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Tomb of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, Riverside Park, New York City – Historic Print

Tomb of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, Riverside Park, New York City, c1885. — historic photograph
Tomb of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, Riverside Park, New York City, c1885.. 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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Tomb of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, Riverside Park, New York City

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Grant's remains were first held in a temporary vault on a bluff above the Hudson in Riverside Park after he died at Mount McGregor in July 1885. The picture, dated around 1885, shows that early resting place rather than the granite mausoleum dedicated on the site in 1897. Grant's funeral drew very large crowds to the streets of Manhattan, and the park site soon became a national landmark. The date comes from an old caption card and is unverified, so it should be read as approximate.

Created / publishedc1885.
Medium1 photographic print.
Subjects18364-Q U.S. Copyright Office. Photo by Carvalho. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Presidential I.; Death--Tombs; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,048 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-127831

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