St George Staten Island 20 minutes from the Battery – Vintage Print
(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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This rare antique lithograph captures St George Staten Island 20 minutes from the Battery in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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St George Staten Island 20 minutes from the Battery
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The title makes the pitch plainly: St. George, on Staten Island's north shore, was about twenty minutes by ferry from the Battery at the tip of Manhattan, and this 1886 chromolithograph was built to sell that trip. It was printed by the Hatch Litho. Co. of New York and copyrighted that year by the Staten Island Amusement Company, and its subjects are baseball and the sporting grounds at St. George. In the 1880s, when baseball was drawing large crowds across the city, ferry-served parks like this one invited Manhattan families across the harbor for a summer afternoon away from the city.
| Created / published | N.Y. : The Hatch Litho. Co., 49, 51 & 53 Lafayette Place, c1886 April 30. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : chromolithograph. |
| Genre | Chromolithographs Color 1880-1890. |
| Notes | 10298R U.S. Copyright Office. Title from item. Copyright 1886 by the Staten Island Amusement Co. |
| Subjects | Baseball--New York (State)--1880-1890. Sports & recreation facilities--New York (State)--1880-1890. Staten Island (New York, N.Y.)--1880-1890. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 968 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-109287 |
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