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Hace 2 días · Between 59th and 78th Streets, rich New Yorkers like Cornelius Vanderbilt and John Jacob Astor purchased and built extravagant homes along Fifth Avenue, some valued at over $150 million today....
Hace 2 días · The historic Astor Row in Harlem dates back to land purchased by John Jacob Astor in 1844 for the sum of $10,000 on what is now 130th Street between Lenox Avenue and Fifth Avenue in Harlem.
Hace 7 horas · Coverage then shifted to “Noted Persons Aboard” and many of the names included are those known by people familiar with the disaster today – Benjamin Guggenheim, Mr. and Mrs. Isidor Straus, Mr. and Mrs. John Jacob Astor. The lead story in the next week’s edition of the Warren Mail highlighted testimony before a Congressional committee.
Hace 2 días · The wealthiest man on board, John Jacob Astor, was also likely the wealthiest man in the world at the time of the Titanic's voyage. He was worth $87 million in 1912, which would be nearly $3 billion in today's money. He was found after the Titanic's sinking with his solid gold pocket watch still dangling from its chain.
Hace 5 días · In 1902, John Jacob Astor afixed a small Statue of Liberty, a gift from France, to the top, creating intense friction with the British who originally commissioned the clock. During the Waldorf...
Hace 1 día · To fund his experiments, he convinced John Jacob Astor IV to invest $100,000 ($3,662,400 in today's dollars) to become a majority shareholder in the Nikola Tesla Company. Astor thought he was primarily investing in the new wireless lighting system. Instead, Tesla used the money to fund his Colorado Springs experiments.
Hace 1 día · Sobre bússolas sem norte. Como a humanidade irá se manter sem a mais mínima noção do bom, do belo, do justo e do verdadeiro? Em sítio da internet do Facebook deparo com a seguinte publicação a respeito de uma edificante história: “Quando o Titanic afundou, levava a bordo o milionário John Jacob Astor IV. O dinheiro em sua conta ...
