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![DINNER [held by] BROADWAY CENTRAL HOTEL [at] "NOS. 667 TO 677 [BROADWAY], OPPOSITE BOND STREET, MIDWAY BETWEEN BATTERY AND CENTRAL PARK, NEW YORK, [NY];" (HOTEL;)](https://cdn6.picryl.com/photo/1900/12/31/dinner-held-by-broadway-central-hotel-at-nos-667-to-677-broadway-opposite-bond-73b475-640.jpg "DINNER [held by] BROADWAY CENTRAL HOTEL [at] \"NOS. 667 TO 677 [BROADWAY], OPPOSITE BOND STREET, MIDWAY BETWEEN BATTERY AND CENTRAL PARK, NEW YORK, [NY];\" (HOTEL;)")
![DINNER [held by] BROADWAY CENTRAL HOTEL [at] "NOS. 667 TO 677 [BROADWAY], OPPOSITE BOND STREET, MIDWAY BETWEEN BATTERY AND CENTRAL PARK, NEW YORK, [NY];" (HOTEL;)](https://cdn6.picryl.com/photo/1900/12/31/dinner-held-by-broadway-central-hotel-at-nos-667-to-677-broadway-opposite-bond-c57bf1-640.jpg "DINNER [held by] BROADWAY CENTRAL HOTEL [at] \"NOS. 667 TO 677 [BROADWAY], OPPOSITE BOND STREET, MIDWAY BETWEEN BATTERY AND CENTRAL PARK, NEW YORK, [NY];\" (HOTEL;)")
![Source of the spring in the Rample [sic] From Central Park Album, 1862](https://cdn6.picryl.com/photo/1892/12/31/source-of-the-spring-in-the-rample-sic-from-central-park-album-1862-4a39ab-640.jpg "Source of the spring in the Rample [sic] From Central Park Album, 1862")
![DINNER [held by] HOTEL MAJESTIC [at] "CENTRAL PARK WEST, 72ND & 71ST STS., NEW YORK, [NY];" (HOTEL;)](https://cdn6.picryl.com/photo/1900/12/31/dinner-held-by-hotel-majestic-at-central-park-west-72nd-and-71st-sts-new-york-d3fb34-640.jpg "DINNER [held by] HOTEL MAJESTIC [at] \"CENTRAL PARK WEST, 72ND & 71ST STS., NEW YORK, [NY];\" (HOTEL;)")
![Map showing transportation facilities. [99th - 155th Streets]](https://cdn6.picryl.com/photo/1910/12/31/map-showing-transportation-facilities-99th-155th-streets-bf91f0-640.jpg "Map showing transportation facilities. [99th - 155th Streets]")
