Inside Whitehall
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The Magazine for Flagler Museum Members
Fall 2018 Volume Twenty-Five • Number Four
A Season of Style Lights, Camera, Glamour! Palm Beach Illustrated spent a full day capturing photographs throughout Whitehall of a high-fashion model draped in designer gowns and Graff diamonds. This project was a perfect fit as the Museum launches its “Season of Style,” beginning with the opening of the 2018 fall exhibition, Star Power: Edward Steichen’s Glamour Photography.
Danny Cardozo photographs model Maaike Klaasen of Supreme Management, New York, in the Grand Hall.
As they moved through Henry Flagler’s Whitehall, each room and outfit brought a different, yet consistently elegant, ambience to the photographs. Lighting, hair, makeup, and wardrobe worked together to create effortless beauty in the home deemed “more wonderful than any palace in Europe, grander and more magnificent than any other private dwelling in the world” by the New York Herald in 1902. You can see the full spread in the October issue of Palm Beach Illustrated.
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 am to 5 pm, and Sunday, noon to 5 pm. 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 Deputy Director: Gina Pampena Chief Curator: Tracy Kamerer Member & Visitor Services Director: Allison Goff Public Affairs Director: David Carson Store & Cafe Manager: Kristen Cahill
On the Cover Edward Steichen, Actress Gloria Swanson, 1924. George Eastman Museum, bequest of Edward Steichen under the direction of Joanna T. Steichen. © 2018 The Estate of Edward Steichen / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
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, 2018
Star Power Edward Steichen’s Glamour Photography On View October 16, 2018 - January 6, 2019 The Flagler Museum launches its “Season of Style” with Star Power: Edward Steichen’s Glamour Photography, an exhibition of dramatic black and white portraits of celebrities and fashion models from the 1920s and 30s, by one of the most prolific and influential figures in the history of photography. Edward Steichen (1879-1973) was already a famous painter and fine art photographer on both sides of the Atlantic when, in early 1923, he became chief photographer for Vogue and Vanity Fair, the influential fashion and society magazines published in New York by Condé Nast. Steichen spent the
Edward Steichen, Actress Loretta Young (August 1931), 1931. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Richard and Jackie Hollander (M.2012.239.27), photo © Museum Associates / LACMA. © 2018 The Estate of Edward Steichen / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
next fifteen years, from 1923 to 1937, showcasing the culture of that era and its most prominent stars from the realms of literature, journalism, dance, sport, politics, theatre, and film. Compared with his predecessors, Steichen accomplished a stylistic leap in fashion photography equal in magnitude to the transition from silent pictures to sound. He abandoned his artistic beginnings in photographic Impressionism, Art Nouveau, and Symbolism to become one of the greatest photographers of the Art Déco era and the originator of glamour photography. In addition to stunning fashion photographs, from Worth and
Edward Steichen, Actress Shirley Temple, 1938. George Eastman Museum, bequest of Edward Steichen under the direction of Joanna T. Steichen. © 2018 The Estate of Edward Steichen / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
Poiret to Chanel and Schiaparelli, Steichen created bold and engaging portraits of Greta Garbo, Marlene Dietrich, George Gershwin, Walt Disney, and hundreds of other celebrities. Steichen’s Condé Nast period represents the high point in his photographic career, and the work he did for Vogue and Vanity Fair are among the most striking creations of twentiethcentury photography. Star Power features more than 80 stunning celebrity portraits and fashion photographs in vintage prints, most taken for Condé Nast magazines. Lenders to the exhibition are Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University; George Eastman Museum; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; and Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. 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.
Edward Steichen, Self-Portrait with Photographic Paraphernalia, New York, 1929. George Eastman Museum, bequest of Edward Steichen under the direction of Joanna T. Steichen. © 2018 The Estate of Edward Steichen / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
Star Power programming includes guided exhibition tours, offered Wednesdays at 12:00 pm beginning October 24, as well as a Lecture Series. A lavishly illustrated companion volume, Edward Steichen: In High Fashion, The Condé Nast Years, 1923 – 1937, is available in the Museum Store.
Edward Steichen, Actress Marlene Dietrich, 1931. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Gift of Richard and Jackie Hollander in memory of Ellyn Hollander 2012.234. © 2018 The Estate of Edward Steichen / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
Star Power: Edward Steichen’s Glamour Photography is funded in part by: The Eliasberg Family Foundation, Templeton & Company, the Hilton West Palm Beach, the Board of County Commissioners, the Tourist Development Council, the Cultural Council of Palm Beach County, and Florida Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs.
Star Power Lecture Series
$35 for each lecture, $60 for the Series. Space is limited, advance purchase required.
In the Days of Chic: The Early Days of Glamour Photography with Edward Steichen by Nathalie Herschdorfer, exhibition curator and director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Le Locle, Switzerland 3:00 pm on Thursday, November 15 Museum admission is included in ticket price. In the 1920s, publisher Condé Nast set out to educate public tastes by defining the identity and style of the modern woman through his magazines Vogue and Vanity Fair. From 1923 to 1937, photographer Edward Steichen merged fashion and society photography in his work for the publications. Stars of the silver screen slowly replaced the anonymous models of the magazine’s earlier fashion shots. Clara Bow, Lillian Gish, Pola Negri, Mary Pickford, and Gloria Swanson all came to embody the idea of chic. These new fashion house ambassadors promoted a lifestyle defined by elegance, beauty, and leisure, thus fueling the dreams of countless female readers.
Selling Celebrity: Edward Steichen’s Portrait Revolution by Scott Eyman, best-selling author and critic 6:00 pm on Thursday, November 29 Edward Steichen’s glamorous portraits were carefully designed to appeal to the elite audience of Condé Nast’s magazines. Hollywood photographers either depicted movie stars in character, or in supposedly relaxed, at-home candids. Conventional ideas of glamour were almost always in force. Steichen, who usually worked in New York, was free to invent alternate personas, or to photograph his subjects as he saw them, irrespective of their screen image. Through the enormous popularity of these images Steichen arguably became the first example of the photographer as celebrity, and his magazine work changed photographic portraiture forever.
Flagler's Spirit Update Accessory Drive, October 16 - October 23 Through its Flagler’s Spirit initiative and in coordination with the launch of the “Season of Style”, the Flagler Museum has partnered with Dress for Success Palm Beaches to host an Accessories Drive for women striving to create their own style. Dress for Success Palm Beaches helps to empower women by providing a network of support, professional attire, and development tools they need to enter the workforce. Visitors to the Museum are invited to bring accessories in good condition. Requested items include handbags, jewelry, makeup, and new or lightly worn shoes. All items will be collected in the Flagler Kenan Pavilion, and admission is not required for drop-offs. Thank you for your support!
MAKER & MUSE: Women and Early Twentieth Century Art Jewelry 2019 Winter Exhibition January 29 - May 26, 2019 Our “Season of Style” continues with a stunning exhibition of more than 200 unique pieces of handcrafted art jewelry that celebrate the role of women, both as inspiration and as designers/makers. Featuring exquisite works by renowned artists such as Louis Comfort Tiffany, Charlotte Newman, and René Lalique, Maker & Muse celebrates the impact of women on art jewelry across five regions: Great Britain, France, AustroGermany, New York, and Chicago. These areas saw the emergence of bold, experimental artists who pushed the boundaries of traditional jewelry design. Maker & Muse: Women and Early Twentieth Century Art Jewelry was organized by the Richard H. Driehaus Museum and is toured by International Arts & Artists, Washington, DC. The Winter Exhibition is sponsored by Northern Trust, The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation, VISIT FLORIDA, The Palm Beach Post, the Board of County Commissioners, the Tourist Development Council, the Cultural Council of Palm Beach County, Hilton West Palm Beach, and the State of Florida, Division of Cultural Affairs.
Top: Karl Rothmüller, Mermaid on Coral Brooch, c. 1900. Gilded silver, coral, pearl. Collection of Richard H. Driehaus. Photograph by John A. Faier, 2014, © The Richard H. Driehaus Museum. Left: The Artificers’ Guild, Pendant, c. 1900. Gold, silver, opal, sapphire, zircon, tourmaline, amethyst, almandine, garnet, moonstone, pearl. Collection of Richard H. Driehaus. Photograph by John A. Faier, 2014, © The Richard H. Driehaus Museum.
Café des Beaux-Arts November 23, 2018 - April 21, 2019 11:30 am - 2:30 pm Tuesday through Saturday 12:00 - 3:00 pm on Sunday $22 for Members $40 for non-members Includes Museum admission, tax, and gratuity Gilded Age Americans saw themselves as the most highly evolved western culture in history. Because of this mindset, they felt free to borrow traditions and rituals from previous great western civilizations including ancient Rome and Greece, Italy, and the nation’s former ruling power, Britain. One of the most cherished and ritualistic traditions observed by Americans during the Gilded Age came from Britain – the practice of afternoon tea. Each day, during the Season – from the day after Thanksgiving through Easter Sunday – the Flagler Museum offers an afternoon tea which features an array of delicacies and refreshments reminiscent of the elegance of entertaining during the Gilded Age. Visitors will enjoy a selection 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. Café des Beaux-Arts is located in the beautiful Flagler Kenan Pavilion. Designed in the style of a nineteenth-century Beaux Arts railway palace, the Pavilion provides guests with spectacular panoramic views of the West Palm Beach skyline across Lake Worth. Advance purchase is recommended. Non-advance-purchase patrons will be served on a first-come, first-served basis. The Café is not open to schools. For advance purchase please call (561) 655-2833 ext. 27 or visit the Museum’s website.
Museum Receives Challenge Grant From Harding Foundation The Flagler Museum was recently awarded a generous Challenge Grant from The Harding Foundation. This first-time funding makes it possible for the Museum to leverage all contributions received during its 2018 Annual Campaign. These funds will significantly impact the Museum’s direct services for the public, including historic preservation, collections care, temporary and permanent exhibitions, special lectures and performances, multilingual interpretation, family programs, accessibility for under-served audiences, and free programs for students and educators. The Museum is most grateful for the ongoing support of its grant funders and sponsors, whose generosity makes it possible to preserve and interpret its important collections and educate the public about Henry Flagler, Florida’s history, and America’s Gilded Age.
Hold on to your Hats The latter part of the Gilded Age, from the 1890s to 1920s, coincided with the height of the hatpin era. Women wanted to rid themselves of their “bonnet strings” from the 1870s and ‘80s and express themselves with more elaborate and exaggerated hairstyles and hats. With the added height and breadth of these new styles - some requiring artificial hairpieces and padding - a way of securing them was necessary. Hatpins had been around for centuries, in smaller scale and simpler design, but during the Gilded Age new mass production techniques and increased demand led to an amazing variety of styles, lengths, and materials available to the fashionable consumer. Hatpin length ultimately reached between 6 and 12 inches long. The choice depended on the size of the hat to be secured to the wearer’s hair - the bigger the hat, the longer the hatpin. Newspaper accounts from the period noted, rather humorously, the hazards of hatpins for men courting ladies, who might end up with scratches or other wounds from close contact. Women soon realized that their hatpins could be used as a deterrent, or even a weapon, to fend off unwanted advances. It is no accident that the use of the hatpin for self-defense coincided with the women’s suffrage movement. With her hatpin at the ready, a woman was empowered enough to walk alone in public safely. By the early 1900s, lawmakers across the country began to write legislation in an attempt to limit the length of these “dangerous” hatpins or require protective nibs over their pointed ends. While some ordinances were passed, including fining women for wearing hatpins more than nine inches long, most hatpin laws were not enforced.
Hatpin makers marketed their products to all levels of society and offered choices ranging from extremely ornate and expensive ornaments to more simple and functional alternatives. Materials varied widely, from precious metals, ivory, and gemstones to celluloid, glass, and even fruit pits and seeds. Hatpins reflected the personality and tastes of the wearer, and were often personalized with monograms, painted portraits, or mementoes.
Hatpins and hatpin holders were commonly exhibited and sold as souvenirs at World’s Fairs and exhibitions, or to commemorate significant historic events. An example recently acquired by the Flagler Museum, illustrated here, features an enameled image of a train crossing the Long Key Viaduct. It commemorated the celebration held by the city of Key West from January 20 – February 3, 1912, on the occasion of the opening of the Over-Sea Railroad.
and cloche hats were fashionable, reducing the need for hatpins. Hatpins never again regained their fashionable status but have found renewed interest from the collector’s market. The Flagler Museum collection includes nearly 350 hatpins and hatpin holders, which can be viewed in the Master Bedroom, Blue Room, and – for a limited time – in the Collections Spotlight Case in the South Breezeway.
Towards the mid-1910s, the popularity of hatpins decreased. The outbreak of World War I meant that many of the metals used in hatpins were redirected for the war effort. By the 1920s, bobbed hairstyles
Above: An enameled souvenir hatpin commemorating the opening of the Over-Sea Railroad, 1912. Left: A drawing by Charles Dana Gibson, first published in Collier’s Weekly, 1904, from The Gibson book; a collection of the published works of Charles Dana Gibson (Boston: Charles Scribners’ Sons, 1906). Flagler Museum Library. Opposite page: A selection of hatpins in a ceramic holder, a souvenir from the “Heart of Detroit, Mich.”
Flagler’s Hotel Empire: Hotel Alcazar
Unidentified photographer, Hotel Alcazar, 1901, Flagler Museum Archives.
On January 11, 1888, Henry Morrison Flagler’s Hotel Ponce de Leon in St. Augustine officially opened. Across from the new hotel, the still-unfinished Hotel Alcazar had already begun quietly welcoming guests a few weeks earlier. The Alcazar would become one of three Flagler hotels in St. Augustine, and in many ways, it served as the epicenter of activities for visitors to the city. Construction of the foundations began in March, 1887 and moved along quickly. The architects
of the Hotel Ponce de Leon, John Carrère & Thomas Hastings, designed the Hotel Alcazar in a similar Spanish-inspired style. The construction company still busy finishing the Ponce, McGuire & MacDonald, was also put in charge of the Alcazar. Officially opened on March 5, 1888, the Hotel Alcazar was designed to be a secondary, and more affordable, alternative to the Hotel Ponce de Leon. Flagler and his team quickly realized that the hotel could support itself, however, and it was soon
enlarged. A series of shops surrounded the central courtyard, which also featured a fountain, reflecting pool, and foot bridge. Immediately behind the hotel was a Turkish bath, which included steam, scrub, shower, and reclining rooms. These amenities, and the overall design of the hotel, reflected the tastes of its less affluent patrons, leading many to deem it more “homey” than the ornate Ponce de Leon. The adjacent Casino building, opened in February 1889, housed the largest indoor swimming pool in the world, a café, ballroom, and bowling alley. Designed to entertain the guests of Flagler’s three St. Augustine hotels, it admitted outside visitors for 25 cents. The popular pool, fed by an artesian well, was the site of diving and swimming competitions. Many dances and charity balls were held in the ballroom, which in 1897 hosted the first moving picture in St. Augustine. One particularly large and elaborate charity event involved draining and decorating the pool to transform it into a sunken garden. Guests who preferred outdoor activities could visit tennis courts and a one-hole clock golf course, located behind the Casino. The Hotel Alcazar’s popularity diminished by 1900 as Henry Flagler developed resorts further south, and St. Augustine often became a stopping point on the journey southward rather than a final destination. Nevertheless, the Hotel Alcazar remained one of the first major hotels in Florida to open and one of the last to close each season, and regular updates ensured its continued use through the 1920s. The hotel closed permanently in 1931, after the start of the Great Depression, and it stood empty for years. In July 1947, the Florida East Coast Hotel Co. sold the complex to Otto C. Lightner, a wealthy publisher who needed more space for his expanding collection of fine and decorative 19th century art. Today the Alcazar complex houses the offices of the City of St. Augustine and the Lightner Museum. As one of the few surviving Flagler hotels, it remains an outstanding example of Gilded Age tourist architecture and entertainment. Top: Unidentified photographer, Hotel Alcazar Pool, ca. 1900, Flagler Museum Archives. Middle: Ladies Parlor in Hotel Alcazar St. Augustine, Fla., date unknown, Flagler Museum Archives. Right: Hotel Alcazar Bread Plate, Demitasse Cup, and Sugar Tongs, dates unknown.
Joining The Flagler Team Gina Pampena Deputy Director Gina Pampena is joining the Flagler Museum from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, where she spent the last twenty-eight years. Her goal at the Flagler is to support the Executive Director and staff in fulfilling the mission of the Museum. Gina also plans to assist in identifying and improving Museum operations for the benefit of all our members and visitors, ensuring that Whitehall is able to be enjoyed by both current and future generations.
Shawn Stevens Group Tour Coordinator Shawn joins us from the Museum of Discovery and Science in Fort Lauderdale. He attended Florida International University, where he studied early childhood development. Shawn has always had a love for museums and he thoroughly enjoys historic houses. In his position, he would like to work towards welcoming more diverse groups to tour Whitehall. He hopes to further his career in museums and one day become a director.
Kristen Matulewicz Education Manager Kristen began her Flagler journey when she earned two undergraduate degrees at Flagler College in St. Augustine. She also has a Masters in Art History and Visual Studies from the University of Victoria, British Columbia. She is joining us from the Craigdarroch Castle, where she was an educator. Kristen has aspirations to create more outreach programs and promote inclusivity between the Museum and the surrounding community.
Contributors, Sponsors & Grantors September 4, 2017 - September 12, 2018
$200,000 and above
Palm Beach County Tourist Development Council
$50,000 and above
Florida Division of Cultural Affairs The Harding Foundation Relgalf Charitable Foundation (Mr. George G. Matthews) Samuel J. & Connie M. Frankino Charitable Foundation The Wise Foundation
$25,000 and above
Flagler System, Inc. (Mr. Thomas S. Kenan, III & Mrs. Sterling H. Kenan) Fortin Foundation of Florida, Inc. (Mrs. Lesly S. Smith) Ms. Roe Green Col. & Mrs. G. F. Robert Hanke † Mr. Thomas S. Kenan, III † Mr. & Mrs. William M. Matthews THE MOSAIC FOUNDATION (of R. & P. Heydon) † Northern Trust Randleigh Foundation Trust Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf † Stautberg Family Fund of the Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties
David Minkin Foundation The Eliasberg Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Henry Hilton West Palm Beach † Mrs. John C. LaMonte Mr. & Mrs. Milton S. Maltz Marmot Foundation The Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation, Inc. Mrs. Betsy K. Matthews † Mr. George G. Matthews † National Endowment for the Arts The OLB Foundation, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Ellis J. Parker Sharkey Family Foundation (Ms. Linda Dunhill) Sidney Kohl Family Foundation Mr. Harold Byron Smith Soter Kay Foundation
Mrs. Frank H. Kenan Mr. & Mrs. Douglas M. Kinney (in honor of Mr. Thomas S. Kenan, III) Merriman Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Donald K. Miller Peter R. & Cynthia K. Kellogg Foundation The Richard Foundation Mrs. Evelyn B. Richter Mrs. Rebecca Rimel & Mr. Patrick Caldwell Mr. & Mrs. John J. Rinker Sallie B. Phillips Foundation Whitehall Foundation
$500 and above
Mr. & Mrs. Larry Austin Breneman/Plasket Family Fund Charlotte and Edward K. Wheeler $2,500 and above Foundation Atwater Kent Foundation Mrs. J. Simpson Dean, Jr. BMO Private Bank Mr. & Mrs. Randell C. Doane John J. Pohanka Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Joseph T. Harper Marni & Morris Propp, II Family Herndon Foundation Foundation Mr. John D. Herrick Nancy and Joel Hart Charitable Kanders Foundation Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Richard Lightburn Richard S. Johnson Family Mr. Steve B. Lowden Foundation, Inc. Lucille and David Fannin Mr. & Mrs. Donald B. Scott, Jr. Charitable Fund Templeton & Company Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Maltese, Jr. $10,000 and above Tiro A. Segno Foundation, Inc. Rochelle Ohrstrom Charitable Fund The Abraham and Beverly Sommer VISIT FLORIDA Ruth and Vernon Taylor Foundation Foundation Mr. William H. Saltzman $1,000 and above Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr. Mr. Peter C. Steingraber Charitable Foundation, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Stanley A. Applebaum Mr. & Mrs. Robert T. Butler Mr. Andrew J. Armstrong $250 and above Eric Friedheim Foundation Ashton Foundation AJK Giving Fund MBS Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. John M. Blades Ms. Maria L. Bacinich Palm Beach Daily News † D.A. Hamel Charitable Trust Berwind Corporation The Palm Beach Post † Donald M. Ephraim & Maxine ConocoPhillips U.S. Matching PNC Marks for the Donald M. Gift Program Seth Sprague Educational and Ephraim Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Nathaniel B. Day Charitable Foundation Elizabeth E. Matthews Fund of the Mr. Ronald W. Luque (Mrs. Patricia M. Dunnington) Community Foundation for Palm Mrs. Eleanor G. Major Mr. Thomas S. Kenan Foundation, Inc. Beach and Martin Counties Mr. Steven Peluso Forest Foundation $5,000 and above GE Foundation Bardes Fund Mr. & Mrs. Murray H. Goodman † Denotes a full or partial in-kind Cultural Council of Mr. Lamont B.P. Harris contribution or a donation to the Palm Beach County Mr. & Mrs. John H. Johnson Museum’s Permanent Collection.
Contributors, Sponsors & Grantors (cont’d)
New and Renewing Members
September 4, 2017 - September 12, 2018
June 9 - September 12, 2018
$250 and above (cont’d)
Mr. & Mrs. James C. Pizzagalli Mr. Tim Radigan-Brophy Ms. Barbara G. Rentschler Riehm Corporation The Riley Family Charitable Foundation Ms. Diane Riley Mr. David P. Silverman (in memory of Ms. Ethel K. Bob) Ms. Josephine Wurster
$100 and above
Mr. & Mrs. Louis Astorino Mr. & Mrs. F. Ted Brown, Jr. Dr. Bunny J. Bucho Mrs. Sandra Kay Crawford Mrs. L. Rodger Currie Mr. & Mrs. H. Spencer Everett, Jr. (in honor of Mr. Thomas S. Kenan, III) Mr. & Mrs. Paul D. Flach Ms. Alexandra Flinchum The Garden Club of Palm Beach Dr. Eleanor Laudicina & Dr. Robert Laudicina Ms. Carol Mann Mr. Thomas O. McCarthy Mr. Thomas S. Nicholson Nottingham Family Fund Ms. Danute M. Nourse Ms. Gina Pampena Mrs. Mary Pampena Mrs. Richard C. Pietrafesa Mr. Albert Primavera Mr. & Mrs. Stephen W. Rothermel Mrs. Stanley M. Rumbough, Jr. Mr. Donald E. Runge & Ms. Diane Dorio Scott Ziegler Charitable Fund Mrs. William T. Seed The Honorable & Mrs. Thomas F. Shebell, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Eliot I. Snider Mr. James Edward Sved Mr. & Mrs. David L. Wagner
Mr. & Mrs. William L. Walde Ms. Toby Welch & Mr. John Plewes Ms. Yim Ping Cynthia Wong & Ms. Karen Wong
$50 and above
Anonymous Mr. & Mrs. Burton Anderson (in memory of Mrs. Joan S. Runkel) Mr. & Mrs. Keith D. Beaty Mr. Djamel Bennoui Mr. William Carter Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Ganger Ms. Muriel Kaplan & Mr. Bob Solomon Ms. Nancy Lofye (in memory of Mrs. Joan S. Runkel) Mrs. Virginia C. Longo Ms. Mary Pedone Ms. Sandy Szakach Dr. Hilda B. Templeton
$25 and above
Mr. Frederick A. Braman Mayor Paulette B. Burdick & Mr. Gregory S. Burdick Dr. Helen Franke Mr. & Mrs. Ross Grumet (in honor of the marriage of Arthur & Carol Fabrakant) Mr. Michael McCabe Ms. Karen McKelvie (in memory of Mrs. Joan S. Runkel) The Pontarelli & Bogusz Family Ms. Karen S. Roberts Ms. Trudy A. Ruddy Mr. Gregg Sokoloff Mrs. Doris M. Welsch Ms. Beverly S. Wilbur
† Denotes a full or partial in-kind contribution or a donation to the Museum’s Permanent Collection.
Corporate Memberships Corporate Chairman
Ford Motor Company Vinson & Elkins LLP
Individual Memberships Legacy - $10,000
Mr. & Mrs. John Acierno Ms. Connie M. Frankino Ms. Maria Goryaeva & Mr. Steven Mandel Mr. & Mrs. Alan Shibley Ms. Jena Stupicic & Mr. Ross Nolte
Flagler Associate - $5,000
The Coconuts of Palm Beach Mr. & Mrs. Randell C. Doane Ms. Linda A. Gary & Mr. Michael Belisle Mr. & Mrs. Berton E. Korman Dr. & Mrs. Jan W. Kronish Mr. & Mrs. Craig Williams
Benefactor - $2,500
Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Fisher Mr. & Mrs. W. Stephen Murray Mr. & Mrs. Paul Phelan, Jr.
Patron - $1,000
Mr. Andrew J. Armstrong Mr. & Mrs. Dennis C. Bottorff Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Eisenberg Mr. Lamont B.P. Harris Mr. & Mrs. John M. Kubeck Dr. & Mrs. Jeffrey H. Phillips Mr. & Mrs. John J. Rinker Ms. Ruby S. Rinker Mr. & Mrs. Shouky Shaheen
Sponsor - $500
Dr. & Mrs. James T. Duncan, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Murray Gross Mr. & Mrs. Robert Halmi Mr. & Mrs. Joseph T. Harper
New and Renewing Members June 9 - September 12, 2018
Individual Memberships Sponsor - $500 (cont’d)
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Mr. Mark F. Ahlers Mr. & Mrs. Dov Apfel Ms. Barbara M. Bryant Mr. & Mrs. Murdoch Campbell Ms. Marilyn Corradini Dr. & Mrs. James Criscione Ms. Christy Cunningham-Adams Mr. & Mrs. John A. Daniels Mr. & Mrs. William M. Feldman Mr. Brad Fox & Mr. Daniel J. Stackhouse Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Freeman Ms. Georgette George-Quinn Mrs. Linda Lee Grabkowski Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth L. Groves Ms. Lisa Hale & Mr. James E. Haas, III Mr. Stanley N. Hall Mr. & Mrs. Daniel A. Hanley Mr. & Mrs. William Harsh Mr. & Mrs. Joel Hart Mrs. C. Morgan Jackson Mr. & Mrs. Walter J. Karpinski Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Kimmerling Mr. & Mrs. William Lane Dr. Eleanor Laudicina & Dr. Robert Laudicina Mr. & Mrs. Jerome E. Luecke Ms. Anna Marshall & Mr. Thomas I. Davis, Jr. Mr. Thomas O. McCarthy Mr. & Mrs. William Parmelee Mr. & Mrs. Duane Pinnock Mr. & Mrs. Ron Ponder Dr. G. David Raymond Mr. & Mrs. Michael S. Reiter Ms. Diane Riley & Mr. Keith Ablett Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Rizzi Mr. Josue Santiago & Mr. Matthew Dzwonkiewicz Mr. David Sarama
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Family - $125
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth S. Beall, Jr. Ms. Jessica Bologna & Mr. Daniel de Oliveira Mr. & Mrs. Scott Breton The Honorable Gail L. Coniglio & Mr. Frank S. Coniglio Mr. & Mrs. W. Anthony Dowell Ms. Shirley Dy & Mr. Vladimir Rankovic Mr. & Mrs. Stephen R. Ehrlich Mr. & Mrs. Robert T. Eigelberger Mr. & Mrs. Richard Feldman Mrs. Constance Galley & Mr. Richard Galley Mrs. Caroline Griffin & Mr. Henry E. Dugan, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Kaufman Ms. Carole Kissel & Ms. Sofia Kissel Ms. Shana Kronish & Mr. Cody Glickman Mr. & Mrs. Robert Z. Lehrer Mr. Michael McKeich & Mr. Carlos Toro Dr. & Mrs. John T. Murray Ms. Barbara G. Rentschler Ms. Warren Resen Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Salay Mr. & Mrs. Martin J. Schwalberg Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Sciortino Ms. Patricia Sheldon & Mr. Clifford Davis Mr. & Mrs. Albert H. Small Mrs. Ellen Stern & Mr. Abraham Stern Mr. & Mrs. Gary Stevens Mr. & Mrs. John Vakoutis Mr. & Mrs. Chip Valle Mr. & Mrs. William L. Walde
Individual - $75
Mr. Michael R. Bloeth Mrs. Carol O. Collins Mrs. L. Rodger Currie Mrs. Edith A. Fisher Mr. Rodger S. Fowler Ms. Renate Franco Mrs. Carol Goldenhersh Ms. Annemarie Steiner Hantos Mrs. Audrey Jaggi Mrs. Eleanor G. Major Ms. Bernadete Manning Ms. Kip O’Brien Mrs. Andrea Pallas Ms. Arva Moore Parks Ms. Katie Phelan Ms. Alexandra Secord Ms. Grace Solomon Mr. Julion St. Croix Dr. Hilda B. Templeton Mrs. Marilen Versaggi Mrs. Marie B. Weigl Ms. Sharon Weimer Mrs. Doris M. Welsch Ms. Beverly S. Wilbur Mrs. Linda Wilson Marquesa de San Damian
Educator - $50
Dr. Tinna Frever Mrs. Melissa J. Glosmanova Ms. Julie McNally Ms. Linda T. Simpson
Whitehall Society
Mrs. Frederic A. Sharf
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Christmas at Whitehall Sunday, December 2, 2:00 - 5:00 pm 2:00 pm - Special Holiday Lecture: Borrowing from the most festive holiday moments in their writings and personal memoirs, this lecture will explore the impetus of holiday scene-setting and personal family traditions in the lives of Charles Dickens and Mark Twain. Hear Carlo DeVito, accomplished author, editor, and publisher, tell how the beloved Cratchet family and other characters featured in the 1843 novel A Christmas Carol were inspired by the people in Dickens’ real life. DeVito will include in this discussion the many heart-warming Christmas traditions embraced by literary legend Mark Twain, whose life was, on many occasions, anchored to the celebration of Christmas, up to the gut-wrenching way he spent his last holiday in Hartford. The Special Christmas Lecture is sponsored by the Hilton West Palm Beach and BMO Private Bank.
3:00 pm - Christmas Tree Lighting: 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. Christmas at Whitehall is sponsored by the Board of County Commissioners, the Tourist Development Council, and the Cultural Council of Palm Beach County.
Holiday Evening Tours $25 for Adults| $15 for Children under 18| Reception begins at 6:30 pm December 19 and 20, tours begin at 6:45, 7:00, and 7:15 pm December 21, 22, and 23, tours begin at 6:45, 7:00, 7:15, and 7:30 pm During this beloved annual event, families tour Whitehall after hours and discover the origins of American Christmas traditions. Each evening begins with a reception featuring carols, refreshments, and holiday-themed activities, followed by a special holiday tour of Whitehall. Guests have the rare opportunity to experience Whitehall by the glow of the original 1902 light fixtures. Every visitor receives a traditional Flagler Museum Christmas Cracker following the tour. The Museum Store will remain open for holiday shopping.