Inside Whitehall Winter 2017

Inside Whitehall

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The Magazine for Flagler Museum Members

Winter 2017 Volume Twenty-Four • Number One

Mixing It Up: Gilded Age Cocktails in the Cocoanut Grove on November 5, 2016

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: Richard M. Krasno

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

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

Executive Director: Erin Manning Chief Financial Officer: Rudina Toro Chief Curator: Tracy Kamerer Member & Visitor Services Director: Allison Goff Facilities Manager: William Fallacaro Public Affairs Director: David Carson Store & Cafe Manager: Kristen Cahill

On the Cover Rudolf Ernst (Austro-French, 1854-1932), Occupations of the Seraglio, ca. 1885, detail. Annie Walter Arents Collection, gift of George Arents, Courtesy of the Syracuse University Art Collection.

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

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Palm Beach Day Academy Staff Tour Whitehall The Flagler Museum hosted a special visit by Palm Early results from the event included a field trip to Beach Day Academy faculty and staff on Friday, view the Curtis Exhibition by a ninth-grade class.

December 2nd. The day included an educational tour of Whitehall, a tour of the fall exhibition Edward S. Curtis: One Hundred Masterworks with the Chief Curator, and a strategy planning session.

Many thanks to Dr. Edwin Gordon, Palm Beach Day Academy Head of School, for planning and launching the event.

Light Filtration Project Completed Thanks to a Preservation Assistance Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and a Museums for America Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the Flagler Museum has completed a major project to improve light filtration for Whitehall’s historic interiors. The project involved the application of state-of-the-art filtration film on approximately 3000 panes of glass in eighty-eight historic windows and eight historic doorways at Whitehall between March 2015 and October 2016. The grants allowed aging window film to be replaced, as well as the filming of some windows that had never been filtered. The new film provides dramatically improved light filtration and blocks 100 percent of the UV rays, furthering the Flagler Museum’s efforts to preserve the interiors and artifacts in its care.

The new window film also helps control temperatures in the museum, providing a comfortable visitor experience and long-term energy savings.

A specialist applies film to an 18-foot tall window above the stairway leading to Whitehall’s second floor from the Grand Hall.

Winter Exhibition

Harem:

Unveiling the Mystery of Orientalist Art For centuries, the Muslim harem, a favorite subject of Orientalist artists, has evoked images of beauty, sensuality, and wealth.

The subject especially captured the imaginations of Gilded Age artists and collectors. Harem: Unveiling the Mystery of Orientalist Art, open January 24th through April 16th, explores the West’s fascination with this exotic subject through approximately fifty works of art and artifacts.

The harem – derived from the Arabic haram, meaning “something forbidden” – was a private domestic space in Muslim households, reserved solely for wives, female relatives, children, and servants. It was forbidden to nearly all men and westerners. Such restrictions, however, only served to heighten curiosity about harem life in the West. Depictions of harems

were in great demand among Gilded Age collectors of Orientalist art in America and Europe. Henry Flagler owned at least six paintings of harem scenes, which are featured in the exhibition.

Throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the cultures of the Middle East and North Africa fascinated Westerners, who often found their customs and lifestyles strange yet appealing. Travelers on tour commonly collected photographs of veiled women and fortified harems as souvenirs. First-hand accounts of the customs and lifestyles of the harem were rare, but newspaper and book publishers in Europe and America produced many narratives and news features about these cultures and mysterious harem traditions.

While the rare traveler and artist did obtain access to the harem and could relay fact-based accounts, by the late nineteenth Top: Frederick Arthur Bridgman (American, 1847-1928), Morning on the Bosphorus, undated.

Flagler College, St. Augustine, Florida. This painting, and the Giménez Martín at right, were owned by Henry Flagler.

Left: Carl Libert August Lentz (German, 1827-1898), The Harem Beauties, 1868. Dahesh Museum of Art, New York. 1995.59.

Right: Edouard Frederick Wilhelm Richter (French, 1844-1913), Sultana (Judith Resting), undated. Flagler College, St. Augustine, Florida.

Juan Giménez Martín (Spanish, 1858-1901), The Sultan’s Favorite, 1886. Flagler System, Inc.

century sensational and often salacious stories about harem activities became prevalent in western popular culture. A colorful erotic mythology developed around the harem, which was variously portrayed as a den for the Sultan’s sexual pleasure, a prison for abducted slaves, or a target of derision. Depictions of Muslim women also varied greatly, from caring mothers and strong women to sexy odalisques that existed only for the pleasure of their master. Images of alluring harem odalisques such as French painter Jean-Léon Gérôme’s Odalisque (undated, The Appleton Museum), and American Addison T. Millar’s Entrance to a Harem (ca. 1880-1892, Lyndhurst), simultaneously met the demand for such depictions and fueled the mythology of the harem.

By the early twentieth century, such characterizations were pervasive in American popular culture, appearing in advertising, cartoons, music, and motion pictures.

Mythologized and critical representations of the harem and Muslim women reached a peak in America at Chicago’s World’s Columbian Exposition. Turkish and Algerian villages, a Moorish palace, and “A Street in Cairo” were among the most popular attractions, presenting exhibits such as a Moorish harem and introducing the belly dance to a scandalized public.

These displays largely presented the participants as racially inferior and subjects of ridicule.

The reality of the Muslim harem was quite different, however. It was essentially a family home, a place to raise children within a controlled, close-knit family

setting, and for women to live unveiled, without concern for being seen by outsiders. While racy versions of harem life may have dominated popular culture, there was also great interest in more realistic depictions of this private realm. Numerous articles were written describing the private lives of the families of the Sultans, and artists created realistic and respectful images of Muslim women and families.

Such depictions of harem life by French artists include Woman and Little Girl of Constantine with a Gazelle by Théodore Chasseriéau (1849, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston) and Jean Joseph Benjamin Constant’s The Scarf Dance (1845-1902, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College).

Many others took a more ethnographic interest in Muslim cultures. Artists, photographers, and scholars traveled to the Middle East and North Africa, studying the people, their customs, clothing, and homes and depicting them in a sensitive manner. Austro-French painter Rudolf Ernst’s Occupations of the Seraglio (ca.

1885, Syracuse University Art Collection, illustrated on the cover) and American Frederick Arthur Bridgman’s Morning on the Bosphorus (undated, Flagler College) reveal deep interest in the details of harem life and its material culture.

Organized by the Flagler Museum, Harem: Unveiling the Mystery of Orientalist Art features paintings, drawings, sculptures, rare books, period photographs, fine art prints, and ephemera, on loan from public institutions and private collections.

Whitehall Lecture Series

Metaphysical America: Spirituality and Health Movements During the Gilded Age The 32nd Annual Whitehall Lecture Series, Metaphysical America: Spirituality and Health Movements During the Gilded Age, will explore a variety of esoteric practices born from America’s Gilded Age fascination with all things exotic and mystical. Ranging from religious and spiritual to pseudo-scientific and physical, each lecture will provide clues to better understanding the people and personalities of 19th and 20th century occult beliefs and spiritual practices, and address changes in the cultural climate of the Gilded Age. Where possible, a book signing with the author will follow the lecture. Visit www.FlaglerMuseum.us to purchase tickets online or call (561) 655-2833. Complete Series tickets are available.

Free for Members at the Sustaining level and above $10 per lecture for Museum Members at the Individual, Family & Life level $28 per lecture, or $125 for complete Series for non-members, includes Museum Admission

Whitehall Lecture Series Online The lectures may be viewed online via a free, Livestream broadcast at www.FlaglerMuseum.us. Visitors may listen live, see the presentation, and submit questions. Each lecture will be archived on the GildedAgeHistoryChannel.com.

A lecture in progress from a past Whitehall Lecture Series.

Mystic America: Occult, Metaphysics and Spirituality in the Gilded Age

Mitch Horowitz February 5, 2017 3:00 p.m.

PEN Award-winning historian Mitch Horowitz will speak broadly about the occult and metaphysical movements that swept American culture in the late 19th century, from Theosophy to mental healing, and how those earlier movements morphed into today’s alternative spirituality, particularly the “power of positive thinking.”

Mitch will further explain how the nation’s esoteric subcultures dramatically impacted mainstream life in the Gilded Age, including popular practices that one may engage in still today.

The Allure of Immortality: An American Cult, a Florida Swamp, and a Renegade Prophet

Lyn Millner February 12, 2017 3:00 p.m.

Seeking a place to lay out a Utopian community, the Koreshans settled in Estero, Florida, in 1894. Their belief in immortality was fortified by the teachings of their charismatic leader, Cyrus Teed, a religious visionary who preached communal living and millenialism. An eclectic physician and self-proclaimed alchemist, Teed practiced mind cures, faith-healing, electro-therapy, and even “absent treatment.” In her lecture, Millner will expound on Teed’s teachings and the Koreshan Unity movement, as an example of 19th-century pseudo-religion.

The Religion of Biologic Living: Dr. John Harvey Kellogg

Brian C. Wilson February 19, 2017 3:00 p.m.

After its founding in 1866, Dr. John Harvey Kellogg’s Battle Creek Sanitarium instructed its mostly enlightened upper-class clients on the health benefits of spiritualized medical practice. Biologic Living, as Dr. Kellogg named it, focused the mind, body, and spirit holistically through proper nutrition and exercise, and a variety of therapeutic medical procedures. Wilson will examine movements in health reform during the Gilded Age and highlight the progressive beliefs and practices of the time period.

The First World's Parliament of Religions at Chicago's 1893 Columbian Exposition

Eric Ziolkowski February 26, 2017 3:00 p.m.

The World’s Parliament of Religions, held in September 1893, in conjunction with the Columbian Exposition in Chicago, is said to mark the “dawn of religious pluralism” or the start of “the interfaith movement” or of “interreligious cooperation in modern organizational forms.” The 1893 Parliament is celebrated for having exposed many Gilded-Age Americans to a number of non-Western religions and new, alternative modes of spirituality, providing a widely-publicized platform for charismatic speakers. Some Parliament speakers, especially Swami Vivekananda, went on to achieve widespread celebrity in the U.S. and Europe. The lecture will explore lasting legacies of the Parliament, and the subsequent growth of interest, both popular and academic, in non-Western religions and “alternative” forms of spirituality.

The Mystical Brain: The Emergence of 20th Century Spirituality

John Modern March 5, 2017 3:00 p.m.

Dr. John Modern will explore the ways in which the human brain has, over the course of modern history, been understood as a source of religion and locus of spiritual practice.

By examining esoteric and occult beliefs and practices of the Gilded Age, Modern will address the unfolding of our secular age and its persistent relationship with mystical modes of thinking.

The 2017 Whitehall Lecture Series is sponsored by Hilton West Palm Beach, The Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation, The Palm Beach Post, the Cultural Council of Palm Beach County, the Tourist Development Council, the Board of County Commissioners of Palm Beach County, and the Florida Department of State Division of Cultural Affairs.

Henry Flagler’s Philanthropy By the time of his death in 1913, Henry Flagler had accumulated almost unimaginable wealth. Flagler’s estate was valued at an estimated 100 million dollars, equivalent to more than 12.5 billion dollars today.

Like other wealthy Gilded Age businessmen, Flagler understood his obligation to distribute his wealth in such a way that created opportunities for others.

According to Flagler, “The hardest problem a man has is how to help people. The desire to help others comes when a man has more than enough for his own needs.

I have come to the conclusion that the best way to help others is to help them help themselves.”

It is difficult to understand the breadth of Flagler’s philanthropic work. James Ingraham, Vice President of the Florida East Coast Railway, commented after Flagler’s death on his employer’s quiet legacy of philanthropy: “Through all this great work of construction, of which there is a written history in the record of Mr. Flagler’s companies, there is interwoven a golden cord of unselfish deeds, of generous gifts, of great liberality to municipalities, churches, schools and individuals, which runs into the hundreds of thousands of dollars, yet of which there is no written

record, except the simple entry, ‘By order of Mr. Flagler.’” Flagler didn’t speak or write often of his generosity, preferred to remain anonymous, and included caveats on large donations that his gifts not be publicly acknowledged.

As could be expected for a man of Henry Flagler’s stature, he received constant appeals for financial assistance, from private citizens, businesses, and organizations. As the son of a Presbyterian minister, Flagler directed most of his contributions to religious organizations, and he did not discriminate with regard to denomination. More than 15 churches along the East Coast of Florida benefited from his largesse, including five in St. Augustine, four around Lake Worth, and three in Homestead. In Palm Beach, Flagler donated the land and the costs to build the Royal Poinciana Chapel, now located southeast of the Flagler Museum.

Flagler’s philanthropic work was often tied directly to the employees of the Florida East Coast Railway. In St. Augustine he provided a building for Alicia Hospital, later renamed Flagler Hospital, to care for FEC Railway employees and their families. It was quickly opened to

The Little White Chapel (Flagler Church), Palm Beach, Fla., now the Royal Poinciana Chapel, as it appeared on a postcard ca.

1910. Flagler Museum Archives.

anyone who had need of it, and many did since reliable health care was limited in St. Augustine. A 1908 postcard depicting the hospital in the Flagler Museum Archives includes a rather stirring note from a woman named Annie, who explained that: “This is where they saved my life. Spent four months as a patient at four different times in three years. Was on the operating table fifteen times.” In addition to providing for their spiritual and health needs, Flagler also provided FEC Railway staff with a YMCA building, built at a cost of $50,000, for their enjoyment and entertainment.

Infrastructure built specifically for his hotels, such as power plants and waterworks, soon benefitted their surrounding towns. The power plant for Miami’s Hotel Royal Palm, for example, eventually became a separate company, and continues to operate today as Florida Power & Light. The waterworks Flagler built in West Palm Beach to serve his Palm Beach hotels also provided water to West Palm Beach, and he donated the land around the waterworks for a park.

While Flagler himself had little formal education, recent research has thrown light on his great support of institutions of higher education. Florida institutions such as John B. Stetson University, Rollins College, and Florida Agriculture College (now University of Florida) all received funding, some of which was comprised of bequests in Flagler’s will. John B. Stetson University received $10,000 earmarked for their endowment, and $60,000 toward an academic hall that would house science, engineering, and law programs.

In the case of both Flagler Agriculture College and Stetson, Flagler preferred to remain anonymous, and declined to provide a portrait for display in Stetson’s science hall. Smaller institutions, such as the Florida School for the Deaf and Blind in St. Augustine, also benefitted from his generosity. Not only did Flagler

A postcard depicting the Florida East Coast Railroad Hospital, St. Augustine [Flagler Hospital], ca. 1908. Flagler Museum Archives.

provide financial support, but he also permitted the school to use a room in the Hotel Ponce de Leon.

Other recipients of Flagler’s philanthropy included schools outside of Florida, among them Hamilton College in New York; cities, which received donations of land earmarked for cemeteries and parks; a research facility in Miami dedicated to studying plant diseases; and The Flagler Alerts, a volunteer fire department in West Palm Beach. In summarizing Flagler’s accomplishments in Florida, the Palm Beach Daily News stated in 1902: “Here is displayed philanthrophy [sic] of the noblest type – vast financial power employed by human genius for the comfort and happiness of mankind. And for all these achievements, Mr. Flagler seeks no higher reward than the satisfaction coming from the good deeds conscienciously [sic] performed; and from finding thousands of his countrymen appreciating and enjoying the fruits of his labor. If he has added to man’s pleasure in his day, and blazed the way to increased blessings for coming prosperity, then he is content.”

Even after his death, Flagler’s wealth has continued to help Florida communities. In fact, a century later, there is more than one billion dollars of Flagler’s fortune invested in endowments or trusts that support more than 50 million dollars in educational, charitable, and cultural programs nationwide each year. Following in the footsteps of Henry Flagler’s generosity, the Flagler Museum is proud to launch a new initiative called Flagler’s Spirit. This new initiative will provide educational opportunities for children and adults who might otherwise not have a chance to visit and experience Whitehall.

The Y.M.C.A. Building, St. Augustine, Fla., ca. 1910. Flagler Museum Archives.

Flagler’s Spirit The Flagler Museum hosted a Thanksgiving Day celebration and dinner for the children of KidSanctuary Campus on Thursday, November 24th. The event began with Museum staff and volunteers giving guided tours of Whitehall’s rooms to the children, and continued with a traditional Thanksgiving dinner served in the Grand Ballroom. Children then toured Henry Flagler’s Railcar No. 91, and enjoyed dessert on the South Porch. The afternoon culminated with games in the Cocoanut Grove. This was the inaugural event to take place under the Museum’s new Flagler’s Spirit initiative.

Following in the footsteps of Henry Flagler’s generosity to the communities he developed up and down the East Coast of Florida during his lifetime, the Museum is proud to launch Flagler’s Spirit. Flagler demonstrated his generosity by providing land, buildings, and financial support for schools, places of worship, libraries, hospitals, and more. The Museum’s new initiative provides opportunities for children and adults, who may otherwise not have them, to visit Whitehall and experience it in new and meaningful ways.

“This was a heart-warming experience and everyone on the Museum team was very excited to introduce Whitehall to the wonderful children who currently reside at KidSanctuary Campus,” said the Museum’s Executive Director, Erin Manning. “It was such a pleasure to work with the dynamic, caring leaders of KidSanctuary and their incredible team of house parents who care for the children during their stay.

Our hope is that the children felt important and appreciated on Thanksgiving Day. We give thanks for the opportunity we had to share our Museum and story with them. We are grateful to the individual donors who are helping to underwrite the costs associated with Flagler’s Spirit programming. We also thank SandyJames Productions for their beautiful meal and donated services.”

Connie Frankino, Founder & President of KidSanctuary Campus, stated that “In true Flagler Spirit, the amazing team at the Museum created a most memorable Thanksgiving Day celebration for the children at KidSanctuary Campus! We are truly honored and grateful for this experience of a lifetime at Whitehall.”

KidSanctuary Campus, Inc., is a local non-profit organization committed to providing safe housing for abused, abandoned, and neglected children who have been removed from their homes and placed in foster

care. The organization relies on financial support from individuals, corporations, and foundations through special events, grants, and major gifts. To learn more about KidSanctuary Campus please visit www.kidsanctuarycampus.org.

Whitehall’s staff and volunteers donated their time to share the experience of the Flagler Museum with KidSanctuary.

Children and staff enjoying Thanksgiving dinner in the Grand Ballroom.

Mad Hatter’s Tea Party 10:00 a.m., Saturday, March 11 $30 for Members $45 for Non-Members Includes Museum admission, tax, and gratuity.

Space is limited, advance purchase is required.

Families are invited to come dressed for tea on Saturday, March 11th. The morning will begin with parents and children creating festive bonnets and top hats while learning the art of table etiquette. Sporting their fashionable masterpieces, participants will then enjoy a Gilded Age style tea in the Museum’s Café des Beaux-Arts.

Bluegrass in the Pavilion An Afternoon with Dailey & Vincent 3:00 p.m., Saturday, April 8 Tickets - $35 Dubbed by CMT as the “Rockstars of Bluegrass,” the Dailey & Vincent duo has been hailed throughout the music industry as one of the most exciting, reputable and elite Bluegrass bands in America. Dailey & Vincent have won numerous awards for their uniquely contagious and riveting music, including three Grammy Award Nominations for the 2014 “Bluegrass Album of the Year” and 14 IBMA Awards (International Bluegrass Music Awards) including “Entertainer of the Year” and “Vocal Group of the Year.”

A Favorable Custom ‘Tis the “Season”, and in Palm Beach that means parties, balls, and galas.

One of the grandest affairs in Palm Beach during Henry Flagler’s day was the Bal Poudré. The Bal Poudré – meaning “powdered wig ball” – was a popular social event in America and England during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Typically hosted around the time of George Washington’s birthday in the United States, these balls coincided with the end of the Social Season in Palm Beach.

The first Bal Poudré in Palm Beach was hosted at Whitehall by Mary Lily and Henry Flagler on March 3, 1903.

More than three hundred guests attended, and it was described by national newspapers as “one of the most sumptuous social affairs ever attempted south of Washington.” The house and grounds were decorated with special floral decorations and the rose garden, rose arbor, lake wall, and shrubbery were illuminated with hundreds of miniature electric lights. The guests were showered with a variety of party favors as souvenirs of the evening’s festivities. Included among these favors were pots containing miniature silver trees with jeweled “cherries” for ladies, and silver hatchets for men, echoing the Washington’s Birthday theme. The Flaglers also distributed brooches, sunflower pin cushions, miniature loving cups, and various other trinkets as keepsakes. From the first Bal Poudré at Whitehall sprang the tradition of hosting the extraordinary number of galas held each year in Palm Beach, which raise much-needed funds for an impressive number of worthy causes.

The Flagler Museum’s collection includes two of the party favors given to guests of the Bal Poudré – a sterling silver loving cup and an amethyst scent bottle, both currently on display in the Flagler-Kenan History Room. The silver loving cup is engraved: WHITEHALL MARCH 3 1903. Newspaper articles recounted the festive and elaborate presentation of favors, which arrived at the Ballroom in a costumed parade. A “jinrikisha” (rickshaw), covered with tropical blossoms and pulled around the room by children, carried a woman nearly buried in flowers, who distributed gifts to the dancers. The amethyst, gold, and cloisonné scent

The 1903 Bal Poudré, held in Whitehall’s Grand Ballroom.

Flagler Museum Archives.

bottle, made by Boucheron of Paris, was given to Sarah Graham Kenan, Mary Lily Kenan Flagler’s sister, at the Bal Poudré.

The practice of giving party favors to guests was expected at society events during the Gilded Age, much as gift bags are today. Household and Hostess

A miniature sterling silver loving cup engraved with the date of the first Bal Poudré: WHITEHALL / MARCH 3 1903.

manuals of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries described how to please your guests, who are “never too old to admire pretty things,” suggesting a variety of favors, from home-made (hand-painted bonbon boxes, papier-mâché items, or baskets filled with candy or other sundry items) to more expensive gifts (silk muffs, cut glass, or jewelry). Newspaper reports of Mrs. Caroline Astor’s Annual Ball in 1901 listed simple and whimsical gifts including snowballs on sticks tied with ribbons, artificial rose wreaths, and fancy spinning tops.

Favors often accompanied the dancing portion of a grand ball. During the dance, carts of flowers and favors were brought out and the dancing couples would select a small token from the carts and offer it to a new partner, repeating the procedure until all dancers had received a favor. According to one household guide, “the cheap, light, fantastic things are the best, and contribute more to the amusement of the company.”

But it was not uncommon, in an era dedicated to extravagant gestures, for these favors to include tickets for antique furniture or engraved cigarette or card cases from Tiffany & Co. At an 1897 ball given by Ava Astor, favors included such luxurious items as leather

An amethyst, gold, and cloisonné scent bottle, made by Boucheron of Paris, presented as a Bal Poudré favor.

tobacco pouches with solid silver tops and golf balls inlaid with gold.

Among the Gilded Age elite, favors were yet another way to measure one’s status. Beginning with modest mementos, such as a corsage or rosette, favors could gradually become more expensive throughout the evening as fans, cigarette cases, watches, and gold and jeweled items were distributed. At the end of a ball, guests could leave with quite a lavish array of favors. In fact, there arose a bit of competition among hostesses to outdo the other in their displays of costly gifts.

These antique party favors endure as unique and treasured mementoes of some of the most extravagant balls and galas of the Gilded Age. In February 2017, the tradition started by the Flaglers at Whitehall continues, as the Flagler Museum and the Whitehall Society will host a Bal Poudré. Held to raise funds for educational programming, the event promises to be a beautiful evening.

Mary Lily photographed in her elaborate lace costume for the Bal Poudré. Flagler Museum Archives.

Bal Poudré & Soirée Poudré Friday, February 17, 2017 In honor of Henry Flagler’s extraordinary life and legacy in Florida and in Palm Beach, the Museum will host a spectacular Bal Poudré on Friday, February 17, 2017. This exciting party and grand dinner is the highlight of the social season! The Museum will celebrate new efforts in education and community outreach. There is limited seating for this event in the Museum’s Grand Ballroom. Following the Bal, the Soirée Poudré kicks off in the Museum’s Flagler Kenan Pavilion. Presented by the Flagler Museum’s Whitehall Society, our next generation of friends and supporters, the Soirée features cocktails, entertainment and dancing!

Proceeds from the entire evening benefit the Museum’s education programs. To purchase sponsorships or tickets, please visit www.FlaglerMuseum.us/whitehall-society/bal-poudre-and-soiree-poudre or call (561) 655-2833 ext. 16.

Valentine’s Day at the Flagler Museum Tea for two 11:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m., Tuesday, February 14 Museum Member - $80 per couple - Non-member - $120 per couple ‘Tea in the Cocoanut Grove’ was a popular vacationing pastime for those visiting Palm Beach and Henry Flagler’s lavish resort hotels during the Gilded Age. Join us in commemorating the return of this historic tradition with your sweetheart on Valentine’s Day. Each couple will indulge in a special ‘tea-for-two’ under the palms, while listening to the romantic sounds of a classical harp. A token Valentine’s keepsake is also included in the package price. (In case of inclement weather, the event will be moved indoors.)

Afternoon tea in the Cocoanut Grove 1902.

Flagler Museum Archives.

Gifts for your Valentine Available in the Museum Store

Contributors, Sponsors & Grantors January - December 2016 $200,000 and above

Palm Beach County Tourist Development Council

$50,000 and above

Florida Division of Cultural Affairs Relgalf Charitable Foundation

$25,000 and above

Fortin Foundation of Florida (Mrs. Lesly S. Smith) Ms. Roe Green Col. & Mrs. G. F. Robert Hanke † Mr. Thomas S. Kenan, III Mr. & Mrs. William M. Matthews † Seth Sprague Educational & Charitable Foundation (Mrs. Patricia M. Dunnington) Wise Foundation (Mr. Lewis B. Pollard)

$20,000 and above

Flagler System (Mr. Thomas S. Kenan, III & Mrs. Sterling H. Kenan) Institute of Museum & Library Services - Museums for America Mr. & Mrs. William John Soter †

$10,000 and above

Abraham & Beverly Sommer Foundation Berlin Family Foundation Mr. Stefan Bodstrom Mr & Mrs. Alexander W. Dreyfoos Eric Friedheim Foundation Frankino Foundation Col. & Mrs. G.F. Robert Hanke Mr. & Mrs. James G. Kenan, III † Mark E. Bryant Charitable Trust (Mr. Robert W. Slater) Mr. George G. Matthews †

$5,000 and above

Anonymous Messrs. Bruce A. Beal & Francis V. Cunningham Mrs. F. Eugene Dixon, Jr. Ms. Linda Dunhill Eliasberg Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Henry Hilton West Palm Beach † Mrs. John C. LaMonte Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation

Milton and Tamar Maltz Family Foundation Mosaic Foundation (of R. & P. Heydon) National Endowment for the Humanities Mr. & Mrs. Frederic A. Sharf Sharkey Family Foundation Sidney Kohl Family Foundation Mr. Jack C. Taylor VISIT FLORIDA

$2,500 and above

Mr. & Mrs. John W. Annan Atwater Kent Foundation Capitol Group Companies Charitable Foundation Mr. & Mrs. John H. Johnson Marni & Morris Propp, II Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Stefan B. Richter Mr. & Mrs. Donald B. Scott Soter Kay Foundation Gift of Melody Tortosa & John G. Hagan

$1,000 and above

Mr. & Mrs. John S. Crompton D.A. Hamel Family Charitable Fund Daphne Seybolt Culpeper Memorial Foundation Donald Ephraim & Maxine Marks for the Donald M. Ephraim Family Foundation Mrs. Shirley A. Fennell GE Foundation Ms. Claire M. Ginnamore & Mr. Dack Patriarca Mr. & Mrs. Murray H. Goodman Jasteka Foundation John J. Pohanka Family Foundation Kanders Foundation Mr. & Mrs. James S. Karp Mr. & Mrs. Douglas M. Kinney Ms. Nancy J. Kyle Sir Geoffrey and Lady Leigh Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Manning Mr. & Mrs. Donald K. Miller Murray Family Charitable Foundation Mr. & Mrs. W. Stephen Murray Nancy & Joel Hart Charitable Fund Dr. Giselle Parry-Farris Peter R. & Cynthia K. Kellogg Foundation Sallie B. Phillips Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Royall Victor, III Whitehall Foundation (Mr. George M. Moffett, II) Mr. & Mrs. George T. Williamson

$500 and above

Charlotte and Edward K. Wheeler Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Henry Darlington, Jr. H. Spencer Everett, Jr. Charitable Fund (in honor of Mr. Thomas S. Kenan, III) Mr. John D. Herrick Mrs. Gayle Kalisman (in honor of Mrs. Julie Fisher Cummings) Ms. Sharon L. King † Mr. & Mrs. Stephens B. Lowden Lucille and David Fannin Charitable Fund Merriman Foundation New York Community Trust Mrs. Kathleen R. Pacetti Mr. William A. Torrey Weintz Family Harbor Lights Foundation

$250 and above

Mrs. Ann Appleman Ms. Barbara M. Bryant ExxonMobil Foundation Henry Morrison Flagler Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (in memory of Mrs. Beverly Yocum Frasure) Mr. & Mrs. Stanley M. Rumbough, Jr. Society of the Four Arts †

$100 and above

Mrs. Martha F. Brooks Mr. & Mrs. Leslie I. Brown Dr. Bunny J. Bucho Ms. Emily F. DiMaggio (in honor of Mrs. Nell Hight) Mr. & Mrs. Ken Edelson (in honor of Mrs. Julie Fisher Cummings) Ms. Judy L. Flynn Dr. Helen Franke Garden Club of Palm Beach Ms. Kimberly Greenwald (in honor & memory of Mr. Marvin Langhaus) IBM Corporation Matching Grants Program Ms. Muriel S. Kaplan & Mr. Jack Nagel Ms. Diana B. Lobdell † Mrs. Eleanor G. Major Mrs. Helene D. Newman Mrs. Elizabeth L. Nottingham Ms. Diane Riley

† Denotes a full or partial in-kind contribution, or a donation to the Museum’s Permanent Collection.

Corporate Memberships

Ms. Lynne F. Romeo Ms. Christina Schroeter (in memory of Mr. James H. Edward) Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Smith Mrs. Patricia Warren Swindle (in honor of Mrs. Nell Hight) Mrs. Shelby P. Wyckoff

Whitehall Society Memberships

September 10 December 15, 2016

September 10 December 15, 2016

Corporate Chairman

$25 and above

Anonymous Mr. Frederick A. Braman Mr. & Mrs. F. Ted Brown, Jr. Mrs. Arthur R. Burck Mr. & Mrs. Frederick L. Cone Mrs. Esther M. Feldberg Ms. Amy J. Flagler †Mr. & Mrs. Joel Hart Mr. Emile G. Ilchuk Mr. & Mrs. Ralph E. Kopf Dr. & Mrs. Sidney Libfraind (in loving memory of Mr. Marvin Langhaus) Mrs. Eleanor G. Major Mrs. Mary Miller Ms. Debi Murray Ms. Danute M. Nourse Ms. Justine F. Postal Ms. Karen S. Roberts The Honorable & Mrs. Thomas F. Shebell, Jr. Dr. Hilda B. Templeton

IM&A Group

Corporate President

Corporate Executive

Canadian Pacific Railway Connecticut Business & Industry Association Impala Asset Management BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina Gruber Consulting Engineers IBMSECU

Mr. & Mrs. Gregory Borchardt Ms. Maureen Conte Mr. Robert B. Crowe Mrs. Courtney Gonzalez Mrs. Joan Klann Ms. Stacey Leuliette Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin S. Macfarland, III Mr. & Mrs. Ryan D. Matway Mr. & Mrs. Adam Munder Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Murphy, Esq. Ms. Crissy Poorman & Mr. Doug Luce Mr. & Mrs. Stefan Richter Ms. Allison Ridder Mrs. Monica Sechler Mr. & Mrs. Larry Silverstein

New and Renewing Members September 10 - December 15, 2016

Individual Memberships Flagler Associate - $5,000

Ms. Jenna Angell & Mr. A.J. Alvarez Mr. & Mrs. Curtis Bain Ms. Courtney Barfuss & Mr. Drew Iadanza Mr. & Mrs. Fernando Costanzo Dr. & Mrs. Mark Epstein Mr. & Mrs. Owen Ewing Ms. Sara Griner & Mr. Nicholas Crucet Mr. & Mrs. Curtis Hanlon Ms. Alison Holtzschue & Mr. Douglas Schloss Mr. & Mrs. Jams Long Mr. & Mrs. Djalma Moreira, Jr. Ms. Esther Rosenberg & Mr. Michael Ostroff Mr. & Mrs. Frederick A. Sharf Ms. Christine Smith & Mr. Joseph Neri

Mr. & Mrs. Nick Terenik Mr. & Mrs. Leo A. Vecellio, Jr.

Benefactor - $2,500

Mr. & Mrs. Eugene Applebaum Ms. Joan Granlund Mrs. Myrna R. Haft Mr. & Mrs. Richard Morgenstern Mrs. Lesly S. Smith

Patron - $1,000

Mr. & Mrs. Frederick L. Cone Mrs. Sarah Davis Mr. & Mrs. David C. Drysdale Mrs. Beatriz A. Ford Mr. & Mrs. Edwin P. Gordon Mr. & Mrs. Stuart J. Haft Mr. & Mrs. Dana A. Hamel Mr. & Mrs. Shepard Harris Mr. & Mrs. William Indoe Ms. Madeline Rudin Johnson

Mrs. Barbara Kay Mr. & Mrs. Thomas M. Kirchhoff Mrs. Michelle K. Manolis Mr. & Mrs. Sam Michaels Mr. & Mrs. George J. Michel, Jr. Ms. Anka Kriser Palitz Mr. & Mrs. Bernard E. Reisman Mr. & Mrs. Charles M. Royce Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Shea Mr. & Mrs. Dominick A. Telesco Mr. & Mrs. William H. Told, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Henry W. Vander Plaat, Jr.

Sponsor - $500

Mr. & Mrs. Stephen F. Brauer Ms. Beth Rudin DeWoody Mrs. Geraldine M. Emmett & Mr. Michael Magnani Mr. & Mrs. Robert Frisbie

New and Renewing Members September 10 - December 15, 2016

Individual Memberships Mr. & Mrs. Peter N. Geisler Ms. Judith A. Guido & Mr. Richard Flaxman Mrs. Lisa L. Huertas & Ms. Jill L. Leinbach Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Jacobs Ms. Patricia Jehle & Mr. James W. Reidy Mr. & Mrs. James M. McCann Mr. & Mrs. Lucius B. McKelvey Mr. & Mrs. Marco A. Morin Mr. & Mrs. John H. Morris, Jr. Mrs. Patricia Ollila & Mr. Allan E. Ridall Mr. & Mrs. Dack Patriarca Dr. Henry J. Petraki Ms. Donna J. Plasket & Mr. David W. Breneman Mrs. Sona V. Reese & Mr. Grady L. Smith Mr. & Mrs. Leslie Rose Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. Smith Mr. & Mrs. John Emery Smyth Mr. & Mrs. Perry J. Spencer Mr. & Mrs. Samuel J. Wornom, III

Sustaining - $250

Ms. Elizabeth G. Acerra & Mrs. Carol Addeo Mr. & Mrs. R. Michael Barry Ms. Josephine L. DuPont Bayard Mr. & Mrs. Thomas F. Bergen Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Berman Dr. & Mrs. J. Rodney Blair Mr. Erik R. Borgen-Larssen, Jr. Ms. Karen C. Brounstein & Mr. Jacob Kadosh Mr. & Mrs. Leslie I. Brown Mr. & Mrs. David Burr Mr. Andrew Bytnar Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey A. Cole Mr. & Mrs. Terry K. Collier Dr. & Mrs. Edgar Covarrubias Ms. Maureen DeAngles, Esq. & Mr. Thomas I. Davis, Jr. Mr. John D. Deese & Mr. Steven S. Locante Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. DeValle Dr. & Mrs. William Eckberg Dr. Margaretha Espersson & Mr. Eric M. Javits

Dr. & Mrs. Robert A. Flucke Mr. & Mrs. Bruce J. Goodman Mr. & Mrs. Elias Hadjoglou Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Henry Mr. & Mrs. Carl H. Hewitt Mr. & Mrs. A.T. Highland Dr. Ellie Idstrom & Dr. Mark Idstrom Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Imbrogno Mrs. Roni Jacobson & Mr. C.G. Goldsmith Mr. Dennis L. Johnson & Mrs. Ann Logsdon Mr. & Mrs. Dana Koch Mr. & Mrs. Scott Lanza Mr. & Mrs. Mark S. Levy Mr. John R. Loring Mrs. Mary C. Macfarland & Mr. Russell Macfarland Mr. & Mrs. Abe Marcadis Mr. Gordon Masters & Mr. Ronn Blodgett Mr. & Mrs. Tim McEneny, Sr. Mr. & Mrs. T. Bragg McLeod Mr. Ross W. Meltzer & Mr. Victor Figueredo Mrs. Jacqueline E. Michel & Mr. David E. Weisman Mr. John E. Miller, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Ralph J. Neri Mr. & Mrs. William O. Nuss Mrs. Sharon E. Owens Mr. & Mrs. Ward C. Parker Mr. Dale E. Pflum & Mr. Javier Yanes Dr. Amy Pikal-Roberts & Mr. Jay Roberts Mr. & Mrs. A. Carter Pottash Dr. & Mrs. G. Wesley Price Mr. Peter Rains Mr. David V. Reese Mrs. Marguerite M. Rosner Mr. & Mrs. Alan D. Rozinsky Mr. S. Larry Sapp Mr. & Mrs. David H. Scaff Mr. & Mrs. Michael B. Small Mr. & Mrs. Raymond W. Snow Mr. & Mrs. William R. Stamler Mr. & Mrs. John Strasswimmer Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Talcott Mr. William A. Torrey Ms. Linda Treutel & Mr. Luis Gutierrez Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. Walker, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Vaughan Mr. & Mrs. Leon R. Vedovato

Mr. Donald Watren & Mr. Anthony Jaggi Mr. & Mrs. Gifford Weber Mr. & Mrs. Mendel Westberry Mr. & Mrs. Craig Wilson Mr. & Mrs. James C. Wirths, III

Family - $125

Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas Albergo Mr. & Mrs. Harvey P. Alstodt Ms. Eeva Auranen & Mrs. Heli Auranen Ms. Veronica Baruffati & Mr. Walter Bloom Mr. & Mrs. Frank Bell Mr. & Mrs. John A. Bollero, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Tom Bowler Mr. & Mrs. John G. Brim Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Clarie Mr. & Mrs. Brian A. Content Mr. John D. Corey & Mr. Miguel Rosales Mr. & Mrs. Gordon Davidson Ms. Margaret Duffy & Mr. Eugene F. Gaughan Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Grudovich Mr. & Mrs. Marton Gyires Ms. Maryann L. Hajduk & Mrs. Trudy Hajduk Mr. & Mrs. Leonard Harlan Mr. Doug Hartwell & Mrs. Cynthia Sheehan-Hartwell Mr. & Mrs. Michael Hennessy Dr. & Mrs. Robert L. Haft Dr. & Mrs. Robert L. Holt Mr. & Mrs. Lambert Johnson Ms. Muriel S. Kaplan & Mr. Jack Nagel Mr. & Mrs. Russell Kelley Mr. & Mrs. John M. Kindred Mr. & Mrs. Morris King Dr. & Mrs. John W. Knispel Mr. & Mrs. Ralph E. Kopf Mr. Fred Latsko Mr. & Mrs. Christopher M. Lehman Sir Geoffrey and Lady Leigh Dr. & Mrs. Jack L. Liggett Mrs. Margot T. Linton Mr. & Mrs. Peter Lunder Mr. & Mrs. Frank Matozzo Colonel & Mrs. D. Del Mauro Mr. & Mrs. John J. McAtee, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Scott McKee Ms. Jean S. Miller & Mr. Frederic U. Dicker

New and Renewing Members September 10 - December 15, 2016

Individual Memberships Mr. & Mrs. Thomas M. Millhiser Mr. & Mrs. Charles H. Mix Mr. & Mrs. Edward Pollack The Honorable & Mrs. Michael Pucillo Ms. Lisa Pucillo & Ms. Renee Merante Mr. Tim Radigan-Brophy Mr. & Mrs. Lee Rascovar Ms. Mary D. Robb & Ms. Antonia Gerli Mr. & Mrs. Colleen Rogers Mr. & Mrs. Stanley M. Rumbough, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Ronald E. Sands Mr. Donald B. Scott, Sr. Mr. & Mrs. Robert Shannon Ms. Ana Shiely & Mr. Edward Garces Ms. Lyn H. Silberman & Mr. Stephen Dantzig Mr. & Mrs. Austin C. Starkey, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Edward M. Strogoff Mrs. LaMargo Sweezer-Fischer & Mr. John Fischer Mr. & Mrs. Mark B. Swillinger Mr. & Mrs. Wallace Turner Mr. & Mrs. Joe Umbach Mr. & Mrs. Neil A. Useden Mr. & Mrs. John Whitehead Mr. & Mrs. Sam E. Whittaker Mr. & Mrs. Frederick Wright, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Denny Zamler

Mr. William H. Eberhardt Mr. David M. Eckis Ms. Edith B. Eglin Mrs. Heather Collins Floyd Mr. Robert T. Foley Dr. Helen Franke Ms. Ann Frumkin Ms. Carole A. Gardiner Mrs. Olga P. Gevas Ms. Claire M. Ginnamore Mrs. Melissa J. Glosmanova Ms. Kathryn Hardy Ms. Ann Heathwood Dr. Terry Hickey Mr. Chris Issacs Mr. Lambert Johnson Ms. Robin F. Kakas Ms. Adriana Kotler Mr. Jay Lander Mr. James S. Lansing Ms. Catherine L. LeBlanc M. Patrick Andrew LeTourneau Ms. Audrey P. Levine Mr. Grant Lewis Mrs. Lenore Little Mr. Michael S. Lorber Ms. Marjorie Marks Ms. Wendy G. Maynard Mr. Michael McCabe Mr. Patrick K. McCarthy Ms. Allison McKane

Mrs. Helaine McKenney Ms. Ruth Miller Mr. Gerald Michael Morganti Mr. Richard Nilsson Mrs. Kelly J. O’Connell Ms. Heather Palumbo Dr. Giselle Parry Mrs. Pat Pearcy Ms. Mary Pennino Mrs. Annette Perini Mr. Peter Polfleit Ms. Sandra Prentki Ms. Mary Jane Range Mr. Leslie C. Reynolds Mr. Ronald D. Risner Mrs. Judith K. Robinson Ms. Abby L. Ruttenberg Ms. Debra Sandler Mr. Daniel Schmidlin Mrs. Barbara Schutzenhofer Mrs. Gloria Segall Ms. Pioneer Senterfitt Mr. Ron W. Shaffer Mrs. Michelle Stein Mr. Guy Stevenson Mr. James Toomey Mr. Chester S. Wancewicz Mr. J. Bradford White Mrs. Donna Wright The Honorable Beverly White Yeager Ms. Malka Yerushakmi

Individual - $75

Ms. Ann Akerson Mr. Donald Alducin Ms. Alyson Michelle Ashley Mrs. Laurel T. Baker Mrs. Mary Randolph Ballinger Mrs. Maria Beaudouin Mrs. Rosalie F. Brill Mrs. Dorothy Cabarle Ms. Pam Carelli Ms. Linda Catalano Ms. Stephanie Catalano Ms. Kathryn A. Caulfield Mr. Nicholas Christodoulides Ms. Anne T. Converse Mr. Will Corrente Mr. Kevin A. Daigh Mrs. Roberta B. Daisley Ms. Priscilla O. Day Mr. Robert G. Donnelley Ms. Joyce P. Duke Ms. Susan Dyer

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Donor Recognition Panels, on permanent display in the Flagler Kenan Pavilion, acknowledge annual gifts. A complete list of annual Memberships is included in the Museum’s Annual Report.

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Upcoming Schedule of Events Winter Exhibition Opens - Harem: Unveiling the Mystery of Orientalist Art January 24 - April 16, 2017 Organized by the Flagler Museum, Harem: Unveiling the Mystery of Orientalist Art features paintings, drawings, prints, sculptures, rare books, and ephemera on loan from numerous museums, universities, and private collections. The works explore the myths and realities of the harem, as well as the fascination that Gilded Age artists, collectors, and tourists from the West had with this exotic subject. The fall exhibit is sponsored by Northern Trust and The Palm Beach Post.

Music Series Concerts All concerts begin at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday Tickets are $70 per concert or $300 for the five-concert Series Regularly featured on National Public Radio, the Flagler Museum Music Series continues to bring acclaimed musicians to the finest chamber music venue in South Florida. Experience chamber music, as it was intended, in a gracious and intimate setting typical of Gilded Age performances. Patrons enjoy a special champagne and dessert reception with the musicians following the concert. The Music Series is sponsored by Roe Green, PNC, and the Palm Beach Daily News.

January 10 - Dover Quartet January 24 - Telegraph Quartet February 7 – Jolente De Maeyer & Nikolaas Kende February 21 – Trio Céleste March 7 – St. Petersburg Piano Quartet

Women of the Gilded Age Special Lecture Thursday, February 9, 6:00 p.m.

Free for Sustaining level Members and above $10 for Individual and Family Members, $20 for Non-members Reservations recommended Lady Randolph Churchill was known as an innovator and trendsetter. Though her reputation was often sullied by scandal and rumor, she remained respected among the aristocratic circles. She founded and edited the lavish but short-lived Anglo-Saxon Review and raised money for the wartime hospital ship, The Maine, which did valuable work in South Africa. Critically acclaimed author and journalist, Anne Sebba, celebrates Jennie Jerome as both a fearless influence, and a mother with an indomitable spirit. This Special Lecture is sponsored by Susan S. Stautberg.

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