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 h-esteemed-friend/
SUMMARY:Special Exhibit Opening - To My Much Esteemed Friend..."
DESCRIPTION:“To My Much Esteemed Friend ….” The Autographed Portrait 
 Collection of Charles M. Schwab opens to the public April 4\, 2025\, at De
 laware &amp\; Lehigh National Heritage Corridor’s (DLNHC) National Canal
  Museum in Hugh Moore Park\, Easton PA.  The autographed photographic por
 traits in this collection were presented to Schwab\, the business genius w
 ho built and led Bethlehem Steel from 1905 until the mid-1920s\, by the po
 werful\, prominent\, and famous people who filled his world. The exhibitio
 n will be the first public display of the collection since the 1980s.\n\nD
 uring his extensive career in the American steel industry\, Charles Schwab
 's network of connections included American presidents and politicians\, d
 omestic and foreign military leaders\, dozens of foreign heads of state\, 
 monarchs\, millionaire magnates\, and multiple famous celebrities. Busines
 s etiquette in that era included the exchange of inscribed formal photogra
 phic portraits\, and Schwab amassed a large collection which he displayed 
 in his offices.  The photographs were later hung in the Schwab Library in
  the corporate headquarters of Bethlehem Steel. The collection was acquire
 d by the National Canal Museum following the Schwab Library’s reorganiza
 tion in the 1980s.\n\nThe 2026 exhibition includes signed photographs of P
 residents Teddy Roosevelt through Warren Harding\, “Black Jack” Genera
 l John Pershing\, British Prime Ministers David Lloyd-George and Sir Winst
 on Churchill\, John D. Rockefeller\, Jr\, Thomas Edison\, Mark Twain\, yac
 htsman and tea magnate Sir Thomas Lipton\, and silent film stars Mary Pick
 ford and Douglas Fairbanks\, Sr. The exhibit will also explore the history
  of autograph collecting\, and the evolution of the writing instruments us
 ed to sign the photographs.
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CATEGORIES:National Canal Museum
LOCATION:National Canal Museum\, 2750 Hugh Moore Park Rd\, Easton\, Pennsyl
 vania\, 18042\, United States
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