Tag: Alva Vanderbilt Belmont
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Aug 12 2019
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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Aug 07 2018
Mystery Friday Foto #31: Consuelo, Birdie and Alva Vanderbilt and the daughters of Gertrude Whitney
This weekend's challenging Mystery Foto documented five Vanderbilt women together at a special event.
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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.
