1924

Manhattan: Madison Avenue - 26th Street (East)

WHERE THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE WILL BE PICKED# New view of Madison Square Garden, taken from Madison Square Park, New York, today--herre the Democratic National Convention will be opened on June 24 next, the party platform made up, the candidate for President will be nominated, New York won the right to the convention in the auction at Washington yesterday, bidding $255,000. Jan. 16, 1924 Underwood & Underwood Madison Square Garden is the largest auditorium in the metropolis. The building covers an entire block. It is one of the architectural achievements of the late Stanford White.

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection