Seaplane in the Battery illustration "The square towers are screens

"The square towers are screens or shams so far as the structure of the bridge is concerned

The end came abruptly for the Third Avenue El

Some would wonder which side was up in this photograph

crowds lined the shores

Seaplane in the Battery illustration "The square towers are screensCaptain Wolfgang Von Gronau of Germany and three companions set their seaplane down at the Battery in New York after blazing a 4,670 mile trail across the Atlantic by way of the Faroe Islands, Iceland, Greenland and Nova Scotia, spending 47 hours in the air. Von Gronau's 4,670 mile flight proved that airplanes were viable for traveling long distances. He later circumnavigated the globe in his Dornier Wal seaplane, starting and ending in Sylt, Germany.