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Alias Agnes: The Notorious Tale of a Gilded Age Spy
In 1894, Madeline Pollard was the most famous woman in America. Her name was splashed across newspaper headlines, and the public hung on every word she…
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Agatha Christie and the English Country House
An isolated house, creaky staircases, hidden passages and often a dead body in the Library. These all seem to be elements of the classic British murder…
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The Women of Tiffany: Agnes Northrop and Clara Driscoll
Louis Comfort Tiffany truly gave the Gilded Age a new way to see the world. Through his career, beginning as a painter and developing an expansive business…
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Celebrating ‘Little House on the Prairie’ with Alison Arngrim (Nellie Oleson)
As Netflix launches a new adaptation of the beloved Laura Ingalls Wilder series "Little House on the Prairie" this summer, fans new and old cannot help…
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The Mansion that Launched the Gilded Age: Lockwood-Matthews Mansion
It's easy to conjure images of the high Gilded Age when seeing the great mansions of Newport or elsewhere, but the origins of that grand flamboyant…
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Summer Gardens of the Gilded Age
As grand mansions and country houses were built during America's Gilded Age, an integral part of any estate design was an equally grand and impressive garden. Drawing on European traditions,…