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Inside the Astor family, one of America's wealthiest Gilded Age dynasties whose descendants are friends with British royals
As one of America's wealthiest Gilded Age dynasties, the Astor family's money and influence still make waves.
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John Jacob Astor IV was one of the richest men in the world when he died on the Titanic. Here's a look at his life. - Yahoo News Canada
Stock Montage/ Getty The Astor family dates back to the early 1700s when the original John Jacob Astor (pictured) came to the Americas from a small village in Germany to make a name for himself.
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NEW YORK: The Richest Boy - TIME
With open pocketbook, with amateur’s enthusiasm, Vincent Astor backed his neighbor for New York Governor, for U.S. President, took F.D.R. cruising on his $2,500,000 yacht Nourmahal after the ...
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Sport: Down to the Sea - TIME
The Astor family were not seamen historically. Less than 100 years ago John Jacob Astor, first of the clan to stamp his name upon U. S., was still selling furs and dealing in Manhattan real estate ...
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John Jacob Astor IV, The Wealthiest Man Who Died On The Titanic - All That's Interesting
John Jacob Astor IV was also an inventor who designed a bicycle brake and an improved turbine engine, a patriot who offered the use of his yacht, the Nourmahal, to the U.S. Navy during the ...
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NOURMAHAL APLOAT AGAIN.; John Jacob Astor's Yacht Arrives and Anchors off West Thirty-fourth Street.
John Jacob Astor's Yacht Arrives and Anchors off West Thirty-fourth Street. Sept. 30, 1893 The New York Times Archives See the article in its original context from September 30, 1893, Page 5 Buy ...
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JOHN JACOB ASTOR'S NEW YACHT; Propelled by Electricity and Expected to Run 75 Miles on One Charge. (Published 1895) - The New York Times
John Jacob Astor is an enthusiast of electric navigation. He has an electric cruising yacht, of which The Electrical Review says: View Full Article in Timesmachine » ...
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Inside the Astor family, one of America's wealthiest Gilded Age dynasties whose descendants are friends with British royals - Yahoo Finance
John Jacob Astor built his fortune in the fur business and New York real estate. John Jacob Astor III and William Backhouse Astor Jr. cofounded the Waldorf-Astoria after a feud. Modern Astor ...
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Who Was Madeleine Astor? The Gilded Beginnings and Harrowing Survival of the Titanic’s Most Famous Widow - Mental Floss
Socialite Madeleine Astor was 18 years old and five months pregnant when she boarded the RMS Titanic. Here's the story of what led to her journey—and how she survived it.
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Titanic Gold Watch Sells at Auction John Jacob Astor | Hypebeast
A gold watch that survived the Titanic has sold for $1.2m USD at auction, the highest sum paid for a Titanic related item ever. The object once belonged to John Jacob Astor, the richest passenger ...
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Pocket watch belonging to Titanic’s richest man, John Jacob Astor, sells for six times the auctioneer’s estimate - Tatler
A gold pocket watch worn by John Jacob Astor, the wealthiest person on the Titanic, has sold for six times the asking price. This is equal to another record for artefacts from the Titanic, a violin ...
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Gold pocket watch recovered from Titanic’s wealthiest passenger sells for nearly $1.5M - Fox Business
John Jacob Astor IV's gold pocket watch that was recovered from his body after the Titanic sank has sold for a record total of nearly $1.5 million. (Henry Aldridge & Son LTD / Fox News) ...