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This is overlooking Morningside Park at 116th Street and Morningside Drive in Manhattan. The proper spelling of Carl's surname is Schurz. Here is the NYC Parks Department description of the monument. The monument was dedicated in 1913. The view is looking east toward southern and central Harlem and beyond. The President's House for Columbia University is behind us to the left. In 1968 The Who posed for the cover of their album, The Kids Are Alright, in front of the relief on the left.

Thank you for this information! We'll correct the name in the source data and reload the description.

My pleasure! I walk through that little plaza every day on the way to and from work.

The Carl Schurz Monument in Morningside Park was unveiled on Saturday May 10, 1913 in a ceremony attended by Count von Bernstorff the German Ambassador, New York Mayor Gaynor and others. New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]), 11 May 1913. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. (chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1913-05-11/ed-...)

Thanks Dean Z, we'll add that info to the catalog record.

Absolutely in stitches here at Library Towers! Just noticed the boy/girl who's managed to squish his/her head in beside Andrew Carnegie's elbow - mad!

National Library of Ireland on The Commons the head on him!! Brilliant :)

Great picture. In 1901, Mr. Andrew Carnegie offered `to subscribe £5,000 towards the erection of new public free library buildings in Waterford'. At a meeting on 15 Oct 1901, `Mr. Alexander Nelson, J.P., D.L., [c.1844-1921] subscribed £250' to a fund to increase the income of the Free Library (Irish Times 16 Oct 1901). The site for the new Library at Lady Lane, opened in 1905, was donated by Alexander Nelson; see www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&... I wonder is Nelson one of the dignitaries in the photograph? Alexander was Mayor for 1900 (according to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_rulers_of_Waterford ) but the photograph wasn't taken until 1903; the man with the chain of office looks younger than 69 years old and is probably James A. Power, Mayor for 1903-5.

Paddy Waldron Thanks Paddy! Besides this photo, that's a very useful reference list for Waterford Mayors in our Poole Collection - will help with dating, etc.

Looks like their is a cutout in the foundation stone to place a time capsule as as is the usual custom,probably being held by a gentleman on the left. I wonder what they decided to place in it.Great photo and expressions.

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Dated 5/5/13. This would be the meeting mentioned in the NYT April 26, 1913: CONFERENCE TO FIX PEACE CELEBRATION; American Sub-Committee Has Plans for International Meeting, Beginning May 4. query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9D05E2DD103BE633A...

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