Inside the societal rules of the Gilded Age enforced by old money Caroline Schermerhorn Astor, and challenged by new money Alva Vanderbilt ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. John Jacob Astor built his fortune in the fur business and New York real estate. John Jacob Astor III and William Backhouse Astor ...

The Astors were one of the richest and most famous families of the Gilded Age, with descendants including Titanic victim John Jacob Astor IV and socialite Brooke Astor ...

NEW YORK (AP) — It's hard to escape the name Astor when you are in New York: from Astor Place downtown to the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel and even the neighborhood of Astoria, Queens, the family's legacy is ...

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A vacant property in Rhinebeck, New York, once associated in real estate marketing with the Astor family’s historic Ferncliff ...

New York socialite and philanthropist Brooke Astor turns 105 years old on Friday. But she has had little to celebrate recently. Astor's family is mired in a bitter feud over her multimillion-dollar ...

John Jacob Astor built his fortune in the fur business and New York real estate. John Jacob Astor III and William Backhouse Astor Jr. cofounded the Waldorf-Astoria after a feud. Modern Astor ...