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How Did People Stay Cool During the Gilded Age?
Before air conditioning, a heatwave required shaded verandas and a lot of ice…
22 hrs ago
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What Was in a Gilded Age Lady’s Handbag?
Not a mobile phone, emergency snack, or water bottle in sight.
Aug 13
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Julie Montagu
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WATCH: The real Cinderella of the Gilded Age
It's an unbelievable tale!
Aug 11
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Julie Montagu
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The Viscountess Who Never Became a Countess
The Californian heiress who married an English earldom, buried her past under a coronet she never quite wore, and reinvented herself twice over.
Aug 9
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How the Gilded Age Rich Spent Their Summer Holidays
When London became too hot, high society packed its trunks…
Aug 6
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July 2026
Gilded Age Heiresses and Paris Fashion Houses
From Fifth Avenue to the Front Row
Jul 30
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Mistresses in the Gilded Age
comfort without security
Jul 28
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Julie Montagu
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"It Seemed Wicked to Have So Much Loveliness and Not Share It"
How Alberta Sturges, the American dollar princess who became Countess of Sandwich, turned a vast and freezing English house into a home, in her own…
Jul 26
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Julie Montagu
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The Etiquette of Introductions at Balls
The choreography nobody talks about.
Jul 23
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Julie Montagu
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Feasting in the Gilded Age
Oysters, champagne, and aspic...oh my!
Jul 16
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The Velvet-Gloved Bouncer of the Gilded Age
Get to know Caroline Astor
Jul 14
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Julie Montagu
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The Seasonal Boredom Problem of the Gilded Age Elite
When time itself had a social calendar.
Jul 9
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Julie Montagu
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