Inside the Many Mansions of America's Richest Couple: Harrison Williams and Mona von Bismarck
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- Опубликовано: 1 дек 2024
- Step into the dazzling world of Harrison Williams and Mona Bismarck, once America’s richest couple during the Jazz Age. From their iconic Manhattan mansion to their sprawling Long Island estate and luxurious Palm Beach retreat, explore the homes, opulence, and resilience of this legendary pair.
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I enjoyed all the houses, especially the Manhattan one. But even more, I appreciate the background information you so graciously provide about the people who lived in them and called them home
Many thanks!
I’ve always liked the architecture of Delano & Aldrich.
*I find myself comfort watching your videos. I think a lot of it has to do with your voice and inflection. May you and everyone you love have a wonderful holiday. 😃🤗*
Oh Ken has the most divine voice.
His pronunciation and inflection are divine.
I could listen to him describing ‘cement drying’! 😂♥️
Always fascinating!
Thanks for sharing 🏛️
I love your videos, especially when you provide such interesting background information.
Liked both the Manhattan House and the Long Island Estate a real Beauty . As always the History lesson is always helpful too . Wow she married enough times !! A lady with very expensive taste . Thanks Ken and Happy Holidays to you and your family ❤😊🙋♀️🎄☃️🎅🏻❄️
wonderful episode. awesome woman.
and that necklace, wow.
What stood out to me was that on the floorplan of the Long Island mansion, the relationship of the front door, stairs, and hall was identical to that of the movie set house of Von Trap in the Sound of Music.
Apparently Mona understood reality and didn't give up on her objective.
Great job. Thank you.
Very well put together video - full of good info & images. If I had a choice of portraits of Mona to hang on my wall I'd pick the one @2:45 by Boutet de Monvel over the Dali one @2:50 any day. Monvel was commissioned to do a room of murals at Oak Point, but the project fell through (depression related? - his work was very expensive).
Oak Point looked like a high school from the outside,but the interior was exquisite. I liked the floor plan.
Mona B is buried at Locust Valley Cemetery (as is Little Edie Bouvier), buried in a Balenciaga gown.
Phenomenal woman, thansku🙏🏼
I loved the photos at the end of the reel…was it her French home? With the wrought iron stair railings? Gorgeous!! Other than that, the Manhattan home was absolutely my favorite.
When seeing the indoor tennis court, the first thought was the one in the Humphry Bogart, Audrey Hepburn & William Holden movie "Sabrina". 😊
A lyric from "Ridin' High," a song in Cole Porter's 1936 Broadway musical "Red, Hot and Blue": "What do I care if Missus Harrison Williams is the best dressed woman in town ..."
I often visited the house they had in Manhattan on Fifth Avenue and 93rd Street when it used to be the home of the International Center of Photography. It was genuinely beautiful!
Love it when women live life on their own terms.🍾🥂
Thanks👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
What happened to her son after she sold him?
Lifestyles of the idle rich. This is a great argument for estate taxes.
I liked the Long Island home, before it was renovated.
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KEN, IN SOME WAYS THIS IS JUST ONE MORE PATHETIC SOB STORY, BUT AS FOR THE HOUSES, THEY SEEM RELATIVELY LOW KEY COMPARED WITH MANY OF THE OTHER HUMDINGERS THAT YOU'VE COVERED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IN ANY CASE, LONG LIVE THIS HOUSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
she was really cutting back in the end a vlilla and a Parisian town house, Only 90 million left boo hoo, LOl. Like 1 billion today
At least there was still a Monet in th dining room! haha
i thought john rockefeller was the richest person in the world at this time.
What happened to her son?
Gave up custody of her kid for money.
Good report and tour on your part, Ken. Thinking about some of the people behind these mansions has become difficult. I do not want to post my negative prejudices on your channel out of respect to you and other viewers. I'll be careful.