Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Thayer, Russell, 1852-1933.

Description

1. 1 map : color; 43 x 96 cm, on sheet 48 x 100 cm

Alternative title

1. Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US215.1.07

Subject

1. Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.) > Maps
2. Topographic maps

Genre/Form

1. Topographic maps.

Call number

1. Map Div. 17-5238

Note

1. Relief shown by contours.
2. The color is a pale pink wash. "The part in color represents ground available for the art-building."
3. Oriented with north to the upper left.

Indexed in (note)

1. New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division

Author

1. Smith, John L., 1846-1921, creator, publisher.

Title

1. Topographical plan showing portion of East Fairmount Park : lying between Schuylkill River - Sedgeley Drive, Girard Avenue and Lincoln Monument / approved Jan. 31, 1895, Russell Thayer, chief engr. & supt.

Publisher

1. Philada. : J.L. Smith, map pub., [1895]

Cartographic data

1. Scale 1:1,020. 85 ft. to an inch (W 75°11ʹ33ʺ--W 75°11ʹ02ʺ/N 39°58ʹ33ʺ--N 39°58ʹ08ʺ).

Type of content

1. cartographic image

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. sheet

Indexed in:

1. New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division, v. 3, page 878, column a, no. 3

Local note

1. NYPL Map Div. copy has stamped blue star and handwritten name, A.L. Webster, in upper left margin.

Source

1. US215.1.07

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections

Place of publication

1. United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.

Added author

1. Thayer, Russell, 1852-1933.

Research call number

1. Map Div. 17-5238