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Metadata
Catalog Number |
SV0572 |
Object Name |
Stereoview |
Artist |
Unknown |
Artist's Role |
Photographer |
Title |
Receiving Tomb, Greenwood |
Description |
Large mount stereoview photograph of the Receiving Vault in The Green-Wood Cemetery, as seen from across Arbor Water. Photographer and publisher unknown. The photograph shows a far view of the vault, which was designed by Richard Upjohn, on Willow Avenue at the base of Bay Grove Hill in Green-Wood. Four trees line the waters edge at the left and two people can be seen seated on a bench just past them . |
Maker |
Unknown |
Place of Origin |
Unknown |
Date |
ca. 1880 |
Green-Wood Connection |
This stereoview shows Arbor Water, located in sections 84 and 89 of The Green-Wood Cemetery until 1912, when it was filled in to make space for Green-Wood's Historic Chapel. |
Dimensions |
H-4.25 W-6.875 inches |
Subjects |
Stereographs Photographs Cemeteries Monuments & memorials Architecture |
Search Terms |
Green-Wood Cemetery (New York, N.Y.) Receiving Vault, Green-Wood Cemetery (New York, N.Y.) Arbor Water, Green-Wood Cemetery (New York, N.Y.) |