, mythical birds. Right: Chief Joseph - Nez Perce was widely considered to be one of the most important and noble tribal leaders of the nineteenth century.
The fall exhibition is sponsored by The Eliasberg Family Foundation, the Hilton West Palm Beach, Cultural Council of Palm Beach County, the Tourist Development Council, the Board of County Commissioners, Palm Beach County, and Florida Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs.
Gallery Talk Friday, December 9, 2016 12:15 p.m. Free with Museum Admission
Canyon de Chelly - Navaho, located in Northeastern Arizona it is one of the most sacred places for the Navaho peoples.
Join Christopher Cardozo, exhibition curator and exhibit catalogue author, for a gallery talk on Edward S. Curtis: One Hundred Masterworks on December 9, 2016 at 12:15 pm. Mr. Cardozo will discuss Edward Curtis’ fascinating career, and his pioneering work in deepening the understanding and appreciation of the extraordinary body of work co-created by Edward S. Curtis and 10,000 Native people. Advance reservations are highly recommended. A catalogue signing will follow the gallery talk.
A Beautiful yet Practical Fashion The historical origins of hand-held fans are difficult to pinpoint, but their practical usefulness to create a breeze in warmer climates and keep pests away surely would have been reason enough to invent them. Fans eventually crossed the line between utility and fashion, and, as different materials, techniques, and patterns were utilized, they became miniature works of art. Early fans from Egypt, China, and late-sixteenth century Europe were simple screens trimmed with feathers or precious stones. The seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries saw the popularity of hand painted fans with elaborate classical, religious, and mythological scenes filling the leaves (the fabric part of a folding fan). By the mid-eighteenth century, at the peak of their production, many fans were still made entirely by hand and were collected only by the wealthy. In the nineteenth century, advances in mass production, plentiful imports, and cheaper prices made fans available to the middle class and gave Gilded Age women (and men) many styles and designs to choose from for every occasion. Fans have been a popular item to collect over the last few centuries due to their portability, the variety of colors, patterns, and materials available, and the interesting history of fans, which conjures up images of grand balls and elegant ladies. The Flagler Museum has 171 fans in its collection, many of which were collected by Mary Lily Kenan Flagler, Jean Flagler Matthews (Henry Flagler’s granddaughter and the Museum’s founder), and her mother, Annie Louise Lamont Flagler (wife of Flagler’s son, Henry Harkness Flagler). Fans in the collection range in date from the late seventeenth to early twentieth centuries, and are made of materials such as feathers, ivory, wood, lace, hand painted silk, and printed paper. The collection includes not only fancy fans, but also souvenir and advertising fans. Selections from the Flagler Museum’s fan collection are on rotating display throughout Whitehall’s second floor. During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the well-dressed woman had a complete wardrobe of fans for fancy balls, weddings, casual entertaining, and even mourning. The delicacy and romantic associations of lace made it a natural choice for wedding ensembles. The wedding fan of Henry Flagler’s daughter, Jennie Louise, is in the Flagler Museum’s collection. This folding fan of Rosepoint lace on satin with motherof-pearl sticks was used during her April 26, 1876 wedding to John Arthur Hinckley.
While it would be important to have a fan appropriate to her ensemble, a lady would also need to know how to handle the fan correctly, and period etiquette manuals often provided advice. There is no real documentation of a formal “fan language” until the late nineteenth century, when fan sellers began to advertise it as a sales gimmick. Since fans had long been such an intimate piece of social convention, however, non-verbal codes and gestures utilizing fans did evolve. The fan, in turn, became an extension of a woman’s body language and
Jennie Louise Flagler’s lace wedding fan, ca. 1876. This fan is one of 58 from the collection of Jean Flagler Matthews, which includes fans collected by her mother, Annie Louise Lamont Flagler. Flagler Museum Collection.
A portrait of Jennie Louise Flagler, holding a fan, on the occasion of her April 26, 1876 wedding to John Arthur Hinckley. Flagler Museum Archives.
a useful social tool. It could function as a shield for the shy, veil facial expressions, and provide women something to do with their hands in awkward social situations. In addition, the decoration of the fan was not only a manifestation of its owner’s wealth, but could also be a conversation piece. By the twentieth century, fan use became relegated to evening and formal attire. With the outbreak of World War I, fashion and economic priorities shifted and fans were no longer considered necessary fashion accessories. By the 1920s, the majority of fans produced were small, cheap paper fans printed as advertisements and distributed as souvenirs by hotels, restaurants, and businesses. The elegant era of handheld fans can be recaptured, however, with a visit to the Flagler Museum.
An 1898 paper souvenir fan printed with images of the Hotel Ponce de Leon, Hotel Cordova, Hotel Alcazar, and Fort Marion (now called the Castillo de San Marcos) in St. Augustine. Portable, fashionable, and perfect for the warm Florida climate, souvenir fans were popular mementos for tourists during the Gilded Age. Flagler Museum Collection.
This amusing fan painted with playing cards is one of 24 fans in the collection that belonged to Mary Lily Kenan Flagler. Flagler Museum Collection.
A Balloon- or fontange-shaped fan that belonged to Alice Pomeroy Kenan, wife of Mary Lily Flagler’s brother, William Rand Kenan, Jr. The fan, signed “Duvelleroy,” is made of tortoise shell sticks with black net cover and rhinestone monogram “APK”. Flagler Museum Collection.
Christmas at Whitehall The first floor of Whitehall is decorated in traditional Gilded Age splendor for the month of December each year. The focal point is a 16-foot tall Christmas Tree in the Grand Hall, adorned with colored electrical lights and traditional Gilded Age style ornaments. Bring your family and experience holiday traditions, such as the Annual Tree Lighting where you can meet Santa Claus, enjoy refreshments, hear music on the historic organ and watch as Henry Flagler’s youngest descendants light the Grand Hall Christmas Tree. The Special Christmas Lecture explores beloved Christmas stories and events to better understand modern Christmas traditions. During Holiday Evening Tours families tour Whitehall after hours by the glow of the original light fixtures, and learn the origins of American Christmas traditions. A Santa letter-writing workshop will be set up in the Flagler Kenan Pavilion, and between December 6-17 the Museum will be a Santa Letter Drop-off location.
Special Christmas Lecture The Santa Claus Man: The Rise and Fall of a Jazz Age Con Man and the Invention of Christmas in New York by Alex Palmer, Author and Journalist Sunday, December 4, 2016 2:00 p.m. Free for Sustaining level Members and above $10 for Individual, Family and Life Members $28 for non-members Includes Museum Admission and Christmas Tree lighting festivities. There is no doubt that the origins of many of our beloved American Christmas traditions can be traced back to the Gilded Age. The 2016 Christmas at Whitehall program will feature a lecture on the endearing history of the tradition of sending wish lists and letters to Santa Claus. In his book, The Santa Claus Man, journalist and author Alex Palmer tells of the history of the early twentieth century tradition of writing letters to Santa Claus, celebrates the mission of a once-burgeoning New York City charity, the Santa Claus Association, and explores the Association’s infamous demise at the hands of its con-man founder. The Christmas Lecture is sponsored by BMO Private Bank, and the Hilton West Palm Beach.
Annual Christmas Tree Lighting Sunday, December 4, 2016 3:00 - 5:00 p.m. Free with Museum Admission For more than five decades the Flagler Museum has observed the tradition of Henry Flagler’s youngest descendants lighting the Museum’s Christmas Tree on the first Sunday of December.
Schedule of Events: Seasonal refreshments in the West Room - 3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Santa Claus in the Pavilion - 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Brief Organ Demonstrations in the Music Room - 3:30, 3:50, 4:10 p.m. Brief Piano Demonstrations in the Drawing Room - 3:40, 4:00, 4:20 p.m. Holiday Caroling in the Courtyard - 4:30 p.m. Christmas Tree Lighting in the Grand Hall - 4:55 p.m.
Holiday Evening Tours December 18 & 19
Tours begin at 7:05, 7:15 and 7:25 p.m.
December 20 - 23
Tours begin at 6:50, 7:05, 7:15 and 7:25 p.m. During this beloved annual event, families tour Whitehall after hours and discover the origins of American Christmas traditions. Guests will have a rare opportunity to see Whitehall by the glow of the original 1902 light fixtures. Every visitor will receive a traditional Flagler Museum Christmas Cracker following the tour. A choral group will sing carols, holiday refreshments will be served, and the Museum Store will be open for holiday shopping. For information visit www.FlaglerMuseum.us or call (561) 655 - 2833. The Holiday Evening Tours are sponsored by the Cultural Council of Palm Beach County, the Tourist Development Council, the Board of County Commissioners, Palm Beach County, and Florida Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs.
Whitehall Society Presents Mixing It Up cocktail party
6:30 p.m., Saturday, November 5, 2016 $40 for Whitehall Society Members $50 for non-members Tickets may be purchased online or by calling (561) 655 - 2833.
On Saturday, November 5th, the Whitehall Society will present a cocktail party celebrating the history and tradition of cocktails in America. While enjoying hors d’oeuvres in the Cocoanut Grove, guests will be able to taste featured cocktails that were inspired by America’s Gilded Age.
Café des Beaux-Arts Opens for Season November 25, 2016 - April 16, 2017 Tuesday - Saturday 11:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. Sunday 12:00 - 3:00 p.m. $22 Museum Members $40 non-members Price includes Museum Admission, Gilded Age style lunch, tax & gratuity The Café des Beaux-Arts will be open for another Season from Friday November 25th through Easter Sunday. Each afternoon the Flagler Museum serves a prix fixe lunch featuring an array of delicacies and refreshments reminiscent of the elegance of entertaining during the Gilded Age. Visitors may enjoy an assortment of gourmet tea sandwiches, traditional scones, and sweets complemented by the Flagler Museum’s own Whitehall Special Blend™ tea, and served on exquisite Whitehall Collection™ china. Located in the beautiful Flagler Kenan Pavilion, Café des Beaux-Arts provides guests with spectacular panoramic views of Lake Worth and the West Palm Beach skyline. Henry Flagler’s private Railcar No. 91 completes the sophisticated Gilded Age ambiance.
Member Appreciation Days November 25 - December 4, 2016 Museum Members enjoy a 20% discount* in the Museum Store and Tea for $20 in the Café des Beaux-Arts Enjoy holiday shopping at the Museum Store and take home unique gifts from the Museum’s Whitehall CollectionTM. From November 25 through December 4, 2016, Members receive an additional 10% discount in the Museum Store on top of the current 10% Member discount, for a total of 20% off all Museum Store purchases. Member Appreciation Days are the perfect time to celebrate the new season and the opening of Café des Beaux-Arts. During Member Appreciation Days (Nov. 25 - Dec. 4) Members may enjoy Tea for just $20 per person. Become a Member during Member Appreciation Days and take advantage of these special Member discounts. * 20% discount applies to purchases in the Museum Store during Member Appreciation Days only. Throughout the rest of the year Museum Members receive a 10% discount as a benefit of Membership.
FLAGLER MUSEUM
2017
All concerts begin at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $70 per concert $300 for the five-concert Series
Regularly featured on National Public Radio, the Flagler Museum Music Series continues to bring acclaimed musicians to the finest chamber music venue in South Florida. Experience chamber music as it was intended, in a gracious and intimate setting typical of Gilded Age performances. Patrons enjoy a special champagne and dessert reception with the musicians following each concert. The Flagler Museum Music Series is sponsored by Roe Green, PNC, the Palm Beach Daily News, Cultural Council of Palm Beach County, the Tourist Development Council, and the Board of County Commissioners, Palm Beach County.
January 10 - Dover Quartet The Dover Quartet was formed in 2008 at the venerated Curtis Institute of Music, and continued their studies as Graduate Quartet-in-Residence at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music from 2011-13. The Quartet catapulted to international stardom following a stunning sweep of the 2013 Banff International String Quartet Competition, becoming one of the most in-demand ensembles in the world. In 2013-14, the Quartet was the first ever Quartet-in-Residence for the Curtis Institute of Music, and is now faculty Quartet-in-Residence at Northwestern University’s Bienen School of Music. “[the Quartet] is already pulling away from their peers with their exceptional interpretive maturity, tonal refinement and taut ensemble.” - The Strad
January 24 - Telegraph Quartet The Telegraph Quartet was formed in 2013 with a passionate commitment to the standard chamber music repertoire as well as contemporary and non-standard repertoire alike. The Telegraph Quartet won the prestigious Grand Prize in the 2014 Fischoff Chamber Music Competition and has gone on to perform in concert halls, music festivals, and academic institutions in the United States, Germany, Italy, and France. The Telegraph Quartet was greatly honored by being the only American quartet of the fifteen invited from around the world to perform in Paris in a showcase for young quartets at the 2016 Biennale de quatuors à cordes (Biennial String Quartet Festival and Symposium). “The group effortlessly shifted between the movement’s many moods...unflaggingly outgoing, committed and creative.” - San Francisco Classical Voice
February 7 Jolente De Maeyer & Nikolaas Kende Before this musical duo formed in 2002, Jolente De Maeyer and Nikolaas were both successful solo artists. Jolente began playing the violin at the age of four, and she later studied at the Yehudi Menuhin School, Royal College of Music London, Hanns Eisler Musikhochschule Berlin, and the Queen Elisabeth Chapel Waterloo. Nikolaas, who was born into a family of musicians, started playing the piano at the age of five. He studied in Amsterdam, Munich and Antwerp, where in 2015 he was appointed professor of piano at the Royal Conservatory of Antwerp. Both De Maeyer and Kende played for the Royal Flemish Philharmonic, the Orchestra Royal de Chambre de Wallonie, the Brussels Philharmonic, and Waco Symphony Orchestra. Together they have performed in all the important Belgian concert halls and many other countries including Spain, Germany, and America.
February 21 - Trio Céleste Hailed as “a first-class ensemble” (Orange County Register), “exuberant and technically dazzling” (Long Beach Gazette), and “one of the best young chamber groups around today” (Philip Setzer, Emerson String Quartet), Trio Céleste has quickly established itself as one of the most dynamic chamber music ensembles in the country. Winners of the prestigious Beverly Hills Auditions in Los Angeles, Trio Céleste is currently Ensemble-inResidence at the Claire Trevor School of the Arts at the University of California, Irvine, where they recently presented the complete piano trio works of Ludwig van Beethoven and the Triple Concerto with the UC Irvine Symphony Orchestra and the Capistrano Conductor’s Institute Orchestra. In 2013, the ensemble, along with violist Michelle Gasworth, were selected from over five hundred applicants to be Artists-in-Residence at the Grand Canyon National Park, where the group concertized and presented master classes throughout the South Rim.
March 7 - St. Petersburg Piano Quartet The St. Petersburg Piano Quartet is one of the world’s most esteemed chamber ensembles. Their rise to fame has included a Grammy nomination, “Best Record” honors in both Stereo Review and Gramophone, an opening night performance at Mostly Mozart at Lincoln Center, a five-year residency at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, and hundreds of concerts on many of North America, Europe, and Asia’s most prestigious series and festivals.
Winter Exhibition Harem: Unveiling the Mystery of Orientalist Art
Top: Frederick Arthur Bridgman (American, 1847-1928), Morning on the Bosphorus, n.d. Flagler College, St. Augustine, Florida. This painting, and the Giménez Martín illustrated above, were once owned by Henry Flagler. Above: Juan Giménez Martín (Spanish 1858-1901), The Sultan’s Favorite, 1886. Flagler System, Inc. Right: Addison Thomas Millar (American, 1850 - 1913), Entrance to a Harem, ca. 1880-1892. Courtesy of Lyndhurst, A Site of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, located in Tarrytown, NY.
For centuries the Muslim harem, a favorite subject of Orientalist artists, has evoked images of exotic beauty, sensuality, and wealth. This realm of wives, children, servants, and sometimes slaves was forbidden to nearly all westerners, but such restrictions only served to heighten curiosity and interest in harem life. Harem: Unveiling the Mystery of Orientalist Art features paintings, drawings, prints, sculptures, rare books, and ephemera that explore the myths and realities of the harem, as well as the fascination that Gilded Age artists, collectors, and tourists from the West had with this exotic subject. This exhibition is organized by the Flagler Museum, and features six harem scenes once owned by Henry Flagler. The Winter Exhibition is sponsored by Northern Trust, The Palm Beach Post, the Cultural Council of Palm Beach County, the Tourist Development Council, the Board of County Commissioners, Palm Beach County, and Florida Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs.
Whitehall Lecture Series Metaphysical America: Spirituality and Health Movements During the Gilded Age The 32nd Annual Whitehall Lecture Series, Metaphysical America: Spirituality and Health Movements During the Gilded Age, will explore a variety of esoteric practices born from America's Gilded Age fascination with all things exotic and mystical. Ranging from religious and spiritual to pseudo-scientific and physical, each lecture will provide clues to better understanding the people and personalities of nineteenth and twentieth century occult beliefs and spiritual practices, and address changes in the cultural climate of the Gilded Age.
Whitehall Lecture Series Online The lectures may be viewed online via a free, interactive webcast at www.FlaglerMuseum.us. Visitors may listen live, see the presentation, and submit questions. Each lecture will be archived on the GildedAgeHistoryChannel.com.
Free for Members at the Sustaining level and above $10 per lecture for Museum Members at the Individual, Family & Life level $28 per lecture for non-members, includes Museum Admission $125 for complete Series
February 5 - Mystic America: Occult, Metaphysics and Spirituality in the Gilded Age by Mitch Horowitz February 12 - The Allure of Immortality: An American Cult, a Florida Swamp, and a Renegade Prophet by Lyn Millner February 19 - The Religion of Biologic Living: Dr. John Harvey Kellogg by Brian C. Wilson February 26 - The First World’s Parliament of Religions at Chicago’s 1893 Columbian Exposition by Eric Ziolkowski March 5 -
The Mystical Brain: The Emergence of 20th Century Spirituality by John Modern
Where possible, a book signing with the author will follow the lecture. Visit www.FlaglerMuseum.us to purchase tickets online or call (561) 655-2833. Complete Series tickets are available. The Whitehall Lecture Series is sponsored by the Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation, Hilton West Palm Beach, The Palm Beach Post, Cultural Council of Palm Beach County, the Tourist Development Council, the Board of County Commissioners, Palm Beach County, and Florida Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs.
Mitch Horowitz
Lyn Millner
Brian C. Wilson
Eric Ziolkowski
John Modern
Contributors, Sponsors & Grantors June 6 - September 9, 2016
$25,000 and above
Mr. Thomas S. Kenan, III Mr. & Mrs. William M. Matthews † Mr. Lewis B. Pollard Wise Foundation
$20,000 and above
Flagler System Florida Division of Cultural Affairs Gift of Sarah Ross Soter
$15,000 and above
Mrs. Patricia M. Dunnington Mr. & Mrs. James G. Kenan, III † Seth Sprague Education and Charitable Foundation
$10,000 and above
Institute of Museum & Library Services - Museums for America Mark E. Bryant Charitable Trust Mr. Robert W. Slater
$5,000 and above
Messrs. Bruce A. Beal & Francis V. Cunningham Mr. George G. Matthews † Mr. Jack C. Taylor VISIT FLORIDA
$2,500 and above
Mr. & Mrs. John W. Annan Atwater Kent Foundation Capitol Group Companies Charitable Foundation
$250 and above
Mr. & Mrs. Stanley M. Rumbough, Jr.
$100 and above
Ms. Muriel S. Kaplan & Mr. Jack Nagel Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Smith
$25 and above
Mrs. Arthur R. Burck Mr. Emile G. Ilchuk
Corporate Memberships June 6 - September 9, 2016 Corporate Chairman
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$1,000 and above
GE Foundation Jasteka Foundation Mr. & Mrs. James S. Karp Ms. Nancy J. Kyle Mr. & Mrs. W. Stephen Murray Mr. & Mrs. Frederic A. Sharf Mr. & Mrs. George T. Williamson (in honor of Mr. & Mrs. William M. Matthews)
$500 and above
Kanders Foundation
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New and Renewing Members June 6 - September 9, 2016
Individual Memberships Flagler Associate - $5,000
Mrs. Janet Cafaro Mr. Mark W. Cook Ms. Annie Corbeel & Mr. Wade Stafford Ms. Melissa Donnell & Mr. David Harris Green Institute Dr. & Mrs. Martin Greenberg Ms. Patricia E. Herbert Mr. & Mrs. Berton E. Korman Mr. Michael A. Kovner & Mr. Jean Doyen de Montaillou Mr. William Lilly & Ms. Shera Kaan-Lilly Ms. Tanya Marouf & Mr. Steve Rubert Ms. Maritza Martinez & Mr. Robert Ayan Palm Beach Symphony Mr. & Mrs. Pete Wells
Benefactor - $2,500
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Patron - $1,000
Mr. Jackson L. Blanton Dr. & Mrs. Jeffrey H. Phillips Ms. Ruby S. Rinker
Sponsor - $500
Mr. & Mrs. Alerio A. Cardinale Mr. & Mrs. Joseph T. Harper Mr. & Mrs. Cameron M. Harris Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Kaufman Ms. Melissa H. Sullivan Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. Winter
Sustaining - $250
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Family - $125
Dr. & Mrs. William R. Adkins Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth S. Beall, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Kurt F. Botte The Honorable G. Thomas Breur & Dr. Julia Breur Ms. Elizabeth Ann Cadaret Honorable Gail L. Coniglio & Mr. Frank S. Coniglio Ms. Janet L. Ellis Mr. Richard Galley & Mrs. Constance Galley
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Upcoming Schedule of Events Fall Exhibition Opens - Edward S. Curtis: One Hundred Masterworks October 11 - December 31, 2016 More than a century ago, Edward Curtis set out on a monumental quest to make an unprecedented, comprehensive record of the North American Indian, producing nearly fifty thousand photographs. This exhibition features an extraordinary collection of rare vintage photographs by Curtis. Christopher Cardozo, exhibition curator and exhibit catalogue author, will give a gallery talk on Edward S. Curtis: One Hundred Masterworks on December 9, 2016 at 12:15 pm. He will discuss Curtis’ fascinating career, and his pioneering work in deepening the understanding and appreciation of the extraordinary body of work co-created by Edward S. Curtis and 10,000 Native people.
Café des Beaux-Arts Open for the Season Friday, November 25, 2016 - Sunday, April 16, 2017 Tuesday - Saturday 11:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m., Sunday 12:00 - 3:00 p.m. See page 11 for pricing information Each afternoon the Flagler Museum offers a Gilded Age style lunch, which features an array of delicacies and refreshments reminiscent of the elegance of entertaining during the Gilded Age. Pre-purchase is recommended. Walk-up patrons will be seated on a first-come, first-served basis.
Christmas at Whitehall 2:00 - 5:00 p.m. Sunday, December 4, 2016 2:00 p.m.: Holiday Lecture - The Santa Claus Man: The Rise and Fall of a Jazz Age Con Man and the Invention of Christmas in New York. Alex Palmer will draw on the findings in his nonfiction book The Santa Claus Man, and offer a lens into the funny and fascinating history of Santa letters and the evolution of America’s celebration of Christmas. 3:00 p.m.: Christmas Tree lighting festivities begin with refreshments in the West Room and a visit by Santa Claus. Henry Flagler’s youngest descendants will light the 16-foot tall Grand Hall Christmas tree. The Flaglers celebrated Christmas in a traditional Gilded Age fashion, with a tree richly decorated with ornaments, colored electric lights, and gifts for the local children. Every child, young and old, will receive a box of Animal Crackers, a snack invented during the Gilded Age, following the Tree Lighting.
For more information, please call the Flagler Museum at (561) 655-2833 - www.FlaglerMuseum.us