Subject: New York City, New York
Period: 1909 (dated)
Publication:
Color: Printed Color
Size:
22 x 17.1 inches
55.9 x 43.4 cm
A great chromolithographic bird's-eye view that encompasses the entire area from the Jersey Shore to Huntington Bay. The map presents a wide prospective that locates Manhattan, Brooklyn, The Bronx, Long Island City, Flushing, Jamaica, Queens, Mount Vernon, Greenwich, Mineola, Cold Spring, and more. Manhattan shown connected by the Brooklyn, Manhattan, Williamsburg, and Queensboro Bridges, plus numerous smaller unnamed bridges on the Upper East Side across the Harlem River. This is a colorful pocket map that folds into printed wrappers (3.5 x 7.5") with the title "Bird's Eye View Map of East and North Rivers and Long Island Sound" and a price of 10 cents.
References: Rumsey #5434.001.
Condition: A
A bright example issued folding with a few short separations along the folds. Covers have minor wear and soiling.