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This was taken on Broadway and Houston Street--the building on the left with the wide arches is the Cable Building (McKim, Mead & White, 1894). Houston was later widened in part thanks to subway construction, meaning that some of the buildings closest to the photographer are now long gone.

Funeral procession for Major General Frederick Dent Grant, son of President U. S. Grant, and former New York City Police Commissioner, who was buried at the U. S. Military Academy at West Point. NY Times report of the funeral: query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9C02EEDF153CE6... Wikipedia bio of Gen. F. D. Grant: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Dent_Grant Photo of the gravesite, on Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/sheenachi/220605197/in/photostream/?

This is not the funeral for Ulysses S. Grant (who died 14 years earlier), but one of his descendants, General Frederick Dent Grant.

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Veterans of the American Civil War, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

The Riderless Horse (aka Caparisoned Horse) used during funeral processions of Army or Marine Corp colonels (or higher) or deceased presidents of the USA. The riderless horse bears the boots of the deceased (mounted backwards) as a symbol that the rider will never ride again. For more information: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riderless_horse www.arlingtoncemetery.net/caparisoned.htm usmilitary.about.com/od/jointservices/a/funeralhonors.htm

Frederick Dent Grant died on April 12, 1912… en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Dent_Grant

Thank you for helping us to more precisely identify this image. We'll add the information to our source catalog.