New York City, United States of America
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Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Harbour Towns: plans, panoramas, views and comparative elevations, 1832-1840, c.1914
Item
Identifier: Coll-1167/A/5/15
Scope and Contents
Set of 8 prints showing plans of towns with panoramas, views and comparative elevations of principal buildings to same scale. All published for the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. Top row, left to right: 1. Liverpool, 2. New York, 3. Genoa, 4. Lisbon. Second row, left to right, 5. Marseilles, 6. Naples., 7. Bordeaux, 8. Copenhagen.
Dates:
c.1914
New York, c.1832, c.1914
piece
Identifier: Coll-1167/A/5/15/b
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Set of 8 prints showing plans of towns with panoramas, views and comparative elevations of principal buildings to same scale. All published for the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. Top row, left to right: 1. Liverpool, 2. New York, 3. Genoa, 4. Lisbon. Second row, left to right, 5. Marseilles, 6. Naples., 7. Bordeaux, 8. Copenhagen.
Dates:
c.1914
Notebook No.90, 13 August 1841-23 August 1841
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 4: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/90
Scope and Contents
This tan leather notebook contains Charles Lyell's notes from his North American tour of New York, including New York City, Albany, Syracuse, Rochester. Notes are predominantly pencil, some ink, a mixture of field notes and travel notes. The index is located at the back of the notebook, both covers are unmarked. The following table of contents is Lyell's own words, copied from Lyell's own "Index", found at the beginning and end of the notebook,...
Dates:
13 August 1841-23 August 1841
Notebook No.93, September 1841- October 1841
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 4: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/93
Scope and Contents
This notebook contains notes by Charles Lyell from his travels in Albany, New Jersey, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Notes are mostly pencil, occasional ink. Covers are both blank, indexes are located in the back of the notebook. The following table of contents is Lyell's own words, copied from Lyell's own "Index", found at the beginning and end of the notebook, transcribed from digital surrogates using the platform Transkribus. When known,...
Dates:
September 1841- October 1841
Plan of New York, 1840
Item
Identifier: Coll-1167/A/5/16
Scope and Contents
Plan of New York in 1840, this plan of New York details the area below 42nd Street, with the white blocks indicating future development. The two inset views illustrate Broadway and City Hall, and the map details of Brooklyn, Williamsburg, and Jersey City suggest a regional network bound by the waterfront economy, with views of Broadway from the Park and City Hall. Example of the gridiron layout.
Dates:
1840