Harlem

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Photographed May 15, 1902.
American Mutoscope and Biograph Company
Location: West bank of the Harlem River, New York, N.Y.
Camera: Robert K. Bonine

A parade of fine horses and fashionable carriages ride along what is now the Harlem River Drive, in the High Bridge section of northern Manhattan. The view is from the Manhattan side of the river looking north. On the right is the Harlem River and on the opposite bank, The Bronx. Prominent in the background is High Bridge at 175th Street, an important landmark completed in 1842 as part of the Croton aqueduct system. Beyond the High Bridge is the Washington Bridge at 181st Street. The Speedway was built in 1900 at a cost of over three million dollars.