Wednesday, March 28, 2018

A look at a popular concert in Tompkins Square Park — in 1891



Back on Monday, I posted the above flyer about the Tompkins Square Library presenting a walking tour of Tompkins Square Park this Saturday morning from 10-11. (Find all the details at the Library's website here.)

Anyway, I was taking a closer look at the image on the flyer...


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The piece is titled "Popular Concert In Tompkins Square, N.Y." and dated 1891. The illustrator was Thure de Thulstrup, a Swedish-born illustrator who contributed to Harper's Weekly, where this piece appeared.

The info with the photo at the NYPL doesn't mention what kind of concert this was (likely German music, per the Bowery Boys).

The illustration is part of the NYPL Digital Collections.

Updated 3/29

This image was dated from the 1870s... showing St. Brigid's...



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8 comments:

  1. AnonymousMarch 28, 2018 at 10:16 PM

    And 108 years later... http://evgrieve.com/2014/10/rave-like-its-1999-in-tompkins-square.html

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  2. AnonymousMarch 29, 2018 at 9:09 AM

    man! wish this was tonight!

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  3. Eden BeeMarch 29, 2018 at 12:00 PM

    I think I see Jerry drinking a 40oz in there.

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  4. UnknownMarch 29, 2018 at 3:36 PM

    Eden Bee...times have changed...now he would be seen with a 4 loco instead of a 40 oz.

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  5. AnonymousMarch 29, 2018 at 4:10 PM

    Nowadays you have to go all the way over to Zum Schneider for German music in Kleine Deutschland, alas

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  6. Laura Goggin PhotographyMarch 29, 2018 at 9:33 PM

    I wonder if the double spires on the upper right could be St Brigid's. And I like to think that's the Krishna Tree as a sapling next to the baby carriage.

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  7. EV GrieveMarch 29, 2018 at 9:49 PM

    I do think that's St. Brigid's with the crocheted steeple(s)... I have a photo of the church from 1870 that I'll post here...

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  8. Eden BeeMarch 31, 2018 at 9:57 PM

    Or maybe he is drinking Nerve Tonic. Its good for what ails ya.

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