Tag: Alva Vanderbilt Belmont
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May 22 2017
Mystery Foto #20 Solved:A 1905 Meeting at William K. Vanderbilt, Jr.‘s Deepdale Estate Updated: 5/23
This weekend's Mystery Foto documented a Long Island meeting.
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Aug 02 2016
Mystery Foto #31 Solved: Willie K and Birdie Vanderbilt at the 1899 Newport Parade in a Locomobile
Bruce Adams challenged you to identify this weekend's Mystery Friday Foto.
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May 04 2016
Amazing Aerials from the Cradle of Aviation: #4 A View That Might Have Inspired “The Great Gatsby”
The fourth exclusive aerial from the Cradle of Aviation Museum collection provides a spectacular 1930 Sands Point view of the Beacon Towers built by Alva Vanderbilt Belmont beginning in 1917.
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Nov 30 2015
Mystery Foto #48 Solved: Duchess of Marlborough Leaving the 1905 Vanderbilt Cup Race Grandstand
Here was a real challenging Mystery Foto for the holiday weekend.
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Oct 14 2014
Mystery Foto #89 Solved: The Brookholt Mansion Built by Alva Vanderbilt Belmont and O.H.P. Belmont
This weekend's Mystery Foto highlighted a mansion that was once located less than a mile from my childhood home.
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Jun 17 2014
Consuelo Vanderbilt, the Duchess of Marlborough: A Real Downton Heiress
In 1895, Consuelo Vanderbilt, 18-year old sister of William K. Vanderbilt, Jr, was "encouraged" by her mother Alva to marry Englands's Duke of Marlborough. In a 2010 post in MailOnline, author Tony Rennell suggested Consuelo was one of the real American "Downton heiresses" who married into and saved the British aristocracy.
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Dec 21 2013
The Vanderbilt Cup Race Fantasy Team
Wiliam K. Vanderbilt Jr loved competitive sports and was a member of his St. Mark's Preparatory School's football team (first row, far right).
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Jul 24 2013
One of Yachting’s Dozen: William K. Vanderbilt Jr.‘s Alva
In 2011, the editors of Yachting magazine selected 12 "yachts that we love" including Willie K's yacht which he used for expeditions from 1931 to 1935.
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Jul 14 2013
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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May 11 2013
A Mother’s Day Tribute: Alva Vanderbilt Belmont
In celebration of Mother's Day, this is a photo tribute to William K. Vanderbilt Jr.'s mother Alva Vanderbilt Belmont.
