Ralph Lauren

Fashion Walk of Fame

Ralph Lauren’s genius lies in identifying and interpreting classic American style. He has drawn on every important look in this country’s clothing history – from Native American styles and the cowboy look of the Old West, ...

Elizabeth Arden Graham

1884 - 1966

The proprietress of the famed cosmetics house, Elizabeth Arden was born Florence Nightingale Graham near Toronto, Canada. At age twenty-four she moved to New York, later borrowed $6000 from her brother, and began her own firm. By 1945, ...

J. A. Smith's Brigade

Cleburne's Division

J. A. Smith's Brigade

Cleburne's Division

Brig. Gen. James A. Smith.

Col. Hiram B. Granbury.

Nov. 25, 1863.

6th and 10th Texas Infantry - Col. Roger Q. Mills.

15th Texas (Dismounted) Cavalry - Col. Roger Q. Mills.

7th Texas - Col. Hiram B. Granbury.

17th, 18th, 24th ...

Ralph Rucci

Fashion Walk of Fame

Born in 1957 in Philadelphia, Ralph Rucci showed his first collection in New York in 1981. His work contained both spiritual and intellectual elements which, combined with an obsessive dedication to cut and luxury, created a ...

George D. Widener

1889 - 1971

George D. Widened was a prototype sportsman from a distinguished Philadelphia family. Several years after his father was lost on the Titanic, Widener purchased Erdenheim, the Pennsylvania property which had been birthplace of Iroquois, first American-bred to win ...

George M. Humphrey

1890 - 1970

Among modern political figures involved in Thoroughbred racing have been national Treasury Secretaries George M. Humphrey, william Simon, and Nicholas Brady. Humphrey joined President Eisenhower's Cabinet in 1953, after a vigorous business career which included the restructuring of ...

Warren Wright, Sr.

1875 - 1950

The name of the family company of the Wrights was Calumet Baking Powder and Warren Wright, Sr. would also make that name synonymous with Thoroughbred breeding and racing. In 1913 Wright took over operation of the Chicago company ...

A. B. Hancock Sr.

1875 - 1957

Arthur Boyd Hancock Sr. was the son of Capt. Richard Hancock, who established Ellerslie as the leading horse farm in Virginia late in the 19th Century. Arthur Sr. returned from the University of Chicago in 1895 to assist ...

John D. Hertz

1879-1961

Yellow was the color and name of his taxicab company, and yellow and black were his stable colors. Mr. and Mrs. John D. Hertz' most famous Thoroughbred was Count Fleet, which won the triple Crown (Kentucky Derby, Preakness, Belmont Stakes) ...

William Woodward, Sr.

1876 - 1953

Aristocratic by birth and bearing, William Woodward, Sr. inherited the presidency of Hanover National Bank of New York and ownership of Belair Stud, a Maryland property predating the revolution. Woodward also has a lasting connection to Kentucky, boarding ...