New York, New York, 1877 – Antique Wall Map
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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New York, New York, 1877 comes to life in this antique map, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
Library of Congress record: New York and Brooklyn, with Jersey City and Hoboken water front
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New York, New York, 1877
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New York in 1877 was a crowded port growing toward a million residents, and this bird's-eye view shows Manhattan's street grid stretching north past Central Park. In March, Rutherford B. Hayes took the presidential oath after the disputed election of 1876, ending a contest that had kept New Yorkers watching the returns for months. That summer a railroad strike spread through cities across the Northeast and Midwest, and the city's dependence on rail freight and the piers made the unrest a concern on the docks and in the counting houses. Work on the Brooklyn Bridge, begun in 1869, was still rising over the East River, a reminder that Manhattan's future depended on crossings to its neighbors.
| Created / published | 1877 |
|---|---|
| Creator | currier & ives, parsons & atwater |
| Notes | Bird's-eye view map. |
| Subjects | Panoramic maps--New York |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 11,906 × 8,272 px · prints to 40 × 28 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | New York and Brooklyn, with Jersey City and Hoboken water front |
| Reference | NY New York 1877 |
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