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8 de fev. de 2015 · Abstract. Faced with the architectural ambition and generous resources of the Gilded Age, social arbiter Alva Smith Vanderbilt (1853–1933) and architect Richard Morris Hunt (1827–1895) designed a series of period homes with trend-setting interiors that profoundly marked the evolution of domestic design in late nineteenth-century America.
Alva Vanderbilt Belmont, um 1911. Alva Vanderbilt Belmont, geborene Alva Erskine Smith (* 17.Januar 1853 in Mobile, Alabama; † 26. Januar 1933 in Augerville-la-Rivière bei Paris) war eine US-amerikanische Frauenrechtlerin und Präsidentin der National Woman’s Party; sowie High Society-Lady der «Four Hundred» in der New Yorker Gesellschaft (Belle Époque
7 de mai. de 2010 · Alva Smith Vanderbilt Belmont, an impulsive and imperious railroad heiress, defied convention in the 1890s by dumping her unfaithful husband and running off with a neighbor.
15 de fev. de 2022 · Alva and the Smith family did not have the money to pay for the kind of wedding expected of a woman worthy of a Vanderbilt. Alva and Willie’s home at 660 Fifth Avenue. Image courtesy Carole Owens. For example, the proper wedding dress at a Vanderbilt wedding was a gown by Charles Worth of Paris.
Alva Erskine Smith, first wife of William Kissam Vanderbilt. On April 20, 1875, Vanderbilt married his first wife, Alva Erskine Smith, daughter of Murray Forbes Smith and Phoebe Ann Desha. Together, they had three children: Anne (née Harriman) Sands Rutherfurd, the second wife of William Kissam Vanderbilt, ca. 1915
24 de out. de 2014 · The Newport Mansions are filled with the history of the wealthy families who lived in them. Alva Vanderbilt, later Alva Belmont’s story is the one that thrives behind the heavy walls of Marble House. Alva was born on January 17th, 1853 as Alva Ertskin Smith, in Mobile, Alabama. She was the daughter of a cotton broker.
21 de mar. de 2024 · Alva Belmont, née Alva Erskine Smith, and also known as Alva Vanderbilt from 1875-1896, was a prominent multi-millionaire American socialite and a major figure in the women's suffrage movement. Known for having an aristocratic manner that antagonized many people, she was also noted for her energy, intelligence, strong opinions, and willingness to challenge convention.
