1890's DEWEY ARCH Rare NEW YORK CITY NY Madison Square Man TROLLEY L@@K PHOTO

Description: This photo is one from a large archive of photos of a man that traveled across the country after graduating from college. He was with his friends and traveled all around the country and took fantastic photos of the local buildings and people. Fresh Estate find.Dewey Triumphal Arch and ColonnadeLocationNew York, New YorkDesignerCharles R. LambTypeTriumphal archLength70 feet (21 m)Width30 feet (9.1 m)Height85 feet (26 m)Opening dateSeptember 1899Dedicated toGeorge Dewey Dewey Arch was a triumphal arch that stood from 1899 to 1900 at Madison Square in Manhattan, New York. It was erected for a parade in honor of Admiral George Dewey celebrating his victory at the Battle of Manila Bay in the Philippines in 1898. Planning for the parade, scheduled for September 1899, began in the spring of that year. The architect Charles R. Lamb built support for a triumphal arch among his fellow members of the National Sculpture Society. A committee of society members, including Lamb, Karl Bitter, Frederick W. Ruckstull, John Quincy Adams Ward and John De Witt Warner, submitted a proposal for an arch to the City of New York, which approved the plan in July 1899. With only two months remaining before the parade, the committee decided to build the arch and its colonnade out of staff, a plaster-based material used previously for temporary buildings at several World's Fairs. Modeled after the Arch of Titus in Rome, the Dewey Arch was decorated with the works of twenty-eight sculptors and topped by a large quadriga (modeled by Ward) depicting four horses drawing a ship. The arch was illuminated at night with electric light bulbs. After the parade on September 30, 1899, the arch began to deteriorate. An attempt to raise money to rebuild it in stone (as had been done for the arch in Washington Square Park) failed, owing to the growing unpopularity of the Philippine War. The arch was demolished in 1900, and the larger sculptures sent to Charleston for an exhibit, after which they were either destroyed or lost._______Please check my other auctions for more vintage photos.Use posted auction images to determine condition.In most cases, the actual original photos are much clearer than the posted images. =========If you have any questions, feel free to email me and I will do my best to answer.

Price: 149.95 USD

Location: Orlando, Florida

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