Donna Murphy in The Gilded Age ; Portrait of American socialite Caroline Webster Schermerhorn. The storylines on the HBO period piece might seem sensational, but they are inspired by real events and ...
While the largest, Biltmore is just one of the impressive, expansive Gilded Age properties built by the Vanderbilt family, ...
"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Bertha Russell, played by Carrie Coon, draws heavy inspiration from the life of Alva Vanderbilt (née ...
In 1894, over the objection of the governor and the mayor, President Grover Cleveland sent American soldiers into Chicago and then invoked the Insurrection Act to suppress strikes and protests. His ...
This is a tale of two houses — the Vanderbilt Mansion and the home of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Both are now National Historical Sites, open to the public in Hyde Park, New York. If you’re ever in ...
Industrialization and the rise of big business / Glenn Porter -- Technology and America as a consumer society, 1870-1900 / W. Bernard Carlson -- American workers and the labor movement in the late ...
Named after a series of charity portraiture shows held by the New York social elite during the 1890s, Beauty's Legacy examines the resurgence of society portraiture in the United States between the ...
Clement Moore died at his Newport home on July 10, 1863, but "The Gilded Age" Season 3 is set in 1884. So did the series' writers flub the reference?
Editor's note: The below contains spoilers for The Gilded Age Season 3 finale as well as mentions of child sexual abuse. Jack Trotter's (Ben Ahlers) trajectory from a humble footman to a ...
Librarian Becky Libourel Diamond highlights historic menus and recipes updated for modern kitchens in her latest workRutgers ...