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- Wood Engraving, Portrait of Cornelius Vanderbilt, circa 1855 - This engraving depicts the famed industrialist and philanthropist Cornelius Vanderbilt, who was called "Commodore Vanderbilt." He acquired his enormous wealth through shipping and railroads, which included consolidating disparate railroads in New York into the powerful New York Central and Hudson River Railroad.
- circa 1855
- Collections - Artifact
Wood Engraving, Portrait of Cornelius Vanderbilt, circa 1855
This engraving depicts the famed industrialist and philanthropist Cornelius Vanderbilt, who was called "Commodore Vanderbilt." He acquired his enormous wealth through shipping and railroads, which included consolidating disparate railroads in New York into the powerful New York Central and Hudson River Railroad.
- Rocking Chair, Owned by Cornelius Vanderbilt, 1865-1875 - This chair, made of tree roots and branches, was once owned by one of the richest men in 19th century America. Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794-1877), the founder of shipping and railroad dynasties, may have used this chair on his porch, in a gazebo, or other garden structure at his Staten Island, New York, home. Many well-to-do Victorians admired rustic furniture that celebrated nature.
- 1865-1875
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Rocking Chair, Owned by Cornelius Vanderbilt, 1865-1875
This chair, made of tree roots and branches, was once owned by one of the richest men in 19th century America. Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794-1877), the founder of shipping and railroad dynasties, may have used this chair on his porch, in a gazebo, or other garden structure at his Staten Island, New York, home. Many well-to-do Victorians admired rustic furniture that celebrated nature.
- Portrait of Cornelius Vanderbilt, circa 1860 - Cornelius Vanderbilt, a well-known American industrialist and philanthropist, posed for this carte-de-visite around 1860. The carte-de-visite was a small photographic print on cardboard stock made by professional photographers. People exchanged and collected portrait cartes-de-visite, popular in the United States from the Civil War in the 1860s through the 1880s, to help them remember family and celebrities.
- circa 1860
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Portrait of Cornelius Vanderbilt, circa 1860
Cornelius Vanderbilt, a well-known American industrialist and philanthropist, posed for this carte-de-visite around 1860. The carte-de-visite was a small photographic print on cardboard stock made by professional photographers. People exchanged and collected portrait cartes-de-visite, popular in the United States from the Civil War in the 1860s through the 1880s, to help them remember family and celebrities.