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On March 26, 1883, Mrs. William Kissam Vanderbilt hosted a party to show off their family's new home in New York City. It wasn't just a party, it was a grand ball- the most dazzling social event in the city's history. The Vanderbilts had built a mansion in the style of a European castle, complete with medieval furniture, tapestries, and armor.
More than 1,200 of New York's social elite flocked to Mrs. Vanderbilt's ball, dressed in glittering costumes.
Mrs. Vanderbilt's party reflected the way rapid industrialization was transforming American life in the decades after the Civil War. Entrepreneurs in banking, commerce, and industry were amassing enormous wealth. Technological advances, such as the electric light were changing how Americans lived and worked.
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