William K. Vanderbilt, Jr.
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Mar 16 2022
Greg O’s Garage; HBO’s The Gilded Age, Long Island and the Vanderbilts Part 2
HBO's excellent new series 'The Gilded Age' has many connections, real and fictional, to NYC, Long Island and the Vanderbilt family.
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Mar 14 2022
Mystery Friday Foto#11 Solved: A 1904 Vanderbilt Cup Race photo of officials published in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Matt Wallace, creator publicaddressannouncer.org, challenged you to solve this weekend's Mystery Foto.
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Mar 12 2022
Greg O’s Garage; HBO’s The Gilded Age, Long Island and the Vanderbilts Part 1
HBO's excellent new series 'The Gilded Age' has many connections, real and fictional, to Long Island and the Vanderbilt family.
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Feb 18 2022
CBS Sunday Morning: “Vanderbilt” by Anderson Cooper
This September 19, 2021 CBS Sunday Morning segment featured Anderson Cooper on the Vanderbilt family dynasty.
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Jan 18 2022
Kleiner’s Korner: Part 2 - The Vanderbilt (Willie K.) Connection and the Rise of the Automobile in my New Home State - North Carolina
While Willie K. spent time in both North and South Carolina the majority of his time was spent some 30 miles south of Wilmington, NC in the port city of Southport where he docked his many yachts throughout the years.
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Jan 11 2022
Kleiner’s Korner: Part 1 - The Vanderbilt Connection and the Rise of the Automobile in my New Home State - North Carolina
Having relocated to just outside of Wilmington, NC last summer I'm investigating any connections the Vanderbilt family have had with this part of the country as well as its automotive and racing history.
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Dec 22 2021
Greg O’s Garage; The Grand Central Vanderbilt Eagles
A look into where the eagles from the top of Vanderbilt's Grand Central Station are now
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Dec 14 2021
Kleiner’s Korner: How The Entertainment Business Brought The Motor Parkway and the Vanderbilt Cup Races to the Public (Part 1)
Previous posts have detailed the various movies and live theater productions that included scenes from The Vanderbilt Cup Races. Here is additional documentation providing a glimpse of how the film industry used our favorite roadway and race to engage the public.
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Nov 26 2021
Video of the Week: Jay Leno & Donald Osborne driving the 1907 Vanderbilt Renault Racer to Marble House in Newport
In the final episode of the Audrain Mansion & Motorcars, Jay leno and Donald Osborne discuss the 1907 Renault Vanderbilt Racer, William K. Vanderbilt Jr. and Alva Vanderbilt Belmont's Marble House.
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Nov 22 2021
Mystery Foto #47 Solved: Willie K in his Vigilant Fire Company uniform at Deepdale (Circa 1905-1906)
Art Kleiner challenged to solve this weekend's Mystery Moustache.
