Mausoleum of William Niblo (1789-1875), opposite Crescent Water, ca. 1875.

Monument to Clelia and Frank Solito, ca. 1875. (Lot 17728, Sec. 189)

The Firemen's Monument, ca. 1875. Erected by a committee of volunteer firemen of New York City, the Firemen's Monument memorializes two firemen, Engineer George Kerr (1816-1848) and Assistant Foremen Henry Fargis (-1848), who died fighting a fire on April 2, 1848. The monument, rich in fire-related symbolism, was sculpted by Robert E. Launitz. Standing almost 24 feet high, the monument is topped with a statue of a fireman, wearing a hero’s laurel wreath, saving a child. It is adorned with the coat of arms of New York City, hydrants, hoses, speaking trumpets, hats, down-turned firemen's parade torches, hooks, and ladders. (Lots 2413-2420, Sec. 2)

Mausoleum of Isaac Newton Phelps (1802-1888), ca. 1865. (Lot 6576, Sec. 9)

"Lot of the Thorne and Donaldson family, ca. 1874. (Lot 7959, Sec.26)"

Mausoleum of Cornelius Kingsland Garrison (1809-1885), ca. 1875. The Garrison mausoleum is one of the largest and most elaborate tombs at Green-Wood. It was designed by architect Griffith Thomas (who is interred at Green-Wood) in the Moorish Revival style, and constructed in the early 1870s. The elaborate stone fence seen in these early photographs has since been removed. (Lot 13628, Sec. 28)

Monument to Lemuel Smith, ca. 1870. (Lot 6589, Sec. 25)

Monument to Samuel Finely Breese Morse (1791-1872), ca. 1875. Samuel F. B. Morse, perhaps best known for the invention of the telegraph and development of Morse Code, was also a leading painter, serving as the first president of the National Academy of Design. After Morse's wife fell ill and died before he could reach her, Morse turned his attention to developing a faster means of communication - what would become the electromagnetic telegraph—the first practical system for communicating faster than a person could carry a note. Morse's monument at Green-Wood stands prominently atop a hill overlooking Crescent Water. (Lot 5761, Sec. 25/32)

"Lot of the Thorne and Donaldson family, ca. 1875. (Lot 7959, Sec.26)"

Firemen's Monument, ca. 1870.

Mausoleum of William Niblo (1789-1875), opposite Crescent Water, ca. 1880.

In the middle of the 20th century, Wigorot Lundin began making prints of the New York Transit Authority's survey negative. Taken in the 1910s and 20s, the photos show a city in transition, expanding with the advent of new technology. Lundin's Brooklyn sheds light on disparate parts of a borough, some bustling with modernity, while others border on the agrarian.

Intersection of 40th Street and Fort Hamilton Parkway, looking north, December 15, 1913. This survey photograph was taken prior to construction of the elevated BMT West End Line. The trees seen in the distance at center are in nearby Green-Wood Cemetery. The masonry building at left (979 40th Street) and still stands. The wood-frame building at right with the turret has unfortunately been replaced by a single store brick structure. The street is now shadowed by the elevated train tracks above. Notice the shadow of photographer G.W. Pullis and his camera at the bottom of the frame.

View of mausoleums along Crescent Water, ca. 1865. Several monumental mausoleums stand along Crescent Avenue, overlooking the glacial pond Crescent Water. Pictured here are the mausoleums of the Groesbeck and Ferris families.

Monument to Fire Chief Harry Howard (1822-1896), ca. 1875. An orphan, Harry Howard worked his way up in New York City's Volunteer Fire Department, serving as runner, fireman, foreman, assistant engineer, and finally, in 1857, head of the department. Soon after assuming leadership, Howard was struck down by paralysis while responding to a fire. Though he survived, he never fully recovered. Harry Howard dedicated his monument to "My Foster Mother" who adopted and raised him after she was saved from a burning building. The ornate cast iron fence that surrounded Howard's lot is no longer there. (Lot 9823, Sec. 2)

View of Crescent Water and the mausoleum of William Niblo, ca. 1865.

Mausoleum of Cornelius Kingsland Garrison (1809-1885), ca. 1865.

Mausoleum of William Niblo (1789-1875), opposite Crescent Water, ca. 1870. Nineteenth Century impresario William Niblo was the proprietor of the fashionable Niblo's Garden, a theatre that featured sensational entertainment from acrobats to vaudeville to opera. An entertainer in all aspects of his life, Niblo was known to host picnics for friends in front of his spectacular white marble mausoleum, which dates to the 1850's. He even stocked Crescent Water with goldfish to entertain his guests! (Lot 6618, Sec. 26)

View of Crescent Water, with visitors lounging across from the mausoleum of William Niblo (1789-1875), ca. 1865. As a precursor to New York City's parks, visitors to Green-Wood in the mid-nineteenth century would come not only to visit those memorialized in the cemetery, but also to picnic, take in the natural beauty of the landscape, and view sculpture by renowned artists.

Mausoleums of the Groesbeck family and the Ferris family, along Dale Avenue, opposite Crescent Water, ca 1865. (Lots 7998, 7731, Sec. 27)

View of Green-Wood grounds workers along Dale Avenue, ca. 1865. Misidentified by the publisher of this view as "Grave Diggers," these men were likely grounds workers who maintained the landscape of the cemetery. They are shown here standing in front of the Hilton family lot, alongside a portion of Dale Avenue that has since been removed. (Lot 11626, Sec. 8)

Monument to the Horsington family, located along Orchard Avenue, ca. 1860. (Lot 3868, Sec. 2)

View across Dell Water, showing Dell Path and several hillside mausoleums, ca. 1875.

Monument to Sarah R. Graham (d. 1850), ca. 1880. (Lot 12783, Sec. 27)

Monument to James McMunn, ca. 1880. (Lot 22100, Sec. 186)

View of Crescent Water, looking down Vale Avenue from Dale Avenue, ca. 1875.

View in Green-Wood, ca. 1865.