New York City, New York, 1865 – Vintage Map Wall Art
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Description
This rare antique map captures New York City, New York, 1865 in remarkable detail. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
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New York City, New York, 1865
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New York City in 1865 was a city of roughly 800,000 people, crowded onto Manhattan's southern end and pushing steadily north along the grid of streets laid out a few decades earlier. The Civil War had ended only months before, and the port remained the busiest in the country, handling cotton, grain, and immigrants arriving by the thousands each month. Horse-drawn omnibuses and streetcars moved people along Broadway and the avenues, while the Hudson and East River piers were lined with steamships and sailing vessels. Politically, the city was still shaken by the Draft Riots of 1863 and the wartime tensions that followed, and Tammany Hall held considerable sway over city affairs. Central Park, designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, was taking shape in the middle of the island and was already a point of civic pride.
| Created / published | 1865 |
|---|---|
| Notes | Bird's-eye view map. |
| Subjects | Panoramic maps--New York |
| Original scan | 6,080 × 4,432 px · prints to 20 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | NY New York City 1865 |
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