Horseback Riding -- Central Park ??
Source: Creative Commons: US Library of Congress, Horseback Riding -- Central Park ??
I'm not sure why the USLC put those two question marks after the title of this photo. I have no doubt that this is New York City's Central Park. If you look at the right margin you will see that the words "central park" have been scratched into the negative. The horses, riding gear, and provenance all combine to place it around 1910. The bridge behind them carries West 72nd Street across the path where it becomes Terrace Drive as it meanders through the park, and then emerges on the other side as East 72nd. The elms, alas, are gone. The building in the background is recognizably the Dakota, with its signature railing along the top floor. At the Dakota, three quarters of a century later, John Lennon will be murdered. Behind that bridge there is now a 2.5 acre memorial to Lennon, which the City Council has named Strawberry Fields in his honor. It is officially designated as a "Quiet Zone" within the park, which leaves me wondering if anyone on the City Council ever listened to the Beatles.
Horseback Riding -- Central Park ??
Source: Creative Commons: US Library of Congress, Horseback Riding -- Central Park ??
I'm not sure why the USLC put those two question marks after the title of this photo. I have no doubt that this is New York City's Central Park. If you look at the right margin you will see that the words "central park" have been scratched into the negative. The horses, riding gear, and provenance all combine to place it around 1910. The bridge behind them carries West 72nd Street across the path where it becomes Terrace Drive as it meanders through the park, and then emerges on the other side as East 72nd. The elms, alas, are gone. The building in the background is recognizably the Dakota, with its signature railing along the top floor. At the Dakota, three quarters of a century later, John Lennon will be murdered. Behind that bridge there is now a 2.5 acre memorial to Lennon, which the City Council has named Strawberry Fields in his honor. It is officially designated as a "Quiet Zone" within the park, which leaves me wondering if anyone on the City Council ever listened to the Beatles.