Hudson Park

 

Name
Beals, A. Tennyson (Photographer)
Community Service Society of New York (Former owner,Issuing body)
Title
Hudson Park
Abstract
Box 296 Folder 3 #576 Stamped A. Tennyson Beals The inscription on the tablet behind the little girl and baby says: The City of New York Devotes to the Service and Comfort of the ...This Ground Formerly Used by Trinity Parish As a Burial...the Dead Whose Names...Inscribed Are Hereby...Mmorated. Trinity Parish burial ground was "converted" into a park in 1898. At that time it was named Hudson Park, but in recent years it has been re-named James J. Walker Park (see #313). (Hand written on back of photo: St. John's Chapel "carelessly destroyed while widening Varick Street)
Collection Name
Community Service Society records
Shelf Location
Box no. 12, Folder no. 64, Photograph no. 576
Subjects
Parks; Memorials; Girls; Children; Infants; New York (N.Y.); James J. Walker Park (New York, N.Y.)
Format
photographs
Genre
Portraits
Date
circa 1900
Note
Annotation on back: Hudson Park CS and John's Chapel "carelessly destroyed" while widening Varick St.
Negative on File
Library Location
Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University
Persistent URL
https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/cq5e-g005