Alexander Johnston Cassatt (December 8, 1839 – December 28, 1906) was the seventh president of the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR), serving from June 9, 1899...
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Mary Stevenson Cassatt (/kəˈsæt/; May 22, 1844 – June 14, 1926) was an American painter and printmaker. She was born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania (now part...
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Cassatt may refer to: Alexander Cassatt (1839–1906), president of the Pennsylvania Railroad Edward B. Cassatt (1868–1922), American soldier and breeder...
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Buchanan Cassatt (August 23, 1869 – January 31, 1922) was an American soldier and an owner/breeder of Thoroughbred racehorses. He was the son of Alexander Cassatt...
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reworked it again with the intention of selling it to Alexander Cassatt (brother of the painter Mary Cassatt), but was not satisfied with the result and did...
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investment banker J. Gardner Cassatt, the brother of famed painter Mary Cassatt and railroad magnate Alexander Cassatt. Ametek, Hardinge, Inc., Trinseo...
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philanthropist Alexander Cassatt (1839–1906), born in Allegheny City on December 8, 1839, executive of Pennsylvania Railroad and brother of artist Mary Cassatt (next...
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The Boating Party (category Paintings by Mary Cassatt)
The Boating Party is an oil painting by American artist Mary Cassatt created in 1893. It is also known under the titles La partie en bateau; La barque;...
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Route 1. Cassatt was named after railroad executive Alexander J. Cassatt. South Carolina state legislator Dick Elliott was born in Cassatt. "Cassatt, South...
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stud book has records dating back to 1755 in the Hackney Stud Book. Alexander Cassatt was responsible for the introduction of the Hackney Pony to the United...
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54 (tie) 50,000 sq ft (4,600 m2) Wingwood House Bar Harbor, Maine Alexander Cassatt (demolished in 1953) 1903 Neoclassical Louis Magaziner 54 (tie) 50...
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the inspiration for the larger Penn Station in New York City when Alexander Cassatt, president of the Pennsylvania Railroad, traveled on his annual trip...
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General Motors John C. Bogle, founder and CEO of the Vanguard Group Alexander Cassatt, former president of the Pennsylvania Railroad Clement Acton Griscom...
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who had previously been married and divorced from Elsie Cassatt, the daughter of Alexander Cassatt, in 1930. William Averell Harriman (1891-1986), the Secretary...
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caused by collusion by the leaders of the big railroads, notably Alexander Cassatt, William Kissam Vanderbilt, and Frederick J. Kimball, who sought to...
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of the 20th century made a tunnel feasible. In 1901, PRR president Alexander Cassatt announced the railroad's plan to enter New York City by tunneling...
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Norway is opened. December 12 – Pennsylvania Railroad president Alexander Cassatt announces the railroad's plan to enter New York City – to tunnel under...
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they were to buy smaller freight railroad companies. PRR president Alexander Cassatt had devised the plan because he thought that two large freight-shipping...
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several wealthy families including Pennsylvania Railroad president Alexander Cassatt, real estate entrepreneur William Weightman III, department store...
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Edgar Degas (section Relationship with Mary Cassatt)
home or out in the street." After Cassatt's parents and sister Lydia joined Cassatt in Paris in 1877, Degas, Cassatt, and Lydia were often to be seen at...
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socialite. Cassatt was born in Pennsylvania, the daughter of Alexander Cassatt and Lois Buchanan Cassatt. Her father was president of the Pennsylvania Railroad...
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George Washington (1810–1888), O&P 1856, PFW&C 1857–83, NP 1872–75 Cassatt, Alexander (1839–1906), PRR 1899–1906 Cavanaugh, Dennis Miles, SOO 1983–1986...
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freight rail traffic from Manhattan to Brooklyn, and PRR president Alexander Cassatt said the project would be second only to the Panama Canal in its impact...
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born in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania on July 5, 1841, the son of Judge Alexander Thomson. At age 17, Thomson became an apprentice in the PRR machine shops...
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director of the Pennsylvania Railroad when Alexander J. Cassatt was made the road's president. When Cassatt died in January 1907, McCrea became the president...
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economy of the entire region was brought nearly to a standstill. Alexander Cassatt, vice president of the Pennsylvania Railroad, had arrived in the city...
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Woman with a Sunflower (category Paintings by Mary Cassatt)
Woman with a Sunflower is a 1905 oil painting by the American artist Mary Cassatt. It has been in the collection of the National Gallery of Art in Washington...
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arch bridge structures, including the Williamsburg Bridge in NYC Alexander Cassatt (1859), civil engineer and railroad executive George Hammell Cook...
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Philadelphia Main Line, also known as "Old Philadelphians". For example, Alexander Cassatt (1839–1906), the seventh president of the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)...
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Mellon – co-founded Gulf Oil Erik Buell – Buell Motorcycle Company Alexander Cassatt – Pennsylvania Railroad Louis Semple Clarke – steamboats John E. Connelly...
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