The Soldiers and Sailors Civil War Monument

Collection: This image is from the William J. Murray Photographs Collection and is depicted in a glass plate negative, negative, print and digital image.; Image is part of the William J. Murray Photographs Collection

Date: 1900 Material: unknown material on plate glass; safety film; gelatin silver prints Dimension: 4 x 5 inches (glass plate negative); 3 7/8 x 4 7/8 inches (negative); 8 x 10 inches (print); 400 ppi (digital image)

Creator: William J. Murray Identifier: aql:10636 wjm-000140 wjm-000140.tif

Description: Designed by F. Wellington Ruckstuhl, the monument was erected in 1896 and depicts Victory alighting from the clouds. In 1960 it was moved to a park on the south side of Hillside Avenue and 175th Street. Photographer's notes for this image record: "Sky very overcast; Stanley plate; 2 secs."

Title : The Soldiers and Sailors Civil War Monument

Collection : aql:10431; vital:1

Creator : William J. Murray

Date : 1900

Summary/Description : Designed by F. Wellington Ruckstuhl, the monument was erected in 1896 and depicts Victory alighting from the clouds. In 1960 it was moved to a park on the south side of Hillside Avenue and 175th Street. Photographer's notes for this image record: "Sky very overcast; Stanley plate; 2 secs."

Subject : Soldiers' monuments; War memorials; Public sculpture

Relation : This image is from the William J. Murray Photographs Collection and is depicted in a glass plate negative, negative, print and digital image.; Image is part of the William J. Murray Photographs Collection

Rights : Public domain

Coverage : Hillside Avenue at Bergen Avenue (now Merrick Boulevard), Jamaica, NY Jamaica (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)

Type : glass plate negative; black and white negative; black and white print; digital image

Format : unknown material on plate glass; safety film; gelatin silver prints; 4 x 5 inches (glass plate negative); 3 7/8 x 4 7/8 inches (negative); 8 x 10 inches (print); 400 ppi (digital image)

Identifier : aql:10636 wjm-000140 wjm-000140.tif