A Gilded Era
Hollywood individualism pervades every aspect of life in Los Angeles including interior design, where it manifests as highly original spaces from Malibu to Silver Lake in a dizzying assortment of styles—from 1920s and 1930s Spanish Revival houses in the Hollywood hills, to highly adorned Storybook houses, and airy and transparent midcentury modern forms. The Greystone…
Gilded-Era Inspired Newport Wedding At Rosecliff Mansion
Eddig még nem látott képekkel!Fantasztikusan szép fotókat kaptam a minap a millennium körüli Budapestről egy orosz ismerősöm jóvoltából. Az ottani történelmi blogokon bukkantak fel a képek.
Richmond times-dispatch. (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current
The well-known "Dollar-Princess" Consuelo Vanderbilt who was order to marry a man she did not love by her mother, Alva Vanderbilt (wife of William Kissam Vanderbilt), married the 9th Duke of Marlborough. Overnight she became a Duchess. Alva aimed very high for her daughter's rank in the British nobility.
See Marble House, the Elms and more from the comfort of your own home.
In 1942 the movers came to Vanderbilt stronghold at 640 Fifth Avenue, the last private residence on that avenue, surrounded on all s...
In desirable neighborhoods across the United States, the razing of a tear-down is a familiar sight. But this market-driven trend actually has a very long history. Consider this list of 15 eye-poppingly palatial homes, built with great care and at huge expense, that later fell victim to the wrecking ball.
(profile) The Biltmore House By Jeannette Holland Austin Asheville was made famous when George Washington Vanderbilt II build the large...
The declining of New York City's grand Fifth Avenue mansion could be dated all the way back to 1913, when congress passed America's ...
The Fifth Avenue residence built in 1905 and previously owned by a Vanderbilt is on the market for $50 million.
PostcardsFrom.nl: de mooiste ansichtkaarten en prentbriefkaarten van Nederland
See the lost homes of New York’s great families, from the Astors to the Vanderbilts.
Here’s where to find grandiose homes of the indulgent bygone era.
Upon William Henry Vanderbilt's death, he left his side of the Vanderbilt triple palace in New York City, which he had built for him and...
The San Francisco Historical Photograph Collection in the San Francisco History Center of the San Francisco Public Library contains over 2 million photographs and works on papers of San Francisco and California scenes ranging from 1850 to the present. This collection includes views of San Francisco street scenes, buildings, and neighborhoods, as well as photographs of famous San Francisco personalities. The collection consists mostly of the photo morgue of the San Francisco News-Call Bulletin, a daily newspaper, ranging from 1920s to 1965. The collection also contains albums, slides, postcards, cabinet cards, stereoviews, and lantern slides of San Francisco and California subjects. Over 40,000 images may be viewed online.
