Solomon R. Guggenheim
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Solomon Robert Guggenheim was an American businessman in needlework, gold, silver, copper, and lead and an art collector. He is best known for establishing the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and the
S. R. Guggenheim portrait by Pirie Mac Donald
Meyer Guggenheim
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Meyer Guggenheim was the patriarch of what became known as the Guggenheim family in the United States, which became one of the world's wealthiest families during the 19th century, and remained so duri
Solomon R. Guggenheim
…Guggenheim was born in the Center City district of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, son of German immigrant Barbara Meyer (1834–1900) and Swiss immigrant Meyer Guggenheim (1828–1905), the owner of a Swiss embroidery manufacturing and importing company. Solomon was the brother of Simon, Benjamin, Daniel, and five other…
Meyer Guggenheim