Word: loeser
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Hugo Loeser, a 57-year-old liquor importer from Chicago, went sightseeing in London's City (financial district) last week. Coming upon what he took to be a busy broker's office, he stepped in to have a look at stock quotations. The hubbub of voices steadily increased, so did shouts of "1401!" Puzzled and amused by this chant. Mr. Loeser suddenly noticed that I he was surrounded. Someone jostled him. His hat was knocked off. Next thing he knew he was in the street, straightening his rumpled clothes, looking up into the red face of a bobby...
...Loeser had walked into the London Stock Exchange, which brooks no intrusion. The Exchange was once limited to 1400 members. Now, whenever a stranger is seen on the floor, members shout "1401," throw him out. Mr. Loeser was lucky not to have been "debagged" (pants taken off). Afterwards, he said somewhat sourly: "The experience was funny...
...display in Fogg Art Museum now are selected drawings by old masters, including examples from the Museum collection, the Charles A. Loeser bequest, acquisitions from the Oppenheimer sale held in London last year, and loans from Mrs. Jesse Isidor Straus. Also being shown are some English water colors, and a new permanent exhibition of Near Eastern Art. Included in this latter exhibit are Persian Miniatures and pottery, Syrian glass and Graeco-Roman pottery...
...conjunction with the "Art Week in Boston" program sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce, authorities of the Fogg Art Museum, are not only presenting three lectures but are opening numerous exhibits today. These include a special exhibition of water colors by outstanding modern American artists, drawings from the Loeser collection, Japanese prints from the Duel collection, and a display of early American furniture, painting, and silver...
...important collection consisting of 262 drawings taken from the enormous number gathered together by the late C. A. Loeser '87, has been recently given to the Fogg Museum, it was learned yesterday. This famous Loeser Collection includes two drawings that may be assigned to Holbein and Rambrandt...