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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...addition to his horse breeding, Mr. Billings was famed also for his yachts, his pictures, and for Tyron Hall, his two-million-dollar estate on upper Riverside Drive. Once, when he had accumulated so many Old Masters that the walls of his new California estate would not accommodate them all, he sold 31 canvases, including eight Corots, for $410,000. In 1917 John D. Rockefeller Jr. bought Tyron Hall, gave it to the city...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Horses, Flashlights | 6/3/1929 | See Source »

...highest point of land on the island of Manhattan stands Tyron Hall, once the Louis XIV palace of Mr. Billings, so large that it is really a country estate in the city. In 1917 he sold it to John D. Rockefeller Jr., who gave it to the city as a museum...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Julius Talks to Calvin | 8/30/1926 | See Source »

HARVARD. VERMONT. Conlon, s.s. s.s., Conlin Hallock, c.f. c.f., Brock Emmons, 2b. 3b., Harris Jones, 1b. 1b., McGuinnis Hallowell, r.f. 2b., Kerwin Frothingham, c.f. r.f., Tyron Lincoln, 3b. l.f., Burns Blair, c. c., Spillane Felton, Hardell, p. p., Kibbee...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: STRONG VERMONT NINE OPPONENT OF CRIMSON; GAME SCHEDULED FOR 3 | 6/8/1920 | See Source »

...team which plays the Crimson this afternoon has only two veterans on it, Kibbee and Tyron, the rest of the team being made up of last year's Freshmen...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: STRONG VERMONT NINE OPPONENT OF CRIMSON; GAME SCHEDULED FOR 3 | 6/8/1920 | See Source »

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