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Source Description
Covers Manhattan below 132nd Street, Brooklyn north of Union Street and west of Fifth or Union Avenues, and part of western Queens, all in New York (N.Y.); also covers Jersey City and Hoboken in New Jersey.
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Document identity
localId
4m90f3383
label
New York City map
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
4m90f3383
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
New York City map
description
Covers Manhattan below 132nd Street, Brooklyn north of Union Street and west of Fifth or Union Avenues, and part of western Queens, all in New York (N.Y.); also covers Jersey City and Hoboken in New Jersey.
date
["1857"]
year
1857
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_010788
creators
Phelps, Humphrey, active 19th century
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Urban Maps
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Railroads--New York (State)--New York--Maps
Fire protection districts--New York (State)--New York--Maps
Ferries--New York (State)--New York--Maps
Piers--New York (State)--New York--Maps
New York (N.Y.)--Administrative and political divisions--Maps
Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)--Maps
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--Maps
Jersey City (N.J.)--Maps
Hoboken (N.J.)--Maps
subjectsGeographic
Brooklyn (borough)
Hoboken
Hudson (county)
Jersey City
Manhattan
New Jersey
New York
North and Central America
United States
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
United States
state
New York
city
New York
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
New York
publisher
Humphrey Phelps
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
9s1621613
citySection
Brooklyn (borough)
schema:latitude
40.6833
schema:longitude
-73.9667
extent
1 map : col. ; 38 x 68 cm.
notes
Covers Manhattan below 132nd Street, Brooklyn north of Union Street and west of Fifth or Union Avenues, and part of western Queens, all in New York (N.Y.); also covers Jersey City and Hoboken in New Jersey.
"Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1857, by Humphrey Phelps ..."
Includes street indexes for Manhattan and Brooklyn.
Shows wards, fire districts, and railroads.
hasTranscription
no
dcId
4m90f3383
type
map
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
deb2d4db53e1f8b7