About This Item

  • Call NumberTHOM_0006
  • TitleDedication of Grant monument
  • SummaryDedication of equestrian statue on tall pedestal of Ulysses S. Grant by William Ordway Partridge at Grant Square, Bedford Avenue and Dean Street, with several spectators, portion of horse-drawn carriage on far right, man riding bicycle in left foreground, and flag-draped masonry house on far left.
  • Date1896
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 9 x 5 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: April 25, 1896. Title from inscription on verso. Collection owned jointly by Brooklyn Public Library and Brooklyn Museum; original glass plate negatives held by Brooklyn Museum.
  • CreatorThomson, Edgar S. [photographer]
  • SubjectGrant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1882-1885 ; Equestrian statues -- New York (State) -- New York
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Crown Heights (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsEdgar S. Thomson photograph collection, Brooklyn Museum/Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsThis work is in the Public Domain. The Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library can provide a copy of this work free of charge.
  • FolderEdgar S. Thomson photograph collection ; Folder 1