Portrait of Clayton Mark (1858-1936)

Mark, Stephen

Stephanie Smith and Steve Mark Collection

The Stephanie Smith and Steve Mark Collection primarily contains photographs taken by Stephen Mark, grandson of industrial magnate Clayton Mark, held by the Calumet Regional Archives at Indiana University Northwest. The photographs were taken in the late 1950s and early 1960s in the Northwest Indiana and Chicagoland region and include those of residents instrumental in preserving tracts of land that received national park status in 2019 (Indiana Dunes National Park)[1]. They also include photographs of President Harry S. Truman, Indiana Representative Charles Halleck [2], and Naomi Svihla [3], as well as images of the daily life and social gatherings of the communities (Ogden Dunes [4] , Portage, Gary, Chicago, Chesterton, Valparaiso, East Chicago, and Marktown). The collection includes photographs of Clayton Mark (1858-1936), a pioneer in the steel industry, and his descendants [5]. Clayton Mark founded the Mark Manufacturing Company (1888), the Clayton Mark Company (1890), and Marktown (1917), the urban planned worker community in East Chicago designed by Howard Van Doren Shaw.

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Portrait of Clayton Mark (1858-1936) Public Deposited

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Persons Pictured

Mark, Clayton

Abstract

Clayton Mark commissioned artist Avid Nyholm (1866-1927) to paint this portrait that hung at the offices of Clayton Mark. A portrait of Daniel Burnham painted by Avid Nyholm is included in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago, as well as a portrait of Bertha Palmer (Clayton Mark's friend and neighbor) painted by Avid Nyholm's teacher Anders Zorn (1960-1920).

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Portrait of Clayton Mark (1858-1936)

Country

United States

Source Identifier

VAE1588-00381

Subject

Art Institute of Chicago
Clayton Mark
Avid Nyholm
Anders Zorn

Title

Portrait of Clayton Mark (1858-1936)

Creator

Mark, Stephen

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http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/iun/VAE1588/VAE1588-00381

Source Metadata Identifier

VAE1588-00381

Campus

IU Northwest

Holding Location

Northwest Library (Gary)
3400 Broadway
Gary, IN 46408
Contact at https://www.iun.edu/library/ask-a-librarian.htm, 219-980-6582

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