Word: keezerism
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Keezer, long famous as a clothier, agreed last night to the rumor that he has set up as an art connoisseur with an original Whistler etching to his credit...
...Keezer was forced quite by accident to be ranked among patrons of the beaux arts, when he purchased the estate of the late Gilmore Clapp. When the estate came to Keezer there were some pictures in it, among them the Whistler etching...
...Keezer answered questions concerning his purchase, saying, "Yes, I bought an estate...Yes, there were some pictures, some etchings too...What are they? Oh, I can't tell about them...Well, one had a yacht...Oh, I don't know...Six or eight of them...Oh, yes, good pictures, the best...Come and see them at my store some time...
Another striking figure was that of an Ethiopian "scout", Dr. Charles, who held forth in the eighteen-twenties. He was the precursor of two modern institutions, the Phillips Brooks Old Clothes Drive and Max Keezer. Through his diligence as a collector and his extraordinary thrift, he became the source of supply for students and even professors in need of "small loans". It is said "he was always ready to place his funds at the disposal of the College...
...would be a simple matter to establish an endowment to insure the payment of "faros back and forth". And, as for the raccoon coat, though the winter is still young, Max Keezer could doubtless find one he would be willing to part with at a sacrifice...