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  • tracingtheirroots: Title: Colton’s Map of New York And the Adjacent Cities Map Maker: Joseph Hutchins Colton Place / Date: New York / 1865 Coloring: Hand Colored Size: 25 x 15.5 inches Description: Detailed map of the City extending north to 87th Street. Shows parks, streets, wards, buildings, rail lines, wharfs, and many other features. Inset shows Harlem. Also shows much of Brooklyn, Hoboken and Jersey City. A nice large format map. Nice detail in Central Park. JH Colton was one of the pre-eminent American map publishing firms in the mid-19th Century. 

    tracingtheirroots:

    Title: Colton’s Map of New York And the Adjacent Cities

    Map Maker: Joseph Hutchins Colton

    Place / Date: New York / 1865

    Coloring: Hand Colored

    Size: 25 x 15.5 inches


    Description:

    Detailed map of the City extending north to 87th Street. Shows parks, streets, wards, buildings, rail lines, wharfs, and many other features. Inset shows Harlem.

    Also shows much of Brooklyn, Hoboken and Jersey City. A nice large format map. Nice detail in Central Park. JH Colton was one of the pre-eminent American map publishing firms in the mid-19th Century. 

    Tagged: New York old drawing map manhattan 1800s old drawing colored history historical

    Posted on October 8, 2011 via Artistic Historical Drawings with 8 notes ()

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