Robert Sterling Clark, an heir to the Singer Sewing Machine fortune, was an American art collector, horse breeder, and philanthropist.
William Orpen: Portrait of Robert Sterling Clark, (c. 1921-1922)
A Girl Crocheting, by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1875
Lanzhou and the Zhongshan Bridge under construction, taken by Clark in 1909
Major General Smedley Darlington Butler, nicknamed the Maverick Marine, was a senior United States Marine Corps officer. During his 34-year career, he fought in the Philippine–American War, the Boxer Rebellion, the Mexican Revolution, World War I, and the Banana Wars. At the time of his death, Butler was the most decorated Marine in U.S. history. By the end of his career, Butler had received sixteen medals, including five for heroism; he is the only Marine to be awarded the Brevet Medal as well as two Medals of Honor, all for separate actions.
Butler in uniform, c. 1929
Smedley Butler, c. 1898
Marine Officers at Veracruz. Front row, left to right: Wendell C. Neville; John A. Lejeune; Littleton W.T. Waller, Commanding; Smedley Butler
Butler (far right) with other Marines in Vera Cruz, Mexico, 1914. From left to right: Sgt. Maj. John H. Quick, Maj. Gen. Wendell Cushing Neville, Lt. Gen. John Archer Lejeune