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Summer Cottage


 
BetterPhoto.com Photo Contest Finalist   Summer Cottage
Summer Cottage

The Breakers is the grandest of Newport Rhode Island's summer "cottages"
and a symbol of the Vanderbilt family's social and financial preeminence in turn of the century America.
A 70 room Italian Renaissance- style palazzo inspired by the 16th century palaces of Genoa and Turin.
The Vanderbilts had seven children.
Their youngest daughter, Gladys, who married Count Laszlo Szechenyi of Hungary,
inherited the house on her mother's death in 1934.
An ardent supporter of The Preservation Society of Newport County, she opened The Breakers in 1948 to raise funds for the Society.
In 1972, the Preservation Society purchased the house from her heirs.
Today, the house is designated a National Historic Landmark.


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Mary Timman
 

Wow....would love to stay in a "cottage" like that!
Beautiful capture and love it in B&W.


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July 06, 2011

 
robinsonphotoart.com - Jeff Robinson

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  Excellent comp and use of B&W!


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July 06, 2011

 

Monnie Ryan
  A "cottage," eh? Yowza! Beautiful capture, Julianne - even more dramatic in B&W!


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July 06, 2011

 

Donna La Mattino Pagakis
  Beautiful architecture and image Julianne!


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July 06, 2011

 

Tammy Espino
  Beautiful composition!! :)


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July 06, 2011

 

David M. Montero
  I can't imagine living in a house like this. Great B&W image Julianne!


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July 07, 2011

 

Julianne Bradford
  Thanks I really appreciate your comments. This is a fabulous place to visit..but it drove me crazy not being allowed to take photos inside. There were so many EOD opportunities. Amazing wealth!


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July 11, 2011

 
- Erica Murphy

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  Gorgeous Julianne!! Love it in B&W. What a beautiful place.


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July 12, 2011

 
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  You're not kidding about the inside, Julianne! The cottages at Newport are simply astonishing creations; this one definitely trumps them all.
I like your bright b/w treatment on this... I only got to see the inside on my visit, and didn't get to walk around the exterior.


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July 17, 2011

 

Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna
  WTG on this wonderful finalist, Julianne! :-) k


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August 25, 2011

 
robinsonphotoart.com - Jeff Robinson

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  Congrats Julianne on your Finalist!


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August 25, 2011

 
chrisbudny.com - Chris Budny

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  Looks good with silver---but I know the interior goes better with gold; here's hoping! Congratulations!


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August 25, 2011

 
- Stefania Barbier

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  it's a beauty... huge congrats!!!


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August 25, 2011

 
- Randy D. Dinkins

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  Another congrats, WTG.


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August 25, 2011

 

Tammy Espino
  A huge congrats on your finalist!!!! :)


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August 25, 2011

 
- Erica Murphy

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  Congratulations on your wonderful finalist Julianne!! Now that's a house I woudn't want to have to clean.


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August 26, 2011

 

Julianne Bradford
  Thanks so much! I'm with you Erica..there are a whole seriees of passage ways that "the Help" used so the family didn't have to deal with seeing them all the time.


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August 26, 2011

 
- Michele Peterson

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  What an amazing place! Great idea to make it B&W... Congratulations on the finalist!!


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August 27, 2011

 

Donna La Mattino Pagakis
  A fantastic finalist Julianne, congratulations!!!


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August 29, 2011

 

Debra R. Harder
  This is picture perfect, Julianne!! I love the b/w conversion. Huge congratulations on another BRILLIANT finalist! Deb


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August 29, 2011

 

Merna L. Nobile
 


Great photographers are not great because of their technique; they are great because of their passion.
Congratulations for your achievement, August, 25, 2011. Merna


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September 07, 2011

 

Ellen Hodges
  Huge congrats and very best luck, Julianne!!


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March 26, 2012

 
- Leslie McLain

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  Congrats on a beautiful finalist, Julianne.


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March 26, 2012

 
- Michele Peterson

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  Congratulations, Julianne, on this getting finalist second time around! How exciting! Hoping it goes on!!


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March 26, 2012

 
- Claudine Grove

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  Wow! Some "cottage"! Congrats on the finalist medal. Good luck on the next round.


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March 26, 2012

 

Renee Doyle
  Congratulations on this wonderful finalist Julianne!


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March 26, 2012

 

Mary K. Robison
  Brilliant b&w image of this elegant "summer" mansion, Julianne!
Congratulations, and best of luck next level!
(All I remember about this place was the tour guide pointing out the fireplace screens, saying, "Women wore makeup with wax in it, and the screens kept it from melting!")


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March 27, 2012

 

Patti Coblentz
  Ha, women have a solution for everything...LOL :))
This is magnificent, Julianne, and certainly worthy of gold (fingers crossed!)
Congratulations on your finalist!!


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March 27, 2012

 
- John Rivera

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  Congratulation on a fabulous finalist!


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March 27, 2012

 

Donna La Mattino Pagakis
 
So very cool, congratulations again!!!


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March 27, 2012

 
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