Police Parade on 5th Avenue - 19th Century
The New York Police Parade on Fifth Avenue, looking north from Madison Square, in the late 19th century. Worth Monument is on the left, in the junction of Broadway and 5th Avenue. The Madison Square Bank Building, former Worth House, is behind the monument at 1 West 25th Street (202 Fifth Avenue). Source: Vintage postcard by Ill. Post Card Co., N.Y. Columbia University Libraries.
The traditional annual Police Parade in New York began on October 21, 1857 and ended about 1934. It was organized by the Police Department of the City of New York (PDNY). The parade started at the Battery (originally from the City Hall Park) and went up Broadway to 23rd Street, then up to Madison Avenue, to 40th Street, to Fifth Avenue and then past the Worth Monument stand.
The Worth Monument was dedicated in 1857 and it has served as a burial site and memorial to General William Jenkins Worth.
The Madison Square Bank collapsed in the late 1893. This photo must not have been taken long after that. Utility poles and overhead wires are not seen in the photo, they were buried after the Great Blizzard of 1888. This photo is probably dated between 1889 and about 1894.
Looking north from Broome Street.
Illustration shows some utility poles and overhead wires.
Looking north from Broome Street.
Police Parade on 5th Avenue - 19th Century
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