Alice Claypoole Vanderbilt
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Alice Claypoole Vanderbilt was the wife of Cornelius Vanderbilt II and reigned as the matriarch of the Vanderbilt family for over 60 years.
In costume as "The Electric Light" at a ball on March 26, 1883
Portrait of Alice Vanderbilt, c. 1895
With her daughter Gertrude in 1895
Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt II and her daughters, Gladys and Gertrude, having tea in the library at The Breakers in Newport, Rhode Island (William Bruce Ellis Ranken, 1932)
Cornelius Vanderbilt II
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Cornelius "Corneil" Vanderbilt II was an American businessman, chairman and president of railroad lines. A socialite and philanthropist, he was a member of the prominent United States Vanderbilt famil
Alice Claypoole Vanderbilt
…Alice Claypoole Vanderbilt (née Gwynne; November 11, 1845 – April 24, 1934) was the wife of Cornelius Vanderbilt II and reigned as the matriarch of the Vanderbilt family for over 60 years. Alice Claypoole Gwynne was born on November 11, 1845, in Cincinnati, Ohio…
Portrait of Vanderbilt by John Singer Sargent
Unissued bond of the Canada Southern Railway Company, signed by vice-president Cornelius Vanderbilt II
The rear facade of the Cornelius Vanderbilt II House on West 57th Street, New York