They were the royal residences of the American aristocracy: lavish mansions built by railroad barons, oil tycoons, industrialists and financiers. Featuring stunning works of art and lavish furnishings made from the finest rare woods and...
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Joe van Riper | ... |
Narrator
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(9 episodes, 1995-1996)
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Richard Guy Wilson | ... |
Self - Architectural Historian
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(6 episodes, 1995-1996)
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John Tschirch | ... |
Self - Architectural Historian
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(2 episodes, 1995-1996)
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Susan Ward | ... |
Self - Director of Heritage Communications
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(2 episodes, 1995)
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Kathryn A. Jacob | ... |
Self - Author
(2 episodes, 1995)
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Kathryn Smith | ... |
Self - Author
(1 episode, 1996)
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Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer | ... |
Self - Director, Frank Lloyd Wright Archives
(1 episode, 1996)
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Lyman Shepard | ... |
Self - Frank Lloyd Wright Historian
(1 episode, 1996)
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Juli Aulik | ... |
Self - Director, Taliesin Preservation Commission
(1 episode, 1996)
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Cornelia Brierly | ... |
Self - Original Taliesin Fellowship Member
(1 episode, 1996)
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Ronald Wyatt | ... |
Self
(1 episode, 1995)
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Craig Jessup | ... |
Self - Museum Specialist
(1 episode, 1995)
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Tony Spiva | ... |
Self - Economist
(1 episode, 1995)
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Victor Pennes | ... |
Self - Park Ranger
(1 episode, 1995)
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Peggy Phipps Boegner | ... |
Self
(1 episode, 1995)
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Henry Duffy | ... |
Self - Curator of Lyndhurst Estate
(1 episode, 1995)
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Burns Patterson | ... |
Self
(1 episode, 1995)
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Florence Ogg | ... |
Self
(1 episode, 1995)
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Patricia O'Donnell | ... |
Self - Landscape Designer
(1 episode, 1995)
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Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt Jr. | ... |
Self
(1 episode, 1995)
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Hugh J. McCauley | ... |
Self - Architect
(1 episode, 1995)
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John Friauf | ... |
Self - Historian
(1 episode, 1995)
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Beverly Bridger | ... |
Self
(1 episode, 1995)
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Henry Joyce | ... |
Self
(1 episode, 1995)
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Cynthia Altman | ... |
Self - Kykuit Curator
(1 episode, 1995)
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Joe Pierson | ... |
Self
(1 episode, 1995)
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Jerome Eaton | ... |
Self
(1 episode, 1995)
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| Michael C. Pizzuto | ... |
Aristocrat Dancer
(1 episode, 1996)
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Sylvia Browne | ... |
Self - Psychic
(1 episode, 1996)
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Terry Reksten | ... |
Self - Dunsmuir biographer
(1 episode, 1996)
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Dianna Quintal | ... |
Dinner guest
(1 episode, 1996)
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Thomas Flannery | ... |
Dinner guest
(1 episode, 1996)
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Edmund Montiero | ... |
Dinner guest
(1 episode, 1996)
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Evelyn Hovanec | ... |
Self - Pennsylvania State auniversity Associate Professor
(1 episode, 1996)
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Jack Van Essen | ... |
Self - Park Ranger
(1 episode, 1996)
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Robert Winter | ... |
Self
(1 episode, 1996)
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Julie Morris | ... |
Self - Horticulturist- Blithewold
(1 episode, 1996)
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Shozo Kagoshima | ... |
Self
(1 episode, 1996)
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Scott Brown | ... |
Footman
(1 episode, 1996)
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Kathy Arant | ... |
Opera singer
(1 episode, 1996)
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Kris Webster | ... |
Self - Curator Emeritus- Craigdarroch
(1 episode, 1996)
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Stephen M. Abrams | ... |
Oliver Belmont
(1 episode, 1996)
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Keith Henry | ... |
Dinner guest
(1 episode, 1996)
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Claire Joyce | ... |
Maid
(1 episode, 1996)
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Majorie Jefferies | ... |
Self - Granddaughter of Bessie McKee
(1 episode, 1996)
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Erin Walker | ... |
Dinner guest
(1 episode, 1996)
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Anne Marie Couto | ... |
Alva Vanderbilt Belmont
(1 episode, 1996)
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Mary E. Liddecoat | ... |
Self
(1 episode, 1996)
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Mary Philbrick | ... |
Self - Volunteer Archivist- Blithewold
(1 episode, 1996)
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Gregory C. Beal | ... |
Footman
(1 episode, 1996)
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- A+E Networks (1994) (United States) (tv)
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They were the royal residences of the American aristocracy: lavish mansions built by railroad barons, oil tycoons, industrialists and financiers. Featuring stunning works of art and lavish furnishings made from the finest rare woods and marbles from around the world, they were sprawling monuments to status and power and a life of luxury that is difficult for most of us to imagine. |
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