Tag: O.h.p Belmont
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The REAL ladies of The Gilded Age from Julian Fellowes’ HBO Show, ‘The Gilded Age’
Julian Fellowes' HBO period drama The Gilded Age, dubbed the 'US Downton Abbey', is about to start filming season 3, and will bring the usual cast of glamorous, privileged and exceeding wealthy personalities to our screens.
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The centerpiece of Alva Belmont Vanderbilt’s Beacon Towers in Sands Point was this Joan of Arc Statue
A guiding inspiration for Alva Vanderbilt Belmont, Willie K's mother, was Joan of Arc. This sculpture and surrounding murals depicting the life of the saint were the centerpiece of Beacon Towers in Sands Point.
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Mystery Foto #34 Solved: Willie K in his 1900 Daimler White Ghost at the Brookholt Estate in East Meadow
Did you identify this weekend's Mystery Foto?
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Mystery Foto #89 Solved: The Brookholt Mansion Built by Alva Vanderbilt Belmont and O.H.P. Belmont
This weekend's Mystery Foto highlighted a mansion that was once located less than a mile from my childhood home.
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Prominent Women of the Vanderbilt Cup Races
The daybreak start of the Vanderbilt Cup Races attracted thousands of adventurous men and women who streamed into Long Island from New York City. With hotels and roadhouses overflowing, they camped, gambled, drank, socialized, and established a tradition of revelry that became a hallmark of the event. Women made up…
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Where in the stands is Horace A. Beale, Jr?
H. Binney Peale: Do you have any photos of my grandfather Horace A. Beale, Jr. at the 1905 or 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Races?
The partially completed train crossing is obviously Mineola or Albertson. Staring at the picture it could easily be…