Along Hancock Avenue

[pamc153PA]

This mid-1880s photo, looking south toward the Round Tops, is of Hancock Avenue near the Angle. One of my favorites from the time period, I like how this is before the avenues in the park were macadamized. And notice what's missing?

 

[JOHN42768]

A Golden Oldie

 

[mofederal]

I like this image. The dirt road and the monuments. part of the road past our original house was gravel and dirt. You could see part of the original dirt roads in the area still. They graveled some of them as main roads. The rest were secondary and stayed dirt. A great image before they paved everything over.

 

[Deleted User CS]

Once again you have outdone yourself. David.

 

[infomanpa]

This mid-1880s photo, looking south toward the Round Tops, is of Hancock Avenue near the Angle. One of my favorites from the time period, I like how this is before the avenues in the park were macadamized. And notice what's missing?

Several monuments are missing, including the grand Pennsylvania Memorial.

 

[rpkennedy]

Several monuments are missing, including the grand Pennsylvania Memorial.

It's from before the PA monument was dedicated. It was first dedicated in 1910 with another (more complete) dedication in 1913.

This picture would have been taken sometime after July 1884 because that's when the 14th Connecticut monument was dedicated.

Ryan

 

[rpkennedy]

As a follow-up:

The picture would have been taken after October 1886. The Andrews Sharpshooters and Arnold's Battery monuments were both dedicated in 1886, the Rhode Islanders in October.

Ryan

 

[rpkennedy]

Possibly another addendum:

The squat monument in the left center of the picture may be Cowan's Battery monument with the taller one to the right possibly being the 7th Michigan's marker.

That would put the date after 1888 (Cowan's was erected in 1887 and the Michigander monument was placed in 1888). If that is so, it would make sense since the monument to the 59th New York doesn't appear and that monument was dedicated in July 1889.

So, maybe the late fall of 1888? Early spring 1889?

Ryan