Charles Yerkes
✓ Source-basedfallingAmerican banker and art collector (1837-1905)
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Charles Tyson Yerkes Jr. was an American financier. He played a part in developing mass-transit systems in Chicago and London.
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Caricature from 1899 showing Chicago mayor Carter Harrison IV fighting the "Allen bill", signed by Governor John Riley Tanner, that gave control of Chicago's intra-city transportation system to Yerkes![Bouguereau's 1892 painting Invading Cupid's Realm, purchased after the Columbian Exposition of 1893[5][6]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Bouguereau_1892_painting_%22Invading_Cupid%27s_Realm%22.jpg/330px-Bouguereau_1892_painting_%22Invading_Cupid%27s_Realm%22.jpg)
Bouguereau's 1892 painting Invading Cupid's Realm, purchased after the Columbian Exposition of 1893[5][6]
Charles Tyson Yerkes by Jan van Beers, c. 1893In their orbit 1
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About this person
Country
United StatesCategory
Founders
Type
Founder
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1837 to 1905 · aged 68
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