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Identifier: scenesofmodernne01port (find matches)
Title: Scenes of modern New York
Year: 1908 (1900s)
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Publisher: Portland, Me.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS is on the 5th Avenue side of Central Park at 79th Street. The view here shown is of the newer eastwing erected at a cost of $1,000,000. The museum contains the finest collection of paintings, statuary and antiques in America. On Sunday, the building iscrowded with sightseers. Ten thousand persons frequently pass through the turnstiles in the four hours allotted to the free public. No art museum in theworld, possibly excepting the Louvre, has surroundings so harmonious. The Park on one side and the palaces of 5th Avenue on the other are fitting environ-ment for this unequalled collection of art treasures.
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THE BARTHOLDI STATUE stands upon Bedloes Island, almost two milessoutheast of the Battery. This colossal figure, representing Liberty Enlighteningthe World, was presented to the people of America by the great French sculptor,Auguste Baitholdi. It was erected in 1883. The torch is 306 feet above the sea. THE SOLDIERS AND SAILORS MONUMENT. At 89th Street stands apure white marble monument erected to the memory of the citizens of New Yorkwho took part in the Civil war. It is a circular structure with a peristyle oftwelve Corinthian columns, 35 feet high. Built by the city at a cost of $250,000.in 1902.

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