Washington Statue, Wall Street

Statue of George Washington in Wall Street

ca. 1917

Antique photograph (originally stereograph) of NYC showing the Statue of George Washington and Wall Street, looking east, on Sunday morning. Year: ca. 1917. Publisher: Keystone View Company. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C.

This bronze statue by the sculptor John Quincy Adams Ward, was unveiled in 1883 on the steps of the old Custom House and U.S. Sub-Treasury Building, designated the Federal Hall Memorial National Historic Site, in 1939. This is the site where George Washington was inaugurated as the first President of the U.S.A. in 1789.