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THE PASSING OF FAMOUS NYC MANSIONS. NEW YORK CITY. 8/24/25.
FAMOUS HOUSES ON 5TH AVENUE ARE TO BE SOLD TO MAKE WAY FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION. BEAUTIFUL NYC MANSION HOUSES ALL WITH DIFFERENT BUT ORNATE ARCHITECTURE. UNIDENTIFIED HOUSES INCLUDE: HOUSE OF COLIN F. HUNTINGTON AT 57TH STREET TO BE RAZED & THE F.W. WOOLWORTH HOUSE AT 80TH STREET (WHICH WILL BE REPLACED BY 15 STORY BUILDING. HIGHLIGHTS: 02 01 03 CONSTRUCTION SITE: EARLY STEAM-SHOVEL IN HOLE ON NYC STREET. |
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PAN ALONG TO DIFFERENT ANGLE OF STEAM SHOVEL WORKIG IN HOLE. HORSE-DRAWN CARTS GO PAST.
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PAN DOWN LARGE WHITE BUILDING TO STREET BELOW
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LARGE STONE BRICK MANSION ON CORNER
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FRONT ENTRANCE WITH IRON GATE & FENCE &
STONE LIONS ON PILLARS |
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ANOTHER VIEW OF STONE MANSION WITH CAR TRAFFIC IN FRGD & CLOCK STRUCTURE IN STREET
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CU DETAILS OF MANSION: BUST APPEARS ABOVE WINDOW BY ROOF
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STONE RELIEF OF CHILDREN ON CORNER PILLAR
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PAN UP EXTREMELY ORNATE PILLAR TO STONE LION SITTING ON TOP
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LARGE CEMENT STONE MANSION BUILDING
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CU PAN DOWN FACADE WITH ORNATE WINDOWS TO MEN SITTING ON STEPS.
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HUGE ORANTE IRON GATE & FENCE. PROBABLY ENTRANCE GATE TO CORNELIUS VANDERBILT MANSION
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VIEWS OF VINCENT ASTOR-JOHN JACOB ASTOR HOUSE AT 5TH AVE. & 65TH STREET. SOLD FOR APARTMENT BUILDING.
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PAN DOWN LARGE CORNER BUILDING, ALREADY GUTTED FOR DESTRUCTION
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PAN DOWN SKYSCRAPER TO THE CORNELIUS VANDERBILT MANSION AT 5TH AVE & 57TH STREET (TO GIVE WAY TO A SKYSCRAPER)
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VIEW OF PARK FOUNTAIN & COURTYARD WITH CORNELIUS VANDERBILT MANSION IN BKGD
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GREAT ESTABLISHING SHOT OF CORNELIUS VANDERBILT FRENCH CHATEAU-STYLE ARCHITECTURE MANSION
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VANDERBILT MANSION WITH ORANTE NYC STREET LIGHTS & TRAFFIC (INCLUDING DOUBLE-DECKER BUSSES) IN FRGD
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CU DETAIL VIEW OF ORANTE WINDOWS (STONEWORK?) & TURRETS
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LARGE HOME BY CORNER OF 5TH AVE & EAST 53RD. PROBABLY THE W.K. VANDERBILT HOUSE AT 51ST STREET
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PAN DOWN POINTED TURRET ROOF & ORNATE DESIGNS ON ROOF & WINDOWS OF NYC MANSION
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VIEW LARGE STONE MANISON
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THE W.H. VANDERBILT TWIN HOUSES BETWEEN 51ST & 52ND STREETS TO BE WRECKED.
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STORY #15-366. SARATOGA HORSE RACE ATTRACTS SOCIETY. SARATOGA, NEW YORK. 8/1/32.
HIGHLIGHTS: 02 10 23 CROWD OF MEN STANDING AROUND RACE TRACK WAITING FOR RACE TO BEGINNING. WATCHING HORSES GO PAST & CHECKING THEIR BETTING CARDS. |
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MOB OF MEN CROWD UP AGAINST FENCE TRYING TO SEE HORSE RACE.
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HORSES RACE, COME AROUND THE BEND
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HORSES IMPATIENT & FIDGETY AT THE STARTING GATE
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HORSES RACE PAST AS SPECTATORS LEAN AGAINST FENCE TO WATCH RACE.
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HIGH ANGLE OF EMPTY FIELD & HORSES WALKING ALONG TRACK, SOME SIDEWAYS.
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HORSES AT STARTING GATE, OWNER HAS TROUBLE GETTING HORSE TO BEHAVE.
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AND THERE OFF! HORSES START RACE
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JOCKEY & HORSES COME IN AT END OF RACE.
OWNERS LEAD HORSES IN. FAIRNO WINS HANDICAP. |
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OLD MAN SITTING IN PRIVATE BOX AT RACE TRACK
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CU BUGLER BLOWS HIS HORN. OLD MAN WALKING PAST COVERS HIS EAR AS IT BLASTS HIM
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MRS. HARRY PAYNE WHITNEY, WIFE OF MILLIONARIE & SPORTSMAN, WITH MR. & MRS.
JOCK WHITNEY. HIGH SOCIETY SPORTS. WATCHING RACE WITH BINOCULARS. BETSEY WHITNEY? OR GERTRUDE VANDERBILT WHITNEY? |
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CROWD AT RACE TRACK STANDING AROUND. PAN OVER TO SPECTATORS IN GRANDSTAND &
PRIVATE BOXES & BACK AGAIN |
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START OF RACE AS HORSES LEAVE STARTING GATE
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SHOT OF CROWD IN COVERED STANDS
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HIGH ANGLE SHOT OF PEOPLE STANDING DOWN BELOW BY RACE TRACK. MULLING ABOUT
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