Merchant’s Gate and U.S.S. Maine National Monument - about 1928
Central Park entrance at Columbus Circle, Central Park South - 59th Street, Manhattan. Photograph by Ewing Galloway, 1928 / 1929 (?). Source: New York Public Library.
The Maine Monument stands at Merchant’s Gate, a southwestern entrance to Central Park, named in 1862 to recognize the importance of commerce and business in New York City. This Monument was cast on September 1, 1912 and dedicated on May 30, 1913.
A Lake view in Central Park, 1901.
Merchant’s Gate and U.S.S. Maine National Monument - about 1928
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