The Lambs’ Archives^®

Rudolph J. Schaefer, III (29 August 1930-10 June 2011) was an heir to the F&M Schaefer Brewing Company. He was elected to The Lambs in 1954; his father, Rudolph J. Schaeffer, was also a Lamb. Schaefer was a successful businessman and a generous philanthropist, but the sea was his passion.… Continue reading →

Albert J. Saphin was a Vaudeville and minstrel performer elected to The Lambs in 1951. He was “Lewis” in a Vaudeville act Lewis and Dixon. He switched careers to sales. In 1946 he opened one of the first retail stores to sell appliances, focused on television sets. He took out… Continue reading →

Sidney Hendricks Salomon (1867-1945) was elected to The Lambs as a non-professional member in 1898. He was born in Manhattan April 21, 1867, a son of David Salomon and Henrietta L. Hendricks; grandson of Haym M. Salomon and Ella Hart. He was from the Haym Salomon family, “the financier of… Continue reading →