    
Title: Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt I Description: Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt I (1877-1915), American businessman and third son of Cornelius Vanderbilt (1843-1899), a socialite and sportsman known for his love of thoroughbred horses; he is shown in 1910, five years before he died on board the RMS Lusitania, torpedoed by a German U-boat on May 7, 1915 off Kinsale, Ireland, sinking within eight minutes and taking to the bottom 1,198 persons (out of 1,959 passengers and crew), including the charming Vanderbilt. Category: Society Topic: Rich and Famous Keywords: affluent, business leaders, disasters, fashionable society, gentry, high social class, high society, horses, magnates, millionaires, New York's 400, rich, ships sinking, socialites, tycoons, wealthy Orientation: Landscape Dimensions: 1050 x 829 (1.27) Print Size: 8.9 x 7.0 cm; 3.5 x 2.8 inches File Size: 2.49 MB (2,614,896 Bytes) Resolution: 300 x 300 dpi Color Depth: 16.7 million (24 BitsPerPixel) Compression: None Image Number: 0000029018 Source: Jay Robert Nash Collection |
