Trip to New York City - March 1919 - Page 148

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 I'm very lucky to have several of my grandmother Evelyn Clara Call's (1895-1962) photo albums. And perhaps even luckier that she labeled many of the photos - so I know roughly when and where they were taken, and who was in the photos. 

My grandmother attended Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois in 1915-1916, and then Cornell University in Ithaca, New York from 1916-1919

Page 148 has photographs of a trip to New York City in March 1919. 

Five photos from a trip to New York City in March 1919


The first two photographs were taken from the top of a bus traveling along Fifth Avenue

Street scene on Fifth Avenue in New York City in 1919, showing cars and pedestrians

Street scene on Fifth Avenue in New York City in 1919, showing cars and pedestrians

The second photograph was taken looking north up Fifth Avenue. The intersection at the bottom of the photo is Fifth Avenue and East 38th Street. In 1919, the flagship store for Knox Hats was at 452 Fifth Avenue. The New York Public Library is located between the buildings advertising Knox Hats and Goodrich Tires. 

The remaining three photographs were taken in Central Park, near the Obelisk behind the Metropolitan Museum of Art.


Obelisk (Cleopatra's Needle) in Central Park, New York City


The Obelisk, also known as Cleopatra's Needle, was given to the United States by Egypt in 1877. It was placed in its current location in Central Park in 1881. The obelisk is situated on Greywacke Knoll in Central Park, not far from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. (https://www.centralparknyc.org/locations/obelisk and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleopatra%27s_Needle_(New_York_City))


Evelyn Clara Call standing at the base of the Obelisk in Central Park. She is wearing a black coat and hat

Evelyn Clara Call


My grandmother, Evelyn Clara Call (1895-1962) daughter of Charles Joslin Call (1859-1939) and Elizabeth Ann Coe (1862-1956). She married Francis William Hankins on December 31, 1920. 


Frederick Le Roy Schaefer standing in front of the Obelisk in Central Park. He appears to be wearing a long military coat and hat.

F.L. Schaefer

Frederick Le Roy Schaefer (1892-1981), son of Joseph Schaefer (1856 - ) and Mary A Duffin (1865 - ). He married Ethel Ione Schulenberg (1901-1002) in 1927. He attended Cornell University between 1914-1918, and earned an M.E. degree. During World War I, he served in the New York Naval Auxiliary Reserve for 89 days in 1918. He then served with the US Navy Steam Engineering Sch. until March 1919, when he was placed on inactive duty. He was discharge 1922. 


Previous pages in the album:  College Friends - 1919

Location: New York, NY, USA

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