The Old Print Shop

Market Gardening, Uptown New York.

  • ARTIST: W. Rogers

  • PUBLISHER: Published for Harper's Weekly, New York. May 25, 1889.

  • MEDIUM: Wood engraving with modern handcoloring,

    DATE: 1889

  • EDITION SIZE: Image 9 3/16 x 13 9/16" (233 x 343 mm) plus title and margins.

  • DESCRIPTION: 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.

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  • CONDITION: Good condition and color.

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