1931; 1933

East River - Shore and skyline of Manhattan from East 85th Street - Queensborough Bridge - [Interboro Rapid Transit Building; New York Hospital; Yorkville Ice Sales Corporation.]

(1) East River, south from East 85th Street, showing the southern tip of Carl Schurz Park and three fashionable apartment houses, Nos. 12-10, 7, and 1, respectively, Gracie Square (East 84th Street) south side, from the river to East End Ave. Also shown (left) is the power house of the Interborough Rapid Transit Co., and faintly New York Hospital and Cornell Medical College. A portion of Welfare Island is visible on the extreme left. The point of vantage is the Astoria Ferry in midstream. March 11, 1931. P. L. Sperr. (2) The same, a more limited view (to East 80th Street), showing prominently the plant of the Yorkville Ice Sales Corp. at the foot of East 82nd street. The vantage point is Welfare Island. April 5, 1933. P. L. Sperr. (3) The same, viewed in the opposite direction (northward), showing (left) John Jay Park, from East 76th to East 78th Streets and (right) a portion of the western edge of Welfare Island; the point of vantage. April 5, 1933. P. L. Sperr.

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection