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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Rutherfurd himself had an intriguing romance as a youth. In 1895 he had been secretly engaged to Railroad Heiress Consuelo Vanderbilt, whose marriage to the Duke of Marlborough was annulled years later by the Sacred Rota of the Roman Catholic Church on the ground that she had loved Rutherfurd but had been forced to marry Marlborough by her domineering mother...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Historical Notes: A Great Romance | 8/19/1966 | See Source »

Duke, the University of North Carolina, Vanderbilt, and Davidson have been given top priority for organizational work this Fall...

Author: By William Woodward, | Title: ARFEP Seeks Roots In South and Midwest | 8/9/1966 | See Source »

Profits & Previews. Over 80 years ago, according to legend, William H. Vanderbilt was asked if he operated the passenger trains of his New York Central & Hudson River Railroad for profit or for public service. "The public be damned!" was his immortal reply. "We run them because we have to. They don't pay." The modern New York Central has changed its manner, if not its mind. Along with the Central's Twentieth Century and New York-Detroit Wolverine, the venerable Spirit of St. Louis may also be eliminated if the Interstate Commerce Commission approves the request...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Railroads: Toward the End of The Twentieth Century | 8/5/1966 | See Source »

Diamond Jim Brady went there regularly, accompanied by 27 Japanese houseboys and Lillian Russell. One day William K. Vanderbilt strolled into the casino to await some delayed dinner companions, dropped $130,000 in a few minutes. Another day John W. ("Bet a Million") Gates lost $500,000 on the races, then proceeded to win back most of it by playing faro until dawn. In the afternoons, Victor Herbert conducted concerts on the porch of an elegant hotel;-in the evenings, Caruso and John McCormack sang outdoors. Such was the summer scene at the turn of the century at Saratoga Springs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Festivals: A Place, a Show, a Win | 7/22/1966 | See Source »

Cornelius Vanderbilt New York Central Railroad...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Opinion: Paragons & Pariahs | 7/15/1966 | See Source »

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