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General view - Manhattan - Central Park - The Obelisk.

1890

General view - Manhattan - Central Park - The Obelisk.

Central Park: The Obelisk, located in the easterly portion, near the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Circa 1890 Mildenburg, photo P. L. Sperr Collection 315G LOCAL HISTORY AND GENEALOGY

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