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Central Park: The Obelisk, Manhattan

10 historical photos taken here between 1890 and 1945, oldest first.

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  • General view - Manhattan - Central Park - The Obelisk., 1890

    General view - Manhattan - Central Park - The Obelisk.

    1890

  • Squatters Colony - Central Park, Manhattan - [Shacks on the lower reservoir site.], 1932

    Squatters Colony - Central Park, Manhattan - [Shacks on the lower reservoir site.]

    1932

  • Squatters Colony - Central Park, Manhattan - [Shacks on the lower reservoir site.], 1932

    Squatters Colony - Central Park, Manhattan - [Shacks on the lower reservoir site.]

    1932

  • Squatters Colony - Central Park, Manhattan - [Shacks on the lower reservoir site.], 1932

    Squatters Colony - Central Park, Manhattan - [Shacks on the lower reservoir site.]

    1932

  • Manhattan: Central Park - The Obelisk [Cleopatra's Needle]., 1945

    Manhattan: Central Park - The Obelisk [Cleopatra's Needle].

    1945

  • Manhattan: Central Park - The Obelisk [Cleopatra's Needle].

    Manhattan: Central Park - The Obelisk [Cleopatra's Needle].

    Unknown

  • Manhattan: Central Park - Transportation of the Obelisk [Cleopatra's Needle].

    Manhattan: Central Park - Transportation of the Obelisk [Cleopatra's Needle].

    Unknown

  • General view - Manhattan - Central Park - Where the Obelisk is erected.

    General view - Manhattan - Central Park - Where the Obelisk is erected.

    Unknown

  • Manhattan: Central Park - Transportation of the Obelisk [Cleopatra's Needle].

    Manhattan: Central Park - Transportation of the Obelisk [Cleopatra's Needle].

    Unknown

  • General view - Manhattan - Central Park - Arrival of Cleopatra's Needle (Obelisk).

    General view - Manhattan - Central Park - Arrival of Cleopatra's Needle (Obelisk).

    Unknown

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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General view - Manhattan - Central Park - Where the Obelisk is erected.

Photo 8 of 10 at Central Park: The Obelisk, Manhattan

General view - Manhattan - Central Park - Where the Obelisk is erected.

Unknown

Central Park where the Obelisk is erected is one of the most beautiful and most famous of the urban parks in the world. It covers the territory between Fifth and Eighth Avenues, and 59th and 110th Streets a track over 2 1/2 miles long, by half a mile wide, including an area of 840 acres. The Obelisk or Cleopatra's Needle is placed to the east of the Reservoir and Metropolitan Museum of Art. No Record of Photography 315G LOCAL HISTORY AND GENEALOGY

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