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George T. Delacorte Jr. (20 June 1894 – 4 May 1991) was an American magazine publisher, born in New York City. He founded the Dell Publishing in 1921. His goal was to entertain readers who were not satisfied with the genteel publications available at the time.
George T. Delacorte, the founder of Dell Publishing and a philanthropist who gave millions to embellish New York City with fountains, statues, theaters and schools that bear his name, died...
Apr 29, 2020 · April 29, 2020 | By The New York Community Trust. A Short Biography of Donor George T. Delacorte. George T. Delacorte, 1893-1991. George T. Delacorte, the founder of the Dell Publishing empire, was a quintessential New York City philanthropist. In a series of imaginative projects, often motivated by his fondness for Central Park and children ...
Delacorte, George Thomas, Jr. ( b . 20 June 1893 in Brooklyn, New York ; d . 4 May 1991 in New York City), founder of the Dell Publishing Company and Delacorte Press, and philanthropist whose gifts to New York City became Central Park landmarks.
Dell Publishing Company, Inc. is an American publisher of books, magazines and comic books, that was founded in 1921 by George T. Delacorte Jr. with $10,000 (approx. $145,000 in 2021), two employees and one magazine title, I Confess, and soon began turning out dozens of pulp magazines, which included penny-a-word detective stories, articles ...
Jul 5, 2011 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, George Delacorte Fund Gift in memory of George T. Delacorte Jr., and Gwynne Andrews, Victor Wilbour Memorial, and Marquand Funds, 2002 (2002.22) «The current exhibition Pastel Portraits: Images of 18th-Century Europe opens a window on one of the most popular art forms of the Rococo and ...
Apr 30, 2024 · Catalog. PULP ARTISTS. GEORGE DELACORTE, Jr. (1893-1991) George Thomas Delacorte, Jr., was born George Ferdinand Tonkonogy, Jr., on June 20, 1893 in Brooklyn, New York. His father, also named George F. Tonkonogy, was born in 1867 in Hungary of Jewish ancestry, and emigrated to the U.S. in 1888.
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