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The Biltmore Estate

On some level, to some, the picture of this estate may be remnant of Versailles. Comparing the photos, they may not exactly look the same, however, the grand lawn and the well kept lined up trees give off the same feeling of wealth and prestige.

@doublevlip: I don't see a lot of resemblance...

This and other photos seem to me very interesting. The past and its recollection are the ideal. The black and white one emphasizes the details

doublevflip has a point:

Reginald Claypoole Vanderbilt, (1880-1925) Gloria Vanderbilt's father. Reggie Vanderbilt, as he was popularly known, was the youngest son of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt and wife Alice. He attended Yale, but didn't graduate. Reggie went through most all of the millions of his father's inheritance from high living, automobile collecting, horses, gambling and drinking. All well documented in diaries and the press,and even later in a television docu-drama on Little Gloria, and the famous custody case of 1934. Reggie was founder or president of many equestrian organizations. NYTimes reported he died of throat infection, although popularly reported to have died from complications from liver failure from alcohol consumption, and lifestyle.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plainfield,_New_Jersey en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plainfield_Riding_and_Driving_Club en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reginald_Claypoole_Vanderbilt

Frederick Vanderbilt's steam yacht, "The Warrior," struck a rock off Cape Augusta on the east coast of Colombia, but the crew was uninjured and the yacht was not leaking. It had been pulled into safer waters, according to a short news item several weeks later, in the New York Times, February 24, 1914: query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9402E0D91730E7...

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_William_Vanderbilt

Thanks Wystan, for the link to the article. I don't know if we can nail down the date for this photo, but we can certainly do better with a caption title. We'll make the changes next time we update the record.