Edgar Frederick Luckenbach, Sr. was an American shipping magnate who inherited his father's steamship company, which he incorporated in 1913 under the name Luckenbach Steamship Company, Inc.. He was also the President of Luckenbach Terminal Company. At his death in 1943, his estate amounted to more than 6 million dollars, or around 700 million dollars in 2022 money.
Edgar F. Luckenbach and his wife
Elm Court, Sands Point, New York. Gilded age mansion of shipping magnate Edgar Luckenbach
Elm Court, built in 1921 and designed by Egerton Swartwout
USS Edgar F. Luckenbach (ID-4597)
Leroy Milton Yale Jr. was a medical doctor and surgeon from New York, cofounder and first president of the New York Etching Club. He was a member of the Social Register and wrote several of books and articles on medicine and etching. He also joined the Century Association as an artist, introducing various members to the club, and actively promoted the print department of the New York Public Library.
Portrait of Dr. Leroy Milton Yale Jr., physician, surgeon and artist
The "Corra Linn", an American ship on his way to Glasgow, Scotland, of the Carey, Yale & Lambert Steamship Company of New York in 1852, operated from South Street Seaport
Plaza Hotel from the New York Etching Club, cofounded in 1877 by Dr. Leroy Milton Yale, member of the "Social Register"
The "Harbor House Hotel", Quissett Harbor, property on Cape Cod of the Carey/Yale family in 1871, guests included the family of Charles Lindbergh and Alice Roosevelt
