PUBLISHER: Published New York, Prall, Lewis & Co. 76 Nassau Street.
MEDIUM: Engraving,
DATE: c. 1849.
EDITION SIZE: Image size3 1/2 x 3 1/2" (89 x 89 mm). Paper size 7 3/8 x 4 3/8"
DESCRIPTION: From "New York, Past, Present and Future" by E. Porter Belden, Projector of the Model of New York. "F. B Nichols del. W. Wellstood, sc." "... the growing institution had to larger quarters on Washington Heights (west of Fort Washington Avenue at 164th Street, south of the present Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center). The Fiftieth Street building then became the new home of Columbia College when it moved uptown in 1857." - The Columbia Historical Portrait of New York.<br><br> The Deaf and Dumb Asylum was created in hopes of educating those born unable to hear or speak. Educations for such individuals was virtually unheard of in those days and very few school existed for them in the country.
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CONDITION: Overall good condition. Mild spotting.
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