New York, New York, 1856 – Antique Map Print
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Description
This antique map of New York, New York, 1856 brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
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New York, New York, 1856
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New York City in 1856 was a city of roughly 600,000 people, already the largest in the United States and the country's busiest port. Ships from around the world docked along the East River and the Hudson, and the wharves, warehouses and counting houses of lower Manhattan handled much of the nation's cotton, grain and imported dry goods. The city had only recently been drawn into a grid of streets above Houston Street, and the Croton Aqueduct, completed in 1842, still supplied its water. Politics was loud and factional, with Tammany Hall, the Know-Nothing movement and fierce newspaper rivalries shaping city life, while the Crystal Palace exhibition of 1853 had already shown New Yorkers how far their city had come.
| Created / published | 1856 |
|---|---|
| Notes | Bird's-eye view map. |
| Subjects | Panoramic maps--New York |
| Original scan | 9,420 × 7,702 px · prints to 31 × 26 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | NY New York 1856 |
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