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Charles Eliot was instrumental in the acquisition of the Blue Hills Reservation by the Metropolitan Park Commission in 1893. He believed that the reservation’s “wildness” offered a counterpoint to Boston’s intentionally manicured urban parks, such as the Public Garden. When the fledgling Metropolitan Park Commission acquired the Blue Hills and three other reservations, Park Commissioner Herbert S. Carruth declared, “There will be no attempt made to beautify them. We shall not even own a lawn mower.” This map, created by the Park Commission in 1905, uses hachures to show the “bold” elevation changes that Eliot celebrated for their panoramic views.
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Document identity
localId
js956j402
label
Blue Hills Reservation
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
js956j402
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Blue Hills Reservation
description
Charles Eliot was instrumental in the acquisition of the Blue Hills Reservation by the Metropolitan Park Commission in 1893. He believed that the reservation’s “wildness” offered a counterpoint to Boston’s intentionally manicured urban parks, such as the Public Garden. When the fledgling Metropolitan Park Commission acquired the Blue Hills and three other reservations, Park Commissioner Herbert S. Carruth declared, “There will be no attempt made to beautify them. We shall not even own a lawn mower.” This map, created by the Park Commission in 1905, uses hachures to show the “bold” elevation changes that Eliot celebrated for their panoramic views.
date
["1905"]
year
1905
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_005309
creators
Massachusetts. Metropolitan Park Commission
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Parks--Massachusetts--Milton--Maps
Blue Hills (Mass.)--Maps
Blue Hills Reservation (Mass.)--Maps
subjectsGeographic
Blue Hills Reservation
Massachusetts
Milton
Norfolk (county)
North and Central America
United States
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
United States
state
Massachusetts
county
Norfolk
city
Milton
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
Boston
publisher
C.J. Peters & Son Co.
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
schema:latitude
42.2333
schema:longitude
-71.0833
extent
1 map ; 29 x 48 cm.
notes
Relief shown by hachures.
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no
dcId
js956j402
type
map
Single page context
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1
pageIndex
0
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photo
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3e0cbab935f57b8b