The Third Avenue Railroad Depot

A three-story red-brick depot with arched ground-floor arcades dominates a wide, dusty street. Streetcars on tracks, horse-drawn carriages, and small figures crowd the foreground, while an American flag flies from the roof and a balloon drifts in the sky above.

Look closer: A hot air balloon drifts in the sky above the depot's right side.

Artist

William H. Schenck

Date

ca. 1859–60

Medium

Oil on canvas

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

3811 × 2753 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Edward W. C. Arnold Collection of New York Prints, Maps, and Pictures, Bequest of Edward W. C. Arnold, 1954