AMnewyork.com, recently posted old photos of Central Park dating from 1864. Central Park, which originally opened in 1857, has had quite an interesting past. The pictures capture some of those moments.
Included in the photos are pictures of a camel hitched to a lawn mower in Sheep Meadow, Central Park circa 1869. Ice skaters taking a spin around the 72nd Street lake in Central Park in 1902.
Some of the pictures are totally recognizable, such as a view of the Bethesda Fountain from the top of the terrace steps in 1934. Other pictures, not so much.
To take a step back in time, and to see all of the pictures, click here.