tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984317470266050424.post290264221596375795..comments2024-03-03T17:50:27.025-05:00Comments on Gay Influence: Walter P. Chrysler Jr.Terryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18219632588063153768noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984317470266050424.post-74305857521202339252023-05-17T23:41:08.324-04:002023-05-17T23:41:08.324-04:00I'm this very moment reading your book on the ...I'm this very moment reading your book on the Duke of Windsor, "Traitor King", which led me to an internet search of Walter Chrysler...and here you are too!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984317470266050424.post-89351365146151119792023-05-04T11:46:10.822-04:002023-05-04T11:46:10.822-04:00The whole historical narrative around the house is...The whole historical narrative around the house is BS. It's The Manor of Leeds. Always has been,<br /><br />https://goo.gl/maps/9UFQJssMqNQxbdBg7?coh=178572&entry=ttAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984317470266050424.post-44886149092333348902022-11-19T11:51:54.597-05:002022-11-19T11:51:54.597-05:00My brother and I hung out with Walter frequently i...My brother and I hung out with Walter frequently in the Eighties and he was so delightful and fun <br />He was a father figure to both of us ❤️Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984317470266050424.post-17504800252000499692020-10-11T06:52:19.691-04:002020-10-11T06:52:19.691-04:00I'm a British historian researching the Duke o...I'm a British historian researching the Duke of Windsor, a friend of Chrysler. Love to hear any stories about them.Andrew LownieAndrew Lowniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10395672809648237455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984317470266050424.post-30264643958246552062020-01-28T12:24:06.443-05:002020-01-28T12:24:06.443-05:00Mr. Chryslers history in Provincetown has always b...Mr. Chryslers history in Provincetown has always been a little fugitive. He will certainly be remembered as one of the great "characters" and a cherished contributor to the fabric of the town.Stephen Borkowskinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984317470266050424.post-11940699516705212382018-12-01T12:23:40.627-05:002018-12-01T12:23:40.627-05:00I have know Walter for years he had a house in Nor...I have know Walter for years he had a house in Norfolk filled with things from the 1900 the art and crafts movement. I went with him to his Apartment in New York at 72 and third ave I am a antique clock restoration. I don't remember the shop but Walter bought a alabaster and rod iron art Deco clock, the movement is a brass plate with Jeweled bushing and of coarse not working when at home at the Apt Walter had bought a alabaster with the zodiac sign along the sides and rod iron art deco clock I took the movement apart and clean it and I play a joke on Walter I told him do you remember how I took the movement apart because I can remember how to put it back together again Just Joking. I fix the clock and it was running great. the only thing that I though was funny is that his apt had white old carpet and in some spots it was like pot holes the carpet was worn out. Also he had it painters but the painter never covered his his furniture there was fine paint drop all over everything he was a big thing on e Brandon signed art deco furniture. At that time in the middle 80's Walter eyesight wasn't good. now that I am 57 my eye sight isn't what it was back then. I am Gay and my lover and I have been together for 13 years now and still going strong but I thought I would shear the time I spent with a man that gave me a wealth of information. Jamie Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03912751465224779507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984317470266050424.post-57804623536752599282018-01-20T06:45:27.257-05:002018-01-20T06:45:27.257-05:00He maintained a New York residence, he also had a ...He maintained a New York residence, he also had a home near the Museum. He died in Norfolk, on Sept.17, 1988, after a long struggle with cancer.Guyhophttps://guyhop.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984317470266050424.post-20913291048917082892017-10-02T13:00:06.949-04:002017-10-02T13:00:06.949-04:00I worked for him in the 70's at the museum and...I worked for him in the 70's at the museum and to me he looked very gay.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984317470266050424.post-14718041304504759402017-08-09T20:01:55.403-04:002017-08-09T20:01:55.403-04:00I worked for a year as the Registrar for the Chrys...I worked for a year as the Registrar for the Chrysler Museum at Norfolk, shortly after the collection arrived there. Mr. Chrysler's arrangement with the city was that, in return for changing the name to the Chrysler Museum, he would donate a certain number of works outright and place others in the museum marked "On loan from the collection of Walter P. Chrysler." The agreement further stipulated that upon his death, all the loaned works would become the property of the Museum. However, he never signed the paperwork to finalize the donation, in spite of the trustees' pleas as he lay dying. Upon his death, at least a third of the loaned Works became the property of his nephew Jack Chrysler. They were removed from the Museum, and later sold at Sotheby's Park Burnett. Make of that what you will.Mr. Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02998044131740461522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984317470266050424.post-51827467303748879392016-10-15T20:14:46.854-04:002016-10-15T20:14:46.854-04:00I remember his museum in P'town very well and ...I remember his museum in P'town very well and first visited it in 1972. I lived in that town the next year and later, when the museum closed and disappeared, the impression I got from "the buzz" about it was that its contents had been judged to be pretty worthless - leaving Walter's reputation (in town) as something of a joke. <br /><br />Thanks for straightening his story out for me!innocent bystandernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984317470266050424.post-43201133519502057592014-07-12T00:21:40.281-04:002014-07-12T00:21:40.281-04:00In 1966 I was visiting P'town for the first ti...In 1966 I was visiting P'town for the first time....as I was strolling on Commercial St. I came upon a portly, relatively disheveled man sitting at the end of a walkway that led up to what appeared a church. It was hot--he was sweating with a handkerchief to his forehead, there was a table by his chair with a basket of change sitting upon it. There was a sign displaying some sort of art gallery, requesting donations....<br />At the time I was not aware that the "sweating man" was Walter Chrysler, Jr., but later learned that it was indeed him.<br />Many years later I attended post-grad studies at Old Dominion University in Norfolk...a bright and vivacious young lady was a classmate, and it turned out that she was a niece of WPC, and a Norfolk native--my friend's aunt was the second wife.<br />-- WPC lived in Norfolk in a fine house in the Ghent neighborhood near "his museum", and he was known to entertain, in "salon style gatherings", some the city's better-heeled young businessmen.<br />triodehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07962874434297506278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984317470266050424.post-35728619822319266672014-03-04T08:01:40.758-05:002014-03-04T08:01:40.758-05:00I worked at a New York gallery back in the early &...I worked at a New York gallery back in the early '80s. Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. was a client. Despite his portly, styleless businessman look everybody knew he was gay.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984317470266050424.post-15492998172938408212014-01-19T08:31:11.877-05:002014-01-19T08:31:11.877-05:00How I happily enjoy stopping by this blog every on...How I happily enjoy stopping by this blog every once in a while to discover that all gays are not actors or musicians or writers–and I must say I am often very surprised by your "revelations," like this one. You do a great service to history and our community.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984317470266050424.post-37683346837832542482014-01-09T06:33:11.497-05:002014-01-09T06:33:11.497-05:00Back in 1965 a friend and I was visiting the antiq...Back in 1965 a friend and I was visiting the antique store on 3rd Avenue run by a buddy of my friend. Walter Chrysler, a patron of the shop, came in with a very young Latino boy with whom he had, apparently, just enjoyed an assignation. He had not enough cash on him to pay the lad and asked the proprietor to cash a check for him, which the proprietor did. It was a revelation to me that a man who looked so un-gay could be gay. Jim jim smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16001483035714014148noreply@blogger.com