PUBLISHER: Harper's Weekly, New York.
MEDIUM: Engraving,
DATE: 1873.
EDITION SIZE: Image 17 5/8 x 29 3/4" (45 x 75.5 cm) plus margins, title, and key.
DESCRIPTION: The title continues: "Map of the Metropolis from the Battery to One Hundred and Eighth Street, and parts of Brooklyn, Williamsburg, Greenpoint, Jersey City, and Hoboken. (For Gratuitous Circulation with Harper's Weekly, Number 858, June 7th, 1873)". Churches, public buildings, newspaper offices, hotels, etc. are numbered and identified in the base margin key. Also identified are ferry lines, the Harlem Railroad, the Brooklyn Navy Yard, and the "Proposed Bridge" connecting Brooklyn to lower Manhattan. Central Park was nearing completion,. A fascinating slice of history - Boss Tweed and his Tammany machine had just collapsed, and the city was embarking on its "Gilded Age".
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CONDITION: Good condition save for missing margin at the lower left. Fold out format, with neat creases.
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