Content: Also includes "A visit to the 'Central Park' in the summer of 1865."
Content: Hand-colored photoprints.
Content: Includes six hand-colored views.
Content: Label lists names of the Board of Commissioners of Central Park for 1863.
Content: Robert Dennis Collection of Stereoscopic Views.
Content: Some views have tax stamps affixed.
Content: Views are numbered: 1057, 1061, 1065, 1066, 1068, 1070, 1075, 1077, 1083, 1084, 1086, 1088, 1090, 1096, 1097, 1099-1101, 1108, 1115, 1117, 1120-1122, 1124, 1131, 1133, 1134, 1138, 1139, 1140, 1142, 1144, 1145, 1151, 1154, 1155, 1160, 1161, 1163, 1167, 1168, 1170, 1173, 1175, 1179, 1182, 1186, 1187, 1889, 1892, 1893, 1895, 1899, 3705-3707, 3709, 3713-3715, 3717, 3718, 3720, 3722-3726, 4116, 5403, 7164, 7240.
Content: Views of Central Park: general views, from 59th & 6th, 72nd & 8th, from the Bell tower, view from carriage resting place at the summmit; the Mall, marble arch, stairs and terrace; lake, rustic boat landing, swans, boats; pond and summer house above; music stand, drinking fountain, Music Day, people gathering, carriages and tents; reservoir, traverse rd. no. 2, south of old reservoir; the Ramble, including rustic arch; Bow, Cabinet, Oak, Balcony, and Rustic Bridges; the Casino, the Dovecot; sculpture: "Eagles" and "Tam O'Shanter and Souter Johnnie;" the old Arsenal, and old powder magazine; the cave; the observation tower and tunnel. Some views duplicated.

Physical Description

Albumen prints

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: NYPG91-F219
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b11708073
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): bb470810-c559-012f-cbba-58d385a7bc34

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "Transverse Road No. 2, south of the old Reservoir." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1850 - 1930. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bb470810-c559-012f-cbba-58d385a7bc34

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. (1850 - 1930). Transverse Road No. 2, south of the old Reservoir. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bb470810-c559-012f-cbba-58d385a7bc34

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "Transverse Road No. 2, south of the old Reservoir." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 8, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bb470810-c559-012f-cbba-58d385a7bc34

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