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Arnold Arboretum’s design was the result of a collaboration between Frederick Law Olmsted and amateur horticulturalist Charles Sargent. Situated on the former site of the Bussey family farm, the Arboretum was established in 1872 with the bequest of James Arnold, a New Bedford whaling merchant. In 1882, Harvard and the City of Boston reached a unique arrangement: Harvard transferred the Arboretum’s land to the City as part of its public park system; in turn, the City leases the property to Harvard for a thousand years, leaving control of the collections with Arboretum staff. Created in 1900, this map shows the locations of trees, shrubs, and pathways designed by Olmsted, which remain largely unchanged to this day.
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Document identity
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9s161f59c
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Map of Arnold Arboretum showing location of the trees and shrubs
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map
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1
Source metadata
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9s161f59c
contentType
map
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normalized
title
Map of Arnold Arboretum showing location of the trees and shrubs
description
Arnold Arboretum’s design was the result of a collaboration between Frederick Law Olmsted and amateur horticulturalist Charles Sargent. Situated on the former site of the Bussey family farm, the Arboretum was established in 1872 with the bequest of James Arnold, a New Bedford whaling merchant. In 1882, Harvard and the City of Boston reached a unique arrangement: Harvard transferred the Arboretum’s land to the City as part of its public park system; in turn, the City leases the property to Harvard for a thousand years, leaving control of the collections with Arboretum staff. Created in 1900, this map shows the locations of trees, shrubs, and pathways designed by Olmsted, which remain largely unchanged to this day.
date
["[1900]"]
year
1900
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_003948
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Arnold Arboretum
Parks--Massachusetts--Boston--Maps
Jamaica Plain (Boston, Mass.)--Maps
Jamaica Plain (Boston, Mass.)
subjectsGeographic
Arnold Arboretum
Boston
Jamaica Plain
Massachusetts
North and Central America
Suffolk (county)
United States
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Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
United States
state
Massachusetts
county
Suffolk
city
Boston
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1
source
import
pubPlace
Boston, Mass
publisher
G.H. Walker & Co.
Source extras
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sf268508b
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41688024w
citySection
Jamaica Plain
schema:latitude
42.3
schema:longitude
-71.1167
extent
1 map : col. ; 47 x 89 cm.
notes
Oriented with north toward the upper right.
Includes index to location of trees.
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no
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9s161f59c
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map
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1
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0
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photo
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