Shelley Dziedzic
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While looking for Edwardian funeral customs, this site popped up and is RICH in great links-hours of fun and historical information on Titanic Era.
Gilded Age Websites
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Tracy Smith
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Thanks, Shelley, I'll check it out.
Shelley Dziedzic
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Had not visited the Astors Beechwood site for a long time- this is the Newport mansion where JJ and Madeleine were married in Sept of 1911 before their Grand Tour- and home of the Queen of Society, JJ's Mumsie, Caroline. WOW- they now do Victorian Christmas and Murder Mysteries and my favorite- Edgar Allan Poe Day near Halloween. Am thinking I MUST revive my plan to have a Gilded Age Tour up here for us all....Newport has quite a Haunted October to rival nearby Salem. Check them out!
Astor - Astors' Beechwood Mansion, Bellevue Ave, Newport RI -- A Living History Museum
The Astors' Beechwood, a beautiful ocean front mansion located in historic Newport, Rhode Island, is the former home of the Queen of American Society, Caroline Astor, the mother of John Jacob Astor IV, who died on the RMS Titanic. Today, this privately owned mansion is home to a Victorian Living...
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Shelley Dziedzic
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This one has a lot of good information in many areas from fashion to politics to culture.
