Mining, Death, and Art — The Dark History of the Guggenheim Dynasty

Hey guys! We're now on Spotify 🎧 Join us here: https://open.spotify.com/show/2OSafPW... Fall asleep to the long, quiet story of the Guggenheims, from a Swiss village where a poor tailor was not allowed to marry, to a peddler's pack in the Pennsylvania coal towns, to a flooded silver mine at Leadville that paid $1,000 a day once the pumps had drained it. Meyer Guggenheim learned that the money was never in the mine but in the furnace between the mine and the market, and in April 1901 his sons took control of the Smelter Trust that had been built to absorb them. So how does a fortune made in fire become a white spiral on Fifth Avenue? Subscribe to the channel: @oldsocietynights In this video, we talk about the Guggenheim dynasty, including Lengnau and Endingen, the crossing to America, stove polish and Swiss lace, Jay Gould's $320,000, the A.Y. and Minnie mines, how a silver-lead smelter worked, the Pueblo smelter and Simon the ore buyer, the McKinley Tariff and the Mexican smelters, the bundle of sticks, the American Smelting and Refining Company (ASARCO) and the price war of 1900, Benjamin and William stepping aside, the home for the aged in Lengnau, the Copper River and Northwestern Railway and the Million Dollar Bridge, Chuquicamata in the Atacama, Senator Simon Guggenheim and Guggenheim Hall, Benjamin's evening dress on the Titanic, the Murry Guggenheim House at West End, Hempstead House and Falaise at Sands Point, the private stairway and 1922, the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, the Daniel Guggenheim Fund, Charles Lindbergh and Robert Goddard, Solomon Guggenheim and Hilla Rebay, Frank Lloyd Wright's spiral, and Peggy Guggenheim's garden on the Grand Canal. 🔔 Subscribe so the next long night inside the old society finds you without any searching. 💬 Tell us where you're listening from, and which Guggenheim house you would most like to spend an evening in. 📢 Share this with anyone who loves the Gilded Age, the Guggenheim Museum or a calm bedtime story, on Facebook, Reddit or the family group chat. You're the reason these quiet evenings keep going. Chapters: 00:00 Opening 21:31 Shares, lace and the sons abroad 41:30 Pumps in the flooded shaft 1:02:29 South across the border 1:20:58 The spring of nineteen oh one 1:39:59 A bridge between two glaciers 2:00:55 The evening dress 2:20:41 The private stairway 2:42:09 The Baroness and the pictures 3:01:59 The harbor at evening Sources: Sands Point Preserve Conservancy, Mission & History Mission & History swissinfo.ch, From Aargau to New York: the story of the Guggenheim family's Swiss connection From Aargau to New York: the story of the Guggenheim family University of Colorado Boulder, Coloradan, How we got Guggenheim Hall How We Got Guggenheim Hall Alaska Science Forum, Glaciers no obstacle: Copper River and Northwestern Railway Glaciers No Obstacle for Copper River and Northwestern Railway | Geophysical Institute Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Palazzo Venier dei Leoni Palazzo Venier dei Leoni | Peggy Guggenheim Collection EBSCO Research Starters, Wright-Designed Guggenheim Museum Opens Wright-Designed Guggenheim Museum Opens | History | Research Starters | EBSCOhost Memoria Chilena, Mineral de Chuquicamata Mineral de Chuquicamata - Memoria Chilena, Biblioteca Nacional de Chile DISCLAIMER: This video is based on real historical events and figures, drawn from the sources listed above alongside primary archives, biographies, court records, period press, and leading historical scholarship. While every video is heavily researched, occasional minor inaccuracies in dates, quotes, or specific details may occur — historical sources sometimes disagree, and interpretation is sometimes required where the historical record is silent. Any errors are unintentional. #OldSocietyNights #Guggenheim #GuggenheimFamily #GildedAge #OldMoney #MeyerGuggenheim #DanielGuggenheim #SolomonGuggenheim #PeggyGuggenheim #GuggenheimMuseum #FrankLloydWright #ASARCO #Leadville #Pueblo #SandsPoint #HempsteadHouse #Titanic #Lindbergh #AmericanHistory #HistoryForSleep #SleepStory #BedtimeStory #History #Documentary