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Ralph Hayes (1894-1977) Cleveland, Ohio, businessman and philanthropist who served as secretary of the City Club of Cleveland,
assistant to Secretary of War Newton D. Baker, Executive Director of the New York Community Trust, Vice President of Transamerica
Corporation and Coca-Cola Company. He established the Common Wealth Trust in his will. The collection consists of portraits
of Ralph Hayes, his friends, business and political associates, and family. Included in the collection are portraits of presidents
Wilson, Harding, Hoover, and Roosevelt, and General John Pershing. Also included are views of a United States Army Air Corps
flight demonstration, ca. 1918.
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