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James A. Garfield
James Abram Garfield was the 20th president of the United States, serving from March 1881 until his death in September that year after being shot in July. A preacher, lawyer, and Civil War general, Garfield served nine terms in the United States House of Representatives and is the only sitting member of the House to be elected president. Before he ran for president, the Ohio General Assembly had elected him to the U.S. Senate, a position he declined upon becoming president-elect.

Andrew Carnegie
Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist (1835–1919)
John D. Rockefeller
American industrialist and philanthropist (1839–1937)
Art Nouveau
international philosophy and style of art, architecture and applied art
Spanish–American War
1898 conflict between Spain and the United States
Edith Wharton
American writer and designer (1862–1937)

J. P. Morgan
American financier, banker, and art collector (1837–1913)
John Singer Sargent
American painter (1856–1925)

vaudeville
thumb|A promotional poster for the Sandow Trocadero Vaudevilles (1894), showing dancers, clowns, trapeze artists, costumed dogs, singers and costumed actors
Thomas Eakins
American painter (1844–1916)
Gilded Age
era in the history of the USA between the late 1860's and the 1890's
World's Columbian Exposition
1893 World's Fair held in Chicago, Illinois

Hello, Dolly!
1969 American musical romantic comedy film directed by Gene Kelly
Andrew W. Mellon
American diplomat, banker, businessman, industrialist, philanthropist, and art collector (1855–1937)
Long Depression
worldwide economic recession from 1873 to 1879
Jay Gould
American railroad magnate and financier (1836-1892)
Hetty Green
American financier (1834–1916)

The Gilded Age (TV series)
The Gilded Age is an American historical drama television series created and written by Julian Fellowes for HBO that is set in the United States during the Gilded Age, the boom years of the 1880s, in New York City. Originally announced in 2018 for NBC, it was later announced in May 2019 that the show was moved to HBO. The first season premiered on January 24, 2022, and the second on October 29, 2023. In December 2023, the series was renewed for a third season, which premiered on June 22, 2025. In July 2025, the series was renewed for a fourth season.
Voyages Extraordinaires
collection of more than 60 Travel Novels by Jules Verne
Henry Clay Frick
American industrialist (1849-1919)
Consuelo Vanderbilt
American socialite (1877-1964)
Henry Morrison Flagler
American entrepreneur (1830-1913)
Caroline Webster Schermerhorn Astor
American socialite (1830–1908)
George B. Post
American architect (1837–1913)
The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today
book by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner
first presidency of Grover Cleveland
U.S. presidential administration from 1885 to 1889
Newsboys Strike of 1899
American campaign
second presidency of Grover Cleveland
U.S. presidential administration from 1893 to 1897
Ward McAllister
American socialite (1827–1895)
Captain's cap
cap with a soft dark blue or white crown and a stiff dark visor, often decorated with braid
Gay Nineties
American nostalgic term referring to the decade of the 1890s.
American dollar princess
wealthy woman who marries European nobleman