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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopold_Stokowski "Leopold Anthony Stokowski (18 April 1882 – 13 September 1977) was an English conductor of Polish and Irish descent. One of the leading conductors of the early and mid-20th century, he is best known for his long association with the Philadelphia Orchestra and his appearance in the Disney film Fantasia. He was especially noted for his free-hand conducting style that spurned the traditional baton and for obtaining a characteristically sumptuous sound from the orchestras he directed."

The New York Herald., May 14, 1921, Page 9 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045774/1921-05-14/ed-... reported that Stokowksi and his wife would be on the Olympic that day, sailing for London.

See also www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/30866388120/ www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/25959946621/

Thank you Swang for the information about Stokowski. We will add more details when we update.

Very cool dude. Could have been taken in 1980.

Kinda looks like Kevin Kline.

Will Smith probably took that photo

Franz X. Arens, a composer and conductor, established the "People's Symphony Concerts" in 1900. The organization is still going strong: pscny.org/history.htm

In 1913, the People's Symphony Concerts moved to the venue which remains their principal home, the auditorium of Washington Irving High School, New York: "In its early years, the series moved back and forth between Cooper Union and Carnegie Hall several times, sometimes offering concerts at both to accommodate the growing audience. A chamber music series was added in 1910, and in 1913 the chamber concerts took up residence in the 1,500-seat auditorium at Washington Irving High School. The school opened that year on what had been the site of the National Conservatory of Music, which Dvorak directed briefly in the 1890's. Except for a brief period in the 1970's, when the concerts moved to Hunter College and Town Hall, Washington Irving has remained the series' principal home. (The current Town Hall series was added more recently, to address the concerns of older concertgoers who preferred daytime concerts.) "