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Source Description
Shows street names, parks, railroads, docks, ferries, military facilities, cemeteries, select buildings, and some businesses; one-mile interval bullseye circles centering on City Hall for New York.
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Document identity
localId
jw82df15t
label
Map of New York and vicinity
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
jw82df15t
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Map of New York and vicinity
description
Shows street names, parks, railroads, docks, ferries, military facilities, cemeteries, select buildings, and some businesses; one-mile interval bullseye circles centering on City Hall for New York.
date
["[ca. 1878–1898]"]
year
1878
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_019141
creators
Cram, George Franklin, 1841-1928
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Urban Maps
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
New York (N.Y.)--Maps
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--Maps
Boston (Mass.)--Maps
Streets--New York (State)--New York--Maps
Streets--Massachusetts--Boston--Maps
Parks--New York (State)--New York--Maps
Parks--Massachusetts--Boston--Maps
Railroads--New York (State)--New York--Maps
Railroads--Massachusetts--Boston--Maps
Docks--New York (State)--New York--Maps
Docks--Massachusetts--Boston--Maps
Ferries--New York (State)--New York--Maps
Ferries--Massachusetts--Boston--Maps
Military bases--New York (State)--New York--Maps
Buildings--New York (State)--New York--Maps
Buildings--Massachusetts--Boston--Maps
Business enterprises--New York (State)--New York--Maps
subjectsGeographic
Boston
Massachusetts
New York
North and Central America
Suffolk (county)
United States
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
United States
state
New York
city
New York
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
[Chicago]
publisher
[Geo. F. Cram]
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
9s1621613
schema:latitude
40.7
schema:longitude
-74
extent
3 maps on 1 sheet : both sides, color ; 47 x 31 cm or smaller, on sheet 55 x 37 cm
notes
Shows street names, parks, railroads, docks, ferries, military facilities, cemeteries, select buildings, and some businesses; one-mile interval bullseye circles centering on City Hall for New York.
Includes key to railroad types and list of oceanliner routes; number key to buildings for Boston on verso.
In right margin: 88, 89.
On verso: Map of Brooklyn, 90 -- Boston, 87; text listing "Elevated R.R. Stations," etc.
North oriented toward upper left; on verso, toward upper right.
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no
dcId
jw82df15t
type
map
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1
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0
type
photo
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62ebb5b15d0b38ce