Robert Allerton, who donated more than $2 million to the Art Institute of Chicago, during a visit to the Art Institute while passing through Chicago on July 15, 1963. He is sitting in front of a painting of himself by Glyn W. Philpot titled “Portrait of a man in black, Allerton, 1913.” (Al Phillips / Chicago Tribune)
Pride history: He couldn’t marry his lover. He adopted him. – Chicago Tribune
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