Frank J. Hecker
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Frank Joseph Hecker was an American businessman in the railroad-car manufacturing business. Hecker was from Detroit, Michigan.
Frank J Hecker Detroit
Col. Frank J. Hecker House on Woodward in Detroit
Charles Lang Freer
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Charles Lang Freer was an American industrialist, art collector, and patron. He is known for his large collection of East Asian, American, and Middle Eastern art. In 1906, Freer donated his extensive
Frank J. Hecker
…Detroit decided to build a rail line near Logansport, Indiana; they hired Hecker to manage their project. Hecker took on the project, taking a younger Charles Lang Freer with him. Although the project fell through, the Detroit investors were pleased with Hecker's work and invited him to Detroit. There, in 1879, Hecker…
1916 photograph portrait by Edward Steichen
From humble beginnings in the Hudson Valley to the Charles Lang Freer house, Detroit, Michigan
James McNeil Whistler, The Peacock Room, 1876-1877, Leather, Wood, Oil Paint, Canvas, Freer Gallery of Art
James McNeill Whistler, La Princesse du Pays de la porcelain, 1863-1865, oil paint, Freer Gallery of Art.