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| Keywords: 1873 Beers Map of New York City - Geographicus - NYC-beers-1873.jpg A rare example of Fredrick W Beers ™ Map New York City New York Published in 1873 this map depicts New York City to 115th Street and parts of Brooklyn and Queens Features detail to the street level showing individual buildings parks and street names Offers exceptional detail in Central Park and Queens areas generally neglected by earlier maps of the city Blackwood Island Roosevelt Island is beautifully detailed with a Hospital shown at the southern tip of the Island where today we see only a decrepit if glorious ruin Shows the beginning of the Long Island Railroad at Hunter ™s Point and the individual buildings of the Lunatic Asylum on Ward ™s Island Prepared by Beers Comstock Cline out of their office at 36 Vesey Street New York City for inclusion in the first published atlas of Long Island the 1873 issue of Atlas of Long Island New York 1873 undated Size in 22 5 14 object history credit line accession number NYC-beers-1873 <i>Atlas of Long Island New York From Recent Actual Surveys and Records Under the Superintendence of F W Beers </i> 1873 First Edition Geographicus-source PD-art File Map of central portions of the cities of New York and Brooklyn NYPL1527255 tiff Beers maps of Long Island published in 1873 Old maps of Manhattan New York City Old maps showing the West Side Line | ||||
