Tuesday 3 December 2013

Cornelius Vanderbilt

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Cornelius Vanderbilt, in the 1840s or '50s. One of the richest Americans in history, and the patriarch of the Vanderbilt family, who provided the initial gift to found Vanderbilt University, which is named in his honour.

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Original daguerreotype.

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