Vanderbilts
Gilded Age magnates
The Vanderbilts are the wealthy American family descended from Cornelius Vanderbilt, who built a railroad and shipping fortune in the nineteenth century.
The name became synonymous with Gilded Age excess—the family constructed lavish mansions and dominated New York high society.
Today "the Vanderbilts" evokes old money and dynastic American wealth: They live like the Vanderbilts.
Wealth or destiny
- Gilded AgeLate 1800s American prosperity
- robber baronUnscrupulous wealthy industrialist
- tycoonDominant industrial leader
- magnateWealthy business leader
millionaire · affluence · opulence · riches · capital · assets · inheritance · estate
Gilded Age American chateau
- Hyde ParkMajor London park
- Fifth AvenueIconic Manhattan thoroughfare
- NewportRhode Island coastal city
- AshevilleMountain city in western Carolina
estate · ballroom · gardens · furnishings · architecture · Gilded Age · landmark · restoration
Traditional masculine given name
- GloriaHymn praising God
- ConsueloSpanish name for comfort
- GertrudeTraditional German feminine name
- ReginaldTraditional English male name
Anderson Cooper · William · George · Alfred · lineage · heirs · descendants · inheritance
Traditional masculine given name
- commodoreOne-star naval officer
- Hudson RiverMajor New York estuary
- steamHeated water's gaseous form
- locomotiveRailway pulling machine
freight · shipping · Staten Island · ferry · tracks · depot · terminal · transcontinental
Permanent donated fund
- benefactorOne who gives aid
- donationVoluntary charitable gift
- patronageSupporter's financial backing
- Whitney MuseumAmerican art collection, NYC
scholarship · legacy · art collection · founding · grants · charity · institutions · cultural
fortune
Wealth or destiny
- Gilded AgeLate 1800s American prosperity
- robber baronUnscrupulous wealthy industrialist
- tycoonDominant industrial leader
magnate · millionaire · affluence · opulence · riches · capital · assets · inheritance · estate · luxury
Biltmore
Gilded Age American chateau
- Hyde ParkMajor London park
- Fifth AvenueIconic Manhattan thoroughfare
- NewportRhode Island coastal city
Asheville · estate · ballroom · gardens · furnishings · architecture · Gilded Age · landmark · restoration · tours
Cornelius
Traditional masculine given name
Anderson Cooper · Reginald · William · George · Alfred · lineage · heirs · descendants · inheritance · bloodline
Cornelius
Traditional masculine given name
- commodoreOne-star naval officer
- Hudson RiverMajor New York estuary
- steamHeated water's gaseous form
locomotive · freight · shipping · Staten Island · ferry · tracks · depot · terminal · transcontinental · transit
endowment
Permanent donated fund
- benefactorOne who gives aid
- donationVoluntary charitable gift
- patronageSupporter's financial backing
Whitney Museum · scholarship · legacy · art collection · founding · grants · charity · institutions · cultural · educational
- Famous FamiliesKennedys, Rothschilds, Bushes, Rockefellers, Adamses
- Wealthy dynastiesRockefellers, Rothschilds, Fords, Marriotts, Johnsons
- tycoonsoil tycoon, tycoons, railroad tycoon, John Rockefeller, magnates
- eliteelite, elites, aristocrats, nobility, best
- Hudson ValleyHudson River, Hudson River School, Henry Hudson, Kingston, Poughkeepsie
- NewportOcean Drive, America's Cup
Vanderbiltsthe poor
paupers · slum dwellers · commoners · the masses · nobodies
Vanderbiltsself-made men
Those who achieved success independently
bootstrappers · new money · Andrew Carnegie · Oprah Winfrey · Sam Walton
Vanderbiltsfactory workers
Employees in manufacturing facilities
coal miners · sweatshop workers · domestic servants · the proletariat · union workers
- Vanderbilt UniversityPrivate research university in Nashville
- Gloria Vanderbilt
- Cornelius Vanderbilt