Tag: Alva Vanderbilt
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Collider.com: The Real-Life Socialite Who Inspired ‘The Gilded Age’s Bertha Russell
Collider.com has posted an article "revealing" the basis in history for Bertha Russell in The Gilded Age- Willie's K's mother Alva Vanderbilt.
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Mystery Foto #32 Solved: Willie K. Going for an Early Ride in his 1899 Locomobile Runabout
The Audrain Automobile Museum challenged you to solve this weekend's Mystery Foto.
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Willie K. and Virginia Vanderbilt’s Mansion at 666 Fifth Avenue in Manhattan
In 1905 William K. Vanderbilt Jr. and his wife Virginia (Birdie) decided to build a Manhattan mansion on property given to them by Willie K.'s parents. Here is the story behind Willie K. and Birdie's 660 Fifth Avenue mansion.
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Mystery Foto #52 Solved: Willie K. and the Vanderbilt Family Cruising on the Nile River in 1888
Our final Mystery Foto of 2015 was a historic image of the Vanderbilt Family. Photo courtesy of the Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum.
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Video of the Week: “The Vanderbilts - An American Dynasty”
This week's video of the week is a 48-minute Biography special on our beloved Vanderbilt Family.
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The Vanderbilt Family at the Start-Finish Line of the 1905 Vanderbilt Cup Race
The Vanderbilt Cup Races attracted the Vanderbilt family and their friends to the grandstands. It was never more evident than at the Start-Finish Line on Jericho Turnpike in Mineola for the 1905 Vanderbilt Cup Race.
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The Amazing Fairchild Aerials of Long Island
Sherman Mills Fairchild (1896-1971) was an inventor, entreprenueur and a pioneer in aerial surveys and the aviation industry.
Thanks to Howard Kroplick and http://www.vanderbiltcup races.com for Keeping American Automotive Racing History & my…