![Photographs of the Vanderbilt Costume Ball Showing the Lavish Lifestyles of the Gilded Age Elite ~ Vintage Everyday Photographs of the Vanderbilt Costume Ball Showing the Lavish Lifestyles of the Gilded Age Elite ~ Vintage Everyday](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1YM-m11OH_eKkajVI8UEMlgL-cihu1H01Ov9KzqU0SsVXiBIeLNS_ulROv6qwYrYIJrrl0Rb19zmMcpjeoWMnJqWS1rmCUI0lj7HxYE84AvSvLmP9djHjE3Er04-7Tix5cyMrSYrlTLwRj3V8Wr92g_hM0pahCWP2vQBI4erU5Q8EvvdLqeAD6ua5/s1200/vanderbilt-ball-1883.jpg)
Photographs of the Vanderbilt Costume Ball Showing the Lavish Lifestyles of the Gilded Age Elite ~ Vintage Everyday
![A wealthy man dressed up for a Vanderbilt costume ball in the late 1800s. | Costume ball, Vintage costumes, Vanderbilt A wealthy man dressed up for a Vanderbilt costume ball in the late 1800s. | Costume ball, Vintage costumes, Vanderbilt](https://i.pinimg.com/236x/a0/eb/a3/a0eba3070401879879d65fab888b4707.jpg)
A wealthy man dressed up for a Vanderbilt costume ball in the late 1800s. | Costume ball, Vintage costumes, Vanderbilt
![Women's History Month Spotlight: Alva Vanderbilt Belmont - Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site (U.S. National Park Service) - Viewshed Women's History Month Spotlight: Alva Vanderbilt Belmont - Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site (U.S. National Park Service) - Viewshed](https://www.nps.gov/elro/blogs/images/1-alva.jpg)
Women's History Month Spotlight: Alva Vanderbilt Belmont - Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site (U.S. National Park Service) - Viewshed
![Anne Louise Avery on Twitter: "The Vanderbilt ball also featured the whimsically-costumed Miss Kate Fearing Strong, described by Henry James as “youthful & precocious,” who went as her feline nickname “Puss”. Worryingly, Anne Louise Avery on Twitter: "The Vanderbilt ball also featured the whimsically-costumed Miss Kate Fearing Strong, described by Henry James as “youthful & precocious,” who went as her feline nickname “Puss”. Worryingly,](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D0-R6ReXgAIAfDo.jpg)
Anne Louise Avery on Twitter: "The Vanderbilt ball also featured the whimsically-costumed Miss Kate Fearing Strong, described by Henry James as “youthful & precocious,” who went as her feline nickname “Puss”. Worryingly,
Preservation Society of Newport County - In 1883, Alva Vanderbilt threw the ultimate costume party to unveil her new home, Petit Chateau, on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan and to win a place
![The Obscenely Lavish Vanderbilt Ball That Inspired The Season Finale Of 'The Gilded Age' | British Vogue The Obscenely Lavish Vanderbilt Ball That Inspired The Season Finale Of 'The Gilded Age' | British Vogue](https://media.vogue.co.uk/photos/623085d5965d1c9a61335fc8/1:1/w_775%2Cc_limit/kelli-o-hara-carrie-coon-blake-ritson.jpg)