[Grant's Tomb, New York] – Historic Print
![[Grant's Tomb, New York], c1899. — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/d0/d0d5134597cf-L.webp)
(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 [Grant's Tomb, New York]. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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[Grant's Tomb, New York]
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Grant's Tomb, the mausoleum that holds the remains of President Ulysses S. Grant and his wife Julia, stands on Riverside Drive overlooking the Hudson, and this 1899 view by William H. Rau captures it while it was still a fairly new landmark. The tomb was dedicated in 1897, and its granite dome and classical colonnade were meant to rival the great memorials of Europe. Rau, a Philadelphia-born photographer known for documenting American sites for commercial publication, made many such views for the period. The picture is a useful record of how the monument looked in its early years, before the surrounding grounds had fully matured.
| Created / published | c1899. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1890-1900. |
| Notes | 65969 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by William H. Rau. No. 19986. |
| Subjects | Tombs & sepulchral monuments--New York (State)--New York--1890-1900. General Grant National Memorial (New York, N.Y.)--1890-1900. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,280 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-213615 |
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