Mansions, parties, and fine dining: Vintage photos show how America's wealthiest business tycoons lived it up during the Gilded Age

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Members of New York high society John S. Milburn, Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt III, Stuyvesant Fish, James Roosevelt Roosevelt, and Cornelius Vanderbilt III.
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In the late 1800s, tycoons amassed huge fortunes in America and weren't shy about showing them off.
They spent…

This story appeared on businessinsider.com, 2025-06-20 13:05:01.
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