Riverside Drive [in New York City], Grant Day, 1897 – Vintage Print
![Riverside Drive [in New York City], Grant Day, 1897, 1897 — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/d7/d719157eceab-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.)
Description
This rare historic photograph captures Riverside Drive [in New York City], Grant Day, 1897 in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Riverside Drive [in New York City], Grant Day, 1897
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Riverside Drive, shown here on a day the caption calls Grant Day in 1897, follows the Hudson River bank on Manhattan's Upper West Side. That year's date matches the dedication of Grant's Tomb in Riverside Park, which drew public attention to the new avenue and its river views. The print is credited to the photographer Albert G. Havens, and it captures the drive as it was taking shape as a parkside promenade. The caption information comes from an older card and has not been fully verified, so the date and details are best treated as a starting point for further research.
| Created / published | 1897 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Subjects | Photoprint by Albert G. Havens. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: NY--NYC--Views--1897; NY--NYC--Streets--Riverside Drive--1897; PI; Geogr.; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,223 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-144983 |
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