Happy Thanksgiving!
Abundance. Vitality. Progress. This was New York City circa 1848, in a painting that depicts
Manhattan’s downtown
skyline as seen from Brooklyn.
Thanks to the opening of the Erie Canal in 1825, New York City became the Eastern hub
of continental commerce.
This view celebrating the optimism of the day, by an unidentified artist,
is in the collection of the American Folk Art Museum. InfoHappy Thanksgiving!Peggy Roalf