|
|
|
|
| Category:
Collectibles
/
Photographic Images
/
Antique (Pre-1940)
/
Stereoviews
|
 |
| Start Price: |
USD 9.95 |
Click Here
to See More
|
| Current Price: |
USD 9.95 |
| Reserve Price: |
- |
| Time Left: |
- |
| Bid Count: |
0 |
| Buy It Now Price: |
- |
| Start Time: |
9/1/2008 |
| End Time: |
9/8/2008 |
| Location: |
Gorham, Maine |
|
Early stereoview Published by unknown photographer and published in the set CENTRAL PARK - AMERICAN SCENERY. The stereoview is titled as ---- NO. 253 THE CASINO -- A wonderful early scene showing the Casino in Central Park. --Below I have added addition information on the Casino: In the original 1858 Greensward Plan for Central Park, the designers Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux intended for this site an exhibition and music hall required by the Board of Commissioners as a feature of the new park. Plans changed, and by 1862 music was performed at the old Bandstand on the Concert Ground at the end of the Mall. This area then became the site of the Casino (casino means "little house" in Italian). The building was designed by Vaux to be used as the Ladies' Refreshment Saloon, a respectable dining establishment for the enjoyment of women who had come to the Park without a male escort. This plan changed, however, and the Casino became the main restaurant in the Park serving both men and women. The building resembled upstate country houses that Vaux had previously designed in his private architectural practice. At night, the building was described in Baldwin's Guide to the Central Park as "brilliantly illuminated with gas from handsome pendants." During the day patrons would drive up in their carriages to visit the Casino, sit under the Wisteria Pergola at the western edge of the site, and listen to the strains of music from the Wednesday and Saturday afternoon concerts on the Mall below. In the summer seasons refreshments from the Casino were served at tables placed under the archway leading to Bethesda Terrace. In the 1920s the restaurant was extended to include an elaborately decorated ballroom created by Josef Urban, the esteemed Viennese interior designer. It became a fashionable nightclub frequented by New York Mayor "Gentleman" Jimmy Walker, and featured the musical talent of Eddie Duchin's orchestra and such performers as Ethel Merman. I will accept PAYPAL, Personal checks, bank checks and or money orders, will hold personal check items for 10 days to allow funds to clear and will ship upon receipt of bank check and or money orders. Items will be shipped first class mail, packaging and mail $2.81, insurance $1.70 per $50.00 of value. I will combine shipping 1 to 3 views $2.81, 3 to 6 views $4.81 and over 6 no additional postage or shipping charge. I am not responsible if insurance is not taken. I will ship internationally, payment must be in US funds, Paypal, international money order or check. I will forward cost once I have ship to address. Insurance availability will also be noted once international address is received.
Place a Bid!
|
HOME
|
|