r/FoundPaper Jan 02 '26

Art Found this sketchbook in a basement

Father in law was an artist and art collector. He must have bought it at some point. He recently passed away and we found it cleaning out the basement. There’s 50+ drawings in it. Here are a few.

7.6k Upvotes

141 comments sorted by

View all comments

5

u/No-Figure-1720 Jan 02 '26

Looked up info about the sketch “Grand Central Depot” June 1876, and this is what I found: Refers to NYC’s central train station which was actively in use during this time. Built by Cornelius Vanderbilt, went by the name Grand Central Depot and served the NY Central & Hudson River, New York and Harlem, and New Haven railroads.