[Prospect Park Entrance, 1894 source]
The Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Arch located at the entrance to Prospect Park in Brooklyn was constructed between the years of 1889 and 1892. President Grover Cleveland led the unveiling in 1892. In 1894, Park Commissioner Frank Squire asked sculptor Frederick William MacMonnies to create the bronze sculptures to sit atop the arch. In 1895, sculptures of Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant were added to the interior arch walls. When Frederick MacMonnies added the Army and Navy sculptures in 1895, the arch was complete!
Maypole at Seward Park, NYC (1890)
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On October 18, 1964, The Beatles took a day off from their British tour to finish recording several songs. I Feel Fine was one of them!
(Broadway, looking North to Union Square. 1891 source)
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Happy Labor Day!
[1910 source]
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(July 31, 1913 – source)
(1890- Toy Train. photo source)
We had so much fun compiling pictures for our blogpost “The Baby Stroller: A Visual History” that we decided to create another Visual History post. This time, we’re featuring children’s toys over the course of a century, from the 1890s to the 1990s. Scroll below and watch the way children play evolve from decade to decade:
- Drinking to the New Year- 1910
Scroll below for a collection of New Year’s Eve pictures from the last century. Happy New Year!
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The FDR Drive is not only one of the fastest ways to avoid gridlock and travel between uptown and downtown in NYC, but it’s also a beautiful scenic drive along the East side of Manhattan. We love taking the Drive in the morning, as the rising sun sparkles on the river and reflects off the buildings.
Construction of the East River Drive (later renamed the FDR Drive) began in 1934:
[1934, Beginning construction of the East River Drive. Hugh Johnson, Fiorello LaGuardia and Robert Moses on Grand Street. source]
[First Rockefeller Center Tree, 1931]
This picture is of Rockefeller Center’s First Tree in 1931. Although the Rockefeller Center Tree Tradition didn’t officially begin until 1933, on December 24, 1931 these construction workers decorated a 20-foot tree for the holidays. The mess in the background is Rockefeller Plaza under construction. In 1936, this area became the ice skating rink. Below is a picture of this year’s 80-foot tree!
Watch this classic video of The Beatles’ first performance of “All You Need is Love”. The performance took place on June 25, 1967 on the BBC’s “Our World” special. “Our World” was the first live, international, satellite television production! For the historic occasion, Lennon and McCartney wrote “All You Need is Love”, aiming to create a simple song that could be understood by all nationalities. The live performance reached 400 million viewers around the world! The song’s message is timeless and the video is one of our all-time favorites. Enjoy and share with friends!
*Look for Mick Jagger in the audience! Also at the recording: Keith Richard, Marianne Faithfull, Keith Moon, Eric Clapton, Pattie Harrison, Jane Asher, Graham Nash and Hunter Davies. To read more about this performance at www.thebeatlesbible.com, click here.
