BON FRENCH PRESENTS
RAILROADERS: JACK DELANO'S HOMEFRONT PHOTOGRAPHY
THEIR STORIES, THEN AND NOW
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SPECIAL IN-PERSON PRESENTATION
Sat, Oct 9 | 2pm
Giant Screen Theater | Register
HERE
Free Event
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The Peoria Riverfront Museum welcomes home Peoria native Bon French, chairman of the Center for Railroad Photography & Art and chairman emeritus and board member of the Chicago History Museum, for two special presentations on the "Railroaders: Jack Delano’s Homefront Photography" exhibition at the Peoria Riverfront Museum.
Go behind the scenes and the photographs to discover the real stories of the railroaders, then and now, as Bon French and his team at the Center for Railroad Photography & Art researched every person depicted in Delano's masterful photographs, meeting with their families and even the surviving railroaders themselves.
Saturday, October 9, 2 pm | In-person Presentation | Live at the Peoria Riverfront Museum's Giant Screen Theater
"Railroaders: Jack Delano’s Homefront Photography," demonstrates that the railroad industry—like ethnic, religious, and neighborhood enclaves—fostered its own communities and networks. Through the stories of the lives of the men and women of railroading, this collaborative exhibition between the Center for Railroad Photography & Art and the Chicago History Museum demonstrates how the people of one industrial community represent, in microcosm, the vastness of Chicago society and, by extension, American society as a whole.
T. Bondurant "Bon" French
Chairman, Center for Railroad Photography & Art
Peoria native Bon French is the Executive Chairman of Adams Street Partners, one of the largest and oldest managers of private equity investment in the world. Begun in 1972, Adams Street has offices in Chicago, New York, Menlo Park, London, Singapore, Beijing, and Tokyo. Bon is a Trustee of Northwestern University and chairman emeritus of the Chicago History Museum. He is a member of the CFA Institute and a former director of the National Venture Capital Association. A life long rail enthusiast and photographer, Bon has photographed over 650 railroads and shortlines, principally in the United States and Canada. Bon worked as a brakeman for the Soo Line Railroad during the summers while earning an MBA from Kellogg Graduate School of Management.
