Cleopatra's Needle . New York

NYC Central Park Cleopatra's Needle 1880 loading into Steamship “Egypt and its Betrayal” by Elbert E. Farman, 1908. Chapters XIV-XV documents the history of the New York City obelisk from its origins to how it came to rest in Central Park. E. E. Farman was the US Consul at Cairo who secured the obelisk for the United States and New York City Graphic from Page 169, Chapter XV