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Source Description
Also shows ward boundaries and major landowners.
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Document identity
localId
cj82m801m
label
Map of the city of Providence, Rhode Island
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
cj82m801m
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Map of the city of Providence, Rhode Island
description
Also shows ward boundaries and major landowners.
date
["1857"]
year
1857
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_010578
creators
Walling, Henry Francis, 1825-1888
Baker, F. A.
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Urban Maps
Boston and New England Maps
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Landowners--Rhode Island--Providence--Maps
Real property--Rhode Island--Providence--Maps
Providence (R.I.)--Maps
subjectsGeographic
North and Central America
Providence
Providence (county)
Rhode Island
United States
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
United States
state
Rhode Island
county
Providence
city
Providence
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
Providence, R.I.
publisher
F.A. Baker
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
9s1621613
schema:latitude
41.8167
schema:longitude
-71.4
extent
1 map : col., dissected and mounted on linen ; 138 x 148 cm.
notes
Also shows ward boundaries and major landowners.
Includes concentric circles "drawn in half miles from the center of Weybosset Bridge."
Ill. of buildings in upper and lower margins: New Custom House, Post Office and U.S. court rooms -- Brown University -- Providence Institution for Savings -- Butler Hospital for the Insane -- First Baptist Meeting House -- Grace Church -- General railroad passenger station -- Central Congregational Church -- Providence Athenaeum -- Central Baptist Church.
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no
dcId
cj82m801m
type
map
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
e2010fb7a3300823