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Source Description
Manuscript map.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
js956j15q
label
[Plan for proposed Charles River Park]
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
js956j15q
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
[Plan for proposed Charles River Park]
description
Manuscript map.
date
["[1885?]"]
year
1885
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_005532
creators
Davenport, Charles
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Urban Maps
Boston and New England Maps
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Boston (Mass.)--Maps, Manuscript
Cambridge (Mass.)--Maps, Manuscript
Charles River (Mass.)--Maps
subjectsGeographic
Cambridge
Charles
Massachusetts
Middlesex (county)
North and Central America
United States
genreBasic
Maps
Manuscripts
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
United States
state
Massachusetts
county
Middlesex
city
Cambridge
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
9s1621613
schema:latitude
42.3667
schema:longitude
-71.1
extent
1 ms. map : col. ; 119 x 197 cm.
notes
Manuscript map.
Title from catalog card.
"The circuit of the park and driveway would be about 5 miles."
Shows table of acreage. Total area is 543 acres.
Distance from State House shown by concentric cirles at half mile intervals.
Map incorrectly labeled map Box 35.
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no
dcId
js956j15q
type
map
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
e8ab6ccc705af4ae