Tag: Rosamund Vanderbilt
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Oct 21 2014
The News Photo Clips of Rosamund Lancaster Warburton and William K. Vanderbilt Jr.
Following a formal divorce in 1927 (after more than 29 years of separation) from his first wife Virginia Graham Fair, William K. Vanderbilt, Jr. married Rosamund Lancaster Warburton in Paris on September 5, 1927.
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Jun 15 2013
A Father’s Day Tribute: Willie K. and His Children
In celebration of Father's Day, this is a photo tribute to William K. Vanderbilt, Jr. and his children.
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Sep 11 2010
Film “William K. Vanderbilt Jr.‘s Eagle Nest Home”
The cable channel WealthTV has created a new episode of their Palatial Passport series focusing on William K. Vanderbilt Jr. and his Eagle's Nest home. Here is a 6-minute segment from the episode.
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Oct 25 2008
Willie K. Talks!
It is a cold, misty Saturday morning here on Long Island. Very similar to the weather conditions on a Saturday morning 100 years ago on October 24, 1908 when George Robertson became the American driver to win the Vanderbilt Cup Race in an American car. As a salute to William K. Vanderbilt, Jr., referee for the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race, here is a link to highlights of a film "Over the Seven Seas" featuring Willie K. and his wife on a 1931 journey around the world in the Alva, his beautiful…
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Oct 20 2008
“Over the Seven Seas”: A Film Starring William K. Vanderbilt II
William K. Vanderbilt II (Jr.), his wife Rosamund, his friends Mr. and Mrs. Earle Smith and crew set on a world cruise in 1931 aboard his beautiful 265-foot yacht Alva. They departed Long Island and traveled through the Panama Canal to the Galapagos Islands, the Society Islands, Samoa, Australia, Java, Bora Bora, Bali, Singapore, Ceylon, Arabia, through the Suez Canal to Cairo, Athens and Monte Carlo and westward across the Atlantic to America.
