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"vi carle. APR 17, 1949 GRAND REPUBLIC'S SKIPPER SIPPED A BIT OF 'AQUA VITAE' timers Gettysburg Painting Perfect Battle Illusion' Shown in County Clerk's Cyclorama Records Editor Old Timers: Do You Ever See Little Girls 'nennle nf Rrnoklvn. whether in; Hotel, doing a little warbling. Immense crowds from th Grand Republic visited the hotel. At the end of the procession came the gentleman with the "County Antrims," the master of the ship Captain Peabody.

The captain, with whom I conversed on several occasions. Attention, Williamsburger. Your letter, headed "Fine-Looking Captain Wore 'County Antrims'" accompanied by a photo of the Grand Republic, does bring back fond recollec Just 'Walking Up and Editor Old Timers: Due to the interest created for the past several weeks by! writers to your page regarding' the cyclorama of the Battle of i picture or history'. General Winfield Scott Hancock was the most prominent hero of the battle of Gettysburg, and when his admirers and no few are not in this Editor Old Timers: lawnings any more on private When I eaze back over mv houses, yet I did not notice 3 tions. was a fine fellow robust, affa- them disappearing.

Untrn 1 1 shoulder at the bright, fast-re About 1910 Louis and Maryible, well-informed, democratic city visit the cyclorama they ceding panorama of childhood Hamhureer conducted a restau- and effervescent with good hu. of the games we used to play, Hamburger conducted a restau nleasant to the anri rrA in hp "or. ds most pieasdn i 10 uie and which children Grand next to will see the imposing figure days, there, are always American flags snapping in the breeze, of General Hancock, mounted on a charger and surrounded They were hung from nearly Gettsburg, 1 once was shown in the City of Brooklyn, I am forwarding to you under separate cover the facts on this historical spectacle as taken from the records In the office of the Kings County Clerk. There have been so many con-flirting statements as to this great painting ft might be well by hl3 staff, in the midst of every house on Fourth of July battle, directing the operations nowadaysrant on -never heard of, it seems. Per-.

unique Theater in Williams-Icnanges between sideburns haps Rmg-a-lieve-o and They were very successful) gentleman" and Mr. Hamburger SsteneVram SofSS' sequent opened a ho-jduring which the skipper would had I endless games oHacks con tel ad'acent t0 Steeplechase sip a small portion of the aqua tinni ng hrnfeh a whnl 'ock on Jamaica Bay. This was itae. tinmng through a whole Sum- tne dock where thGrand Re. Yes, they were very cheerful n.Mni, liU tha linao nf "Thm Lincoln's and Washington's birthdays.

I wonder why so few of the Federal forces. houses display them now. Last The "Fighting Fourteenth," under Col. Edward B. Fowler, takes a prominent part in- the battle scene.

To the west Major Washington's Birthday, ours was the only one on the whole block. But theie are some things niH Daken Rocket." "fond recol. Wheeler, mounted on a white which I am sure have vanished. This is only one of the dear Vt to have the facts regarding it. Von will note among these documents an original "key" to the cyclorama of the Battle of Gettysburg, which recently into my possession and colorful delights which ing the Summer season.

lections present them to view." At that time I made hebdo- KERAN GUILFOYLB. madal visits to the Hamburger 49 Maple Floral Park. charger, Is seen bringing his battery of the Thirteenth New York up into line. These are have disappeared. Sometimes I feel as though those days were Walking on stilts! There was a thrill! Rolling hoops belonged to an earlier age, but we still did it a little.

I think it became too dangerous with the increase In a century ago, yet they were in a few of the incidents which will interest Brooklynites. The portraits of all the officers are perfect, and can easily be the 1900s and well within the memory of people not even old traffic. through Miss Abby R. Welwood of 1209 Bergen Brooklyn, who turned over to our histor-ical division many records of Do you ever see little girls yet. Old 'Bee-Line to Anchor Gin' 'Beginning, Ending' Debated Editor Old Timers: I Balance of the frontage of There has been quite a is- the Supreme Court Building just "walking up and down This was a pastime, a recrea the Early Brooklyn Volunteer tZLLl stoned streets, though they had this graphic and his describe tion in itself.

With arms around almost all been replaced by as torical work of art. One visit each other's waists, we walked phalt. I can smell the tarry odor of the asphalt and feel the ex from one corner of the block to cussion lately by Eagle Old! and the Hall of Records Build citement over the machines will not suffice to study all its interesting and surprising features, and it has undoubtedly never been equaled by any other similar exhibition in the Timers writers and readers in and out of the Hall of Rec Fire Department, of which her father, the late Thomas Welwood, was one of the outstanding officers. As you will see by the accompanying copies, I he cyclorama was located in what was once known as Murphy's Park, named after Henry Murphy, Mayor of Brooklyn and Minister to The Hague. used to roll it flat.

We went to "Old Number 3 and Dr. White, Miss Bliss. Miss Voorhees were names to con ing on this block to tne west side of Court Square, formerly known as Boerum Place, is positively Fulton St. Fulton St, was also known as Fulton Ave. and Brooklyn and Jamaica Turnpike.

The deed to the court house building Schenck to lha world. I Yesterday the management (opened the -cyclorama to hun ords building about "the beginning and ending of Joralemon Street." My research shows that Joralemon St. from Fulton to Henry Sts. was opened In 183.3 jure with indeed. And, oh, kids! we were allowed to get out of the other and back again, chattering about our momentous affairs until mothers began calling us in to supper or to bed.

And then sitting on the stoop! All the families sat out on cushions and, armed with fans, talked across, or visited. Sometimes ice-cream was served. Happy golden days perhaps their charm is due only to the magic touch of one's own vouth. M. W.

school and stand along Bedford dreds of invited guests, who enjoyed the rare treat and were profuse in their praise. This as a oo-toot-wiae street ano Ave. to see the circus parade. No diamond studded mammoth from Henry St. to the water I trust this will serve to clear up the many inquiries we have had regarding this historical painting.

JAMES A. KELLY, Deputy County Clerk and Brooklyn Borough Historian. morning it was formally opened! how in Madison Square Garden to the public, and it will con line on Aug .4, 1842, as a 60-foot street. On the north side of Jorale tinue hereafter daily from evfr had the thriH of that GETTYSBURG REUNION Veterons of "The Blue ond the Gray" greeted each other at the 75th anniversary celebration of the Battle of Gettysburg in Gettysburg, in 1938. Left to right, William D.

Welsh, 100, of Dun-levy, Union veteron; Duront Hatch, 93, of Oklahoma City, and John W. Harris, 90, of Oklahoma City, Confederate veterons. for me! a.m. to 11 p.m. P.

The cyclorama was 50 County of Kings, conveying 141 feet on the south side of the street by 351 feet deep to the north side of Living-ston St. and recorded May 2, 1861, In Liber 552 of conveyances, at page 396, abstract and diagram map, re cites the frontage of this builds ing as being partly on Joralemon St. and partly on Fulton Avenue. mon from Court. St.

to Fulton this entire block is positively Joralemon St. Upon it is feet in height and WO feet in Says Writer'f 'Mistaken' Remember the German bands? And the hurdy-gurdys? "Where are the snows of yesteryear?" In those days if there was going to be a wedding in the Editor Old Timers: Put Your Memory Cap On Editor Old Timers: I was wondering if any of our Old Timers can remember circumference. Note) The docu Attention, Henry A. Perin- just one building, which was occupied to Dec. 31, 1897, as the City Hall by the Mavor of the City of Brooklvn.

Since that chief. family, a gaudily striped awning soldiery. and in the distance hills and mountains rise before the view and are lost in the seemingly perfect horizon. After the wonderment and surprise at the perfection, of the ivhen the apartment houses on appeared on the housefront. Union St.

between Hoys andjstraddling the high stoop, and Smith Stst were built. Ireaching out to the gutter to 1. too remember the blizzard of '88. I think, you are mistaken time this building has been Also the Hyde Map of 1893 mainly occupied by the Presi- shows these streets exactly at ments referred to by Deputy County Clerk Kelly include an advertisement and story on the cyclorama which appeared in the old Brooklvn Citizen on Oct. 16, 1886, when the exhibition was opened to the public I describe them herein.

Addi- when you say that there were dent of the Borough. federate force, aimed at the historic "Copse of Trees," have reached the Second Corps line and have by weight of numbers pushed back the defenders of the stone wall and under the leadership of the intrepid Armistead are surging forward toward the point that is now designated as the 'High Water Mark' of their effort." The "key" also states that To settle an argument was protect the bride and give her there only one apartment (Mul-i privacy. onlv three papers in ax tne On the south side of tiiis tional information is also de. tioon's) in 1922? Now there are We kids saw to It that she work passes away and the spectator studies the scene, the real merits of the cyclorama are Eagle, Standard Union snd Wil about five. (didn't get much privacy for daily showing from 9 a.m.

to 11 p.m. The cyclorama re Thank you for an entertain- way, peeking under the flaps to block on Joralemon St. is lo-scribed in deed Livingston to cated all of the Municipal Build-'strvker. recorded Dec. 28, 1802, ing and slightly more than half-in Liber 7 of conveyances, at of the frontage of the Supreme! page 3ti2.

This location is known Court Building, to the bend in as Section 1, Block 2f6. liamsburg Times. I have a New York Sun dated Feb. 24, 1S62. It was a one-cent paper.

FRED TRICKER. ing page on Sunday. says Ooh! and Ah! when she ap noted. There is a bold conception in the general idea of the painting; the figures are natu mained in Brooklyn until July peared, complete with orange MRS. T.

RE ILLY. fOld Gowanasite.) after being successfully ex 'blossoms. You never see these'218 Jericho Turnpike. Mineola.the street and curb line JACK SPIEGEL. hibited in Boston, New York and other cities the cyclorama ral and unrestrained; the grouping is perfect; there is an absence of painful impression that the artist has used a yardstick in giving so much space to the was "premanently located" at Gettysburg.

(1886 Cyclorama 8 tor') The Brooklyn Citizen story which was headed, "Battle of uettysourg. A vivid and His torical Portrayal of the Famous Struggle," follows: portrayal of any particular lnci dent or scene; there Is a rugged nes about the work that makes it all the more natural and lifelike, and even the smallest details have been attended to with such evident care that nothing is wanting in the entire exhibition. Artist Philippoteaux has been careful to get his information from the most reliable sources. To the student one of the 1, 1887. The original "key." which Mr.

Kelly speaks of, has a photographic copy of the great war painting, which depicts the drama of Pickett's charge at 4 p.m. on July 3, 18C3. The cause of the Confederacy was lost when Pickett led his gallant hut futile charge, and it was at Gettysburg four months later that Abraham Lincoln delivered his immortal address. The "key" highlights 58 points of Interest or action: for example, the crest of Little Round Top, where Generals Weed and Vincent were mortally wounded and Colonel P'Routke and Lieutenant Hazlctt were killed on the afternoon of the second day; General Hancock, hero of the battle, and his staff; Lieutenant Gushing falling dead in the arms of Sergeant Fuger, directly in line with the famous trees that most memorable battles of the late Civil War is that fought at Gettysburg on July 1, 2, and 3, JJ For tht 1949 Packard Eight, liO-HP Club StJa-dttwtrd hers Hals 1L jgT I Local taxts, if whit $21), extra, Nrn Prket may vary slightly in adjoining ariathacaus of transportation charges, I 1803. Volumes have been written He has visited the scenes of about this struggle, men have turned pale while reading its the memorable battle and studied the situation.

Therefore ghastly details, and the soldiers his work is exact in every who fought and bled in defense of the Union on the eventful occasion shudder when the mind particular, even to the uniforms and accoutrements used in 18fiS. In standing near the outer rail of the platform inside the reverts back to ihat bloody fight. Few of the veterans alive to building, the spectator becomes day remember more than a part aware that that part of the of the battle, and those who have pored over the pages of ground and trees are real. In fact, one can touch tne parts history for the purpose of gain marked the objective point of the charge; the Trostle buildings where General Sickles lost his leg and where Capt. John Bigelow traded his guns to gain time the second day, and exploding guns in "Angle." Also, for example, the building that unti' the forenoon of ing a knowledge of the struggle will admit after a visit to the new cyclorama of the Battle of used In the construction.

The ground slopes away from the vision into the horizon. It is: impossible with the naked eyes! to see where the canvass begins and the real work ends. Gettysburg, on Joralemon St. opposite the City Hall, that no the third day had been however versatile, could Here the artist's ingenuity is by General Meade as the army, portray the event in all its viv- shown in its highest degree. headquai ters.

The artist has'idness and reality. exercised the "artist's The cyclorama is a master- Everv person who enters i.ie building is aware that the paint in bringing this building to thejpiere of historical painting and foreground neater to the point artist Paul Philippoteaux. one ing reaches up to tne roof, but the work of joining the real parts of the exhibition with the canvass has been so cleverly ac complished that the painting is lost sight of and the illusion of the foremost of French painters, has made the greatest effort of his life in this work. It is not alone the painting that interests the spectator, but the many clever devices used in bringing out the whole general effect serves to make the illusion so perfect that one imagines he is on the battlefield sur of observation than it is on the field, the evident purpose being to show the hospital condition nearly always present about a huilding near the firing line; position where reserve artillery were parked, with ammunition trains farther and Powers' Hill, General Slocum's headquarters. The "key" also state: is so perfect tnat one cannot believe otherwise than that the scene before the eyes stretches far away for miles.

On the Court St. side, or, ac cording to the plan of the work, to the north is seen a hay stack rounded by soldiers and imple- whieh stands in front of a house "This painting is the of war, with miles of of the celebrated French artist Ilandscane in view, and were the much damaged by shot and what an amazing value you get for the money! Come in see it! Paul Philippoteaux. who prior shell. A little to the east there booming of cannon and rounds of musketrv introduced into the Ano ffierV more fo this story! Here's what new Packard owners say about the highway performance of the new, 130-HP Packard Eight, equip, ped with overdrive, Gas-Mileage Report to its execution had established is a tent, open in front, in which is seen a surgeon and his a reputation in the line ofjSCene the Battle of Gettysburg assistants at work amputating the leg of a soldier, who is placed on the table in the center. Part of these figures are real the tent, hay stack, and farmhouse have all the ap rub ma All ON KHONTAGt Of omni kkwtmc not ncua pearances of construction in stead of painting.

Near the rail on the same And Packard value lasts! Of all the Packards built during the last 49 years, over 50 are still in service. Countless Packards have rolled up individual records of more than 400,000 miles. So if you're looking for your biggest dollar value in a car you'll be proud to own "for keeps" see your Packard dealer now. ASK THE MAN WHO OWNS ONI i6 mmsm It 136 0 MMMM1MWWI mud ow side is seen a soldier raising water from a well, which has panoramic paintings, having produced a number, the sub-; jects of which were French battles and also one of Niagara; Falls. Attracted by the possi-; bilities of portraying in like manner the great Battle of Gettysburg, he rame here in J8S2 with letters of introduction to the lale William D.j Holuvvorth and Hon.

W. H. Tipton. A platform was erected nearly midway between the "Copse of Trees" and the pre3-l ent location of General Meade's! equestrian statute (at Gettys- burg) from which photographs and sketches of the complete panorama presented were made. "Philippoteaux returned to Paris and in a specially constructed studio, and with a corps of competent assistants, would seem to be real, even to the veterans who fought on its bloody fields.

It is the nearest approach to reality the artist's! brush and ingenious mind have ever accomplished. The cyclorama pictures the scenes and incidents of the third day of the battle. This has been selected because it was the most noteworthy part of the struggle. The spectator enters through a long winding stairway until the platform, or dias, is reached. This is placed in the center of the building and as the spectator enters upon it a new world rises up.

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