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(PRESIDENTS.) Grant's temporary tomb, as featured on the ephemeral wrapping paper of a Rhode Island shoe store. Illustrated wrapping paper, 15 3/4 x 14 3/4 inches, headed "The Tomb of General Grant, at Riverside Park, New York: Westerly Boot & Shoe Store"; wrinkled, minor soiling and wear at folds, unevenly torn on bottom edge with loss of imprint line. Westerly, RI, circa 1888
Depicts President Grant's temporary tomb which stood in Riverside Park, NY from his 1885 death until the present grand monument was completed in 1897. Three armed soldiers are shown standing guard over the humble structure. William E. Stockwell operated his boot and shoe store at this address in Westerly, RI from at least 1885 until 1888, but had changed addresses by the time of the 1890 directory.
