Thomas Benecke
1. Sleighing in New York.
Published by Emil Seitz, 413 Broadway, New York. Two-color lithograph with handcoloring, 1855. Composed & lith. by Th. Benecke. Printed by Nagel & Lewis, 122 Fulton St. N.Y.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1855 by L. Nagel. Image size 21 1/2 x 30 3/8” (54.6 x 77.2 cm). Very good condition and color. #28495-4 $7,500.00
This is the first printing with title. It was reprinted later c.1900 without title. A wonderful image of the winter traffic on Broadway in lower Manhattan. P. T. Barnum’s American Museum can be seen in the background.
George Romney and John Raphael Smith
2. Joseph Tayadaneega called the Brant, the Great Captain of the Six Nations. Pub. 10th Feby. 1779 by H. Humphrey. No. 18 New Bond Street. (London) Mezzotint, 1779. Mezzotint portrait engraved by John Raphael Smith after the painting by George Romney. Plate size 19 3/4 x 13 7/8” (50 x 35.2 cm). Good condition. Several short tears, one in lower margin to the plate line, two in right margin, one just into image 1/8-inch. #101911-1 $22,500.00
Joseph Brant (Mohawk name, Thayendanegea), (1743-1807), was born along the Cuyahoga River in 1743. His parents were part of the Mohawk Tribe from New York but traveled to the Ohio territory to hunt in the Mohawk and Iroquois lands where Brant grew up, he became a polyglot, a war chief, and a diplomat. He was educated at Wheelocks School in Connecticut. This school was originally created for the education of Native Americans. Later the school moved to New Hampshire and was renamed Dartmouth College.
After completing his education, he worked with Sir William Johnson during the French and Indian War. In 1775, after the Battles at Lexington and Concord, the Six Nations met to discuss their role in the War for Independence. While many advocated for neutrality, almost prophetically, Brant predicted that independence for the colonists meant that the natives across the North American continent would lose their land. Brant’s argument, along with Johnson’s influence, succeeded in convincing four of the Six Nations (Mohawks, Onondagas, Cayugas, and Senecas ) to fight for the British cause. Throughout 1777 and 1778, Brant’s forces became exclusively involved in the Mohawk Valley. Brant’s army participated at the Battle of Oriskany in attacks on Cobleskill and in raids on German Flatts.
When the War for Independence ended in 1783, the Treaty of Paris did not acknowledge the Six Nations, or any indigenous groups independence. The British had failed to acknowledge the promise of protection of the indigenous lands which prompted many native tribes to join its cause. The rest of Brant’s life was spent negotiating with American, French, Canadian, and British authorities in an attempt to establish a place for the Native Americans to live.
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VOLUME LXXXIV • Robert K. Newman, Editor • NUMBER 3
HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND THE BEST FOR THE COMING YEAR TO ALL.
The Old Print Shop, Inc., has been publishing Portfolio for 84 years. We plan on continuing the tradition of a printed catalogue for years to come. There is no question a lot has changed over the years – the change in value is staggering. In Volume 1 of The Birds of America, the Audubon/Havell Wild Turkey, was priced $600. Today, it is $70,000. The large map by Bernard Ratzer, Plan of the City of New York, was priced $345. Today, it is $280,000. In contemporary times the computer and internet era have caused a great change as well. Thirty years ago few people had home computers. Today, it is smartphones, tablets, and social media. For businesses that translates to online promotions/advertising and an avalanche of emails rather than printed catalogues and telephone calls. This is a huge change for the traditional brick-and-mortar art gallery.
Printed catalogues such as our Portfolio are all but gone. Very few galleries are issuing printed catalogues, and most auction houses do not issue catalogues for their sales. The Old Print Shop will continue issuing Portfolio as a printed catalogue; however, we are also issuing digital only catalogues that are avalable on Issuu as a flip book. Currently we have twenty-eight past issues of Portfolio available on Issuu. If you want to see these issues, Google “Issuu The Old Print Shop.” We are generally the top link. You can follow us and will be notified when a new issue of Portfolio is put online.
The shop has had a website since 1999 and is constantly adding new material. If you are interested in American art, I recommend you bookmark www.oldprintshop.com and visit at least once a month. There is a section for Recent Additions and the inventory can be searched by the search bar or casually browsing via the Collections link on the page.
3. Consecrated to the Memory of Gen. Alexander Hamilton No publisher or artist noted. Stipple and line engraving, undated, c.1805. J. Scoles, Sculpt. “Gen. Hamilton Departed this life July 12th, 1804.” A very rare memorial. Image size 13 1/2 x 18” (34.5 x 45.7 cm). Good condition, save for an occasional fox mark. Printed in brown ink on chine-colle. #93789-2 $18,000.00
The female figures on either side of the Hamilton monument are Liberty on the left and Columbia on the right. Liberty is holding a liberty pole and Columbia is holding the American Flag.
Asher B. Durand (1796 – 1886).
4. The Capture of Major Andre. New York, Published by J. M. Emerson & Co. 406 Broadway for the American Art Union. Engraving, 1846. Painted by A. B. Durand. Figures engd. by Alfred Jones. Landscape engd. by Smillie & Hinshelwood. Image size 13 1/8 x 17 7/8” (33.4 x 45.4 cm). Good condition. Black and white. #9528-3 $3,200.00
Major John Andre, a British officer, was on his way to the British front with detailed plans of the West Point forts which Benedict Arnold had supplied. His capture near Tarrytown, New York, was a major turning point in the American Revolution.
James B. Dennis (1778-1855).
5. The Battle of Queenston, Octr. 13th 1813. . . .
London: Pubd. April 12th, 1836 for I. W. Laird’s Martial Achievements, at 1 Leadenhall St. Aquatint and line engraving, 1836. Drawn by Major Dennis; Engraved by T. Sutherland. Image 12 7/8 x 19 1/2” (32.8 x 49.3 cm). Good condition. Original handcoloring. #93824-1 $7,750.00
American forces are shown crossing the Niagara River and attacking the British forces. One of the most famous land battles of the War of 1812.
6. Desperate Encounter between the Ericsson Battery “Monitor” 2 Guns, and the “Merrimac” 12 Guns. : In Hampton Roads, March 9th 1862. . . .
Published by W. Schaus, 749 Broadway, N.Y. Three-color lithograph, 1862. Lith. of Shearman & Hart, 99 Fulton St., N.Y. Image size 13 1/8 x 19 3/4” (32.8 x 50.5 cm). Good condition and color. #77921-1 $2,500.00
This was the first battle between ironclad warships.
John W. Hill (1812-1879).
7. Buffalo.
Published by Smith Bros. & Co. 225 Fulton St. N.Y. Lithograph, 1853. Drawn on stone by J. H. Colen, after a watercolor by J. W. Hill. Printed by F. Michelin & Shattuck N.Y. Image size 24 x 39” (60.9 x 99 cm). Good condition, save for some minor soiling in the margins. #84068-1 $9,500.00
In 1853 this was the largest view produced of the city and is very detailed, especially as far as inland shipping is concerned. A combination of canal boats are shown along with steam boats and sailing vessels that served all of the Great Lakes.
Lewis Bradley (active 1832-1873).
8. Syracuse, N.Y.
Published by Smith Bros. & Co. 225 Fulton St. N.Y. Two-color lithograph with handcoloring, undated c1852. Lewis Bradley del. On stone by D. W. Moody. Image size 21 1/4 x 35 9/16” (54 x 90.4 cm). Fair condition, good color. A brilliant impression, a tear in right margin 8 inches into color, small tear in title margin, backed on Japan paper. #58134-1 $12,500.00
Edwin Whitefield (1816-1892).
9. View of Baltimore, Md. From Federal Hill
Published by E. Whitefield. Three-stone lithograph, 1847. “Drawn from nature and engraved” by Edwin Whitefield. Printed by F. Michelin, 111 Nassau St. N.Y. Image size 21 5/16 x 39 1/2” (54.8 x 99.9 cm). Fair condition with original printed color. Several vertical creases with splitting, along with several tears, all skillfully repaired, backed on Japan paper. #4067-1 $8,950.00. A rare and important view of Baltimore.
John W. Hill (1812-1879).
10. View of Richmond, VA.
Lith. & Published by Smith Brothers & Co. Multi-stone lithograph, 1853. J. W. Hill, del. Drawn on stone by Fanny Palmer. Image size 20 1/2 x 37 1/4” (52 x 94.5 cm). Fair to good condition. Several tears within the image. Professionally conserved. #67651-2 $12,500.00
Important and rare view or Richmond from Manchester on the south side of the James River.
Frederick Mershimer (b.1958). 11. Niagara.
Mezzotint, 2021. Signed, titled, and dated in pencil. Inscribed “5/45.” Edition 45 + 7 Artist proofs. Image size 37 7/8 x 27 3/4” (96.2 x 70.4 cm). Very good condition. #99286-2 $2,500.00
Niagara Falls is an American wonder and is young in comparison to other great waterfalls. It was created some 12,000 years ago as the North American ice sheet receded. The falls drain into the Great Lakes at Lake Ontario. It then also drains into the St. Lawrence River which flows into the Atlantic Ocean. Today, 50-75% of the water, depending on the season, is diverted for hydroelectric power by the Canadians and Americans. This has slowed the westward movement of the falls.
There is little question that the falls were discovered first by Native Americans living in the area, and then by a Franciscan missionary, Father Louis Hennepin, in 1678 who wrote about the majesty of the falls. For hundreds of years, it has attracted artists to record its natural beauty.
Hippolyte Sebron (1801-1879).
12. Les Chutes du Niagara, Le Fer a Cheval; Niagara Falls, The Horse Shoe. Drawn by H. Sebron. Published by William Schaus-Goupil & Co. Engraved by Salathe. Handcolored aquatint engraving, 1852. Image size 24 1/2 x 37 1/4” (59.4 x 94.7 cm). Good condition, save for scattered foxing. Full original color. #2998-3 $7,000.00
Beautiful large panoramic views of the falls.
Hippolyte Sebron (1801-1879).
13. Les Chutes du Niagara, Vue Generale; Niagara Falls, General View. Drawn by H. Sebron. Published by William Schaus-Goupil & Co. Engraved by Salathe. Handcolored aquatint engraving, 1852. Engraved by Salathe. Image size 23 3/8 x 36 7/8” (59.2 x 93.8 cm). Good condition, save for the tears in the outer margins. Full original color. #2999-2 $7,000.00.
J. F. W. Des Barres (c1729-1827).
14. A View of the Town & Harbour of Halifax, from Dartmouth Shore. Published by J. F. W. Des Barres, London. Handcolored aquatint and line engraving. undated, c.1781. Image size 14 3/4 x 22 1/4” (37.4 x 56.5 cm). Good condition. Fine original handcoloring. #89004-1 $9,750.00.
A rare view of the strategic Port of Halifax from the Atlantic Neptune by Captain Joseph Frederick Wallet Des Barres. This work is one of the finest large-scale sea atlases ever produced and was used extensively by the Royal Navy during the American Revolution.
George Heriot (1759-1839).
15. View of the City of Quebec, taken from the North Banks of the Saint Charles. Drawn by George Heriot, engraved by J. C. Stadler. London, Published June 4th 1805, (for the Proprietor at Quebec.) by E. Walker, No. 7, Cornhill. Aquatint engraving, 1805. Image size 12 5/16 x 19 1/2” (31.3 x 49.6 cm). Good condition, save for some minor time toning in the margins. #92610-1 $3,800.00
George Heriot was the Post Master General for British America. He produced many views of Canada and wrote several books including The History of Canada from Its First Discovery (1804) and Travels through the Canadas (1807).
16. Vue Generale de la Havane - Vista General de la Habana. [Havana, Cuba]
Paris L. Turgis Jne. Impr. Editeur, r. des Ecoles, 60 - Maison a New-York. Three-color lithograph, handcolored, undated, c.1850. Drawn on stone by Deroy. Under the heading Ports de Mer d’Amerique, this is one of a large group of views produced by this venerable French print publisher. A wonderful view of the city. Image size 12 1/4 x 18 7/8” (31.2 x 47.9 cm). Good condition, save for some faint foxing in the outer margins. Wonderful original handcoloring. #80476-1 $2,750.00
Jospeh B. Kidd (1806-1889).
17. City of Kingston. From the Commercial Rooms. Looking Towards the North. : Plate 18.
Published by Smith, Elder & Co. in London and James Wallace & Co. in Kingston. Lithograph handcolored, c.1838. From Nature & on Stone, by J. B. Kidd, S. A. W. Clerk. Lithog 202 High Holborn, London. Image size 11 3/4 x 19 5/8” (29.9 x 50 cm). Fair condition and color with several tears in the margin, one into color. All skillfully repaired. Backed on Japan. #70133-1 $4,500.00
Winslow Homer (1836-1910).
18. Mending the Tears.
Drawn and etched by Winslow Homer. Etching, 1888. Signed in pencil “Winslow Homer, N.A.” lower left above etched remarque of an anchor. Etched above image top left - Copyright 1888 by Winslow Homer N.Y. - top right G. W. H. Ritchie Imp. Printed on Japan paper. Edition unknown. Image size 15 1/4 x 21 1/2” (38.8 x 54.5 cm). Very good condition. #15902-6 $57,000.00
Winslow Homer (1836-1910).
19. Snap the Whip.
Drawn by Winslow Homer. Published in Harper’s Weekly. Wood engraving, 1873. Image 13 9/16 x 20 11/16” (34.4 x 52.4 cm). Good condition, save for two opposing tears in the upper corners. Skillfully repaired. #9531-15 $1,500.00
Generally considered to be Homer’s finest wood engraving. “Neither critics nor those who value fine work can ignore the wood engravings that Homer produced in 1873 and 1874.” – Barbara Gelman.
Matthew William Peters (1742-1814).
20. The Fortune Teller. (above). The Gamesters. (below).
Painted by M. Peters. The Fortune Teller engraved by J. R. Smith, The Gamesters engraved by W. Ward. Mezzotint engravings, printed in color and finished by hand, 1786. Image size of each 14 7/8 x 17 1/8” (37.7 x 43.5 cm). Both are in good condition, save for some minor overall foxing. The Fortune Teller has a tear in the upper margin, ¾ inch into the image. #82223-1 $5,000.00
Wonderful images that are usually found printed in black and white. These impressions are printed in color and finished by hand, therefore, original color.
MAPS
The Old Print Shop, Inc., is one of the oldest map sellers in the United States publishing its first catalogue dedicated to maps in the late 1930s. The shop specializes in maps of North America but has an extensive inventory of maps of Asia, Europe, and Africa. If you are interested in old maps, visit our map page which has links to our inventory. If you have specific wants that the shop does not have, please let us know. We search out items for collectors all the time.
The Old Print Shop, Inc., web site map page. https://oldprintshop.com/collection/category/21-maps
Joseph Hutchins Colton (1800-1893).
21. Colton’s New Topographical Map of the States of Virginia, Maryland and Delaware, Showing Also Eastern Tennessee & Parts of Other Adjoining States, All the Fortifications, Military Stations, Rail Roads, Common Roads and other Internal Improvements Compiled. Published by J. H. Colton, No. 172 William St. New York. Printed by H. P. Cooper 117 Fulton St. N.Y. Engraving handcolored, 1862-64. Drawn on a scale of twelve miles to the inch. Retains original embossed covers. Image size 27 1/2 x 41 3/8” (70 x 104.5 cm). Good condition, original coloring. #72548-1 $2,500.00
A detailed and quite scarce large-scale, folding-pocket map of Virginia and the neighboring states shown during the Civil War. General map showing state and county boundaries, roads, railroads, fortifications, and place names. Images of ships offshore depict the Union blockade of the coast. Includes population charts for Virginia, Maryland, the District of Columbia, and Delaware.
Carel (Carol) Allard (Allardt) (1648-1709).
22. [Set of five.] World and Continents.
Published by Carel Allard. Copper plate engravings 1696, printed c1700. Paper size of each [images vary slightly] 20 3/4 x 24 1/8” (53 x 61.3 cm). Overall good to very good condition. The map of Europe is missing a small section of the lower right margin. Africa has some damage in the lower centerfold. #100421-1 $29,500.00
A very fine set of maps with outstanding deluxe original handcoloring with gold leaf highlights.
Bernard Ratzer (fl. 1756-1782).
23. To His Excellency Sr. Henry Moore, Bart. Captain General and Governour in Chief in & over the Province of New York & the territories. . . This plan of the City of New York is most humbly inscribed by His Excellency’s most obedient servant, Bernd Ratzen. Surveyed by Bernard Ratzer. Engraved by Thomas Kitchen. Copperplate engraving, 1769. Image size 23 x 34 7/8” (58.5 x 88.7 cm). Good condition, save for a printer’s crease through the reference key below the cartouche. Left margin added. Overall, a very nice impression. #3204-3 $46,500.00
A rare first state of one of the most important eighteenth-century maps of New York City. Based on the surveys from 1766-67.
Andrew Ellicott (1754-1820).
24. Plan of the City of Washington in the Territory of Columbia, ceded by the States of Virginia and Maryland to the United States of America, and by them established as the Seat of their Government, after the Year 1800. Published in London by H. D. Symonds & J. Ridgeway. Copper plate engraving, 1795. Image size 15 5/8 x 20 5/8” (39.8 x 52.4 cm). Good condition, save for some minor splits along fold lines. Black and white. #30438-2 $4,750.00
In July 1790 Congress passed the Residence Act. This Act provided for a national capital and permanent seat of government to be established at a site along the Potomac River and empowered President Washington to appoint commissioners to oversee the project. The original survey of the 100-square-mile diamond shaped “district” was undertaken by Andrew Ellicott and Benjamin Banneker (a free slave). In March of 1791, Major Pierre Charles L’Enfant was appointed to design the capital.
Sebastian Munster 25. Novae Insulae XXVI Nova Tabula. (Americas.)
Published by Sebastian Munster, Basel. Woodcut, 1540, (1545). Second state, the first state issued in the 1540 and 1542. The second state is considered very rare. Image size 10 x 13 3/8” (25.5 x 34.1 cm). Very good condition, save for some minor splitting along the centerfold. #88166-1 $8,000.00
Jodocus Hondius 26. America.
Published by J. Hondius, Amsterdam. Copper engraving, c1606. French issue, 1630 (Phillips, Atlases, #441, #160). Image size 14 3/4 x 19 3/4” (37.3 x 50 cm). Good condition, save repair near the lower centerfold. #10432-1 $5,000.00
Hondius engraved this map for his first edition of Gerard Mercator’s atlas.
CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS AND AMERICAN MASTER PRINTS
The Old Print Shop, Inc., currently represents over 70 living artists who use printmaking as one of their many forms of artistic expressions. We also carry sculptures, paintings, drawings, and watercolors. To see all of our contemporary artists, visit our web site and select Collections then Contemporary Artists or https://oldprintshop.com/collection/category/25-contemporary-artists.
The shop is well known for early twentieth-century American Master Prints by artists such as John Taylor Arms, Frank Benson, Howard Cook, Childe Hassam, Edward Hopper, Martin Lewis, Louis Lozowick, John Sloan, and many others. You can see them all under Collections then 20th Century Artists or https://oldprintshop.com/collection/category/13-20th-century-artists.
William J. Behnken (b. 1943). 27. Enduring Rocks/Fleeting Shadows/Early Spring. Lithograph, 2022. Signed, titled, and dated in pencil. Edition 30. Image size 12 1/2 x 16” (31.7 x 40.5 cm). Very good condition. #99972-2 $850.00
Richard Haas (b. 1936).
28. Favela II. Handcolored etching, 2024. Signed, titled, and dated in pencil. Edition 10. Image size 13 3/4 x 17 3/4” (34.8 x 45.1 cm). Very good condition. #101700-1 $1,800.00
Favela (Portuguese) is an umbrella name for several types of working-class neighborhoods in Brazil.
Peter Milton (b. 1930).
29. Julie at Window. Etching, 1965. Signed, titled, and dated in pencil. Edition 50 + 10 trial proofs. Image size 11 3/4 x 17 1/2” (30 x 44.6 cm). Very good condition. #58161-5 $2,000.00
George Nama (b.1939).
30. Ballet Series - “Firebird.”
Collagraph, serigraph, and stencil, 1978. Signed, titled, and dated in pencil. Inscribed “A/P.” Edition 30. Paper size 30 1/2 x 45 1/2” (77.5 x 115.6 cm). Good condition and color. #100671-1 $3,000.00
George Nama (b.1939).
31. (left) Abstract 20. [Untitled] Mixed media - collage, painting, and drawing. 1958. Signed and dated in pencil within the image. Paper size 8 1/4 x 5 1/4” (20.9 x 13.3 cm). Good condition and color. #101235-1 $2,400.00
George Nama (b.1939).
32. (right) Abstract 13. [Untitled] Mixed media - collage, painting, and drawing. 1958. Signed and dated in pencil within the image. Paper size 8 1/4 x 5 1/4” (20.9 x 13.3 cm). Good condition and color. #101227-1 $2,400.00
Will Barnet (1911-2012).
33. Dialogue in Green. Published by Circle Fine Art, New York. Lithograph printed in color, 1970. Signed and titled in pencil. Printed by Bramson and Georges, Paris. Edition 200. Image size 19 1/2 x 34 1/4” (49.5 x 87 cm). Very good condition. #61294-1 $6,750.00
Alexander Calder (1898-1976).
34. Galactic System. Lithograph, 1974. Signed in pencil. Inscribed “11/125.” Edition 125. Paper size 20 5/8 x 28 5/8” (51.6 x 72.6 cm) Very good condition and color. #99890-1 $12,500.00
Louis Lozowick (1892-1973).
35. Allen Street. (Under the El) Lithograph, 1929. Signed, titled, and dated in pencil. Monogram lower right in the image. Inscribed “16/20.” Edition 20. Image size 7 9/16 x 11 1/4” (19.2 x 28.6 cm). Good condition. #96660-2 SOLD
Stow Wengenroth (1906-1978).
36. New York Nocturne. [Brooklyn, New York.] Lithograph, 1945. Signed in pencil. Edition 85. Image size 9 15/16 x 16 15/16” (25 x 42.5 cm). Very good condition, save for very minor tape stain in the outer edge of the top margin. #3214-5 $12,500.00
Martin Lewis (1880-1962).
37. Quarter of Nine, Saturday’s Children. Drypoint, 1929. The title is derived from the nursery rhyme, Monday’s Child. Signed in pencil. Inscribed “imp.” Edition 100 - recorded impressions 107. Image size 9 7/8 x 12 7/8” (25.2 x 32.6 cm). Very good condition. #1453-5 $37,500.00
The location is Thirty-fourth Street and Park Avenue. The towers of the Seventy-first Regiment Armory can be seen in the background.
Jan Matulka (1890-1972).
38. New York. Lithograph, c.1925. Signed and titled in pencil. Inscribed “to my friend R. Pearson.” Ralph M. Pearson (1883-1958) a noted American artist. Edition 20. Image size 12 1/4 x 17 11/16” (31.1 x 44.9 cm). Good condition, save for an occasional fox mark. This is very likely a proof impression of this rare lithograph. The edges of the stone have not been cleaned. There are ink smudges in the margins at the stone edge. #99313-1 $30,000.00
Henry Sandham (1842-1910).
39. A Base Ball Game. [Proof with portraits]
Printed in Paris and published April 1, 1896 by Boussod Valadon & Co. Successors to Goupil & Co. . . . Goupilgravure (photogravure), 1896. Painted by Henry Sandham in 1894. Copyright 1896 by Boussod Valadon Y Co., successors of Goupil & Co. Image size 38 5/8 x 51 3/4” (98.1 x 131.4 cm). Very good condition. #83345-1 $29,500.00
This image is one of the greatest baseball images produced before 1900. The game represented is the first “Temple Cup,” best of seven, post-season play-off between the best teams in baseball. It was played four times between 1894 and 1897 and is similar to today’s World Series games. However, the American League did not formally exist until 1901, so the Temple Cup games were played between the best teams in the National League. The Temple Cup itself is a thirty-inch high, silver cup that cost $800 to make in 1894. The cup is currently in the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.
The 1894 Temple Cup contest was between the New York Giants and the Baltimore Orioles. The Baltimore Oriole,s with an 89-39 record, were in first place. The New York Giants, with an 88-44 record, were in second place: 3 games behind the Baltimore Orioles. The Baltimore Orioles boasted the best starting lineup with each player batting .300 or better. Unfortunately, for the Baltimore Orioles, the New York Giants swept the series 4 to 0.
The location is the Polo Grounds. Officially, the third Polo Grounds, located between 155th-157th Streets and Eighth Avenue. It was home to the New York Giants from its opening in 1891 until the team moved to San Francisco in 1957, the New York Yankees from 1913-1922, and the New York Mets from 1962-1963. It was also home to the New York Giants football team 1925-1955 and the New York Jets 1960-1963. The stadium was demolished on April 10, 1964.