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Hace 4 días · William Henry Vanderbilt was the eldest son of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt and the wealthiest American after taking over his father’s fortune in 1877, inheriting over $100 million. But...
Hace 5 días · William K. Vanderbilt II – known to family and friends as Willie K. – loved the oceans and the natural world. In his seagoing global travels, he collected fish and other marine life, birds, invertebrates and cultural artifacts for the personal museum he planned to build on his Long Island estate.
Hace 4 días · In 1882, William Henry Vanderbilt, the eldest son of Cornelius Vanderbilt, bought an entire block between 51st and 52nd Streets where he built the “Triple Palaces.” The three nearly identical...
Hace 4 días · The will allocated the majority of Vanderbilt’s massive fortune to his eldest son, William Henry Vanderbilt, with comparatively modest sums going to the rest of the heirs.
Hace 3 días · The Cornelius Vanderbilt II Mansion on 57th Street and 5th Avenue, now demolished. Photo via A.D. White Architectural Photographs, Cornell University Library. New York City’s Fifth Avenue has always been pretty special, althoughyou’d probably never guess that it began with a rather ordinary and func...
Hace 5 días · General Admission includes access to the Vanderbilt Mansion (including the Habitat and Stoll Wing animal dioramas, and natural-history and cultural-artifact galleries in the Memorial Wing), The Hall of Fishes marine museum, Planetarium exhibits, and the grounds and gardens.
Hace 5 días · Photographs and documents pertaining to the William Kissam Vanderbilt’s Idle Hour estate in Oakdale, NY, including materials from the Idle Hour Artists’ Colony and the Peace Haven cult of the Royal Fraternity of Master Metaphysicians.
