Item #281548 Vintage photograph inscribed to Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr. Charles M. SCHWAB, 1862 - 1939.

Vintage photograph inscribed to Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr.

1922.

Exceptional heavy stock sepia matte finish photo measuring 12.5 x 9.5 inches. This shoulder-up image of the famed industrialist, photographed at Jollet studios, is inscribed: "To Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr. with sincere regards, C.M. Schwab, July 10th 1922." Mild erosion at the top corners (which remain intact) due to a previous framing. There is also a one-inch chip at the lower left-hand margin, with the piece having been reinserted like a jigsaw puzzle. It is far from the image and inscription. Very good(-) condition.

Schwab was an American industrialist under whose leadership Bethlehem Steel became the second largest steel manufacturer in the world. Cornelius Vanderbilt (IV) (1898 - 1975), known as "Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr." and "Neil" by his family and friends, was an outcast of high society and was disinherited by his parents when he became a newspaper publisher in 1920. By 1922, the year this photo was inscribed, Vanderbilt had lost all his newspapers to bankruptcy and was $6 million dollars in debt.

Binding: Unbound
Condition: Very Good
Language: English

Price: $600.00

Item #281548

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