Tickets are almost sold out for our newest live show, Bowery Boys Live, at City Winery,

in the Meatpacking District at Pier 57.

That's Wednesday, July 2nd at 7.30 p.m.

Join me and special guests, Elizabeth L. Block, Carl Raymond, and Keith Tallion for this

special storytelling cabaret, a night of fascinating tales about Gilded Age Golden Girls.

Get your tickets right now at citywinery.com.

That's July 2nd, 2025.

See you there.

Now, if you haven't guessed from his absence, Tom has been off working on a new season of the

official Gilded Age podcast, which is tied to season

three of the HBO original series, The Gilded Age. So since we've got the fine China and

nice tablecloths out, I thought we'd present one of my favorite episodes of the Gilded Gentleman

podcast hosted by Carl Raymond,

with very special guest this week, Esther Crane. Now, this is a look at the world of the

Gilded Age, but from the perspective of children, both rich and poor. Now, this is a wide-ranging

show that brings in not only the experiences of children from

the late 19th century, but sometimes even their own voices. This is a truly special show,

and I hope you enjoy it. Hello, this is Carl Raymond, host of the Gilded Gentleman History podcast where every other week we journey into worlds, light and dark, of America's Gilded Age, France's Belle Epoch,

and England's late Victorian and Edwardian eras.

One image of children at various points in history is that they were often treated as little adults.

Particularly in the gilded age elite and into the middle classes, children were often dressed like their parents

and expected to behave with the same complicated, overwrought system of manners and etiquette,

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