Inside Whitehall - Fall 2014

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Fall 2014 Volume Twenty-One • Number Four

Café des Beaux-Arts Open for the Season November 28

Special Blend™ tea, and served on exquisite Whitehall Collection™ china.

Located in the beautiful Flagler Kenan Pavilion, Café des BeauxArts provides guests with spectacular panoramic views of Lake Worth and the West Palm Beach skyline. Henry Flagler’s private Railcar No. 91 completes the sophisticated Gilded Age ambience.

Open each year between Thanksgiving and Easter, the Café des Beaux-Arts will kick off another season on November 28th. Each afternoon the Flagler Museum serves a prix fixe lunch featuring an array of delicacies

and refreshments reminiscent of the elegance of entertaining during the Gilded Age. Visitors may enjoy an assortment of gourmet tea sandwiches, traditional scones, and sweets complemented by the Flagler Museum’s own Whitehall

Guests are encouraged to prepurchase lunch to insure space is available. For more information call (561) 655-2833 or visit www.FlaglerMuseum.us.

Museum Trustees

Museum Hours and Admission

President: George G. Matthews Vice President: G. F. Robert Hanke Treasurer: William M. Matthews Secretary: Thomas S. Kenan, III Trustee: Alexander W. Dreyfoos Trustee: Kelly M. Hopkins Trustee: John B. Rogers

The Flagler Museum is open year round, Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. Closed Mondays, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Day. Admission is $18 for adults, $10 for youth ages 13-17, $3 for children ages 6-12, and children under 6 are free. Admission is free for Members. Special rates are available for groups.

The Museum and grounds are wheelchair accessible.

Leadership Staff Executive Director: John M. Blades Chief Financial Officer: Rudina Toro Chief Curator: Tracy Kamerer Education Director: Allison Goff Facilities Manager: William Fallacaro Member Services Director: Sarah Brutschy Public Affairs Director: David Carson Store & Cafe Manager: Kristen Cahill

On the Cover

The epitome of Gilded Age elegance, this 18-karat gold tea service – one of two owned by Mary Lily - was made by Tiffany & Co. in 1904. The tea set is monogrammed with Mary Lily’s initials.

Inside Whitehall is published quarterly by the Henry Morrison Flagler Museum, Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation.

The Flagler Museum One Whitehall Way Palm Beach, Florida 33480 Telephone (561) 655-2833 Fax (561) 655-2826 e-mail: mail@flaglermuseum.us website: www.FlaglerMuseum.us © Flagler Museum, 2014

AAM Re-accredits Flagler Museum The Henry Morrison Flagler Museum has been re-accredited by the American Alliance of Museums (AAM). Of the nation’s estimated 20,000 museums, only 778 are currently accredited.

Accreditation recognizes the highest standards maintained among individual museums and insures that these organizations continue to uphold their public trust.

Developed and sustained by museum professionals for more than 35 years, AAM’s museum accreditation program is the industry’s primary vehicle for quality assurance, self-regulation, and public accountability.

“The Henry Morrison Flagler Museum takes great pride in achieving re-accreditation by the American Alliance of Museums,” said John Blades, Executive Director of the Flagler Museum. “This recognition is a reflection of the quality of work performed at the Museum on a daily basis and our institution’s drive

to provide outstanding exhibitions and valuable educational programming and resources for our community and a national audience.”

The Flagler Museum in Palm Beach is one of only four sites in the Nation to be awarded all three of the highest national honors given to historic sites; designation as a National Historic Landmark, accreditation by the American Alliance of Museums, and presentation of the Ross Merrill Award for Outstanding Commitment to the Preservation and Care of Collections.

“The communities served by the Flagler Museum can take pride in knowing that they have in their midst one of the country’s top museums,” said Ford W. Bell, president of the AAM.

Museum Receives Multiple Grants The Flagler Museum was recently awarded several grants for upcoming projects and programs. The substantial financial support the Museum receives from local, state, and national levels affirms the important role the Museum plays in educating the public about Henry Flagler, Florida’s history, and America’s Gilded Age. Two grants for collections and conservation have been received. In addition to contributions from the Cultural Council of Palm Beach County/PNC SmARTBiz, Fortin Foundation of Florida, and Mosaic Foundation of R&P Heydon, the Wise Foundation has provided the funds needed for the purchase of the specialized Bookeye 4V1A Professional Scanner. The specialized scanner will allow the Museum to greatly enhance its collections research and interpretation capabilities while meeting professional collections care standards. The Museum has also been awarded its third grant from the Institute of Museums and Library Services, the result of a highly competitive process that resulted in only one third of applicants being selected for grant funding. This funding will support

the conservation and treatment of the Music Room’s twelve pieces of historic Louis XV-style upholstered and wooden seating. The Music Room is viewed by tens of thousands of Museum visitors annually.

Grant funding has once again been awarded by the Palm Beach County Board of County Commissioners for marketing and cultural programming through the Cultural Tourism Development Fund. The county’s Tourist Development Council recommends funding and the Cultural Council of Palm Beach County administers this grant. The Museum’s 2014-15 grant award amount is the highest among large cultural organizations in Palm Beach County.

Pay-day at Miraflores, Panama Canal. Image from the booklet titled Souvenir of the Panama Canal, published by I. L. Maduro, ca. 1912. Flagler Museum Archives.

Fall Exhibition to Examine Panama Canal through three Centuries In commemoration of the centennial of its opening in 1914, Kiss of the Oceans: The Meeting of the Atlantic and the Pacific will illustrate the fascinating story of the construction of the Panama Canal, one of the world’s great technological achievements. Through artifacts, photographs, and documents, the exhibition will tell the Canal’s story from sixteenth-century explorers to nineteenth-century debates, the failed French canal project of the 1880s, the massive American takeover in 1904, and finally the first official transit on August 15, 1914.

Beginning in the sixteenth century, a number of countries attempted

to find a convenient route from the Atlantic to the Pacific, through the narrow land bridge connecting North and South America. It was widely recognized that a waterway across the Isthmus would have a major impact on world commerce and power. However, until the twentieth century, sailing around Cape Horn at the southern tip of South America remained the only water route between the two oceans.

Serious work on a canal, however, was not possible until the technological advancements of the late nineteenth century. The 1848 discovery of gold in California added urgency to the idea of a

canal, as ships bearing valuable gold cargo were lost rounding the Horn.

After successfully completing the Suez Canal in 1869, the French attempted to build a sea-level canal through presentday Panama in the 1880s. When the French project failed, President Theodore Roosevelt argued strongly for America’s involvement in the Canal project. The United States took over the project in 1904, and within a decade the Canal was complete.

Henry Flagler also kept a keen eye on developments in Central America. Key West, the closest deepwater port in the United States to the area, was poised to become a

major stop for ships transiting a Central American canal. While Flagler had considered extending the Florida East Coast Railway to Key West since at least 1891 and he had already secured the only charter from the Florida Legislature, he waited to move forward until the United States government announced its plan in 1904 to build the Canal. The project was put into motion immediately, and the construction of the Over-Sea Railroad began in 1905.

The second-largest project in the world after the Panama Canal and itself considered the greatest engineering feat ever undertaken by a private citizen, the Over-Sea Railroad was open and ready within seven years.

The Isthmus was considered not only commercially significant, but also vital to military strength in the Western Hemisphere. The completion of the Panama Canal project was the climax of the rise of the United States as a world power, and helped secure its dominance in the twentieth century.

Kiss of the Oceans will present the history of America’s involvement in the Canal Zone and examine the political developments in Central America that made the Canal possible.

The Canal project employed 75,000 workers from all over the world, eager to contribute to the historical undertaking.

Workers endured hard labor, Meeting of the Atlantic and the Pacific, “The Kiss of the Oceans”, ca. 1912harsh tropical weather, disease, and 1915. Postcard. Flagler Museum Archives deprivation. The story of these workers, of millions of French francs and nearly 400 million their lives in the Canal Zone, and the American dollars, it was also the most expensive challenges they met will be told in the exhibition. project ever attempted up to that time.

The path of the Canal crossed difficult terrain and By cutting 7,800 miles off the trip from New York to required the construction of four dams, two artificial San Francisco, the Canal has proven itself invaluable to lakes, and three sets of locks. One of the greatest commerce and politics. More than a million ships have engineering challenges of all time was the massive transited the Canal during the last century. Today Culebra Cut crossing the Continental Divide, which the Panama Canal - still vital to world commerce - is rose more than 360 feet above sea level. Ultimately being expanded and updated to accommodate a new 268,000,000 cubic yards of material was excavated to generation of vessels. make way for the Panama Canal. It was an astounding engineering feat - the quintessential expression of the Kiss of the Oceans is organized by the Flagler Museum. great optimism of the Gilded Age. At a cost of hundreds

History Institute Wins 2014 Florida Preservation Award The Palm Beach County History Institute was recently presented a 2014 Florida Preservation Award in recognition of significant achievement in the preservation of Florida’s rich heritage. The Palm Beach County History Institute provides in-depth coverage of local history through a week-long series of workshops held every summer at diverse historic sites around the County. Participating teachers visit a different partnering organization each day and experience lectures provided by local historians, panel discussions, tours, and workshop sessions. The Institute encourages local history integration in all subject areas by providing content instruction in curriculum areas of social studies, math, science, language arts, geography, music, and art. Since its inception in 2009, the Institute has evolved and continued to hone its delivery of local history to educators. The consortium formed a Board of Directors to implement standards and procedures in order to ensure uniformity at all venues. Resources and lesson plans are consistently updated to meet current state standards and approved by the School District of Palm Beach County. Evaluations completed by participants provide the basis for adjustments and improvements. The innovative consortium that formed the Palm Beach County History Institute fulfills the need of educating the community about local history,

architecture, and culture while expanding their outreach into the community and developing new audiences. In many ways, the model of the History Institute may prove to be an effective way for organizations throughout the State to pool their resources as one voice to local school districts, and make a larger, collective impact on the communities they serve. Palm Beach County History Institute partner sites are: Henry Morrison

Flagler Museum, Historical Society of Palm Beach County, the Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach, Loxahatchee River Historical Society and Lighthouse Museum, Spady Museum and Cultural Heritage Center, Delray Beach Historical Society, Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens, and the Boca Raton Historical Society and Museum.

President Coolidge

and the FEC Railway: The trip to Cuba

The Coolidges at the White House, 1924. Library of Congress.

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he Florida East Coast Railway had been the backbone of transportation on Florida’s East Coast for decades by the time President and Mrs. Coolidge traveled to the Pan American Conference in Havana, Cuba, in January, 1928. By then traveling to Florida had become much easier than it was when Henry Morrison

Flagler first visited in 1878. In fact, President Calvin Coolidge’s trip highlights how easy travel in Florida had become as a result of Flagler’s work to create a reliable and comfortable transportation infrastructure in Florida.

Coolidge’s official trip to the Pan American Conference to deliver the keynote address required a vast amount of planning and preparation. A special train was reserved to transport the President and Mrs. Coolidge from Washington to Key West on January 13. The “President’s Special” was pulled by locomotive 153 of the FEC Railway, a locomotive that would later be added to the United States National Register of Historic Places in honor of its use as a rescue train during the 1935 Labor Day Hurricane. The “President’s Special” traveled on tracks owned by three railway companies: the Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac Railroad, the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, and the Florida East Coast Railway.

The presidential party traveled from Jacksonville to Key West via the FEC Railway, which was the largest part of the journey by far. Along the route the train stopped only once, in Miami, where the Coolidges toured the city by automobile. Crowds of well-wishers were so thick that the train left Miami 10 minutes behind schedule.

Quick stops at FEC Railway stations followed, during which the Coolidges were often presented with gifts of Florida fruit, while they remained aboard the train.

Once in Key West, the Coolidges continued their trip to Cuba via the USS Texas.

The President and Mrs. Coolidge stayed in the Cuban Presidential Palace, were they were the guests of honor

The Coolidges on the “President’s Special,” January 1928. Flagler Museum Archives.

at a dinner for 2,000 hosted by President Machado. Coolidge’s address at the Pan American Conference in Havana highlighted democracy, development, communication, cooperation, and peace among American nations, and the Conference was deemed a great success.

The Coolidges stayed on a few nights before embarking on the USS Memphis on January 18 for their trip back to Key West. The party again boarded the “President’s Special,” which stopped this time only in Jacksonville, where the crowds were almost as large as those in Miami.

The Flagler Museum Archives hold two objects related to this Presidential trip.

The first is a menu from the “President’s Special,” illustrating the luxurious amenities provided for the Coolidges. Both a prix fixe and a la carte menu were available, and each offered a variety of options, including: creamed sweetbread patties with fresh mushrooms, smoked ox tongue, consommé “Princess,” and three local specialties - Florida lobster cocktail, Florida celery, and Florida guava jelly. The menu also reflects the fact that the United States was in the middle of Prohibition, as An FEC Railway menu from the “President’s Special,” January 1928. no alcohol was offered, which Flagler Museum Archives. probably also explains the fact that the Coolidges toasted with The FEC Railway was an integral part of President water instead of wine during their stay in Cuba.

Coolidge’s successful trip to the Pan American Conference and his trip aboard the FEC Railway is Shortly after the trip photographs of the Coolidges on testament to the reliability and high standards that the “President’s Special” were sent to the FEC Railway. the Railroad maintained. A little over a year after the One of them is in the Museum’s Archives and shows trip to Cuba, the Coolidges came back to Florida for the Coolidges on the back of the train as it proceeds their first extended vacation as private citizens after along the Over-Sea Railroad. Mrs. Coolidge is waving departing the White House. They stayed for a number a kerchief while the President stands beside her, with of weeks near Mount Dora, having fallen in love with a book in his hand. This scene is indicative of the first the State just as Flagler had 50 years before. couple’s dynamics - the President quiet and reticent, the First Lady outgoing and effusive.

History Room

Exhibit Reinstalled

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1. The west wall of the History Room tells Henry Flagler’s story from birth until his arrival in Key West on the Over-Sea Railroad in 1912.

2. The east side wall features a glimpse into life at Whitehall. To the right is a Seth Thomas Railroad Regulator No. 16, built circa 1875 - 1910.

3. Registrar Rachel Bradshaw and Assistant Curator Janel Trull carefully arrange the contents of a display case.

4. This 18-karat gold tea service, made by Tiffany & Co. in 1904, with Mary Lily Kenan’s inscribed monogram.

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ver the summer months, the Museum’s History Room was restored. The project started with the deinstallation of large floor-to-ceiling exhibition panels, which revealed long-hidden architectural details. The room was then given fresh coats of pale green and linen white paint to match the room’s original color scheme, the historical light fixtures were returned to their former locations, and the decorative parquet floor was restored by the same conservators that repaired

all of the other maple and Cuban mahogany floors in Whitehall’s guest rooms.

With the room returned to its original elegance, the Flagler Museum’s Curatorial Team installed a new exhibition that provides expanded information about Henry and Mary Lily Flagler, their families, life at Whitehall, Flagler’s businesses, and Henry Flagler’s extraordinary legacy.

Christmas

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hroughout the holiday season Whitehall’s first floor is decorated in traditional Gilded Age splendor. The Annual Christmas Tree Lighting and Holiday Evening Tours have become family traditions not to be missed.

On December 7th, the Flagler Museum will host a special Christmas-themed lecture before the tree lighting events begin. Join historian and author Mary Miley Theobald at 2:00 p.m. for her lecture Christmas Ornaments of the Gilded Age: An Illustrated History. Ms. Theobald will examine the festive decorative styles and trends of Gilded Age Christmas ornaments and their evolution through the early 20th century.

After the Special Christmas Lecture, the Annual Christmas Tree Lighting events will begin at 3:00 p.m. The 16-foot tall Grand Hall Christmas Tree with its historically accurate trimmings is the center of Whitehall’s holiday celebrations. The event will include holiday music played on Whitehall’s original 1,249 pipe J.H. & C.S. Odell & Co. organ, and the 1902 Steinway art-case grand piano in the Drawing Room.

Children may also meet Santa Claus in the Flagler Kenan Pavilion.

Visitors may enjoy a special choir performance in the Courtyard and holiday refreshments in the

West Room. The event culminates with Henry Flagler’s youngest descendants lighting the Grand Hall Christmas Tree. The Museum continues a tradition of giving a box of Animal Crackers to each guest as they leave Whitehall. In 1902, the same year Whitehall was built, the National Biscuit Company (Nabisco) began attaching a string to their colorful circus cookie boxes so they could be used as Christmas tree ornaments. The Tree Lighting is free with Museum admission.

Visitors are invited to experience a Gilded Age Christmas while touring Whitehall during the Holiday Evening Tours. Holiday Evening Tours will be available during select times on December 18th through 23rd. Visitors will discover the origins of American Christmas traditions, and have a rare opportunity to see Whitehall by the glow of the original 1902 light fixtures. Every visitor will receive a traditional Christmas cracker following the tour. A choral group will sing Christmas carols while holiday refreshments are served.

The Museum Store will be open for Holiday shopping. Visit the Museum’s website, or call (561) 655-2833 for ticket information. Tickets must be purchased in advance. The tours tend to sell out early.

The Flagler Museum Music Series consistently presents world-class chamber music groups in the gracious, intimate setting of the West Room.

Upcoming Season Programs Announced The Season begins with the Fall Exhibition Kiss of the Oceans: The Meeting of the Atlantic and the Pacific. In commemoration of the centennial of its opening in 1914, Kiss of the Oceans will illustrate the fascinating story of the construction of the Panama Canal, one of the world’s great technological achievements.

Through artifacts, photographs, and documents, the exhibition will tell the Canal’s story from sixteenthcentury explorers to nineteenth-century debates, the failed French canal project of the 1880s, the massive American takeover in 1904, and finally the first official transit on August 15, 1914. This exhibition is sponsored

by PNC Wealth Management, Enterprise Holdings Foundation, the Cultural Council of Palm Beach County, the Tourist Development Council, Palm Beach County Board of County Commissioners, and the State of Florida Division of Cultural Affairs.

In conjunction with the Fall Exhibition, Dr. Julie Greene will present a special lecture, The Canal Builders. There will be a book signing following the lecture. Dr. Julie

Greene is the president of the Society for Historians of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era. She is a 20132014 Rockefeller Foundation Fellow and Professor of History at the University of Maryland at College Park.

The 16th annual Flagler Museum Music Series will bring the finest chamber music groups to South Florida.

The Series welcomes: • Parker Quartet on January 6, 2015 • Aspen String Trio on January 20, 2015 • Calidore String Quartet on February 3, 2015 • Fine Arts Quartet on February 17, 2015 • Auryn Quartet on March 3, 2015 The Music Series is sponsored by Roe Green, the Palm Beach Daily News, the William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust, Board of County Commissioners, the Tourist Development Council and the Cultural Council of Palm Beach County.

The 30th annual Whitehall Lecture Series welcomes bestselling authors to participate in the Series Monumental America: Gilded Age Monuments that Illustrate the American Character. Starting February 8th, the Series will explore the most powerful representations of the American character, symbolizing the soul, spirit, mind, and body of America.

When possible, a book signing with the speaker follows each lecture. Online visitors can experience each lecture via a free webcast at www.

FlaglerMuseum.us, where visitors may listen live, see the presentation, and submit questions to the lecturer. The Series is sponsored by The Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation, the Cultural Council of Palm Beach County, the Tourist Development Council, and Board of County Commissioners.

The Whitehall Lecture Series takes place in the Flagler Museum’s beautiful Grand Ballroom.

French academic painter William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825 - 1905) is widely admired for his delicate figure studies that capture even the most subtle human emotions. Immensely popular in both Europe and America during his lifetime, Bouguereau became one of the most influential artists of nineteenth century. While the artist’s status waned with the rise of modernism, in recent years Bouguereau has experienced a resurgence in popularity and the artist is once again widely recognized as one of the art world’s great painters. The Flagler Museum’s Winter Exhibition, Bouguereau’s ‘Fancies’: Allegorical and Mythological Works by the French Master, will feature paintings and drawings by the artist, as well as popular contemporary reproductions of his most famous works in print, porcelain, marble, and bronze.

This exhibition is on view January 27 through April 19, 2015. This exhibition is sponsored by Northern Trust, The Palm Beach Post, the Cultural Council of Palm Beach County, the Tourist Development Council, Board of County Commissioners, VISIT FLORIDA, and the State of Florida Division of Cultural Affairs.

Before visiting the Museum, please confirm program dates and times at www.FlaglerMuseum.us, where the complete guide to Museum programs is available.

William-Adolphe Bouguereau, Young Girl Defending Herself Against Eros, oil on canvas, 1880. Originally hung in Whitehall’s Music Room, now in the collection of University of North Carolina at Wilmington.

Contributors, Sponsors, & Grantors

New and Renewing Members

June 18 - September 30, 2014

June 18 - September 30, 2014

CORPORATE MEMBERSHIPS $20,000 and above Flagler System Florida Division of Cultural Affairs Mr. Thomas S. Kenan, III Palm Beach County Tourist Development Council Wise Foundation

$10,000 and above Dr. & Mrs. Peter N. Heydon

$5,000 and above Abraham & Beverly Sommer Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Frederick E. Hopkins, III Mrs. Sterling H. Kenan Mr. & Mrs. Peter I.C. Knowles, II Mr. & Mrs. George G. Matthews, Jr. Palm Beach Daily News Mr. & Mrs. Ellis J. Parker Mr. & Mrs. Jeffery W. Smith Mr. & Mrs. William R. Wister, Jr.

$1,000 and above Mr. & Mrs. John W. Annan Ashton Foundation Atwater Kent Foundation Capitol Group Companies Charitable Foundation Donald G. & Beverly J. Oren Charitable Gift Fund Mr. & Mrs. John J. Rinker

$500 and above Kanders Foundation Lucille and David Fannin Charitable Fund

$100 and above In Memory of Mr. Jeffrey J. Guiffre

$25 and above Anonymous Mr. Emile G. Ilchuk

Corporate Chairman Impala Asset Management

Corporate President Oracle

Individual MEMBERSHIPS Flagler Associate - $5,000 Mr. & Mrs. Peter D. Cummings Mr. & Mrs. Sidney F. Dinerstein Dr. Fahed Fayad Mr. & Mrs. Robert F. X. Fusaro Gentlemen of the Garden Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Greenfeder Mr. & Mrs. John Metzger Miss Swati Panjwani Mr. Brett Serpe & Miss Gabriella Bianchini South Florida Science Center and Aquarium Ms. Cindy Williams Mr. & Mrs. Howard Wurzak

Benefactor - $2,500 Mrs. Lesly S. Smith

Patron - $1,000 Mr. & Mrs. John H. Johnson Ms. Ruby S. Rinker

Sponsor - $500 Mr. Jackson L. Blanton Mr. & Mrs. Alerio A. Cardinale Mr. Gustavo Coria & Ms. Rosemary B. Phillips Ms. Beth Rudin DeWoody Mrs. Joan K. Eigen Mr. & Mrs. Keith Frankel Mr. & Mrs. Joseph T. Harper Mr. & Mrs. Cameron M. Harris Mr. & Mrs. Scott Lanza

New and Renewing Members June 18 - September 30, 2014 (Continued)

Sponsor - $500 (cont.)

Ms. Chao Li Mrs. Mary M. Montgomery Mr. & Mrs. John H. Morris, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Alan Murphy Mr. & Mrs. Stanley M.

Rumbough, Jr. Ms. Patti W. Sullivan Mr. Charlie Tapper &

Ms. Ann Laurilliard

Sustaining - $225 Rev. Msgr. L.F. Badia, Ph.D. Mr. Erik R. Borgen-Larssen, Jr. Mr. Kenneth Breslauer Mr. & Mrs. Grayson Brown Mr. & Mrs. Michael Cassano Mrs. Carol O. Collins Mr. & Mrs. Edgar Covarrubias Mr. Anthony W. Cuseo Mr. John Doelman &

Ms. Catherine LeBlanc Mr. & Mrs. David Dreyer Mr. & Mrs. Mark Duffy Mr. John R. Edwards Mr. Brent Feigenbaum &

Mr. Frank Morgan Mr. & Mrs. William M. Feldman Ms. Crystal Friend Ms. Ann Frumkin Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Glanfield Mr. Luis Gutierrez &

Ms. Linda Treutel Mr. & Mrs. Charles Hernicz Ms. Patricia Jehle & Ms. Diane Jehle Commander & Mrs. Eric C. Jensen Mr. Robert Kelley Mr. & Mrs. Dana Koch Mr. Ira Hochman &

Ms. Nancy Menges Mr. & Mrs. William Lane Mr. & Mrs. Mark S. Levy Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Linton Ms. Fran B. Luckoff Mr. & Mrs. Jerome E. Luecke

Mr. & Mrs. Milton S. Maltz Mr. & Mrs. Thomas M. Millhiser Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Moore Mr. Dale E. Pflum & Mr. Javier Yanes Ms. Jessica Ransom Mr. & Mrs. Michael S. Reiter Mr. Antti A. Roiha &

Ms. Kathleen C. McCarthy Mr. & Mrs. Raymond A. Roy Mr. & Mrs. Jean-Claude Roy Ms. Sharon Seagren Ms. Barbara Shedden Mr. & Mrs. Harold M. Singer Mr. & Mrs. Michael B. Small Mr. & Mrs. Charles Soderstrom Ms. Vivian R. Treves Mr. & Mrs. Scott Wood

Family - $125 Mr. & Mrs. John Appel Mr. & Mrs. Harris J. Ashton Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth S. Beall, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. D.E. Blegiers Mr. & Mrs. Stephen F. Brauer Ms. Ann Cadaret Dr. Steven Chang Mr. Richard Crepeau &

Ms. Rosalind Roystone Mr. Stephen Dantzing &

Ms. Lyn H. Silberman Mr. & Mrs. Gordon Davidson Ms. Joyce P. Duke Mrs. Esther M. Feldberg Mr. & Mrs. John Furrer Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Ganger Mr. & Mrs. Bruce N. Gimmy Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Grudovich Mr. & Mrs. John M. Kindred Dr. & Mrs. Jack L. Liggett Dr. & Mrs. Manuel R. Lim Ms. Debi Murray Mr. Ben Small & Mr. Michael Judd Mr. Peter Schneider &

Ms. Dena Siegel Mr. & Mrs. Michael Stern

Individual - $75 Dr. Janis Barrett Mrs. Rosalie F. Brill Ms. Kathryn A. Caulfield Mr. Jonathan Daitch Ms. Lynn Van Duyne Ms. Edith B. Eglin Mr. Robert T. Foley Ms. Renate Franco Mr. Joseph J. Guiffre Mrs. Doris Hastings Mr. Kyle Hauser Mr. Emile G. Ilchuk Ms. Muriel S. Kaplan Mr. James S. Lansing Ms. Audrey P. Levine Mr. Patrick K. McCarthy Mr. Jim McConnell Ms. Katharine W. McLennan Mr. John E. Miller, Jr. Ms. Regina M. Mullen Ms. Lindsey O’Neill Ms. Arva Moore Parks Ms. Judith K. Robinson Mrs. Frances Gilmore Scaife Ms. Monique Schmidt Mrs. Gloria Segall Mrs. Guy C. Shafer Mr. Moses Sternlieb Ms. Louise K. Terry Mr. Thomas I. Webb, Jr.

You can make a lasting difference for generations to come by remembering the Flagler Museum in your estate plan.

If the Museum can be of any assistant to your attorney or estate planner, please have them contact the Museum’s Executive Director at the Museum’s main telephone number or via email at executivedirector@flaglermuseum.us

The Museum Store European Textile Jewelry Handcrafted in the U.S.A using European Couture Fabrics & Vintage Laces Bracelet: $110/ M: $99.00 Necklace: $100/M: $90.00

Cameo Drop Earrings

Vintage Postcard Bags

Handmade in the U.S.A. $75.00/ M: $67.50

Made of Cotton/Linen Assorted Images of Old Palm Beach Scenes, including Whitehall & the Breakers $16.95/ M: $15.25

Assorted Writing Journals Inspired by Antique, Gilt-Embossed Leather Bindings Printed on Acid-Free Paper Price Ranges: $16.95-$24.95

Framed Map of Florida c. 1846 Facsimile of an original hand-colored engraving by Samuel Mitchell 20” W x 24” H $225/ M: $202.50

Designer Tote Bags ‘By the Sea’ Made of Cotton & Jute 17”wx14”hx3.5”d $35.00/M: $31.50

Desk Accessories Each representing Beaux-Arts Style Architecture Featuring letter holder, box, & two-piece pen/pencil case Each piece sold separately $20/ M: $18.00

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Upcoming Events Fall Exhibition: Kiss of the Oceans: The Meeting of the Atlantic and the Pacific October 14, 2014 - January 4, 2015 Free with Museum Admission In commemoration of the centennial of its opening in 1914, Kiss of the Oceans will illustrate the fascinating story of the construction of the Panama Canal, one of the world’s great technological achievements. Through artifacts, photographs, and documents, the exhibition will tell the Canal’s story from sixteenth-century explorers to nineteenth-century debates, the failed French canal project of the 1880s, the massive American takeover in 1904, and finally the first official transit on August 15, 1914. The Fall Exhibition is sponsored by PNC Wealth Management and Enterprise Holdings Foundation.

A Gilded Age style lunch in Café des Beaux-Arts November 28, 2014 - April 4, 2015 Tuesday – Saturday, 11:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Sunday, 12:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. $22 for Museum Members includes tax and gratuity $40 for non-members includes Museum admission, tax and gratuity Advance purchase recommended Each afternoon the Flagler Museum offers a Gilded Age style lunch, featuring an array of delicacies and refreshments reminiscent of the elegance of entertaining during the Gilded Age. Visitors may enjoy a selection of gourmet tea sandwiches, traditional scones, and sweets complemented by the Flagler Museum’s own Whitehall Special Blend™ tea, and served on exquisite Whitehall Collection™ china.

Special Christmas Lecture: Christmas Ornaments of the Gilded Age: An Illustrated History December 7, 2014 - 2:00 p.m.

Free for Sustaining level Members and above $10 for Individual, Family and Life Members $28 for non-members, includes Museum Admission and Christmas Tree Lighting Festivities Join historian and author Mary Miley Theobald, as she explores the festive decorative styles and trends of Gilded Age Christmas ornaments and their evolution through the early 20th century. Sponsored by BMO Private Bank.

Christmas Tree Lighting December 7, 2014 - 3:00 p.m.

Free with Museum Admission The Tree Lighting festivities include holiday music played on Whitehall’s original 1,249 pipe organ and Steinway art-case grand piano. Special choir performances, refreshments and a visit from Santa Claus complete the afternoon’s activities. The event culminates with Henry Flagler’s youngest descendants lighting the 16-foot Grand Hall Christmas Tree. Sponsored by the Cultural Council of Palm Beach County, the Tourist Development Council, Palm Beach County Board of County Commissioners, and the State of Florida Division of Cultural Affairs.

Special Lecture: The Canal Builders December 16, 2014 - 7:00 p.m.

Free for Sustaining level Members and above $10 for Individual, Family and Life Members $20 for non-members In conjunction with the Fall Exhibition, “Kiss of the Oceans”, Dr. Julie Greene will present the special lecture, “The Canal Builders” in the Flagler Museum’s Grand Ballroom. A book signing will follow the lecture.

For more information, please call the Flagler Museum at (561) 655-2833 • www.FlaglerMuseum.us