Anderson House, 2118 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC., 1905, designed by the Boston architectural firm of Arthur Little & Herbert Brown. (Photo by Skip Moskey.) Did you know that, like people, buildings have their own “genealogy”? I’m not talking about the style of a house (such as Gothic Revival, Art Deco, or International), nor am […]
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by Skip Moskey Pierre Lorillard’s houseboat “Caiman”, pictured here in a watercolor published in 1893 in The Illustrated American. (Source: Google Books.) We often associate yachts and steamships with Gilded Age vacations and recreation, but did you know that houseboats were also once the “in” thing for wealthy boaters like Pierre Lorillard, Alfred Gwynn Vanderbilt, […]
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Isabel Weld Perkins and Larz Anderson were married in Boston’s Arlington Street Church (Unitarian) on June 10, 1897. This is the church that Isabel attended as a child growing up in Boston’s Back Back in the late 19th century. More than 330 people were invited to attend the nuptials in one of Boston’s most distinguished and historic […]
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Antonio Scali, 1931 The cultural and political connections between Italy and the United States during the Gilded Age emerged as a constant theme in the research for my book, Larz and Isabel Anderson: Wealth and Celebrity in the Gilded Age. In the 1890s, Larz served as first secretary and later chargé d’affaires of the American Embassy […]
Larz Anderson | The Gilded Age in America | Page 11
Larz Kilgour Anderson was born 149 years ago today, on August 15th, 1866, in his parents’ apartment at what is now No. 38 rue Marbeuf in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, just off of the Champs Élysées. Nick and Elizabeth Anderson were on their year-long wedding trip through Europe when Larz was conceived. They decided to stay in Europe […]
The Gilded Age in America | A compendium of short, illustrated essays about the people, buildings, gardens, art, books and more that define the long 19th-century in the U.S. | Page 88
The following materials supplement my lecture “Discovering President Wilson’s Voyage to France, 1918” given at The President Woodrow Wilson House in Washington, D.C. on April 23, 2019. President Woodrow Wilson Enroute to Paris, December 4-15, 1918 The Reception of President Woodrow Wilson on his Arrival in Paris, December 16, 1918 God Be With You Till […]
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The following materials supplement my lecture “Discovering President Wilson’s Voyage to France, 1918” given at The President Woodrow Wilson House in Washington, D.C. on April 23, 2019. President Woodrow Wilson Enroute to Paris, December 4-15, 1918 The Reception of President Woodrow Wilson on his Arrival in Paris, December 16, 1918 God Be With You Till […]
Multimedia Materials on Woodrow Wilson’s Voyage to France 1918 | The Gilded Age in America
The following materials supplement my lecture “Discovering President Wilson’s Voyage to France, 1918” given at The President Woodrow Wilson House in Washington, D.C. on April 23, 2019. President Woodrow Wilson Enroute to Paris, December 4-15, 1918 The Reception of President Woodrow Wilson on his Arrival in Paris, December 16, 1918 God Be With You Till […]
Portrait of a Lady | The Gilded Age in America
When Larz and Isabel Anderson acquired a summer home in Brookline (MA) in 1899, Larz had a vision for the estate’s gardens and landscapes. It was no accident that their first major project was an Italian garden. Larz had an extensive knowledge of and deep appreciation for classic Italian architecture and decorative arts, and that interest shaped the design and decoration of the […]
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“Open the Door of Your Heart” from Isabel Anderson’s operetta Marina (1932) Words and music by Grace Warner Gulesian Performed by Antoine Palloc (Paris, France) [Sheet music for “Open the Door of Your Heart” is linked below.] Open the door of your heart dear, For love stands waiting outside. Pray leave the portals ajar dear, […]
About Skip Moskey | The Gilded Age in America
Skip Moskey speaking at the American Library in Paris, October 2016 Skip Moskey is an independent scholar who researches and writes about notable Americans of the long 19th-century who were connected to the history of art, architecture, or politics in Washington, D.C. His subjects have included Isabel and Larz Anderson, Mary Scott Townsend, Elizabeth Kilgour […]
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The following materials supplement my lecture “Discovering President Wilson’s Voyage to France, 1918” given at The President Woodrow Wilson House in Washington, D.C. on April 23, 2019. President Woodrow Wilson Enroute to Paris, December 4-15, 1918 The Reception of President Woodrow Wilson on his Arrival in Paris, December 16, 1918 God Be With You Till […]
Pullman Carriage of Japan ( 人力車 ) | The Gilded Age in America
In 1913, Larz wrote in his diary: I have ordered a jinrikisha (one of the two-wheeled man-pulled carriages – often called the Pullman carriage of Japan) for Isabel, as it is much more fun traveling in them than in any other kind of vehicle, for one sees everything that is going on and doesn’t go too fast, and […]
The History of a Book | The Gilded Age in America
My copy of Presidents and Pies, by Isabel Anderson (1920) While I was writing my biography of Larz and Isabel Anderson, I discovered hundreds of “rabbit holes” that, had I decided to go down into, could have added years to the time it took to write it. (Rabbit holes have been described by one New Yorker writer as something […]