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Views in Cypress Hills Cemetery, Long Island New-York [sic]
People:
  • Pach Brothers (photographic studio)
Title:

Views in Cypress Hills Cemetery, Long Island New-York [sic]

Date:

ca. 1875?

Description:

Album showing 35 captioned photographs of views in the Cypress Hills Cemetery in Long Island, New York, taken by the Pach (for Pach Brothers) photographic studio, located at 858 Broadway, NY. This first nonsectarian cemetery corporation was established in 1848. Within the boundaries of the Cypress Hills Cemetery, a large private cemetery in Brooklyn, a section of it was designated as the Cypress Hills National Cemetery in 1862, a military burial ground for soldiers of the American Civil War. The views in this album show the South Entrance to the Cypress Hills Cemetery, the Soldiers' Grounds "National Cemetery", the Delta Lake, the grounds of Ahawath Chesed Congregation and several memorials and tombstones in the cemetery.

Quantity / Object type:
1 album(s)
Technique and media:

Albumen silver prints

Dimensions:

album: 50,4 x 42 x 4,3 cm secondary supports: 40,4 x 49,2 cm compositions (min.): 32,5 x 22,8 cm compositions (max.): 33,9 x 23,3 cm sheets: 33 x 40,5 cm

Reference number:

PH1979:0634:001-035

Point of View:
  • exterior views
Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

Dark green cloth covered boards, black leather covered spine, gilt lettering on front coverboard, gilt motif on front cover and spine. Broken spine and loose title page.

Inscription:

inscribed, imprinted, numbered and stamped

Conditions governing access:
  • - Restricted access : Only accessible if manipulated by CCA Collection staff. Please see description physique.
Location:

Brooklyn New York (City) New York United States

Subject:
  • ornament
Subject Descriptive Terms:
  • cemetery
  • tombstones
  • memorials
Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
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