Tag: Alva Vanderbilt Belmont
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The centerpiece of Alva Belmont Vanderbilt’s Beacon Towers in Sands Point was this Joan of Arc Statue
A guiding inspiration for Alva Vanderbilt Belmont, Willie K's mother, was Joan of Arc. This sculpture and surrounding murals depicting the life of the saint were the centerpiece of Beacon Towers in Sands Point.
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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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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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Film of the Week: PBS American Experience: The Gilded Age: Consuelo’s Wedding
This 4-minute segment of the 2018 PBS documentary The Gilded Age highlighted Consuelo's wedding to the Duke of Marlborough, one of the most eligible bachelors among the British aristocracy.
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Mystery Foto #34 Solved: Willie K in his 1900 Daimler White Ghost at the Brookholt Estate in East Meadow
Did you identify this weekend's Mystery Foto?
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Frederick Ogden Beach-“bosom friends” with Willie K’s father
As a follow-up to last week's Mystery Foto, I recalled the above photo of F.O. Beach.
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Updated: Historic Seaplane Milestones at Manhasset Bay
Welcome seaplane fans! Look for a Newsday featured article on the Port Washington Marine Terminal this Sunday. .
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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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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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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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