@@deecooper1567Women (historically) experience and understand “oppression” and the need for public works a bit better than privileged “Robber Baron”men.
@@babetteshawEXACTLY! There are a " Few Good Men"! Former President Jimmy Carter ! RIP Mr. Carter . Marylander here! You were definitely one of the " Few Good Men"and an "Officer and a Gentleman " too! GO NAVY! 🫡🫡🫡⚓️⛵️⚓️🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊
I think of all the underpaid laborers that built that wealth. Or the Johnstown flood the year after her birth where her father and others like him and Carnegie were never held responsible for their part in the flood that toot over 2200 people because they didn’t properly maintain a damn for their fishing and hunting resort which I believe held the most lives lost in a U.S. disaster that held till 911. Much better that they held onto their wealth to acquire an art collection to eventually share with the public and keep and pass the rest of the wealth in the family. I don’t blame her for her fathers failings of course and I can appreciate the nice things she did but I find it wonderfully delusional to not peek behind the curtain at how it was built or kept or to admire the obesely rich in the place. We’re all certainly entitled to our own options of course.
This was an interesting rich woman, who was sensitive, and generous. I love the old pics, she was very beautifull till the end of her life, proof she had a nice soul. Thanxs it wa an enjoyable video. I wish you the best for 2025 🌹
As a resident of Pittsburgh, I'm proud to see one of our own natives featured on your channel. I didn't know some of this information such as how Frick Park came to be, although I have been there. I also attended the University of Pittsburgh. Helen seems to have removed some of the stain that her father put on the name Frick via the homestead strike and his involvement in helping cause the Johnstown, Pa flood of 1889.
@mikeference2332 Frick was a main shareholder in the hunting club that owned the dam that failed. It failed because funds for upkeep and widening of the dam were denied.
I ran across their art gallery in Manhattan when I lived there for a few years. I'd never heard of the Frick's but the collection blew me away! Well worth visiting. Thank you for the video & Happy New Year!
My favorite is visiting her Pittsburgh home when it’s decorated at Christmas. It’s lovely. The museum, carriage house are wonderful too. I like eating at the Cafe Frick.
She lived in a time of huge change, when she was born, the radio wasn’t even invented yet and she died when computers started becoming a household staple.
I just wanted to thank you for always doing such interesting videos on women throughout history. I started watching you over three years ago back when you did videos on men and women and I know your videos on women tended to get better views so that's likely part of why you mainly only do videos on women now but all the same, I'm thankful there's a creator out there making content about the fascinating women throughout history. The men normally get more focus since there's a lot more information on their achievements and lives while information about women would get pushed to the side and thought of as "less important," hence why even for noble women, half the time their birth and death dates are just guesses because they weren't recorded. I've always found historical women just as fascinating, if not more so BECAUSE of the adversity and misogyny they faced in past society; it makes any successful women that much more impressive in my eyes since it took more for them to succeed. Thank you for bringing us such interesting videos so frequently, I truly love your content and look forward to whenever I see you've uploaded a new video! 😊
Western Marylander here! MD born , Pittsburgh raised and educated! Thank you for this information. I had heard about the Frick family but I didn't know much about the Frick women! Pittsburgh is indeed ," Some place Special!" Thank you again for this excellent video! 🤗🥰🤗💛🖤💛🖤💛🖤💛
@ForgottenLives I totally agree ! In 1984, I was in Venice ,Italy, sitting on a tour boat. I asked the guy sitting next to me where he was from . He said, " A suburb in Pittsburgh . Ypu probably never heard of it !" " Which suburb I asked him ," Bethel Park!!" He replied ! "I graduated from that high school ! " It is indeed a " Small World After All!" He lived in Europe with his girlfriend , who was a ballerina and she was at a dance class! " 🤔🤔😉😉😉🤣🤣😂🤣😂🌍
I'm so glad you did this history about Helen Frick. Years ago part of their beautiful mansion was opened for the public in NYC and my best friend & I would go . We were high School girls & we had the freedom to roam around the estate ( whatever was open to the public). I would go into these massive & gigantic rooms & wonder about the people who lived there. I do not think its open anymore to the public but it was a real treat for a 16 year old girl from the Bronx to see how the other half live.
Many years ago a cultured lady who lived in Bruges told me that her one visit to the United States was a big letdown. The one bright spot was the Frick Collection which, in her opinion, was was superior in holdings, setting and presentation to any museum in France or the Low Countries.
I had the pleasure of meeting both Helen Clay Frick and her long time companion Sarah McClelland. I found it interesting that in 2025 we are still talking around the true reasons Helen never married and why her father provided so generously for Helen as opposed to her older brother. It was fairly well known in society although such things were not spoken about in public. 60 years later and it's still unmentioned. Is that becasue it's unknown or becasue we are still being respectful and discreet?
My researcher made no mention of her in the piece he wrote, I also didn't see her name in my complementary investigation! I suppose it wasn't widely reported on!
Thanks for that information. Yes, society is still being discreet, apparently. It's too bad, because it leaves out important information about the person and it deprives young lesbians of role models that could help them feel proud of themselves.
Thank you & happy New Year to you & your subscribers from Australia. Your research & videos are very well done & I enjoy your channel immensely. Looking forward to more in the coming new year.😊
No mention of what a horrible man her father was: he was in large part responsible for the alterations to the South Fork Dam that caused its failure, leading to the catastrophic Johnstown Flood where more than 2,200 people died! His vehement opposition to unions also caused violent conflict, most notably in the Homestead Strike.
The charity/philanthropic work these "Penny Princesses" did was staggering. They really changed our society. I did a project on her dad in college, never really thought to look in to what happened after he died. She contributed to our society and I am thankful.
As a child in Pittsburgh I remember playing in Frick Park. So cool to learn how it was created. What a good person Helen was -- she should be better known.
Lovely video and thank you. I live very near Frick Park, the mansion and museum in Pittsburgh. The mansion is fascinating to visit as many objects of their every day life are still at there and are placed out for view as if the family still lived there and had just stepped out for the afternoon.
I have read and viewed many documentaries on Henry Clay Frick. He was a typical Gilded Age builder of fortunes. He was also in large part responsible for the alterations to the South Fork Dam that caused its failure, leading to the catastrophic Johnstown Flood.
Anyone in Pittsburgh should visit the "Cathedral of Learning", which she funded. It is downtown on the campus of the University of Pittsburgh. It is very impressive inside and out.
The Frick Pittsburgh home, the Clayton, provides tours. The grounds also include a building with their carriages and vehicles and her art collection mentioned in the video.
Enjoyable and informative video. And in this age of AI-generated pulp videos it's lovely to hear an actual human voice - it lends both charm and credibility.
Greetings to a wonderful You Tube creator! Thank you, your delivery of history is always amazing. Happy New Year to you, yours and your awesome subscribers ✨🥂 Cheers!
As a history lover this was very informative. I have subscribed and look forward to more. Ms. Frick was a wonderful lady. Some of those art in N.Y. are gorgeous. Thnx for all the information!! Have a great year!🎉❤
Moved to tears by Pittsburgh memories and recalling my deep family connection to Andrew Carnegie who emigrated with my 2-greats grandfather from Scotland.
I have been to the Frick Collection numerous times while visiting NYC. It is interesting to note that her parents were supposed to sail on the Titanic but missed boarding.
Helen spent her life trying to rehabilitate the Frick name because of her father's suppression of the Homestead Strike, where many workers were killed. Frick was marked as a scumbag for the ages; that's why he left his home and art collection to the public! Helen was, however, a kind and ethical person, who did love her parents.
You don't understand Henry Clay Frick. He was a hard man yes. BUT he remarked on his attempted assassin Alexander Berkman's strength and drive! He was mad at Carnegie because Carnegie made him the frontman for breaking the strike. Never forget btw that the strikers themselves loaded a railcar with dynamite, set it on fire and sent it hurtling down the rails toward the Pinkerton's position. int he roundhouse. Those were hard days!
This was just an excellent job thank you. Amidst all the garbage on UA-cam this really stands out. as a hobby, I am quite the student of her father and her father's many business associates like Rockefeller, Morgan, Carnegie Etc. I have read many books on this topic, as well as the social and cultural trends of that era. you do a fine job of not over sensationalizing or even deploring, or overly exalting, her father and his era.. yo present an even- handed document. My hat goes off to you. Please keep it up. great visuals by the way. For those of you who like this area like Henry Frick his granddaughter did write a fine biography of him
Thanks for creating and sharing this very informative video. I’ve been lucky in having visited the Frick Collection in New York. For the past year or two the building is being renovated so it has been closed. I’m not sure whether the artworks are being displayed in a temporary location elsewhere in NY.
@ I knew that. He just hated unions period and was pretty much a terrible person. Still happy to see people who work in his house, at least in Pittsburgh doing something that definitely would piss him off.
i see a strange psychology in a mother (and father for that matter) who gives her first born son her maiden name as his first name. Especially since they gave him no middle name. Childs Frick. It is unique and memorable !:-)
Interesting. Carnegie and Frick had that falling out because Carnegie wanted to bargain with the Union. And then the coward Carnegie left everything in Frick's hands to tour the world for philanthropic work of his own. I'm glad to say that Frick's daughter left us the legacy of beautiful artwork.
A real live robber-barron's daughter's melancholy story.. We should also reflect on the economy of the times- the Guilded Age- which is very similar to what's going on in the same country right now The age is 'guilded' because although it was beautiful and shiny if you were a Carnegie or a Frick, their wealth was built on the backs of the poor general population by explotation and suffering. Glamorous to look it: all rot underneath. Im sorry this sounds gloomy, but we should all have a good think about the fact that income inequality in the US today is much worse than it was then. Sorry to be so gloomy, I'm an American and i am petrified for my young adult children.
There is more to this story than meets the eye. I wonder if her brother felt jealous of the relationship she had with her father. This is an interesting family and I will have to do further research to see if my intuition bears fruit.
Very nice video! A few things. Early on the video shows a house. It is the Hoffstot House on Fifth ave. I believe. it has nothing to do with Helen Clay Frick but I understand evoking the period. Also, Clayton is NEVER referred to as "Clayton manor". It isn't. It is in the heart of the city in Point Breeze. Thank you for the fascinating info on her Deb Ball where she preferred the park gift to jewelry. Frick Park is amazing!!! Also, small quibble, $35M then isn't quite a billion today but it isn't hugely off. I will look into the will. I find that fascinating.
I live in Pittsburgh and the Frick Art museum and grounds are lovely.
It's comforting to see someone do so much good with such immense wealth for once.
Wealth accrued after 10 people were killed in his anti-union activities?
That was my first thought. She was so generous & gave to the people for generations to come. What a wonderful Lady 👵🏻❣️
@@deecooper1567Women (historically) experience and understand “oppression” and the need for public works a bit better than privileged “Robber Baron”men.
@@babetteshawEXACTLY! There are a " Few Good Men"! Former President Jimmy Carter ! RIP Mr. Carter . Marylander here! You were definitely one of the " Few Good Men"and an "Officer and a Gentleman " too! GO NAVY! 🫡🫡🫡⚓️⛵️⚓️🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊
I think of all the underpaid laborers that built that wealth. Or the Johnstown flood the year after her birth where her father and others like him and Carnegie were never held responsible for their part in the flood that toot over 2200 people because they didn’t properly maintain a damn for their fishing and hunting resort which I believe held the most lives lost in a U.S. disaster that held till 911. Much better that they held onto their wealth to acquire an art collection to eventually share with the public and keep and pass the rest of the wealth in the family. I don’t blame her for her fathers failings of course and I can appreciate the nice things she did but I find it wonderfully delusional to not peek behind the curtain at how it was built or kept or to admire the obesely rich in the place. We’re all certainly entitled to our own options of course.
This was an interesting rich woman, who was sensitive, and generous. I love the old pics, she was very beautifull till the end of her life, proof she had a nice soul. Thanxs it wa an enjoyable video. I wish you the best for 2025 🌹
The portrait,of her,looking straight at the artist,and smiling,is lovely and so true to life.
OMG!!!! This is my relative!!!! My grandfathers father married her neice! Henry Clay frick is a direct blood relative ❤
ThanK YOU FOR SHARING THIS!!!
Must be nice, knowing u got a rich relative that actually DID GOOD, none of this "was wealthy but helped no one/made lives in lower society suffer"
@ her father, however… Look up the homestead strike and the Pinkerton boys
@@SubliminalLocks and the Johnstown flood of 1889
Just curious, are you from Pittsburgh?
@ my grandfather was as born pa- but my mom was born in Athens ga. My grandad went to vet school there in the late 50s
As a resident of Pittsburgh, I'm proud to see one of our own natives featured on your channel. I didn't know some of this information such as how Frick Park came to be, although I have been there. I also attended the University of Pittsburgh. Helen seems to have removed some of the stain that her father put on the name Frick via the homestead strike and his involvement in helping cause the Johnstown, Pa flood of 1889.
Former Pittsburgher here. Please explain how her father caused the Johnstown flood as I am cur9.
@mikeference2332 Frick was a main shareholder in the hunting club that owned the dam that failed. It failed because funds for upkeep and widening of the dam were denied.
Very interesting lady and I love the fact that she preferred to stay out of the limelight. Thank you
What a marvellous lady thank you for telling us such a wonderful story. If only more people with vast would do similar.
I ran across their art gallery in Manhattan when I lived there for a few years. I'd never heard of the Frick's but the collection blew me away! Well worth visiting. Thank you for the video & Happy New Year!
Indeed. My Art History Professor’s first stop when in Manhattan was the Frick Museum.
Happy New Year to you too!
Fabulous. I attended the fricke museum in NY. It was amazing. Hidden gem. Thanks for this Happy New Year
My favorite is visiting her Pittsburgh home when it’s decorated at Christmas. It’s lovely. The museum, carriage house are wonderful too. I like eating at the Cafe Frick.
Just visited!
She lived in a time of huge change, when she was born, the radio wasn’t even invented yet and she died when computers started becoming a household staple.
What a fascinating lady. Generous and somewhat connected to ordinary people. Brilliantly researched and curated.
I just wanted to thank you for always doing such interesting videos on women throughout history. I started watching you over three years ago back when you did videos on men and women and I know your videos on women tended to get better views so that's likely part of why you mainly only do videos on women now but all the same, I'm thankful there's a creator out there making content about the fascinating women throughout history. The men normally get more focus since there's a lot more information on their achievements and lives while information about women would get pushed to the side and thought of as "less important," hence why even for noble women, half the time their birth and death dates are just guesses because they weren't recorded. I've always found historical women just as fascinating, if not more so BECAUSE of the adversity and misogyny they faced in past society; it makes any successful women that much more impressive in my eyes since it took more for them to succeed. Thank you for bringing us such interesting videos so frequently, I truly love your content and look forward to whenever I see you've uploaded a new video! 😊
Pure class. Reminds me so much of my mother. Thanking her for her contributions.
Really enjoyed this! Great job!❤🎉😊
Western Marylander here! MD born , Pittsburgh raised and educated! Thank you for this information. I had heard about the Frick family but I didn't know much about the Frick women! Pittsburgh is indeed ," Some place Special!" Thank you again for this excellent video! 🤗🥰🤗💛🖤💛🖤💛🖤💛
Thanks for the kind words - it's great to hear from a Pittsburgher!
@ForgottenLives I totally agree ! In 1984, I was in Venice ,Italy, sitting on a tour boat. I asked the guy sitting next to me where he was from . He said, " A suburb in Pittsburgh . Ypu probably never heard of it !" " Which suburb I asked him ," Bethel Park!!" He replied ! "I graduated from that high school ! " It is indeed a " Small World After All!" He lived in Europe with his girlfriend , who was a ballerina and she was at a dance class! " 🤔🤔😉😉😉🤣🤣😂🤣😂🌍
@ForgottenLives Pittsburgh people are everywhere! 🤗🥰🤗
I'm so glad you did this history about Helen Frick. Years ago part of their beautiful mansion was opened for the public in NYC and my best friend & I would go . We were high School girls & we had the freedom to roam around the estate ( whatever was open to the public). I would go into these massive & gigantic rooms & wonder about the people who lived there. I do not think its open anymore to the public but it was a real treat for a 16 year old girl from the Bronx to see how the other half live.
Worked at the frick collection in the 70s and remember the paintings you have shown i was there for a year and half it was a nice place!
Many years ago a cultured lady who lived in Bruges told me that her one visit to the United States was a big letdown. The one bright spot was the Frick Collection which, in her opinion, was was superior in holdings, setting and presentation to any museum in France or the Low Countries.
The Frick has always been my favorite museum in NYC - learned much from your excellent video 🎉
Excellent job you are a great storyteller, I live in New York City and I walked by the museum a million times, thank you for the tour🎉
Well done and grateful for your informative video. Pleased to learn of Miss Frick’s philanthropic life.
Thanks for watching!
She seemed to be a woman of real substance and great character. So glad she did not squander her wealth and waist her life chasing vanity. 👏🏾
I had the pleasure of meeting both Helen Clay Frick and her long time companion Sarah McClelland. I found it interesting that in 2025 we are still talking around the true reasons Helen never married and why her father provided so generously for Helen as opposed to her older brother. It was fairly well known in society although such things were not spoken about in public. 60 years later and it's still unmentioned. Is that becasue it's unknown or becasue we are still being respectful and discreet?
My researcher made no mention of her in the piece he wrote, I also didn't see her name in my complementary investigation! I suppose it wasn't widely reported on!
Thanks for that information. Yes, society is still being discreet, apparently. It's too bad, because it leaves out important information about the person and it deprives young lesbians of role models that could help them feel proud of themselves.
What was "fairly well known in society" and reveal your sources. Stop talking about dead people without being specific.
The Frick Collection is one of the best art galleries/museums of New York. Thanks for sharing this.
I'm so glad you like it! It's such a beautiful collection.
Forgotten Lives, thank you for another upload. It's always a pleasure having another one of your fantastic videos to enjoy. 😊
Another great video! I was just binge watching your longer videos from the past few months when this popped up. So, perfect timing! 😄
Awesome! Thank you!
Thank you & happy New Year to you & your subscribers from Australia. Your research & videos are very well done & I enjoy your channel immensely. Looking forward to more in the coming new year.😊
Thank you so much! Happy New Year to you as well!
Remarkable woman! Thank you for the information. Happy Holidays!
Excellent narration and interesting story. Thanks.
Very, very refreshing!!! Bravo!
Many thanks!
I hadn't heard about her but knew a bit about her ruthless father. Its great to learn about her.
No mention of what a horrible man her father was: he was in large part responsible for the alterations to the South Fork Dam that caused its failure, leading to the catastrophic Johnstown Flood where more than 2,200 people died! His vehement opposition to unions also caused violent conflict, most notably in the Homestead Strike.
It seems as if she lived her life to atone for her father's deeds. I wonder if she had this in the back of her mind as she lived her life.
The charity/philanthropic work these "Penny Princesses" did was staggering. They really changed our society. I did a project on her dad in college, never really thought to look in to what happened after he died. She contributed to our society and I am thankful.
superbe! j'ai visité le Frick mais j'ai ignoré cette passionnante histoire. et j'adore comment vous prononcez les noms américains.
As a child in Pittsburgh I remember playing in Frick Park. So cool to learn how it was created. What a good person Helen was -- she should be better known.
Lovely video and thank you. I live very near Frick Park, the mansion and museum in Pittsburgh. The mansion is fascinating to visit as many objects of their every day life are still at there and are placed out for view as if the family still lived there and had just stepped out for the afternoon.
That's really interesting, I'd love to visit it one day!
I have read and viewed many documentaries on Henry Clay Frick. He was a typical Gilded Age builder of fortunes. He was also in large part responsible for the alterations to the South Fork Dam that caused its failure, leading to the catastrophic Johnstown Flood.
Helen Helen Helen is active all over the world! Helen!!! Her son is Constantine!! Welcome back Helen!!!❤❤❤❤
Anyone in Pittsburgh should visit the "Cathedral of Learning", which she funded. It is downtown on the campus of the University of Pittsburgh. It is very impressive inside and out.
UPitt is located in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, not downtown, for anyone looking for the Cathedral.
Those were mandatory field trips for our students. The Cultural Rooms are incredible. We are fortunate to have these gems at our disposal.
I went to classes in that building. I feel lucky
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The "Nationality Rooms". Yes, they are amazing.
@@lawrencewood289 Ty so much. Yes, “Nationality Rooms.”They are jewels in our backyard.
EXCELLENT PRODUCTION!!! Thanks
A good friend and I visited The Frick Museum on Fifth Avenue. What a Beautiful Collection!
That’s great to hear!
The Frick Pittsburgh home, the Clayton, provides tours. The grounds also include a building with their carriages and vehicles and her art collection mentioned in the video.
Happy New Year! Thank you so much for your informative and interesting videos.
Enjoyable and informative video. And in this age of AI-generated pulp videos it's lovely to hear an actual human voice - it lends both charm and credibility.
Glad to hear that!!
what a great person. Happy New Year!!!
Thanks! Happy New Year to you too!
Thank you and Happy New Year, FL. All the best.
Happy New Year to you too!
This was fascinating. You do such a good job on your videos. Thanks!
Thank you for another great content 🙏
Thanks for watching!
Greetings to a wonderful You Tube creator! Thank you, your delivery of history is always amazing. Happy New Year to you, yours and your awesome subscribers ✨🥂 Cheers!
Thanks so much, Happy New Year to you as well!
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Welcome! Thank you
I enjoyed this video. You are a wonderful narrator.
As a history lover this was very informative. I have subscribed and look forward to more. Ms. Frick was a wonderful lady. Some of those art in N.Y. are gorgeous. Thnx for all the information!! Have a great year!🎉❤
I enjoyed this one, and as previous comment says, It’s nice to see somebody with such wealth, contributing it to the public good
Moved to tears by Pittsburgh memories and recalling my deep family connection to Andrew Carnegie who emigrated with my 2-greats grandfather from Scotland.
Hmmm…. Seems there may be many people alive today who also are moved to tears when thinking about Carnegie & his capitalism of human misery….
Thank you for this video! I'd never heard of her before.
No problem!
I have been to the Frick Collection numerous times while visiting NYC. It is interesting to note that her parents were supposed to sail on the Titanic but missed boarding.
Helen spent her life trying to rehabilitate the Frick name because of her father's suppression of the Homestead Strike, where many workers were killed. Frick was marked as a scumbag for the ages; that's why he left his home and art collection to the public! Helen was, however, a kind and ethical person, who did love her parents.
You don't understand Henry Clay Frick. He was a hard man yes. BUT he remarked on his attempted assassin Alexander Berkman's strength and drive! He was mad at Carnegie because Carnegie made him the frontman for breaking the strike. Never forget btw that the strikers themselves loaded a railcar with dynamite, set it on fire and sent it hurtling down the rails toward the Pinkerton's position. int he roundhouse. Those were hard days!
Henry was also partially responsible for the Johnstown Flood
Thanks so very much for enlightening the story of this Woman!!
This was just an excellent job thank you. Amidst all the garbage on UA-cam this really stands out. as a hobby, I am quite the student of her father and her father's many business associates like Rockefeller, Morgan, Carnegie Etc. I have read many books on this topic, as well as the social and cultural trends of that era. you do a fine job of not over sensationalizing or even deploring, or overly exalting, her father and his era.. yo present an even- handed document. My hat goes off to you. Please keep it up. great visuals by the way. For those of you who like this area like Henry Frick his granddaughter did write a fine biography of him
Not everyone needs to be married with children to lead a full productive life
Her generosity was her goal
Very interesting!! Happy New Year to you as well!
So much beauty! It's a great thing that she and her father appreciated fine pieces of art!
Thanks for creating and sharing this very informative video. I’ve been lucky in having visited the Frick Collection in New York.
For the past year or two the building is being renovated so it has been closed. I’m not sure whether the artworks are being displayed in a temporary location elsewhere in NY.
The staff of the Pittsburgh museum recently UNIONIZED! Henry Clay would roll in his grave but this made me very happy!
Frick and Carnegie's mills were already unionized. Yes he then broke the union (after years). I doubt he'd worry much.
@ I knew that. He just hated unions period and was pretty much a terrible person. Still happy to see people who work in his house, at least in Pittsburgh doing something that definitely would piss him off.
Thank you for publishing a very informative video. Well done!!!
I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Her life is t forgotten. Her mansion tours remind people of her life every day.. also..pronounced CAR ney ge
Thank you. Happy Christmas & New Year
Nice to have a video about someone in my neck of the woods. Thank you
Happy New year. You are brilliant
Happy new year! Thank you 😊
I went to all their graves the other day. Homewood Cemetery in Pittsburgh. Beautiful old Cemetery.
Loved it, wonderful! Thank you
Thank you :)
i see a strange psychology in a mother (and father for that matter) who gives her first born son her maiden name as his first name. Especially since they gave him no middle name. Childs Frick. It is unique and memorable !:-)
So pleased with this video - looking forward to someday seeing the NY collection. ✨
Thanks, I hope you get to see it one day!
I never heard of her, nice story.
I have been to Frick Museum twice and it’s fabulous.
Great video. A dear lady for letting you film it.
Interesting stuff 😊😊I've been to Ther Frick in New York. Nice place....😊
i live in a working class neighborhood about a mile from the Pittsburgh Frick House on Penn Avenue. I pass it on my way to work every day.
Thank you, very interesting. Wishing you a very Happy New Year. 💙💎🦋💎💙
Likewise!!
Thk you for this story😊😊😊❤❤❤
You're welcome 😊
Yes, I found it very interesting. I had never even heard of the family, thank you.
Glad to hear that 🙏
Very nice! ❤
Interesting. Carnegie and Frick had that falling out because Carnegie wanted to bargain with the Union. And then the coward Carnegie left everything in Frick's hands to tour the world for philanthropic work of his own. I'm glad to say that Frick's daughter left us the legacy of beautiful artwork.
A real live robber-barron's daughter's melancholy story..
We should also reflect on the economy of the times- the Guilded Age- which is very similar to what's going on in the same country right now
The age is 'guilded' because although it was beautiful and shiny if you were a Carnegie or a Frick, their wealth was built on the backs of the poor general population by explotation and suffering.
Glamorous to look it: all rot underneath.
Im sorry this sounds gloomy, but we should all have a good think about the fact that income inequality in the US today is much worse than it was then.
Sorry to be so gloomy, I'm an American and i am petrified for my young adult children.
Her story is not melancholy. She lived a very productive life and provided beauty and culture to many people.
Cool lady. Happy New Year ❤😊❤
Happy New Year to you too!
Thank you GOD BLESS Always
I wonder if she didn’t marry because she didn’t want children after seeing how her mother was affected by the loss of her siblings.
There is more to this story than meets the eye. I wonder if her brother felt jealous of the relationship she had with her father. This is an interesting family and I will have to do further research to see if my intuition bears fruit.
Great video!
Glad you enjoyed it
Wow!!! I had no idea what a great and unique woman she was!
Excellent 🎉❤
lovely biography of Helen Clay Frick... Pittsburgh treasure....
Glad you enjoyed it
Very nice video! A few things. Early on the video shows a house. It is the Hoffstot House on Fifth ave. I believe. it has nothing to do with Helen Clay Frick but I understand evoking the period. Also, Clayton is NEVER referred to as "Clayton manor". It isn't. It is in the heart of the city in Point Breeze. Thank you for the fascinating info on her Deb Ball where she preferred the park gift to jewelry. Frick Park is amazing!!! Also, small quibble, $35M then isn't quite a billion today but it isn't hugely off. I will look into the will. I find that fascinating.
I've been to the Frick. I appreciate this background.
Very interesting and informative
Thanks for watching!
How sensible not to get taken by a man who wanted her money. Very few with her wealth have such good hearts.
I loved the art building at Pitt.
Wish more people were like her
Hope yr holidays were safe n happy ❤️🙏🏻🇬🇧🌹👏👏👏👏 And Happy New year May you n yrs be happy healthy n safe 🙏🏻🙏🏻
Can you do a story on Child’s Frick?