Willie K’s sister, the Duchess of Marborough
Approximately 5,000 people gathered at the Mineola grandstand including William K. Vanderbilt Jr.’s sister, Consuelo, the Duchess of Marlborough (center wearing a white blouse). Encouraged by her mother, Alva Vanderbilt, Consuelo married England’s Duke of Marlborough in 1895.
The partially completed train crossing is obviously Mineola or Albertson. Staring at the picture it could easily be…