New York sight-seeing taxicab tours : descriptive pamphlet of tour no2, Upper West Side. . million persons. NATIONAL MAINE MONU-MENT, facing the Circle, at the en-trance to Central Park, was erected inmemory of the naval officers and menwho lost their lives on the battleshipMaine, which was sunk in Havana Har-bor February 15, 1898. It is 44 feethigh, and consists of two colossal groupson sides representing the Atlantic andPacific coasts. In front is a group ofsculptures representing Courage, awaitingthe flight of Peace, and Fortitude sup-porting the feeble. On the side facingthe Park is a repr
New York sight-seeing taxicab tours : descriptive pamphlet of tour no2, Upper West Side. . million persons. NATIONAL MAINE MONU-MENT, facing the Circle, at the en-trance to Central Park, was erected inmemory of the naval officers and menwho lost their lives on the battleshipMaine, which was sunk in Havana Har-bor February 15, 1898. It is 44 feethigh, and consists of two colossal groupson sides representing the Atlantic andPacific coasts. In front is a group ofsculptures representing Courage, awaitingthe flight of Peace, and Fortitude sup-porting the feeble. On the side facingthe Park is a representation of Justicereceiving back the sword which she hadentrusted to the Genius of War, andHistory recording its deeds. The wholeis surmounted by a group representingColumbia Triumphant, from the gunsrecovered from the sunken Maine. Thetotal cost was approximately $175,000,and was contributed by more than oneIt was unveiled May 30, 1913. HOTEL MAJESTIC, Central Park West and 72d Street. It was builtin 1894 and cost approximately $3,000,000. It is twelve stories highand has six hundrnewyorksightseei00town
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