"Public Room at the Fifth Ward Museum Hotel"

19th century

New York Interior Scene Colored Lithograph entitled "PUBLIC ROOM AT THE FIFTH WARD MUSEUM HOTEL". In the foreground are men wearing top hats chatting before a fireplace. The floor is black and white marble. There are hung pictures on the walls and trophies and decorations are scattered throughout the room. To the left is a man entering and to the right is a bar. Beneath the scene is written "Public Room at the 5th Ward Museum Hotel, Cor West Broadway & Franklin St. 1864." In the bottom left corner is written "Lith of Major & Knapp, 449 Broadway, N.Y." and in the bottom right corner is written "For D.T. V. Manual, 1864".

American

paper, ink

H: 11 1/4" W: 13 3/8";

Bequest of Mrs. Alletta Morris McBean.

PSNC.8689