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Source Description
Designed by the firm of Olmsted, OImsted, and Eliot, Middlesex Fells was among the four reservations that comprised the original Metropolitan Parks System, along with Beaver Brook, Stony Brook, and the Blue Hills. Charles Eliot used the Fells—which encompassed parts of Malden, Medford, Winchester, Stoneham, and Melrose—to demonstrate the need for a regional park system; no single community could protect the entire reservation. This topographic map illustrates the varied landscape that delighted Eliot, who wrote fondly of the reservation, “Here is a cliff and a cascade, here a pool, pond, or stream, here a surprising glimpse of a fragment of blue ocean...”
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Document identity
localId
8336h2980
label
Middlesex Fells Reservation
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
8336h2980
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Middlesex Fells Reservation
description
Designed by the firm of Olmsted, OImsted, and Eliot, Middlesex Fells was among the four reservations that comprised the original Metropolitan Parks System, along with Beaver Brook, Stony Brook, and the Blue Hills. Charles Eliot used the Fells—which encompassed parts of Malden, Medford, Winchester, Stoneham, and Melrose—to demonstrate the need for a regional park system; no single community could protect the entire reservation. This topographic map illustrates the varied landscape that delighted Eliot, who wrote fondly of the reservation, “Here is a cliff and a cascade, here a pool, pond, or stream, here a surprising glimpse of a fragment of blue ocean...”
date
["[1895]"]
year
1895
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_007547
creators
Massachusetts. Metropolitan Park Commission
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Boston and New England Maps
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Recreation areas--Massachusetts
Middlesex Fells Reservation (Mass.)--Maps
subjectsGeographic
Massachusetts
Middlesex (county)
Middlesex Fells
North and Central America
United States
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
United States
state
Massachusetts
county
Middlesex
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
Boston
publisher
The Commission
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
dn39z223t
schema:latitude
42.4333
schema:longitude
-71.1
extent
1 map : col. ; 39 x 35 cm.
notes
From: Public document No. 48. Report of the Board of Metropolitan Park Commissioners, January 1896.
"Prepared under the direction of Olmsted, Olmsted and Eliot, Landscape Archts, Brookline, 1895. Gordon H. Taylor, Topographer ; Wm. H. Munroe, Draughtsman."
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no
dcId
8336h2980
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map
Single page context
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1
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0
type
photo
mediaId
1e09f14e0da2a35f