Word: elkinses
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Appropriate was it that Mrs. Rice's most prized possession should go to Philadelphia. From Philadelphians she inherited two fortunes, totaling some $60,000,000-one from her father, Oilman William L. Elkins, the other from her first husband, George D. Widener, who with her elder son went down...
Though the Philadelphia Museum of Art welcomed Mrs. Rice's drawing room, it would welcome still more warmly a gift from her brother-in-law, Joseph Early Widener. A leathery, meticulous Philadelphia patrician, Joe Widener inherited his father's great art collection, has made it even greater by...
The scholarships were conferred on the following: Alan J. Ansen '42, Woodmere, L.I.; Joseph N. Bah, Jr. '40, Philadelphia; James S. Clarke '40, La Grange, III.; Viasios Georgian '41, Quincy; Robert A. Keller '42, Cleveland; William H. Kruskal '40, New Rochelle, N.Y.; John E. Leffler '42, Waban; Paul Olum '40...
Widener has never before had an exhibit center and most of the exhibits have been placed in the corridors, but the new room not only provides the Library with a center it needs, but it also utilizes the otherwise neglected marble-walled rotunda. This gift from the Widener heirs provides...
Two hours later Claude Elkins felt "sort of cold and sticky all over." In his hand was a telegram informing him that he was the only ticket holder of the winning combination, that he had won the whole pool of $10,772.40-largest pari-mutuel payoff in the history of...