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The NYPL s 1902 Ceremonial Tiffany Trowel arrow The Ceremonial Trowel Courtesy of the NYPL On November 10th, 1902, a prestigious crowd gathered at Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street for the laying of cornerstone for the New York Public Library, a newly-incorporated organization formed from the wealth and literary collections of John Jacob Astor, James Lenox, and Samuel Tilden. Among those in attendance for the historic occasion were Mayor Seth Low, Reverend W.R. Huntington, Catholic Archbishop John Murphy Farley, and John Bigelow, president of the library s board of trustees. Construction had been progressing steadily at the former Croton Reservoir, and the foundations were largely complete. Within a niche carved into the cornerstone, a bronze box was nestled, filled with the day’s newspapers and coins, as well as items documenting the library’s history.

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