Animated Stereoview of Two Boys Posing in Front of Vista Rock Tunnel and an Observatory in Central Park in New York City (1863)

Animated stereoview of two boys posing in front of Vista Rock Tunnel Bridge and observatory in Central Park in New York City, New York, 1863. By T. C. Roche.

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View of People Ice Skating on a Frozen Lake in Central Park in New York City, New York (1866)

 

View of people ice skating on a frozen lake in Central Park in New York City, New York, 1866. By E. and H. T. Anthony and Company. Animated stereoview.

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Two Views of People Playing Baseball at Central Park in New York City (1860's)

Two views of people playing baseball at Central Park in New York City, c. 1860's. Numerous players and spectators are visible and possibly two games are being played. By Charles Warren Woodward or Gustavus W. Pach. Animated stereoviews.

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First Photograph of a Manned Balloon in Flight? (1859)

A Thaddeus Lowe balloon named United States aloft at the corner of 6th Avenue and 59th Street, New York City, 1859. The balloon looks as though it is rising out of a temporary stadium with wooden bleachers. The address seems to put the event in Central Park or adjacent to it. The man that is visible in the balloon's basket might be Thaddeus Lowe himself. This is the earliest photograph that I have come across that undisputedly shows a balloon in flight. Animated stereoview.

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