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The City of New York: The Murder Near Grant's Tomb – Antique Print

The City of New York: The Murder Near Grant's Tomb — historic image
The City of New York: The Murder Near Grant's Tomb. Historic image from the Presidents collection.

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The title points to a specific crime near Grant's Tomb, the granite mausoleum in Riverside Park on Manhattan's Upper West Side where Ulysses S. Grant and his wife, Julia, were entombed after the dedication in April 1897. Its placement on a hillside overlooking the Hudson made it a popular destination, so a violent incident in the surrounding park would have drawn attention from New Yorkers and the press. The record does not name the people involved or give a date, so the details of the event itself cannot be confirmed here. Images of this kind, grouped under a city heading, were often made to show readers the sensational stories of the day alongside the city's landmarks.

Original scan2,025 × 2,944 px · prints to 7 × 10 in at 300 dpi
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