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The Story of Black Newport: A Rich and Vibrant Legacy
From its earliest days as one of the most significant ports for the 18th-century slave trade to the late 19th-century years of the Gilded Age, Newport, Rhode…
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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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Inside HBO’s “The Gilded Age”: A Conversation with Creative Producer Luke Harlan
Have you been curious about how all the magic we see unfold in front of the camera actually happens? Creative Producer Luke Harlan joins me for this look…
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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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Gilded Age French Fashion: The House of Worth and Beyond
An in-depth look into the world of French couture fashion during the Gilded Age with author Elizabeth Block. The world of couture designers during the Gilded Age…
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Egyptomania: From Napoleon to the Discovery of King Tutankhamen
Throughout the 19th century, perhaps culminating in America's Gilded Age, the public held a deep fascination for all things Egypt. This "Egyptomania" affected design, style and cultural and social thought. As…
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Inside The Frick Collection: The Upstairs Downstairs World of a Gilded Age Mansion
On April 17, 2025, The Frick Collection one of the most extraordianry and unique of New York’s greats museums will open its doors once again to the public…