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4 days ago · You will learn about Alva Vanderbilt’s Newport mansion, Marble House, which spurred Alice to construct the Breakers, and how Howard Vanderbilt competed in the America’s Cup in Newport viewed...
Sep 17, 2024 · Unveiled in 1907, the second coming of the Plaza enjoyed immediate success. Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt was the inaugural guest, while out front the motorized New York City taxicab debuted.
5 days ago · Skull and Bones, a secret society at Yale University, was founded in 1832. Until 1971, the organization published annual membership rosters, which were kept at Yale's library. In this list of notable Bonesmen, the number in parentheses represents the cohort year of Skull and Bones, as well as their graduation year.
Sep 4, 2024 · Men, women, and children of different nationalities were among those who passed away, including well-known people like Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, a member of the rich Vanderbilt family, and Elbert Hubbard, an American writer and philanthropist.
4 days ago · The Vanderbilt Hotel was a hotel on Park Avenue and 34th Street whose penthouse served as a city residence for Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt. Alfred was a wealthy businessman and son of Cornelius...
Sep 6, 2024 · In 1912, Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt I commissioned Warren and Wetmore to construct a hotel at 34th Street and Park Avenue. Alfred Vanderbilt was the son of third son of Cornelius Vanderbilt...
Sep 8, 2024 · Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt was a wealthy American businessman who lost his life when the passenger liner RMS Lusitania was torpedoed and sunk by a German U-Boat, U-20, on the 7th May 1915. The Lusitania sank very quickly and of the 1,960 people aboard 1,193 lost their lives.
