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City of New York, map of the borough of the Bronx: showing the streets, roads, avenues, public squares and places ... prepared in the Topographical Bureau of the Commissioner of Street Improvements

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division

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Maps of New York City and State

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Title
City of New York, map of the borough of the Bronx: showing the streets, roads, avenues, public squares and places ... prepared in the Topographical Bureau of the Commissioner of Street Improvements
Additional title: Map of the Borough of the Bronx
Names
New York (N.Y.). Commissioner of Street Improvements. Topographical Bureau (Creator)
Haffen, Louis F., 1854-1935 (Creator)
Risse, Louis A. (Creator)
Greiffenberg, Frederick, 1843-1921 (Creator)
Collection

Maps of New York City and State

New York City

Bronx

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1897 (Inferred)
Place: New York
Publisher: Topographical Bureau of the Commissioner of Street Improvements
Library locations
Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 14-1366
Topics
Bronx (New York, N.Y.)
Streets -- New York (State) -- New York
Genres
Maps
Notes
Statement of responsibility: Louis F. Haffen, Comissioner of Street Improvements, 23rd & 24th Wards ; Louis A. Risse, chief topographical engineer & engineer of concourse ; Frederick Greiffenberg, principal assistant topographical engineer.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 map on 4 sheets : col. ; 140 x 133 cm, sheets 92 x 72 cm ; NYPL copy on 2 sheets, each 71 x 138 cm
Description
Shows streets and landmarks. Relief shown by contours. Oriented with north to the right.
Type of Resource
Cartographic
Identifiers
Barcode: 33433087660456
Barcode: 33433068104987
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20159177
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 9b05d420-f948-0130-d319-58d385a7b928
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

  • 1897: Issued
  • 2015: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "City of New York, map of the borough of the Bronx" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1897. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a68f3b40-f94b-0130-c937-58d385a7b928

Chicago/Turabian Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "City of New York, map of the borough of the Bronx" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 22, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a68f3b40-f94b-0130-c937-58d385a7b928

APA Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1897). City of New York, map of the borough of the Bronx Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a68f3b40-f94b-0130-c937-58d385a7b928

Wikipedia Citation

<ref name=NYPL>{{cite web | url=https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a68f3b40-f94b-0130-c937-58d385a7b928 | title= (cartographic) City of New York, map of the borough of the Bronx, (1897) |author=Digital Collections, The New York Public Library |accessdate=November 22, 2024 |publisher=The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations}}</ref>

City of New York, map of the borough of the Bronx