Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Bourquin, F. (Frederick), 1808-
2. Worley & Bracher, engraver.
3. Fairmount Park Commission (Philadelphia, Pa.), publisher.
4. David McNeely Stauffer Collection.

Description

1. 1 map : photocopy; 61 x 39 cm

Alternative title

1. Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US212.1.09

Subject

1. Parks
2. Topographic maps
3. Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.) > Maps
4. Maps
5. Parks > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > Maps
6. Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > Fairmount Park

Genre/Form

1. Topographic maps.
2. Maps.

Call number

1. Map Div. 17-948

Note

1. Relief shown by contours and spot heights.
2. Oriented with north towards the upper right.
3. "F. Bourquin Lith. ... Phila." in fine print inside neat line on lower right indicates lithographer of original map at scale of 1:9,600 or 800 feet to 1 inch. This is a reduced reproduction, evidenced by difference in scale determined from bar scale.

Title

1. Topographical map of Fairmount Park, Philadelphia : excepting Wissahickon Valley, 1870 / engraved by Worley & Bracher, 320 Chestnut St., Phila.

Publisher

1. [Philadelphia, Pa.?] : [Fairmount Park Commission?], [between 1870 and 1899?]

Cartographic data

1. Scale approximately 1:10,100. Not "800 ft. to 1 inch" (W 75°13ʹ48ʺ--W 75°10ʹ48ʺ/N 40°00ʹ36ʺ--N 39°57ʹ36ʺ).

Type of content

1. cartographic image

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. sheet

Local note

1. NYPL Map Div. copy: manuscript additions in black ink show "North Concourse," "South Concourse," and 2 loops of possible viaduct with stations and trestle. Stamped in lower right margin: D. McN. Stauffer Collection and Gift.

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections

Place of publication

1. United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.

Added author

1. Bourquin, F. (Frederick), 1808- lithographer.
2. Worley & Bracher, engraver.
3. Fairmount Park Commission (Philadelphia, Pa.), publisher.
4. David McNeely Stauffer Collection.

Research call number

1. Map Div. 17-948 [Filed with Philadelphia 1870]