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Daniel Draper

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Artist:
Anton Brandts Subiesky
Dedicated:1936
Location:Belvedere Tower
Description:Tablet on front wall of tower
Materials:Bronze
Dimensions:H: 2'4"
Donor:W.P.A. funds

Inscription

BELVEDERE TOWER / ERECTD IN 1869 AS A LOOKOUT / IT NOW HOUSES THE NEW YORK / METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY / WHICH WAS FOUNDED IN 1868 / BY DR. DANIEL DRAPER WHO / WAS ITS DIRECTOR UNTIL HIS / RETIREMENT IN 1912, AT WHICH / TIME THE OBSERVATORY CAME / UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE / UNITED STATES WEATHER BUREAU. /

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