thebattery

10 photos tagged thebattery, from 3 members of Flickr Commons.

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1900

2011

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nathan kiplinn said:
never been here before.,
Wystan said:
May 11, 1914: the National Memorial Service for 17 U. S. sailors killed at Vera Cruz, Mexico, in April. Story in the New York Times, 5/11/14: query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=940CE3DB173AE6...
Kristi (LOC P&P) said:
Wystan, Thanks for your efforts with the numerous photographs which document the National Memorial Service of May 11, 1914. We will be able to better link the related images and expand the descriptions, including a date where one is not yet included.

GTography said:
This photograph was not taken from Signal Hill, as labelled, but rather from 'The Battery', which is below Signal Hill.
Destro Tull said:
It looks like the basilica is finished in this photo, that was around 1850 as far as I know
mambo1935 said:
spectacular!

Dean Z said:
Similar image exists at NARA (catalog.archives.gov/id/26431708)

Belgian Mission in New York. Arrival of visiting delegates at the Battery, New York. Left to right: Baron Moncheur, head of the Belgian Mission; W.D. Robbins, reception committee Frederick R. Coudert, reception committee.
Jon (LOC P&P) said:
Dean Z, thanks for the identifications in this photo and the other similar ones, we'll add them to the catalog record.
Richard Norton said:
Ludovic Moncheur (1857-1940)
www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1874008
Warren Delano Robbins (1885-1935)
www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7970162
Frederic René Coudert II (1871-1955)
www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q63198411