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Elevated Railroad, South Ferry, New York.
Looking N.E. over the curve of the Manhattan Elevated Railway at 110th St. (60 ft. high), New York.
Herald Square, junction of Broadway and Sixth Avenue, north, showing Herald Building and Elevated Railway, N.Y. City.
14058. The beautiful Hall of Fame, N.Y. University, New York. The Hall of Fame for Great Americans is an outdoor sculpture gallery located on the grounds of Bronx Community College in the Bronx, New York City. It is the first such hall of fame in the United States. Completed in 1900 as part of the University Heights campus of New York University, the 630-foot stone colonnade half-encircles the university library and houses 98 bronze portrait busts of a number of prominent Americans. Designed by architect Stanford White (who also designed the library), the Beaux Arts structure was donated by Helen Gould, and was formally dedicated on May 30, 1901. New York University (under severe financial distress) was forced to sell the campus in 1973 to the City University of New York and it became Bronx Community College. Though the Hall’s renown has itself faded, its architecture remains, and it stands as a secular national shrine not just to great men (and some women), but to Roman ideals of fame favored at the beginning of the 20th century.
President Harrison’s Carriage, N.Y. Centennial. This is the Centennial of Washington’s inauguration.
Commission of Filipinos visiting America-in automobiles, before Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC.
10025. Ezra Meeker and ox-team, on Fifth Ave., NY, after journey over the “Old Oregon Trail.”
10063. The Thomas car (American) starting from New York on the race to Paris. The Great Race of 1908 was an event sponsored by newspaper companies to sell both press and automobiles. The Parisian daily Le Matin in conjunction with The New York Times and the Chicago Tribune sponsored the six car journey from New York to Paris. This race around the world began on February 12, 1908 in Times Square.
3024a. The American (Thomas) car, New York to Paris automobile race. The Great Race of 1908 was an event sponsored by newspaper companies to sell both press and automobiles. The Parisian daily Le Matin in conjunction with The New York Times and the Chicago Tribune sponsored the six car journey from New York to Paris. This race around the world began on February 12, 1908 in Times Square.
10064. The Zust car (Italian) starting from New York on the race to Paris. The Great Race of 1908 was an event sponsored by newspaper companies to sell both press and automobiles. The Parisian daily Le Matin in conjunction with The New York Times and the Chicago Tribune sponsored the six car journey from New York to Paris. This race around the world began on February 12, 1908 in Times Square.