Pergola Entrance, Prospect Park, Brooklyn, New York City – Antique 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Pergola Entrance, Prospect Park, Brooklyn, New York City. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Pergola Entrance, Prospect Park, Brooklyn, New York City
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The entrance pergola stands out as a covered architectural gateway rather than an expanse of lawn or water, which is what many views of Prospect Park emphasize. The park was laid out in the 1860s by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, the designers behind New York's Central Park, and it was meant to give Brooklyn's growing population a large, naturalistic retreat. The date of about 1906 comes from an unverified caption card, so it is a working estimate. By that period, Brooklyn's park system had become a point of civic pride, and entrance structures like this one framed the way visitors first approached the grounds.
| Created / published | c1906. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Arch. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,226 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-157136 |
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