Charles Deering
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Charles Deering was an American businessman, art collector, and philanthropist. He was an executive of the agricultural machinery company founded by his father that became International Harvester. Cha
Ramon Casas i Carbó portrait of Charles Deering, c. 1914. Maricel Museum Sitges, Barcelona
Mrs. Charles Deering, John Singer Sargent
Charles Deering, at Brickell Point, Miami, 1917, by John Singer Sargent
Deering's grave at Graceland Cemetery
William Deering
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William Deering was an American businessman and philanthropist. He inherited a woolen mill in Maine, but made his fortune in later life with the Deering Harvester Company.
Charles Deering
…and Miami; he also aspired to found an art museum in Spain. Deering was born July 31, 1852, in South Paris, Maine, the son of Abby Reed Barbour and William Deering. His father was a successful businessman then engaged in real estate speculation and the manufacture and sale of woolens. In 1856, Charles's mother…
Deering in 1899
Deering's grave at Graceland Cemetery