Amon Carter print details

Fifth Avenue and Fortieth Street

Object Details

  • Date

    1885, published 1886

  • Object Type

    Photographs

  • Medium

    Albumen silver print

  • Contributors

    Published by U. S. Instantaneous Photographic Company

  • Object Format

    Album

  • Dimensions

    Image: 11 1/2 x 9 7/8 in.
    Mount: 14 1/4 x 16 15/16 in.

  • Inscriptions

    Recto:

    l.r. in image: COPYRIGHT 1886 BY THE U.S. INSTAN. PHOTO. CO. \ 139

    Mount:

    l.c. [printed]: FIFTH AVENUE AND FORTIETH STREET, \ From the Top of the Forty-foot Wall of the Reservoir. \ This old City Reservoir is on the west side of Fifth Avenue, and extends two blocks, from Fortieth to Forty-second Street. Our view is looking down Fifth \ Avenue a mile. After taking the Old Guard of New York, the focus was changed but an inch or less, yet behold the results. In the foreground will be seen \ the celebrated Governor's Foot Guard from Hartford, Conn., perhaps the most uniquely dressed troops in the seven-mile line on that day. Following the Governor's Guards are Veteran Zouaves, the survivors of the Civil War. \ 139

  • Collection Name

    Fred and Jo Mazzulla Collection

  • Credit Line

    Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas

  • Accession Number

    P1976.20.16.65

  • Copyright

    Public domain

This artwork is part of Seven Mile Funeral Cortege of General Grant in New York, August 8, 1885

Additional details

Location: Off view
Part of: Fred and Jo Mazzulla Collection

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