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Olmsted Brothers, Albums of photographs depicting the construction of Fort Tryon Park, 1930-1935

This digital collection presents one photograph album held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art and six photograph albums held by the New-York Historical Society. The photographs are of the design and construction of Fort Tryon Park by the Olmsted Brothers firm and date from 1930 to 1935. The albums have black covers and black-and-white or sepia-colored photographs mounted on grey paper. Printed labels on the cover of the albums have text: "Olmsted Brothers, Landscape Architects, Brookline, Mass."
NYHS Identifier
Print Room - PR-002-243
Creator
Olmsted Brothers
Contributor
Rockefeller, John D., Jr. (John Davison), 1874-1960
Carrillo, Edward G.

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Description
This digital collection presents one photograph album held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art and six photograph albums held by the New-York Historical Society. The photographs are of the design and construction of Fort Tryon Park by the Olmsted Brothers firm and date from 1930 to 1935. The albums have black covers and black-and-white or sepia-colored photographs mounted on grey paper. Printed labels on the cover of the albums have text: "Olmsted Brothers, Landscape Architects, Brookline, Mass."
Note

Contents: Fort Tryon Park Photographs. File #529, Book No. 1.--Book No. 1-A: Fort Tryon Park photographs, Corbin Place Bridge, Main Underpass Bridge.--Claremont Park Photos. Book No. 1. File No. 527.--Fort Tryon Park Photographs. File #529, Book No. 2.--Fort Tryon Park photographs. File #529, Book #3.--Fort Tryon Park photographs. File #529, Book #4.--Fort Tryon Park photographs. File #529, Book #5

PID
nyhs:tryon
NYHS Identifier
Print Room - PR-002-243
Member of
Photographs of New York City and Beyond
New-York Historical Society Digital Collections
Genre
photographic prints
photographs
Owning Institution
New-York Historical Society
Publisher
New-York Historical Society
Type
Still Image
Subject (Topical)
Parks--New York (State)--New York
Subject (Name)
Olmsted Brothers
Cloisters (Museum)
Subject (Geographic)
Fort Tryon Park (New York, N.Y.)
Washington Heights (New York, N.Y.)
Contributor
Rockefeller, John D., Jr. (John Davison), 1874-1960
Carrillo, Edward G.
Creator
Olmsted Brothers
Date Created
1930 to 1935
Extent
7 photograph albums

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Book No. 1-A : Fort Tryon Park photographs, Corbin Place Bridge, Main Underpass Bridge.

Corbin Place Bridge, and Main Underpass Bridge: excavation of approaches, construction of bridges, excavation of underpass, construction of bridge, including setting stones in place, and images with Jack Carrillo identified, other images laid in, including view with George Washington Bridge, looking north to the Palisades, Broadway and Dyckman, Broadway and Thayer, children in wading pool.
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Fort Tryon Park Photographs. File #529, Book No. 2.

Main Terrace, North Terrace, Bridge Connecting Terraces, Playground, Construction, Broadway Wall, Riverside Drive Wall, General views, Fieldhouse: paths, bridges, terraces, views from gardens, panorama of east slope from vicinity of Fort George, planting dogwoods on shelf, steam shovel moving rocks, cement mixer delivering cement used in wading pool, subway entrance and police booth.
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Fort Tryon Park photographs. File #529, Book #5.

Tree moving, Samples, Belgian block, street lamps, sign posts, seats, Bridges and details in Central Park, rock filled slopes, stone walls and other architectural details for reference (not in Fort Tryon—some in Maryland, California, Massachusetts, Washington D.C., on Rockefeller's estate in Pocantico Hills, and other locations), flagpole model, tractor at work.
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Fort Tryon Park Photographs. File #529. Book No. 1.

Album of photographs of Fort Tryon Park before the construction of The Cloisters, construction of the park roads, sample walls, model of the park, the Hudson River, the C.K.G. Billings' estate, etc. Photos all have I.D. numbers and most views are fully identified below each photo. Photographers are listed on each page with the date. Photos date from 1913-1933 and are not mounted in chronological order; Cover title; label on the cover of the album: 'Fort Tryon Park (Project), New York City, for John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Edward G. Carrillo, Chief Engineer'.
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Book No. 1-A : Fort Tryon Park photographs, Corbin Place Bridge, Main Underpass Bridge.

Corbin Place Bridge, and Main Underpass Bridge: excavation of approaches, construction of bridges, excavation of underpass, construction of bridge, including setting stones in place, and images with Jack Carrillo identified, other images laid in, including view with George Washington Bridge, looking north to the Palisades, Broadway and Dyckman, Broadway and Thayer, children in wading pool.
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48 Items

Fort Tryon Park Photographs. File #529. Book No. 1.

Album of photographs of Fort Tryon Park before the construction of The Cloisters, construction of the park roads, sample walls, model of the park, the Hudson River, the C.K.G. Billings' estate, etc. Photos all have I.D. numbers and most views are fully identified below each photo. Photographers are listed on each page with the date. Photos date from 1913-1933 and are not mounted in chronological order; Cover title; label on the cover of the album: 'Fort Tryon Park (Project), New York City, for John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Edward G. Carrillo, Chief Engineer'.
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55 Items

Book No. 1-A : Fort Tryon Park photographs, Corbin Place Bridge, Main Underpass Bridge.

Corbin Place Bridge, and Main Underpass Bridge: excavation of approaches, construction of bridges, excavation of underpass, construction of bridge, including setting stones in place, and images with Jack Carrillo identified, other images laid in, including view with George Washington Bridge, looking north to the Palisades, Broadway and Dyckman, Broadway and Thayer, children in wading pool.
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Fort Tryon Park Photographs. File #529, Book No. 2.

Main Terrace, North Terrace, Bridge Connecting Terraces, Playground, Construction, Broadway Wall, Riverside Drive Wall, General views, Fieldhouse: paths, bridges, terraces, views from gardens, panorama of east slope from vicinity of Fort George, planting dogwoods on shelf, steam shovel moving rocks, cement mixer delivering cement used in wading pool, subway entrance and police booth.
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289046-Service File.jpg
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47 Items

Fort Tryon Park photographs. File #529, Book #5.

Tree moving, Samples, Belgian block, street lamps, sign posts, seats, Bridges and details in Central Park, rock filled slopes, stone walls and other architectural details for reference (not in Fort Tryon—some in Maryland, California, Massachusetts, Washington D.C., on Rockefeller's estate in Pocantico Hills, and other locations), flagpole model, tractor at work.
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148357-Service File.jpg
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48 Items

Fort Tryon Park Photographs. File #529. Book No. 1.

Album of photographs of Fort Tryon Park before the construction of The Cloisters, construction of the park roads, sample walls, model of the park, the Hudson River, the C.K.G. Billings' estate, etc. Photos all have I.D. numbers and most views are fully identified below each photo. Photographers are listed on each page with the date. Photos date from 1913-1933 and are not mounted in chronological order; Cover title; label on the cover of the album: 'Fort Tryon Park (Project), New York City, for John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Edward G. Carrillo, Chief Engineer'.
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