Manhattan: 6th Avenue - 42nd Street
Bryant Park, center and south side, seen from Sixth Avenue and 42nd Street, the roof of the Elks' Club. May 27, 1930. P. L. Sperr. The same; the Federal Hall replica seen through a gap in the trees planted along Sixth Avenue. This photograph was made the month following the Washington Bicentennial Pageant. "Federal Hall" was kept open all year as a public exhibit. May 15, 1932. P. L. Sperr. The same, a closer and unobstructed view, showing the Federal Hall replica. This is a copy of the old New York City Hall which stood on Wall Street at Nassau, and which became the property of the Federal government when New York became the temporary capital of the country, in 1789. President Washington was inaugurated on its balcony; and that scene was reenacted here in 1932. May 15, 1932. P. L. Sperr.
Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection
