Word: mackays
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...more men ever were found, alive. The Phœbus's first awful flash of the accident was picked up by a German-speaking operator of Mackay Radio & Telegraph Co. in Manhattan at 1:46 a.m. It simply reported the crash, and the rescue of four men. Immediately the Coast Guard sent cutters dashing to the position, 20 miles off Barnegat Lightship. The cruiser U. S. S. Portland steamed for the scene. Weatherbound, airplane pilots chafed and champed until dawn. Within a few hours a fleet of rescue ships were circling by sea and air around...
...Raphael panel was not the only purchase from Mr. Mackay. At the same time the Museum acquired from him an Adoration of the Shepherds by Mantegna; three historic suits of armor; two belonging to Queen Elizabeth's friends, the Earls of Pembroke and Cumberland, the third to Anne de Montmorency, Constable of France; the finest sword the Museum has ever owned, that of Ambrosio di Spinola, the General of Velazquez's famed Surrender of Breda (The Lances); and the only known 14th Century tapestry depicting King Arthur...
...time of the purchase (secretly made eight months ago), Mr. Mackay resigned as a trustee of the Museum. Either because he was attempting to deny that Clarence Mackay needed the money, or to reassure bankers who are supposed to have lent much money on the security of the Mackay art collection, Director Winlock added a statement to last week's announcement...
...understand that Mr. Mackay has parted with nothing else, and as far as I am aware the acquisition of these objects by the Museum does not indicate in any way an intention on his part to break up his collection...
...Long Island last week Mrs. Mackay (Singer Anna Case) was furnishing a gardener's cottage on their Roslyn estate. When the cottage is ready, Mr. & Mrs. Mackay will shutter the big house-paintings, armor, indoor tennis courts & all- let the sunken gardens and model farms run wild, move into the cottage with one servant...