Arsenal Central Park – 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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This historic photograph of Arsenal Central Park brings a moment of history to your wall. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Arsenal Central Park
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Few buildings in Central Park carry as much history as the Arsenal, a fortress-like stone structure set on a rise near the park's eastern edge. Built in the late 1840s to store militia arms and munitions, it later became the home of the park's administration, and it still stands among the paths and meadows at the park's center. This c1914 view by Irving Underhill, a photographer whose copyright registration appears on the record, shows the building in the park setting that the city's planners had hoped would give New Yorkers a refuge from the crowded streets. Look at how the stonework and the surrounding trees frame the structure, a reminder that the park was designed to blend the built and the natural.
| Created / published | c1914. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1910-1920. |
| Notes | J194403 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Irving Underhill, N.Y. No. C10119. |
| Subjects | Parks--New York (State)--New York--1910-1920. Armories--New York (State)--New York--1910-1920. Central Park (New York, N.Y.)--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,275 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-195668 |
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