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Art Collector, Business Leader, Philanthropist / 1837 - 1913
J.P. Morgan founded the banking company J.P. Morgan & Co., one of the leading financial firms in the country, in 1871.
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Art Collector, Philanthropist / 1912 - 1993
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Art Collector, Publisher, Journalist, Author, Poet / 1874 - 1946
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Art Collector, Entrepreneur / 1849 - 1919
Henry Frick was an industrialist who headed the Carnegie Steel Company and the United States Steel Corporation. His mansion later became the Frick Museum.
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George Washington Vanderbilt is known primarily for the lavish Biltmore Estate he built in North Carolina. The estate is still the largest private residence in the U.S.
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