Lantern
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1840-90
Medium:
Iron, glass, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 34 x 12 1/2 x 12 1/2 in. ( 86.4 x 31.8 x 31.8 cm )
Description:
Large sheet iron oil or possibly candle lantern; elaborate, multi-tiered top with heart-shaped piercings, capped by diamond-shaped finial; lower frame with scalloped, openwork trim surrounding top and four trapezoidal sides, three with fixed glass panels and one with a glass door, joining a small square base with heart-shaped piercings; traces of red paint; attached chain not original.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman, 1937
Object Number:
Z.2051
Gallery Label:
This object was once part of the folk art collection of Elie Nadelman (1882-1946), the avant-garde sculptor. From 1924 to 1934, Nadelman's collection was displayed in his Museum of Folk Arts, located in the Riverdale section of the Bronx. The Historical Society purchased Nadelman's entire collection in 1937.
Provenance:
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
34261
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Surveyor's monument
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1811
Medium:
Marble
Dimensions:
Overall: 41 x 8 1/2 x 8 1/2 in. ( 104.1 x 21.6 x 21.6 cm )
Description:
Upright rectangular marble surveyor's monument with carved number "26" on one face and "4" on another; surveyor's cross-marks carved on top.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Madison Square Garden Corporation
Object Number:
1908.33
Marks:
carved: on face: "26" and "4"
carved: on top: "+"
Gallery Label:
This surveyor's monument stood at the corner of Fourth Avenue and East 26th Street, where it had been placed under direction of the Commissioners appointed by the New York Legislature in 1807 to lay out streets on Manhattan Island north of Houston Street. It was dug up in 1890 during excavations for the old Madison Square Garden and was on display there near the Tower elevator until 1908.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1811
eMuseum Object ID:
32031
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Milestone
Classification:
Date:
1822-23
Medium:
Marble
Dimensions:
Overall: 42 x 19 x 15 in. ( 106.7 x 48.3 x 38.1 cm )
Description:
Rectangular marble milemarker with rounded top and carved inscription: "5 Miles FROM City Hall New York"
Credit Line:
Gift of Consolidated Gas Co. of New York
Object Number:
1924.36
Marks:
carved: in face of stone: "5/Miles/FROM/City Hall/New York"
Gallery Label:
Milestones performed an essential service for travelers in early America. The earliest milestones in Manhattan were placed along the west side of the Post Road leading from New York to Kingsbridge in 1769. This milestone, from the series of 1822-1823, was installed at Third Avenue and 77th Street. Marble cutter Francis Kain (ca. 1786-1844), who had a marble yard at 359 Greenwich Street, supplied and cut the stones for this series.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1822
eMuseum Object ID:
31992
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Surveyor's monument
Classification:
Date:
1807-1811
Medium:
Granite
Dimensions:
Overall: 32 3/4 x 9 x 9 in. ( 83.2 x 22.9 x 22.9 cm )
Description:
Gray granite monument, square in section, with "92" chiseled on two sides and "2" chiseled on other two sides.
Object Number:
INV.15026
Marks:
chiseled: "92" on two sides and "2" on two sides.
Gallery Label:
Judging from its chiseled numbers, this surveyor's monument stood at the intersection of Second Avenue and 92nd Street. It is similar to monument 1908.33, from Fourth Avenue and 26th Street, which was placed under direction of the Commissioners appointed by the New York Legislature in 1807 to lay out streets on Manhattan Island north of Houston Street.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1811
eMuseum Object ID:
31670
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Elevated railway sign
Classification:
Date:
1900-1950
Medium:
Metal, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 3/8 x 20 3/8 in. ( 11.1 x 51.8 cm )
Description:
Rectangular, black-painted metal sign with "GUN HILL ROAD" stenciled in cream-colored letters on front and back.
Object Number:
INV.409d
Marks:
stenciled: on obverse and reverse: "GUN HILL ROAD"
Gallery Label:
This elevated railway sign is probably from the 3rd Avenue line, built in 1878 by the New York Elevated Railway Co. The line was in operation in Manhattan until 1955, and the portion from 149th Street to Gun Hill Road in the Bronx closed in 1973.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1950
eMuseum Object ID:
27900
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Elevated railway sign
Classification:
Date:
1900-1950
Medium:
Metal, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 3/8 x 20 3/8 in. ( 11.1 x 51.8 cm )
Description:
Rectangular, black-painted metal sign with "180TH ST. SUBWAY" followed by arrow stenciled in cream-colored letters on front and back.
Object Number:
INV.409b
Marks:
stenciled: on obverse and reverse: "180TH ST. SUBWAY"
Gallery Label:
This elevated railway sign is probably from the 3rd Avenue line, built in 1878 by the New York Elevated Railway Co. The line was in operation in Manhattan until 1955, and the portion from 149th Street to Gun Hill Road in the Bronx closed in 1973.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1950
eMuseum Object ID:
27899
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Elevated railway sign
Classification:
Date:
1900-1950
Medium:
Metal, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 3/8 x 20 3/8 in. ( 11.1 x 51.8 cm )
Description:
Rectangular, black-painted metal sign with "CHATHAM SQ." stenciled in cream-colored letters on front and back.
Object Number:
INV.409a
Marks:
stenciled: on obverse and reverse: "CHATHAM SQ."
Gallery Label:
This elevated railway sign is probably from the 3rd Avenue line, built in 1878 by the New York Elevated Railway Co. The line was in operation in Manhattan until 1955, and the portion from 149th Street to Gun Hill Road in the Bronx closed in 1973.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1950
eMuseum Object ID:
27897
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Elevated railway sign
Classification:
Date:
1900-1950
Medium:
Metal, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 3/8 x 20 3/8 in. ( 11.1 x 51.8 cm )
Description:
Rectangular, black-painted metal sign with "DYRE AVE." stenciled in cream-colored letters on front and back.
Object Number:
INV.409f
Marks:
stenciled: on obverse and reverse: "DYRE AVE."
Gallery Label:
This elevated railway sign is probably from the 3rd Avenue line, built in 1878 by the New York Elevated Railway Co. The line was in operation in Manhattan until 1955, and the portion from 149th Street to Gun Hill Road in the Bronx closed in 1973.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1950
eMuseum Object ID:
27812
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Section of water pipe
Classification:
Date:
1770-1800
Medium:
Wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 1/4 x 10 1/2 in. ( 26 x 26.7 cm )
Description:
Cross section of wooden water pipe made by boring a hole through the center of a log.
Credit Line:
Gift of Col. E.P.Y. Powell
Object Number:
Z.972
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
27731
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Toll Bridge Sign
Classification:
Date:
1825-1875
Medium:
Wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 46 x 21 1/2 x 1 in. ( 116.8 x 54.6 x 2.5 cm )
Description:
Rectangular sign with obverse painted brown with white painted inscription reading "NIANTIC BRIDGE RATES OF TOLL" and list of toll rates; another list of toll rates painted in brown on white ground on reverse.
Object Number:
INV.1171
Marks:
painted: in white: "NIANTIC BRIDGE/ RATES OF TOLL/ Top wagon one horse one way 15 [cents]/ [ditto signs] both ways same day 25/ [ditto signs] two one way/ Hack or Baruche one way 30/ No top one horse each way 10/ [ditto] two [ditto] 15/ wagon or cart lloa
Gallery Label:
Niantic, Connecticut is located in the southeastern part of the state, on Long Island Sound. The bridge was built in about 1796 and opened thereafter.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1875
eMuseum Object ID:
27724
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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