Wood engraving with modern handcoloring, 1889
Image 9 3/16 x 13 9/16" (233 x 343 mm) plus title and margins.
Good condition and color. LOCATION: New York City
Inventory Number: 14459
Price: $90.00
Publisher : Published for Harper's Weekly, New York. May 25, 1889.
Farmers in New York - grew vegetables almost year round. A large hot house can be seen just beyond the planters. The building on the horizon line looks to be The Seventh Regiment Armory. Text on verso tells of the New York farmers before building development replaced the farmland. 18th-19th Century Subjects, New York City - Under $300, Markets and Parks