THE Gilded AGE: Astors VS Vanderbilts PT. 2

Storical Podcast by JT Siems

Sep 17, 202200:23:44History

Gilded Age New York was all about flaunting your money. And no one did it better than the first families of excess, the Astors and the Vanderbilts. Part two is all about multi-hyphenate Alva Vanderbilt. Social climber, s...

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