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The wealthy owners of Staatsburgh, a historic Gilded Age mansion outside New York City, had tickets for the Titanic's second ...
The Titanic sank on April 15, 1912. Here are some facts you might not have known about the ship, its crew, and the discovery of the ship.
Explore the tragic story of the RMS Titanic’s maiden voyage, which began on 10 April 1912 and ended in disaster. Discover the ...
There’s never been a plaque on the gray stone and slate residence at the northwest corner of Saint Paul and 29th streets. But ...
Madeleine Astor was the queen of New York’s high society when she boarded the Titanic with her new husband, John Jacob Astor ...
HOUSTON — KHOU 11 is proud to announce Emmy and Edward R. Murrow award-winning journalist Jacob Rascon as the newest member of its team. He will serve as co-anchor of KHOU 11’s morning news ...
John Jacob Astor, and railway magnate Charles M Hays as well as British aristocrat Countess of Rothes, the eminent journalist WT Stead and noted couturière "Lucile," Lady Duff Gordon. First-class ...
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Did genre painting exist in the early twentieth century? This question forms the premise of John Fagg’s Re-envisioning the Everyday: American Genre Scenes, 1905–1945. Just four months after publicly ...
There’s no denying it: 2025 truly is a year of anniversary parties. Some traditional watchmaking houses are celebrating centuries of Haute Horlogerie craftsmanship, while many individual watches are ...
Its Gilded Age allure is right at home inside a historic hotel founded by 19th-century tycoon John Jacob Astor IV ... is a portal to 1920s Paris. Art Deco flourishes run from the tulip-shaped ...