Alternate title: | Vanderbilt Mansion - "The Breakers" |
Summary: | Vanderbilt Mansion, "The Breakers," Newport, Rhode Island, circa 1950-1970. Postcard number: 37267-C. Caption reads: ""The Breakers" -- Ochre Point Ave. Newport, R. I. First opened to the public in 1948 under the auspices of the Preservation Society of Newport, this immense 16th century Italian style mansion was completed for Cornelius Vanderbilt in 1895 from designs of Richard Morris Hunt. Arranged around a huge central hall are seventy rooms on four floors. It faces the Atlantic Ocean from an imposing location on the famous Cliff Walk at Ochre Point. Open to visitors May through October. (Admission Charge)". |
Creator: | Hopf, John T. |
Provider: | Garrison Color Corporation |
Century: | 1901-2000 |
Place of origin – Continent: | North America |
Place of origin – Country: | United States of America |
Place of origin – Region: | Rhode Island |
Place of origin – Settlement: | Newport |
Temporal subject: |
1941-1950
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1951-1960
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1961-1970
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Geographical subject – Continent: | North America |
Geographical subject – Country: | United States of America |
Geographical subject – Region: | Rhode Island |
Geographical subject – Settlement: | Newport |
Topical subjects: | Mansions |
Breakers, The (Newport, R.I.)
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Vanderbilt, Cornelius, 1843-1899 -- Homes and haunts
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Hunt, Richard Morris, 1828-1895
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Genre: | Postcards |
ArchivesUM location: | National Trust Library Postcard Collection |
Repository: | National Trust for Historic Preservation Library Collection |
Browse terms: | Architecture, Landscape, Historic Places |
Copyright holder: | Unknown |
Collection: | National Trust Library Historic Postcard Collection |
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