Brooklyn Museum Quarterly . ON THE SHEEP-HERDERS TRAIL THROUGH WOODS OF ASPENS, MARKAGUNT PLATEAU, 9000 FEET 52 THE year 1917 was notable in New YorkCity for the opening of the CatskillAqueduct which supphed the city with a newwater system suitable to its needs. All ofthe citys educational institutions united incelebrating this important local event by hold-ing exhibitions reflecting their activities. TheBrooklyn Museum at the request of the Mayorof New Yorks Catskill Aqueduct CelebrationCommittee and the sub-committees on art, sci-entific, and historical exhibitions, arranged inits galleries
Brooklyn Museum Quarterly . ON THE SHEEP-HERDERS TRAIL THROUGH WOODS OF ASPENS, MARKAGUNT PLATEAU, 9000 FEET 52 THE year 1917 was notable in New YorkCity for the opening of the CatskillAqueduct which supphed the city with a newwater system suitable to its needs. All ofthe citys educational institutions united incelebrating this important local event by hold-ing exhibitions reflecting their activities. TheBrooklyn Museum at the request of the Mayorof New Yorks Catskill Aqueduct CelebrationCommittee and the sub-committees on art, sci-entific, and historical exhibitions, arranged inits galleries a collection of the works of Ameri-can painters who were prominent in the periodfrom 1860 to 1885. The following pages aretaken from the catalogue of the exhibition. 53. PORTRAIT OF ABRAHAM LINCOLNFrom the painting by an unknown artist in the Brooklyn Museum
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