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Boy portraying orphan Oliver Twist

At Gilded Age “Poverty Parties,” the Rich Felt Free

Source: Bunk

At “Poverty Parties” during the Gilded Age, the rich would transform from riches to rags to “free” themselves from the constraints of society. Read more about the insensitive parties that took place at a time of significant income disparity.

This entry was posted in An Age of Realism and tagged Culture & Society, History, People on August 1, 2019 by Daniella Navarro.

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