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Ulysses S. Grant: A Preside on the Edge of the Gilded Age
Ulysses S. Grant was one of the most important and influential of America's presidents. not only for his role in winning the Civil War but in how he began to…
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The Butler Speaks: Simon Jones (Bannister on HBO’s “The Gilded Age”)
Butlers, it seems, know everything. They are privy to the goings on above and below stairs and, of course, keep it -- mostly -- to themselves. Agnes van Rhijn's very British…
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Alva Vanderbilt: The Real Bertha Russell?
Ever since the premiere episode of HBO's "The Gilded Age", viewers and historians have discussed just how close the fictitious character of Bertha Russell (played by Carrie Coon) may be to the real-life…
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Who Was Ward McAllister?
The famous Mrs. Astor was credited with building and shaping the Gilded Age elite. At her side and combining forces with her to create “the 400” was…
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Playing Mamie Fish: A Conversation with Ashlie Atkinson and Keith Taillon
Mamie Fish, the eagle-eyed, sharp-tongued social arbiter who regularly appears in the HBO series "The Gilded Age" was indeed a real Gilded Age socialite. She was known for her incisive wit…
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Consuelo Vanderbilt and the Gilded Age’s Million Dollar Princesses
During the late 19th century, nearly 200 wealthy young American women were caught up in marriages with members of British and European nobility. The goal of…
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The Real Mrs. Astor
Join historian Tom Miller of Daytonian in Manhattan for an insightful look at just who Caroline Astor really was. Aside from her very public role as self-imposed leader of New York's Gilded Age…
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Queen of Denver: The Life and Times of Louise Sneed Hill
The Gilded Age was by no means simply an East Coast phenomenon. Wealth, position, and social structure evolved across the country as railroads and improved technology…
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Frederick Douglass’s Gilded Age
The life of Frederick Douglass, the great 19th-century statesman, orator, writer and abolitionist, was a triumphantly American story. He was born into slavery in the early years…
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John Singer Sargent and Paris: The Path to Madame X
Join Metropolitan Museum of Art curator Stephanie Herdrich as she joins Carl for this in-depth look at how the career and personal life of Gilded Age artist John Singer…
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Augustus Saint-Gaudens: Sculptor of the Gilded Age
Irish-born Augustus Saint-Gaudens came to this country as a small child and throughout his career and life, reaching into the early years of the 20th century, became an…
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Belle Da Costa Greene: The Untold Story of J.P. Morgan’s Personal Librarian
As the Librarian of Gilded Age financier J.P. Morgan's extraordinary personal collection of rare books, manuscripts, and historical objects, Belle Da Costa Greene was one of the…