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Part of the festivities for the dedication of the Maine Monument in Central Park. May 30, 1913

If I'm not mistaken, this is looking up Broadway from Columbus Circle with the Ansonia building visible straight down Broadway at 73rd/74th where Broadway turns. Nothing else remains from what I can tell.

Cynthia Wenslow and parkermulligan: Thank you for the additional information about this photograph. Reviewing a few other photographs in our collection confirms this is a view uptown on Broadway from Columbus Circle. An example of an image used to determine this can be found here. When we update the record, we will expand the descriptive information to reflect these details.

Part of the festivities for the dedication of the Maine Monument in Central Park.

I think the man in the top hat is Rhinelander Waldo, then NYC's Police Commissioner: www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Rhinelander_Waldo And that's "Paymaster" Charles Conard -- many Google hits for him, but I didn't find anything biographical.

In the movie, "Ragtime," Rhinelander Waldo was played by Jimmy Cagney.

The caption written on the photograph appears to read: MAINE MON'T COM'EE ON "WYOMING" W.R.HEARS - J.W. KELLER R.A.C. SMITH ADM BADGER GEN J AS. WILSON The Maine National Monument Committee was comprised of James Grant Wilson - Chairman William R. Hearst George F. Shrady John W. Keller J. Edward Simmons According to the inscription on the monument itself. (ref. www.nycgovparks.org/sub_your_park/monuments/monument_info... )

lifeasdaddy: Thank you for the additional details regarding this image. We will look into expanding the descriptive information when we update the source record.