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Source Description
Published with an article in Harper’s Weekly, this view depicts the town from a low to moderate oblique perspective. The street pattern is not drawn and many buildings are generalized. The more prominent ones are identified along the upper and lower margins. Sailing vessels and steamships, the torpedo station, and Fort Adams provide evidence of the community’s maritime and military significance. The town’s growing reputation as a fashionable “watering place” is shown by the identification of several hotels in the central part of the town and the march of summer “cottages” along the Cliff Walk and Ocean Avenue, on the opposite side of the island.
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Document identity
localId
x633fc40j
label
Newport, Rhode Island
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
x633fc40j
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Newport, Rhode Island
description
Published with an article in Harper’s Weekly, this view depicts the town from a low to moderate oblique perspective. The street pattern is not drawn and many buildings are generalized. The more prominent ones are identified along the upper and lower margins. Sailing vessels and steamships, the torpedo station, and Fort Adams provide evidence of the community’s maritime and military significance. The town’s growing reputation as a fashionable “watering place” is shown by the identification of several hotels in the central part of the town and the march of summer “cottages” along the Cliff Walk and Ocean Avenue, on the opposite side of the island.
date
["[1873]"]
year
1873
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_001716
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Urban Maps
Boston and New England Maps
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Newport (R.I.)--Aerial views
subjectsGeographic
Newport
Newport (county)
North and Central America
Rhode Island
United States
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
Still image
country
United States
state
Rhode Island
county
Newport
city
Newport
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
New York
publisher
Harper's
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
9s1621613
schema:latitude
41.4833
schema:longitude
-71.3
extent
1 view ; 24 x 78 cm. + page of text.
notes
Bird's eye view.
Indexed for points of interest.
Includes accompanying text.
hasTranscription
no
dcId
x633fc40j
type
map
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
b952c1e84bd17840