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Collection Highlights

Untitled (Skating in Central Park, N.Y.)
Date:
ca. 1890
Object Number:
PR.020.50.2
Medium:
Photograph

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Yorkville Branch of Y.M.C.A. on East 86th Street, New York City, in 1888

Object Number: 
Z.2016.19a
Artist/Maker:
Henry E. Rile
Assisted Artist:
Lovett Rile
Medium: 
Black ink and wash and graphite on paper, laid on page in fragmentary album
Dimensions: 
image size: 5 1/4 x 4 1/8 in. ( 13.3 x 10.5 cm ) mounted: 10 3/4 x 9 in. ( 27.3 x 22.9 cm )
Marks: 
inscribed in ink: on obverse: "YORKVILLE BRANCH Y.M.C. ASSOCIATION EAST 86th ST / IN 1888."
Inscriptions: 
Inscribed at lower edge in black ink: "IN. 1888. / YORKVILLE BRANCH Y.M.C. ASSOCIATION EAST 86th ST"
Description: 
Architecture
Credit Line: 
Gift of Daniel E. Rile
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Creative: Tronvig Group