Cornelius vanderbilt

Easter Parade . Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr. and Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt Senior in the Parade in front of St. Thomas' Church.

Cornelius Vanderbilt, American shipping and railroad magnate who acquired a personal fortune of more than $100 million. Vanderbilt began his transportation empire by operating a ferryboat between Staten Island and New York City. By the 1850s he had shifted his focus from steamships to railroads.

On May 27, 1794, American business magnate and philanthropist Cornelius Vanderbilt was born. Vanderbilt's wealth was build on railroads and shipping. He was also the patriarch of the Vanderbilt fa

There is a lot of wrong information, or downright confusion, when it comes to the Vanderbilts on the internet. I've seen articles saying they earned their fortunes in the 1930's, and that Gloria Vanderbilt's father was the man who made the millions. But the family has origins much earlier than that,

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In the spring of 1883, the solemnity of Lent didn’t stand a chance against the social event on the mind of all of New York’s elite society: Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt’s fancy dress ball.

The Vanderbilts were once the richest family on the planet, but their decline was rapid. Here's how the Vanderbilt family lost their entire fortune.

Anderson Cooper explores his Vanderbilt family history in a new book detailing the immense tragedies, scandalous lives and unimaginable wealth surrounding the American dynasty

The largest home in New York City ever built at the time, and still the largest home ever built there, the Cornelius Vanderbilt II mansion was truly a masterpiece. Occupying an entire full block, it had around 130 rooms. Among those rooms was a ballroom, an art gallery/dining room, a grand salon, small salon, drawing room, library, water color reception room, smoking room (the Moorish Room), an office, breakfast room, service pantries, 2-story great hall, more than 17 bedrooms, more than 6…

Cornelius Vanderbilt Nathaniel Jocelyn Oil on canvas, 1846 29 15/16 x 25 inches National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution (NPG.78.281) Cornelius Vanderbilt (May 27, 1794 – January 4, 1877), also known by the sobriquet Commodore,[1] was an American entrepreneur who built his wealth in shipping and railroads and was the patriarch of the Vanderbilt family.