Gilded Age fever dreams…or just plain frivolous stupidity: a black-tie dinner party for horses and their owners at Sherry’s Restaurant for horses, 1903.
Gilded Age stewardship: The New York Public Library, competed in 1911 and designed by Carerre & Hastings. Its construction was funded by the City of New York and wealthy donors such as Andrew Carnegie, Samuel Tilden, and the Astor family.
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