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New York City - Central Park: The Ramble – Vintage Print

New York City - Central Park: The Ramble, c1905 June 15. — historic photograph
New York City - Central Park: The Ramble, c1905 June 15.. Historic photograph from the New York City collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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New York City - Central Park: The Ramble comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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New York City - Central Park: The Ramble

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The Ramble is one of the most deliberately wild stretches of Central Park, a tangle of winding footpaths, rock outcroppings, and dense woodland that Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux shaped in the 1850s and 1860s to feel far removed from the city. This c1905 view, with its caption tracings for parks and caves, captures the area's appeal as a place to wander away from the grid of Manhattan streets. The record's date is approximate and drawn from an old caption card, so the exact year is uncertain. Still, the image reflects how New Yorkers of the early twentieth century used the park as a retreat for walking and nature.

Created / publishedc1905 June 15.
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesH63950 U.S. Copyright Office This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Parks; Caves.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,192 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-147233

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