Parade of Olympic Athletes (LOC)

Not something that would allowed in this day and age.

I love these transparent banners.

This awning says Knox's hats.

The Garfield National Bank & the Garfield Safe Deposit Company per the high res version of this photo.

"Dukes Donohue"

"Forshaw Erickson"

"Grumpelt Gillis"

"Hellawell Hebner"

"Hammond Breed" and "Bowman Rayner"

"Kiviat Kramer"

"ANNIN & CO. 99 FULTON ST. N.Y."

Von Lengerke and Detmold Sporting Goods per the high res version of the photo. They sold high end European sporting guns and later became part of Abercrombie and Fitch.

United Cigar Stores Co.

Parade of Olympic Athletes (LOC) by The Library of Congress.

Bain News Service,, publisher.

Parade of Olympic Athletes

[1912]

1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.

Notes:
Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards.
Photo showing a parade in New York City near Madison Square, for the 5th Olympic Games, held in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1912. Includes large banner advertising the National Democratic Headquarters with portraits of presidential candidate Woodrow Wilson and his running mate Thomas Marshall. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2008)
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

Format: Glass negatives.

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain

Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.10667

Call Number: LC-B2- 2428-16

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rmcarrier1 says:

This image beautifully captures a moment.
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

chocolatepoint says:

1)The awning where I've added a note in the photo appears to say Knox's Hats. According to this blog entry, Arnold Hatters aka Knox Hats started out in Times Square. There's a 2005 New York Times story included. So perhaps this photo is from the times Times Square area way back when -- where Broadway and 7th Avenue intersect..

2)The lettering on the building (see another note in the photo) refers to the Garfield National Bank. According to an historic New York Times article, this bank was favored by Tammany Hall politicians. So again it appears that this photo is from Manhattan.
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

epicharmus says:

Looking at the hi-res version of this pic on the LOC site, there's a whole lot of text otherwise invisible on the Flickr photo. The cars have what appear to be signs with the last names of athletes--including Dukes, Donohue, Forhsaw, Erickson, Grumpelt, Gillis, Hellawell, Hebner, Hammond, Breed, Bowman, Rayner, Kiviat, and Kramer. (I've put notes on the photo detailing the barely-visible text.) Also, while it's a little blurry, there's a sign that appears to say "W 24 ST," which would make this NYC's Madison Square Park and environs. Maybe this was taken from the Flatiron Building?
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

epicharmus says:

Oh yeah. That building on the left has to be 200 Fifth Avenue a.k.a. the International Toy Center Building. So this is definitely around Madison Square Park.
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

David Gallagher says:

Those are cable cars on the right. Though, I can't find a map of any NY cable car system
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

chocolatepoint says:

Good catch on the high res version of the photo, epicharmus, not to mention the teeny tiny street sign. I forgot about the high res version. Here's the link if anyone else is interested.
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

epicharmus says:

This here is Kevin Walsh's Forgotten NY page on trolley cars; this is one of the Lumière Brothers' short films taken at Union Square with lots of trolleys.
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

chocolatepoint says:

I've also added a note for the Von Lengerke and Detmold Sporting Goods per the high res version of the photo. United Cigar Stores Co., too.
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

epicharmus says:

Annin & Company--the manufacturers of the Wilson/Marshall banner--still exist!
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

chocolatepoint says:

Here's the exact same intersection (same clock, storefront look) from the New York Public Library's digital collection. Just click on the photo to go to the NYPL page.

Here's a link to lots of vintage photos from the NYPL from the Madison Square Park area. Great stuff.
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

David Gallagher says:

not to split hairs, but cable cars aren't the same as electric trolleys. You can tell in this picture by the center slot where the car grips cable, there isn't any overhead electricity.

According to Joe Thompson's site this is the Broadway line of the Metropolitan Street Railway.

www.cable-car-guy.com/html/ccnynj.html#msry
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

swanq says:

See www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/216 3157759/ for another picture of the same event and location, which shows "5th Ave" on a lamp-post. Garfield National Bank is visible in both. Its building was the corner of 23rd and Fifth, according to NYT in 1909. And, of course, Broadway intersects here too at the corner of Madison Square.
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

striatic says:

This image has been used in the indicommons.org post: Flickring across the Library of Congress

Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )

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