Consuelo & Alva Vanderbilt: The Dollar Princess and Her Mother by Julie Ferry
byAs mother and daughter relationships go, Alva and Consuelo Vanderbilt’s was perhaps one of the worst during the Gilded Age. Alva, a Southern belle…
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Mogul and the Chinese Exclusion Act: An Interview with Joanna Shupe
byAward-winning author Joanna Shupe writes the men of Edwardian era New York like no other. While some are born to the Knickerbocker Club set, others are self-made titans of…
The Gilded Age Craze for the Chafing Dish
byThe chafing dish (from the Old French chauffer, “to make warm”) gained a certain cache in the Gilded Age, morphing from a simple brazier…