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Auction 157, Lot 308

"Map of the City of New York with Index",

Subject: New York City, New York

Period: 1890 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Printed Color

Size:
6.5 x 22 inches
16.5 x 55.9 cm
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This informative map runs the length of Manhattan. The streets are presented in an easy-to-follow grid layout, and parks, squares, railways, ferry routes, canals, bays, and more are identified. An index at right lists 147 important sites in the following categories: Hotels, Prominent Institutions an Buildings, Churches, Places of Amusement, and Additional Hotels. As the watermark indicates, this was printed by Crane & Co., based in Dalton, Massachusetts, circa 1890.

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Condition: A+

Issued folding on watermarked paper with a binding trim in the upper blank margin.

Estimate: $100 - $130

Sold for: $140

Closed on 5/4/2016

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