Alfred “Al” SMARTAge: 56 years1894–1951
- Name
- Alfred “Al” SMART
- Given names
- Alfred
- Nickname
- Al
- Surname
- SMART
- Hebrew
- אלפרד סמרט
Birth | June 17, 1894 (Sivan 13, 5654) 28 22 Omaha, Nebraska, USA - אומהה, ארה"ב |
Birth of a sister | Vera SMART December 31, 1898 (Tevet 18, 5659) (Age 4 years) Chicago, Illinois, USA - שיקגו, ארה"ב |
Birth of a sister | Florence “Flossie” SMART 1903 (5663) (Age 8 years) |
Birth of a brother | John SMART October 25, 1903 (Heshvan 4, 5664) (Age 9 years) Chicago, Illinois, USA - שיקגו, ארה"ב Note: From 1910 U.S. census (note by Matt Nickerson) |
Death of a paternal grandmother | Sheina “Jennie” MOREELL May 13, 1917 (Iyar 21, 5677) (Age 22 years) St. Louis, Missouri, USA - סנט לואיס, ארה"ב Source: Find a Grave - USA Publication: http://www.findagrave.com/ Citation details: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=fleishman&GSfn=s&GSbyrel=in&GSdyrel=in&GSob=n&GRid=39782748&df=all& Text: Shenia Fleishman
Death: May 13, 1917
Burial:
Beth Hamedrosh Hagodol Cemetery
9125 Ladue Road
Saint Louis MO 63124
USA
Phone: + 1 (314) 991-0264
Record added: Jul 23, 2009
Find A Grave Memorial# 39782748 |
Marriage of a sibling | David Archibald “Dave” SMART — Gaby ASHFORD — View this family 1942 (5702) (Age 47 years) |
Occupation | Publisher of Esquire Magazine. Owner of Cornet Films. between 1933 (5693) and 1952 (5712) (Age 38 years) Note: David and Alfred Smart were the Chicago-based founders of Esquire magazine, launched in 1933. One of… |
Occupation | Endowment of Smart Museum of Art Address: Smart Museum of Art,
University of Chicago,
5550 S. Greenwood Avenue,
Chicago, IL 60637,
USA Employer: Smart Museum of Art Phone: + 1 773.702.0200 Fax: + 1 773.702.3121 |
Death | 1951 (5711) (Age 56 years) Chicago, Illinois, USA - שיקגו, ארה"ב Note: From "Nothing but People: The Early Days of Esquire," by Arnold Gingrich (note by Matt Nickerson) |
Family with parents |
father |
Laser SMARDON אליעזר סמרדון Birth: 1866 (5626) 32 — Birzai, Russia (Lithuania) Death: 1956 (5716) — Chicago, Illinois, USA |
mother |
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Marriage: — Omaha, Nebraska, USA |
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younger sister |
Vera SMART ורה סמרט Birth: December 31, 1898 (Tevet 18, 5659) 32 26 — Chicago, Illinois, USA Death: September 1960 (Elul 5720) — Chicago, Illinois, USA |
-6 years elder brother |
David Archibald “Dave” SMART דוד סמרט Birth: October 4, 1892 (Tishrei 13, 5653) 26 20 — Omaha, Nebraska, USA Death: October 16, 1952 (Tishrei 27, 5713) — Chicago, Illinois, USA |
20 months himself |
Alfred “Al” SMART אלפרד סמרט Birth: June 17, 1894 (Sivan 13, 5654) 28 22 — Omaha, Nebraska, USA Death: 1951 (5711) — Chicago, Illinois, USA |
10 years younger sister |
Florence “Flossie” SMART Birth: 1903 (5663) 37 31 — Illinois, USA Death: |
10 months younger brother |
John SMART ג'ון סמרט Birth: October 25, 1903 (Heshvan 4, 5664) 37 31 — Chicago, Illinois, USA Death: November 29, 1993 (Kislev 15, 5754) — Greenwich, Connecticut, USA |
Source | Ella Fleishman-Auerbach & Dorothy Fleishman-Schucart - personal testimonies Publication: 'Fleishman Family History''' by Ella Fleishman Auerbach of Omaha NE, USA. 1965. Fleishman family hostory by Dorothy Fleishman Schucart, Los Angeles, USA. 1985. |
Source | Geni Website Publication: http://www.geni.com/home Citation details: http://www.geni.com/people/Alfred-Smart/6000000004055304988 Text: Robert Feitler on June 2, 2009 |
Occupation | David and Alfred Smart were the Chicago-based founders of Esquire magazine, launched in 1933. One of the first men's fashion magazines, Esquire was also distinguished by the high quality of its literary and editorial features: the first issue included pieces by Ernest Hemingway and Jon Dos Passos, and Dashiell Hammett. The Smart brothers' other ventures included Coronet Films, the nation's leading producer of educational and training films during the Cold War era—many of which are now cult favorites. This fully illustrated biography chronicles their lives and innovations in the film and magazine publishing business.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esquire_(magazine)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronet_Films
Book: Two Visionary Brothers: DAVID AND ALFRED SMART
by - DAVID MAZIE, 2003
Distributed for Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago
http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/T/bo3615873.html
As entrepreneurs, David and Alfred Smart capitalized on a previously overlooked market for male fashion and culture. Their formidable Chicago-based publishing empire became known as Esquire, Inc, after the jewel in its crown, Esquire: The Magazine for Men, which was first published in 1933. They went on to launch other magazines—Apparel Arts, the parent magazine of today’s GQ, in 1931; Coronet in 1936; Verve in 1937; and Ken in 1938. The Smart brothers also founded Coronet Instructional Films in the late 1930s, a production company inspired by David’s home movie hobby.
https://arts.uchicago.edu/blogs/smart/why-smart |
Occupation | The David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art is an art museum located on the campus of the University of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois. The permanent collection of over 10,000 objects includes works by Francisco Goya, Frank Lloyd Wright, Edgar Degas, Auguste Rodin, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Diego Rivera, Ansel Adams, and Mark Rothko. Admission is free.
The Smart Museum and the adjacent Cochrane-Woods Art Center were designed by the architect Edward Larrabee Barnes.
The Smart Museum was established in 1974 in association with the University of Chicago's Art History department. It was endowed by David A. Smart and his brother Alfred Smart, the publishers of Esquire and Coronet. In 1983, the museum became a separate unit of the university devoted to serving the entire community, including educational outreach activities in local public schools. In 2000 it completed a $2 million renovation.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_Museum_of_Art
The Smart Museum is named in honor of brothers David (1892–1952) and Alfred (1894–1951) Smart, who built an innovative publishing business in Chicago.
The brothers launched the sophisticated men’s fashion magazine Esquire in the heart of the Great Depression and followed it up with Coronet, a pocket-sized magazine with the slogan “infinite riches in a little room,” and Verve, an oversize avant-garde quarterly that featured original art by Matisse, Chagall, and Picasso. In the postwar years, they also produced short instructional movies through Coronet Films—titles like “How to Be Well Groomed,” “What to Do on a Date,” and “Are You Popular?” that shaped generations of students.
The brothers established the Smart Family Foundation with a gift Esquire stock. The foundation’s first major philanthropic gift, in 1967, was to the University of Chicago to establish an art museum.
http://smartmuseum.uchicago.edu/about/history/ |
Death | From "Nothing but People: The Early Days of Esquire," by Arnold Gingrich (note by Matt Nickerson) |
Note | Alfred Smart (1895-1951)co-founder and co-publisher of Esquire magazine, and, with his brother David Smart (1895-1951), of Esquire and Coronet.
He was born in Omaha, Nebraska on 17 June 1894 and attended the University of Illinois. After World War I, he joined his brother in Publishing Enterprises. He was secretary and treasurer until 1947 when he was appointed president of what was now Esquire, Inc. A third brother, John Smart, was a vice president. Alfred died on February 4, 1951 in Chicago.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_A._Smart |