"Hall of Fame" Exhibited
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"Hall of Fame" Exhibited
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May 1942
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7
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"Hall of Fame" Exhibited
The Hall of Fame for Fencers, the private collection of painted portraits of American amateur and professional fencers painted and owned by Dr. Gil Parche is fast becoming the largest collection of sport portraits in the world. It may already be the largest. This collection was first exhibited at the Salle d’Armes Santelli on March 10 where it remained until April 16 on which date it was moved to the Fencers Club for display during that club’s annual Spring Cotillion.
Additions are constantly being made to this unique collection. At the present time it contains portraits of 28 noted fencers, as outlined in the last issue of THE RIPOSTE.
To be added soon are portraits of Col. Henry Breckinridge, Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish, Anthony Greco, Capt. Gustave M. Heiss, U.S.A., Leo G. Nunes, Mr. and Mrs. Leon M. Schoonmaker, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Van Buskirk and Marion L. Vince.
The collection will soon be moved again, this time by special army permission to one of the larger city armories where it will be exhibited in connection with one of the largest fencing exhibitions ever planned in this country. This combined exhibition has the society sponsorship of Mrs. Junius Spencer Morgan and the Army sponsorship of Major General Irving J. Phillipson, Commander of the 2nd Corps Area, and will be presented for the entertainment and benefit of Service Men in New York City.
