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Primary Sources and Picture Books: Manhattan: Mapping the Story of an Island

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The elementary schools of Manhattan

Reference note

Contributor Names: New York (N.Y.). Board of Education. Central Zoning Unit.
Clark, Kenneth Bancroft, 1914-2005.
Turner, Francis A.
Manhattan (New York, N.Y.). Office of the President.
Created / Published: [1960]
Subject Headings: -  Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)--Maps, Manuscript
-  Elementary schools--New York (State)--New York--Maps
-  School districts--New York (State)--New York--Maps
-  United States--New York (State)--New York--Manhattan
-  United States--New York (State)--New York
Notes: -  Shows school locations, nos., and district boundaries.
-  In title area: Date 9/29/60.
-  Title in india ink on rubber-stamped sheet affixed at lower right.
-  Printed at head of title: Office of the President, Borough of Manhattan.
-  From the papers of Kenneth B. Clark in LC Manuscript Division.
-  Oriented with north toward the upper right.
-  Red and india inks, red and blue pencils, and lead pencil on black-and-white printed street base map.
-  Direction arrow and small correction areas printed on cut-out slips affixed to recto.
-  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
-  Copy brittle, torn, fold-lined, missing small sections, taped, and stained.
Repository: Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu
Digital Id: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3804n.ct005928

Central Park, N.Y.

Reference note

Created / Published: [S.l. : s.n., 1860]
Subject Headings: -  Central Park (New York, N.Y.)--Maps
-  United States--New York (State)--Central Park (N.Y.)
Genre: Maps
Notes: -  Perspective map.
-  Pictorical relief.
-  Title supplied by cataloger.
-  Includes various views.
-  Facsimile of A plan of the city of New York from actual survey, 1728, on verso.
-  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Repository: Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu
Digital Id: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3804n.ct002195

Hinrichs' guide map of the Central Park

Reference note

Contributor Names: Hinrichs, Oscar.
Created / Published: New York : Mayer, Merkel & Ottmann, Lithographers, 1875.
Subject Headings: -  Central Park (New York, N.Y.)--Maps
-  Parks--New York (State)--New York--Maps
-  United States--New York (State)--Central Park (New York)
Notes: -  From Hinrichs' Guide to the Central Park, 1875.
-  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Repository: Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu
Digital Id: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3804n.ct001972

Street map, New York City

Reference note

Contributor Names: Diversified Map Corporation.
Created / Published: St. Louis : Diversified Map Corp., c1964.
Subject Headings: -  New York (N.Y.)--Maps
-  New York Region--Maps
-  Long Island (N.Y.)--Maps
-  United States--New York (State)--New York
-  United States--New York (State)--New York Region
-  United States--New York (State)--Long Island
Notes: -  Includes index and inset of lower Manhattan.
-  Index and Metropolitan map of New York City on verso, with inset of Eastern Long Island.
-  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Repository: Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu
Digital Id: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3804n.ct002211r
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3804n.ct002211v

Map of the new subway of greater New York : (Interborrow system)

Reference note

Contributor Names: Manhattan Publishing Company.
Created / Published: New York : Manhattan Publishing Company, 1918.
Subject Headings: -  Subways--New York (State)--New York--Maps
-  United States--New York (State)--New York
Genre: Maps
Notes: -  Folded title.
-  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Repository: Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu
Digital Id: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3804n.ct002192

The Merchants' Association hotel and theater map.

Reference note

Contributor Names: Merchants Association of New York.
Created / Published: New York, 1906.
Subject Headings: -  Hotels--New York (State)--New York--Maps
-  Theaters--New York (State)--New York--Maps
-  Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)--Maps
-  United States--New York (State)--Manhattan (New York)
Genre: Tourist maps
Notes: -  Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.
Repository: Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 dcu
Digital Id: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3804n.ct000729

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from New York, Bronx, Manhattan, New York.

Reference note

Created / Published: Sanborn Map Company, 1903 - 1919 Vol. 5, 1911
Notes: -  1903 - 1919 Vol. 5, 1911.
-  130.
-  Borough of Manhattan.
-  60 skeleton maps. Bound.
Repository: Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA
Digital Id: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3804nm.06116024

Hammond's subway system map of New York City (Manhattan and The Bronx) : showing all subways in separate colors, also ... index of streets and avenues.

Reference note

Contributor Names: C.S. Hammond & Company.
New York (N.Y.). Board of Estimate and Apportionment.
Created / Published: New York : C.S. Hammond & Company Inc., engravers-printers-publishers, [1921?]
Subject Headings: -  Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)--Maps
-  Bronx (New York, N.Y.)--Maps
-  Lower Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)--Maps
-  Subways--New York (State)--New York--Maps
-  Subways--New York Metropolitan Area--Maps
-  Railroads, Elevated--New York (State)--New York--Maps
-  United States--New York (State)--New York--Manhattan
-  United States--New York (State)--New York--Bronx
-  United States--New York (State)--New York--Lower Manhattan
-  United States--New York (State)--New York
-  United States--New York (State)--New York Metropolitan Area
Genre: Maps
Notes: -  Title from cover.
-  "Copyright by the City of New York. Copyright by C.S. Hammond & Co."
-  LC copy imperfect: Use-worn, brittle, torn at fold lines, taped, annotated in lead-pencil, rubber-stamped, cover annotated "1921?", cover rubber-stamped.
-  Includes note, "New York City" metro-area inset, and Lower Manhattan inset.
-  Separate street indexes for Manhattan and The Bronx on verso.
-  Text on cover.
-  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Repository: Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu
Digital Id: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3804n.ct008314

[Rapid transit map of Manhattan and adjacent districts of New York City].

Reference note

Contributor Names: Rand McNally and Company.
Created / Published: [New York?] : Rand McNally & Co., c1908.
Subject Headings: -  Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)--Maps
-  Subways--New York (State)--New York--Maps
-  Railroads--New York (State)--New York--Commuting traffic--Maps
-  New York (N.Y.)--Maps
-  United States--New York (State)--New York--Manhattan
-  United States--New York (State)--New York
Notes: -  Covers Manhattan, South Bronx, and small adjacent parts of Queens, Brooklyn, and Jersey City.
-  Shows subways, connecting mainline railroads, and complete street system.
-  "Copyright, 1908, by Rand, McNally & Co."
-  Gift; Charles D. Lothridge; Apr. 1998.
-  LC copy use-worn, missing cover, torn at fold lines, additionally fold-lined.
-  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
-  Acquisitions control no.: 2000-12
Repository: Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu
Digital Id: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3804n.ct006628

Hammond's new guide map of Manhattan and the Bronx.

Reference note

Contributor Names: C.S. Hammond & Company.
Created / Published: New York : C.S. Hammond, [1910] c1908.
Subject Headings: -  Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)--Maps
-  Bronx (New York, N.Y.)--Maps
-  Roads--New York (State)--Long Island--Maps
-  United States--New York (State)--New York--Manhattan
-  United States--New York (State)--New York--Bronx
-  United States--New York (State)--Long Island
Notes: -  Scale ca. 1:33,500.
-  In left margin: Supplement to Brooklyn Eagle almanac, 1910.
-  Statistical data, "Hammond's new road map, Long Island," and maps of "Best Manhattan automobile routes," "Brooklyn as the automobile gateway to Long Island," and "Long Island automobile roads" on verso.
-  LC copy is imperfect: Hole in center.
-  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
-  AACR2
Repository: Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu
Digital Id: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3804n.ct006590

Aerial survey, Manhattan Island, New York City

Reference note

Contributor Names: Fairchild Aerial Camera Corporation.
Created / Published: [New York] : The Corporation, [1921]
Subject Headings: -  Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)--Maps
-  Bronx (New York, N.Y.)--Maps
-  Aerial photography--Maps
-  United States--New York (State)--Manhattan (New York)
-  United States--New York (State)--Bronx (New York)
Genre: Remote-sensing maps
Notes: -  Airphoto mosaic.
-  Also covers adjacent part of The Bronx.
-  "This mosaic was made by assembling 100 aerial photographs taken ... at an altitude of 10,000 feet."
-  Donated to the Geography and Map Division by Mr. Dale Kelly, Bethlehem, Penna.
-  Oriented with north toward the upper right.
-  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
-  Vault
Repository: Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu
Digital Id: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3804n.ct003447

Novi Belgii Novæque Angliæ nec non partis Virginiæ tabula : multis in locis emendata

Topographical map of the city and county of New-York, and the adjacent country : with views in the border of the principal buildings, and interesting scenery of the island.

Reference note

Contributor Names: J.H. Colton & Co.
S. Stiles & Co.
Created / Published: New-York : Published by J.H. Colton & Co., No. 4 Spruce St., 1836
Subject Headings: -  New York (N.Y.)--Maps
-  Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)--Maps
-  New York Metropolitan Area--Maps
-  United States--New York (State)--New York
-  United States--New York (State)--Manhattan (New York)
Notes: -  Relief shown by hachures.
-  Shows wards, physical features, and various places of interest.
-  "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1836 by J.H. Colton & Co. in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the Southern District of New York."
-  Appears to be an intermediate state between those cited by Stokes as first and second states. Madison Square shown but not named.
-  Oriented with north towards the upper right.
-  Variant of Haskell, D.C. Manhattan maps, 817
-  Variant of Stokes, I.N.P. Iconography of Manhattan Island, III, pl. 124, p. 687-688
-  LC Ward maps, 155
-  Cohen, P.E. Manhattan in maps, p. 120-121
-  Inset views: Broadway from the park -- Nieuw Amsterdam, 1659.
-  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
-  Includes ornamental borders.
-  LC copy inscribed in ink at upper right corner: Deposited June 16, 1836 at the Clerks Office of the South Dist. of New York.
Repository: Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu
Digital Id: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3804n.wd000155

Map showing the Metropolitan Street Railway system and lines operated in connection therewith : 232.07 miles : [borough of Manhattan, New York City].

Reference note

Contributor Names: Colton, Ohman & Co.
Metropolitan Street Railway Company.
Created / Published: N.Y. [i.e. New York] : Colton, Ohman & Co., c1899.
Subject Headings: -  Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)--Maps
-  Street-railroads--New York (State)--New York--Maps
-  Street-railroads--New York (State)--New York--Electric substations--Maps
-  Horse railroads--New York (State)--New York--Maps
-  Metropolitan Street Railway Company--Maps
-  United States--New York (State)--New York--Manhattan
-  United States--New York (State)--New York
Notes: -  Covers Manhattan Island south of 166th Street.
-  Shows electric streetcar and horsecar lines.
-  Oriented with north toward the upper right.
-  Imperfect: Rubber-stamped, annotated in blue pencil "1899²/25413".
-  Includes index of "Depots and power houses" and 2 statistical (mileage) tables.
-  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Repository: Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu
Digital Id: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3804n.ct006630

The Tenement-House Committee maps

Reference note

Contributor Names: Pierce, F. E. (Frederick Erastus), 1878-1935.
Created / Published: [S.l.] : Harper & Brothers , [1895]
Subject Headings: -  Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)--Population--Maps
-  United States--New York (State)--New York--Manhattan
Notes: -  On verso: text, 2 smaller maps "Map of the of City of New York", showing density of population by wards, and a bird's-eye view of the Cotton States and International Exposition, Atlanta, Georgia; image of C.A. Collier, President and Director-General of the International Cotton State Exposition.
-  From Harpers Weekly, January 19, 1895.
-  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Repository: Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu
Digital Id: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3804n.ct001463r
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3804n.ct001463v

Topographical map of the City of New York : showing original water courses and made land

Reference note

Contributor Names: Viele, Egbert L. (Egbert Ludovicus), 1825-1902.
Ferd. Mayer & Co.
Created / Published: N[ew] Y[ork] : Ferd. Mayer & Co., c1865.
Subject Headings: -  Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)--Maps
-  Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)--Historical geography--Maps
-  United States--New York (State)--Manhattan (New York)
Notes: -  Relief shown by hachures.
-  "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1865 by Egbert L. Viele in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York."
-  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
-  Includes 3 cross sections and inset map of the northern tip of the island.
Repository: Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu
Digital Id: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3804n.ct002003

Map and guide of the elevated railroads of New York City.

Reference note

Summary: Outline map of Manhattan showing stations. Includes train schedule and list of points of interest.
Contributor Names: Latimer, H. I.
Manhattan Railway.
Created / Published: New York, c1881.
Subject Headings: -  Manhattan Railway Company
-  Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)--Maps
-  Railroads--New York (State)--New York--Maps
-  United States--New York (State)--Manhattan (New York)
Notes: -  Scale ca. 1:29,000.
-  At top of map: "Manhattan Railway. Official map and guide to all the elevated railways in New York City."
-  LC Railroad maps, 454
-  Description derived from published bibliography.
-  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Repository: Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu
Digital Id: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3804n.rr004540

Map of the upper part of the Island of Manhattan above Eighty-Sixth Street arranged to illustrate the Battle of Harlem Heights.

Reference note

Contributor Names: Shannon, Joseph.
Parrish, Noel Francis.
W.C. Rogers & Co.
Created / Published: [New York? : s.n., 1868]
Subject Headings: -  Harlem Heights, Battle of, N.Y., 1776--Maps
-  Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)--Maps
-  United States--New York (State)--New York--Manhattan
Notes: -  Relief shown by hachures.
-  From the Gen. Noel F. Parrish papers in LC Ms. Div.
-  "Lith. by W.C. Rogers & Co. for Joseph Shannon's Manual 1868."
-  Oriented with north toward the upper right.
-  Includes notes.
-  LC copy torn along fold lines.
-  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Repository: Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu
Digital Id: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3804n.ct006617

This map of the city of New York and island of Manhattan, as laid out by the commissioners appointed by the legislature, April 3d, 1807 is respectfully dedicated to the mayor, aldermen and commonalty thereof

Reference note

Contributor Names: Bridges, William, -1814.
Maverick, Peter, 1780-1831.
Created / Published: [New York : s.n.], 1811.
Subject Headings: -  New York (N.Y.)--Maps
-  Streets--New York (State)--New York--Planning--Maps
-  New York (N.Y.)--Administrative and political divisions--Maps
-  Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)--Maps
-  United States--New York (State)--New York
-  United States--New York (State)--Manhattan (New York)
Notes: -  Relief shown by hachures.
-  Shows ward boundaries, selected buildingsm and landowner's names.
-  "Entered according to act of Congress Novr. 16th 1811."
-  Oriented with north toward the upper right.
-  Haskell, D.C. Manhattan maps, 652
-  Cohen, P.E. Manhattan in maps, p. 100-105
-  Stokes, I.N.P. Iconography of Manhattan Island, p. 542-549
-  Includes index to points of interest, and text.
-  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Repository: Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu
Digital Id: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3804n.ct000812

Map showing the Bowery Lane area of Manhattan.

Reference note

Contributor Names: Montrésor, John, 1736-1799.
Created / Published: 176-?]
Subject Headings: -  New York (N.Y.)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
-  Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
-  United States--New York (State)--New York
-  United States--New York (State)--Manhattan (New York)
Notes: -  Scale not given.
-  Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor.
-  Relief shown pictorially.
-  In pencil: No. 33.
-  Stamped on verso: John Montresor.
-  LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1084
-  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
-  Vault
-  AACR2
Repository: Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu
Digital Id: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3804n.ar108400

A plan of the city of New-York & its environs to Greenwich, on the North or Hudsons River, and to Crown Point, on the East or Sound River, shewing the several streets, publick buildings, docks, fort & battery, with the true form & course of the commanding grounds, with and without the town. Survey'd in the winter, 1775 [i.e. 1766]

Reference note

Contributor Names: Montrésor, John, 1736-1799.
Andrews, Peter, active 1765-1782.
Dury, Andrew.
Created / Published: [London]; Sold by A. Dury [1775]
Subject Headings: -  New York (N.Y.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
-  United States--New York (State)--New York
Notes: -  Scale ca. 1:6,300.
-  Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by form lines.
-  Dedicated to Major Gen. Thos. Gage.
-  Includes descriptive note, "References," and inset "A chart of the entrance to New York from Sandy Hook, shewing the properest channel for sailing, with ye banks and depths of water" ca. 1:128,000.
-  Stokes, I. N. P. Iconography of Manhattan Island.
-  LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1105
-  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
-  Vault
-  AACR2: 100; 651/1; 700/1; 700/2
Repository: Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu
Digital Id: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3804n.ar110500