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Allis, Charles (American businessman and art collector, 1853-1918)
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Note: Charles Allis embarked on his professional career with a four-year apprenticeship with the Edward P. Allis Company, owned and operated by his father. After his father’s death in 1889, he became secretary-treasurer and ran the company with his mother and brothers. In 1901, the Edward P. Allis Company merged with Fraser & Chalmers and the Gates Iron Works, both of Chicago, forming the Allis-Chalmers Company. Charles became its first president. Allis was interested in the fine arts and served as the first President of the Milwaukee Art Society and a trustee of the Layton Art Gallery. He and his wife Sarah decided in 1908 to commission a residence on Royall Place and Prospect Avenue in Milwaukee to house their art collection. They built the mansion with the intention of bequeathing it and their collection to the people of Milwaukee. Charles and Sarah collected art their entire adult lives, traveling to Europe, California and New York, and frequently to Chicago to view and purchase fine art, artifacts and furnishings. Charles also worked with many dealers of fine art and antiquities, including Gump’s of San Francisco and Tiffany’s of New York. Many of those dealers would ship him containers of items for his approval, based on their knowledge of his tastes. |
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(American businessman and art collector, 1853-1918) ..... [VP Preferred]
(American owner, d. 1918, fl. 1885; 1886) ..... [PROV]
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