Tag: Consuelo Vanderbilt
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Nov 11 2025
Mystery Foto #55 Likely Solved: A William K. Vanderbilt, Sr. “No Trespassing” Sign located on his Oakdale “Private Park” Property
This weekend's Friday Foto did not have a definitive answer. What were your best guesses?
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Sep 02 2025
Friday Mystery Foto #45 Solved: A Group of Gilded Age Heirs and Heiresses at Newport, R.I. in 1893
Did you identify some of these Gilded Age children?
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Aug 06 2025
The Glitter and The Gold: The Gilded Age and Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan- Formerly Duchess of Marlborough -Part II
Fans of HBO's The Gilded Age will easily recognize that Gladys Russell was based primarily on the true life story of Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan (1877-1964). In part 2, we look at a video of Consuelo's time at Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire, UK as Dutchess of Marlborough.
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Jul 31 2025
The Glitter and The Gold: The Gilded Age and Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan- Formerly Duchess of Marlborough
Fans of HBO's "The Gilded Age" will easily recognize that Gladys Russell was based primarily on the true life story of Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan(1877-1964). Hoping to learn more about Willie K's sister, I found my copy of Consuelo's 1952 autobiography "The Glitter and The Gold".
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Apr 03 2024
The REAL ladies of The Gilded Age from Julian Fellowes’ HBO Show, ‘The Gilded Age’
Julian Fellowes' HBO period drama The Gilded Age, dubbed the 'US Downton Abbey', is about to start filming season 3, and will bring the usual cast of glamorous, privileged and exceeding wealthy personalities to our screens.
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Mar 03 2023
Video of the Week: American Experience-Consuelo’s Wedding The Gilded Age
In this four-minute film, the American Experience profiles the marriage of Consuelo Vanderbilt to the Duke of Marlborough.
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Sep 06 2022
Smithsonian Channel Film: Could You Have Endured Consuelo Vanderbilt’s Upbringing?
Smithsonian Channel has posted this 5-minute film on Consuelo Vanderbilt.
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Apr 02 2022
Treasures from the Vanderbilt Museum Archives: William K. Vanderbilt Jr.‘s historic photos are being posted online
LIU's Palmer School of Library & Information Science received a $1.5 million grant in 2016 to digitize materials in 80 local historical societies and museums. Several of William K. Vanderbilt, Jr.'s personal photo albums have now been posted online by LIU.
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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 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.
