During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the Gilded Age refers to a time in American History where there was massive economic growth, technological advances, and developments in pop culture. Some of the new technological advances include the telegraph, telephone, and ... building Cornelius built there but had no say as this was a time long before woman's rights).  When he went on a grand tour of Europe in the Spring of 1853 at age sixty, along with a few acquaintances (mostly business related) he took his entire family. He could have left them all at home but didn't.   It was observ...

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