[Battery and old Castle Gardens (Castle Clinton), New York] – Antique Wall Art
![[Battery and old Castle Gardens (Castle Clinton), New York], [between 1890 and 1901] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/de/de80a5a10888-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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[Battery and old Castle Gardens (Castle Clinton), New York] comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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[Battery and old Castle Gardens (Castle Clinton), New York]
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Castle Clinton, the old circular fort at the southern tip of Manhattan, is the focus here, with the word "Aquarium" painted on the building at left. The fort was completed around 1811 and later served as the Castle Garden immigrant landing depot, where millions of arrivals first set foot in the United States before Ellis Island opened in 1892. By the time this view was made, the structure had been reused as the New York Aquarium, which opened there in 1896. The picture shows how the Battery's waterfront mixed public parkland with piers and shipping at the edge of the city.
| Created / published | [between 1890 and 1901] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 11 x 14 in. |
| Genre | Dry plate negatives. |
| Notes | Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Title from jacket. Aquarium" on building at left. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 0569. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949." |
| Subjects | Parks. Harbors. Piers & wharves. Aquariums.United States--New York (State)--New York. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 973 × 746 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-77534 |
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