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The five boroughs of the city of New York

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division

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Title
The five boroughs of the city of New York
Names
General Drafting Company (Cartographer)
Collection

Maps of New York City and State

New York City

Manhattan

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1917 (Inferred)
Place: N.Y.
Publisher: Published by General Drafting Co. Inc.
Library locations
Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 22-1828 [Filed as OVERSIZED NYC 1917]
Topics
Roads -- New York (State) -- New York
Local transit -- New York (State) -- New York
Railroads, Elevated -- New York (State) -- New York
Trolley cars -- New York (State) -- New York
Railroads -- New York (State) -- New York
Subways -- New York (State) -- New York
Railroads
Subways
local transit
New York (N.Y.)
New York (State) -- New York
Genres
Maps
Mass transit
Road maps
Wall maps
Notes
Content: "Partially based, by permission, on the copyrighted map of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, and on rapid transit drawings supplied by the Public Service Commission, First District."
Content: Includes key to railroads, railroad yards, surface, subway and elevated lines (in operation, under construction, and proposed), subway and elevated stations, and connecting and transfer points.
Content: Margins include separate borough street indexes.
Content: "No. 517"-- At bottom right.
Content: Scale approximately 1:33,900 (W 74°12ʹ33ʺ--W 73°42ʹ26ʺ/N 40°52ʹ14ʺ--N 40°33ʹ59ʺ).
Physical Description
Extent: 1 map : color ; 101 x 130 cm
Type of Resource
Cartographic
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 1329276706
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b22870008
Barcode: 33433087659318
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): b4244570-8316-013b-77ac-0242ac110006
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1917: Issued
  • 2023: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "The five boroughs of the city of New York" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1917. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/36d8e2d0-09c1-0131-ff42-58d385a7bbd0

Chicago/Turabian Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "The five boroughs of the city of New York" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 29, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/36d8e2d0-09c1-0131-ff42-58d385a7bbd0

APA Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1917). The five boroughs of the city of New York Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/36d8e2d0-09c1-0131-ff42-58d385a7bbd0

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The five boroughs of the city of New York